Congratulations Dr Connie Wong, who won the "John Casley-Smith Travel Award" at the Australian and New Zealand Microcirculation Society (ANZMS) conference in Leura this month.
"It is now increasingly accepted that stroke results in
impairment of the immune system, and this contributes to the associated life-threatening
sequelae of overwhelming infection," said Connie.
"We were the first to directly image
and describe the activities of the peripheral immune system in living mice
after stroke."
Connie recently performed a pilot human study and revealed
similar stroke-induced immune impairment in stroke patients.
Based on her findings, she proposed a more selective modulation of
the immune system following stroke could be
beneficial.
"Indeed, identifying a new and better targeted approach
to reduce bacterial infection in stroke patients will bypass the growing
problem of antibiotic resistance, ultimately improving patient outcomes."
Connie will use the award ($1500) to present at the World Congress for Microcirculation in Kyoto, Japan this September.
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