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Beyond the Diagnosis: PathWest in global mission to ‘find the match’ 28 February 2026 On Rare Disease Day (28 February), we reflect on the global effort to improve equity in diagnosis and treatment for those living with rare conditions. In WA, this mission is powered by PathWest. An example is Department of Immunology at Fiona Stanley Hospital — providing life-saving stem cell tissue typing for patients facing rare blood diseases. Using high-resolution next generation DNA Sequencing PathWest scientists can identify the precise stem cell tissue matches required for successful bone marrow and organ transplants. While clinical teams provide essential day-to-day care, PathWest scientists work behind the scenes to bridge the gap between a rare diagnosis and a second chance at life. You too can play an important role in supporting patients needing bone marrow transplants: Join the Register: Help expand the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). Diverse donor... -
PathWest’s Zo Ee Wong awarded prestigious FHRI grant for groundbreaking immunotherapy research 20 February 2026 We are thrilled to announce that our very own Zo Ee Wong from the Department of Clinical Immunology FSH has been awarded a Clinician Researcher Training grant through the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund and The Hospital Research Foundation Group for her innovative CAR T cell immunotherapy research to improve outcomes for patients with blood cancers. Zo Ee is one of only eight Western Australian health professionals to receive this scholarship. The funding will support a PhD project titled: "Functional characterisation of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells in haematological malignancies and transplantation." The research project will be performed in collaboration between PathWest Immunology, Haematology RPH, The University of Western Australia, and Cell and Tissue Therapies WA (CTTWA). CAR T cell therapy is a groundbreaking immunotherapy that genetically engineers... -
International Acclaim for PathWest Forensic Biology staff 05 February 2026 A publication co-authored by PathWest Forensic Biology staff members Anna Heavey (Senior Forensic Scientist in Charge-Quality, Training, Safety & Risk) and Gavin Turbett (Head of Department) has been selected as a 2025 Noteworthy Article for the prestigious Journal of Forensic Sciences. The Journal of Forensic Sciences is the official publication of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, which each year publishes a collection of Noteworthy Articles, representing the most impactful scientific articles published in the Journal during the previous calendar year. Since its inception in 1956, more than 70 volumes of the Journal of Forensic Sciences and hundreds of issues have been published. This year the pair’s co-authored paper is one of only 13 articles, representing the breadth and multidisciplinary nature of forensic science, selected for inclusion in the 2025 Noteworthy... -
IPAA Wastewater Award 19 December 2025 Congratulations to our PathWest QEII Microbiology team, one of a group of agencies, to be recognised for its work with the WA Wastewater Surveillance Program at the 2025 Institute of Public Administration Australia WA (IPPA WA) Achievement Awards. The Awards demonstrate through research excellence, innovation and collaboration, how PathWest plays a significant role in improving the health, wellbeing and safety of the Western Australian community. The PathWest team, the Communicable Disease Control Directorate and Environmental Health, Water Corporation, Boorloo Public Health Unit (North Metropolitan Health Service) and WA Country Health Service won the Award for Best Practice in Collaboration Across Government Organisations (Category 1- project < $1million) and the Silver Award for Best Practice in Innovation (Category 1- project < $1million). Western Australia was the first jurisd...
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PathWest (Forensic Biology) and ChemCentre win the 2025 WA Government Innovator of the Year Award 18 November 2025 We congratulate our PathWest (Forensic Biology) team, who jointly with ChemCentre, have been named the 2025 Western Australian Government Innovator of the Year. The Award, announced recently by Science and Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson at the 19th annual Western Australian Innovators of the Year Awards, recognises world-first research by ChemCentre and the PathWest (Forensic Biology) Research & Development team led by Dr Marie Rye. This ground-breaking work centres on using the proteins in hair for human forensic identification. While DNA analysis remains the gold standard for identifying individuals, evidence such as hair shafts often contain insufficient DNA for analysis. A single human hair comprises a combination of protein variants which can be used to infer DNA sequence information. As part of the research project, data will be generated to identify genetic variants...
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