ARH is a life saver
Type: Story
Published: Jul 23, 2020
Australian Rotary Health (ARH) research funding is forging a path to better health.In Australia during the 1980’s, around 500 babies a year were found cold and lifeless in their cots. One evening, Rotarian Ian Scott was listening to 3AW talk-back radio when he heard grieving parents relate their experience of losing their babies to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). He decided to tackle this traumatic situation and convinced his Rotary club, Mornington, to raise $2 million for SIDS research. A call went out to universities to find a researcher and current Professor of Epidemiology at Oxford University, Terry Dwyer AO was engaged. Professor Dwyer specialises in non-communicable diseases. His early research revealed that the incidence of SIDS was twice as common in Tasmania. He relocated from Sydney to Hobart and built a research team at the University of Tasmania where he undertook ground-breaking research. It’s important to note here that ARH only pr
XYZ ARH is a life saver ARH is a life saver
Type: Story
Published: Jul 23, 2020
Australian Rotary Health (ARH) research funding is forging a path to better health.In Australia during the 1980’s, around 500 babies a year were found cold and lifeless in their cots. One evening, Rotarian Ian Scott was listening to 3AW talk-back radio when he heard grieving parents relate their experience of losing their babies to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). He decided to tackle this traumatic situation and convinced his Rotary club, Mornington, to raise $2 million for SIDS research.Subsequently, with support from all Australian districts and Rotary International, the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund was created and SIDS became our first home grown national Rotary project. A call went out to universities to find a researcher and current Professor of Epidemiology at Oxford University, Terry Dwyer AO was engaged. Professor Dwyer specialises in non-communicable diseases. His early research revealed that the incidence of SIDS was twice as common in
Australian Rotary Health
Type: Site Page Story
Published: Oct 10, 2022
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