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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...
  • Overall Cake Entries - high resolution
    PathWest BakeWest - Entries for Overall Winner 04 August 2025 Please note: Voting closed on Thursday 7 August 2025. Overall Winner Cake Entries Genes and germs by Avril Strutt (People, Capability and Culture) Named ‘Genes and Germs’, this colourful retro-inspired cake was created as a school holiday activity with Avril and her children – a celebration of both creativity and science. The name playfully reflects both the cake and the creators. - The ‘P’ ca...
  • Celebrating 20 years of PathWest - July 2025
    Celebrating 20 years of PathWest 01 August 2025 Last month, we marked two decades of PathWest with special morning teas and site displays at our Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) and Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) sites. The morning tea at QEII was attended by the Department of Health Director General, Dr Shirley Bowen, our Chief Executive Dr Narelle Hadlow, Board Chair Angie Paskevicius, and staff from across PathWest. As part of the celebrations, we ...
  • Discontinuation of Genetic Testing for Chronic Idiopathic Pancreatitis
    Discontinuation of Genetic Testing for Chronic Idiopathic Pancreatitis 30 May 2025 Following a recent review, PathWest will discontinue genetic testing for chronic idiopathic pancreatitis (CIP) from 03 June 2025. This decision follows a clinical and operational review which identified: CIP testing is not supported by Medicare. Current CIP testing has limited clinical utility in comparison to the international benchmark: Low diagnostic yield of less than 10% compared...
  • PathWest makes Australia’s top companies’ list for the midsize category 17 April 2025 PathWest is honoured to be named on LinkedIn’s 2025 Top Companies list in Australia for the midsize category – a prestigious recognition celebrating leading workplaces with fewer than 5,000 employees where professionals can thrive and grow their careers. PathWest is the only Western Australian entity to be named for 2025. "This recognition reflects our ongoing commitment to fostering a positive, ...

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  • International Women's Day - featuring five PathWest women 08 March 2022 Today is International Women’s Day (IWD) and a great day to celebrate the women of PathWest and the progress we have made towards gender equality. However, we also need to acknowledge we still have a way to go and this day assists in creating awareness of #breakthebias, the theme of this year’s campaign. Read on to see the stories of five strong PathWest women and their vision for gender equality. Angie Paskevicius,Board Chair Do you believe men and women are treated equally? I don’t. However, in my career and while growing up I am fortunate that there have been very few occasions when I have personally experienced inequality as a woman. As an adult, there are examples in my personal life where I have not been treated equally as a woman. What would you like to see changed for women in Australia? Greater representation of women at senior and executive leadership lev...
  • PathWest COVID drive-through testing facility now open in Murdoch 03 March 2022 WA’s first public community-baseddrive through COVID-19 collection centre is set toopened in March in Murdoch. The facility is located within Murdoch University groundsalong the western side of Murdoch Drive, with the entrance south of the facility via Farm Road, and exit via Discovery Way to the north. The facility consists of three large, dual-lane marquees, a small site office, storage container and staff facilities. The 9000m sq asphalt site is fenced, and security and traffic management personnel are in attendance. Every effort is made to ensure minimal impact on traffic to the university and nearby hospitals. It is expected that when the facility is fully operational it will process four cars per marquee, 12 cars at one time, and testing per car will take approximately six minutes per car dependent on the number of passengers needing testing. As is the case at all public C...
  • A diagnostic success solves 20 year puzzle 22 February 2022 Rare Disease Day is on Monday 28 February and aims to raise awareness about rare diseases (RD) and their impact on people’s lives. Our team at Diagnostic Genomics work on many rare conditions and as Head of Department Dr Dimitar Azmanov said, “Rare disorders are cumulatively common affecting 6-8% of the global population, including 200,000 people in Western Australia, and the majority have a genetic cause.” Receiving a genetic diagnosis for people living with RD is important as it provides power of knowing and access to appropriate management, including family planning and reproduction, offers the possibility to connect with other people with the same experience, and reduces the need for multiple investigations which may be invasive, time-consuming and costly. Diagnosis of RD has advanced significantly with the current genomic technologies, ending many diagnostic odys...
  • Australia Day hours 25 January 2022 Our PathWest collection centres are closed on Wednesday 26 January 2022, the Australia Day public holiday. However please note COVID testing continues - find COVID testing locations here.
  • COVID-19 testing for international travellers 17 January 2022 PathWest now offers COVID-19 PCR testing for International Travellers The test results from this convenient test will be securely emailed to you within 24-48 hours for you to print out and take with you to the airport.There is no referral required from your doctor and no appointment needed. Please be aware this service is only available at selected PathWest Collection Centres. No Medicare rebate is availablefor this test and you will have an out-of-pocket fee of $145 to pay at the time of your test (credit card payments only). It is important to check with your airline, or the local embassy of the country you are travelling to, as to how many days before travel you need to be tested, or if there are any other special testing requirements. For all the information regarding this service and where you can get tested please see theCOVID-19 Testing for International Travellers page.
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