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  • IWD 2023 - Department of Quality and Safety
    International Women's Day Spotlight - Department of Quality and Safety 28 March 2023 Our International Women's Day Spotlight 2023 continues in its final week, featuring the Department of Quality and Safety. In a world that is constantly changing, how have the roles and contributions of women in science or your profession or discipline evolved over the past few years? There are more women climbing the corporate ladder and moving from the front line into senior management and executive roles. Women have become more confident to step up and apply, and show that they are extremely capable of excelling in these types of roles. Has there been a shift in career paths women choose today compared to the past few decades? Definitely! A few decades ago, the main choices for careers for women were a secretary, nurse or schoolteacher – all of which would of course be given up once they had children so they could be a homemaker and care for the children. Women today have so m...
  • IWD 2023 - Dr Jane Estrella
    International Women's Day Spotlight - Dr Jane Estrella 28 March 2023 Our International Women's Day Spotlight 2023 continues in its final week, featuring Dr Jane Estrella, first year genetic pathology trainee. Meet Jane -afirst year genetic pathology traineeat PathWest with a passion for learning. Her previous roles include working as an Endocrinologist, a Clinical Geneticist, and recently completed a PhD. She was the North American Mitochondrial Disease Consorti...
  • IWD 2023 - Haems FSH
    International Women's Day Spotlight - Department of Haematology FSH 27 March 2023 Our International Women's Day Spotlight 2023 continues in its final week, featuring the Department of Haematology at FSH. Thanks to Dr Stephanie P’Ng (left) and Dr Allison Barraclough (right) for the combined response from the department. In a world that is constantly changing, how have the roles and contributions of women in science or your profession or discipline evolved over the past few year...
  • IWD 2023 - Department of Haematology QEII
    International Women's Day Spotlight - Department of Haematology QEII 27 March 2023 Our International Women's Day Spotlight 2023 continues in its final week. Thank you to Tracy Dixon, Acting Network Principal Scientist, for the response from the Department of Haematology, QEII. In a world that is constantly changing, how have the roles and contributions of women in science or your profession or discipline evolved over the past few years? In my 35 years in the industry, I have ...
  • WACIC Biobank COVID-19 Immunity study volunteers needed
    Volunteers needed for WACIC Biobank COVID-19 Immunity study 24 March 2023 Overseen by a team of experts led by Dr Dominic Mallon and Dr Michael O’Sullivan, the Western Australian COVID-19 Immunity Collaborative (WACIC) Biobank study is a collaborative effort between PathWest, the South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS), the Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS), Telethon Kids Institute, and other health and community organisations. Awarded through a health resea...

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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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Last Updated: 14/10/2021
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