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Thousands of young carers in Western Australia support family members every day, but many remain invisible and unsupported in schools, according to new report.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"How two ancient rivers gave birth to the Euphrates","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/ancient-rivers_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/how-two-ancient-rivers-gave-birth-to-the-euphrates","publisheddate":"2026-06-03","summary":"
Geoscientists have shed light on the enduring mystery of how the modern Euphrates River – central to the origins of human civilisation – came to exist.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"$6.8 million boost to expand world-first preterm birth prevention program","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/preterm-birth-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/6-million-boost-to-expand-world-first-preterm-birth-prevention-program","publisheddate":"2026-05-29","summary":"
The Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance and its partner organisation Women’s Healthcare Australasia have welcomed a $6.8 million Federal Government investment to expand Australia’s world-first national program aimed at safely reducing rates of preterm and early term birth.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Rural Clinical School of WA"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Home Page"}]},{"title":"New partnership to transform healthcare in Vietnam","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/marshall-vinmec-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/new-partnership-to-transform-healthcare-in-vietnam","publisheddate":"2026-05-29","summary":"
A strategic partnership between The University of Western Australia's Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training and VinMec Healthcare System is set to transform how gastric cancer is detected and prevented across Vietnam. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Global Engagement"},{"title":"Global Partnerships Office"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"Funding boost to strengthen linked health data nationwide","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/phrn-funding-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/funding-boost-to-strengthen-linked-health-data-nationwide","publisheddate":"2026-05-29","summary":"
The Population Health Research Network at UWA will receive an additional $11.88 million through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"New imaging tools to tackle national research priorities","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/micorscopy-launch-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/new-imaging-tools-to-tackle-national-research-priorities","publisheddate":"2026-05-28","summary":"
New research equipment installed at UWA will support innovative multimodal and correlative microscopy to address national needs in energy, critical minerals, environment, agriculture and health research.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"WA medical researchers to benefit from expanded lab facilities","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/nif-launch-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/wa-medical-researchers-to-benefit-from-expanded-lab-facilities","publisheddate":"2026-05-28","summary":"
Researchers  set to benefit from an expansion in molecular imaging and radiopharmaceutical capability following construction of the new radiochemistry laboratories and a cyclotron facility.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Aboriginal mental health workers central to patient care","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/mental-health-care-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/aboriginal-mental-health-workers-central-to-patient-care","publisheddate":"2026-05-26","summary":"
A new study has revealed Aboriginal people in the psychiatric care system do not receive culturally safe care, which is contributing to persistent health disparities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Psychiatry"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"ARC grants for clean energy, truth-telling and eye health projects","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/arc-grants_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/arc-grants-for-clean-energy-truth-telling-and-eye-health-projects","publisheddate":"2026-05-25","summary":"
Researchers working with industry and community partners have received Federal Government funding to advance projects exploring clean energy solutions, truth-telling and the biophysics behind vision problems.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Scientific leaders recognised for groundbreaking research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/alex-filipovska-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/scientific-leaders-recognised-for-groundbreaking-research","publisheddate":"2026-05-21","summary":"
An ecologist and conservation biologist, genetic disease researcher and mathematician specialising in partial equations are among 26 researchers from around the country to be elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]}]}