Health in the fringes

Leukaemia can be hard to find. Sometimes, diagnosis can be delayed or missed, especially in poor areas. New research at JCU is exploring ways to improve the speed and accuracy of blood cancer diagnosis by medical scientists and doctors working in Pathology.

Patients experiencing stroke in rural and regional Australia fare significantly worse than their metropolitan counterparts. This is, in part, due to the need to travel to access specialist care which introduces delays in instigating treatment. Joe's group is working with clinicians and scientists across Australia to find new ways to rapidly identify patients experiencing stroke with the aim of increasing the numbers receiving prompt treatment. This talk will outline the current and future research, and discuss how they believe that this will help address disparities in care between metropolitan and non-metropolitan communities.