Professor Keryln Carville, from the School of Nursing, has secured $999,802 through the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2024 Collaborations in Health Services Research grant to explore better treatments for venous leg ulcers (VLU).

Through six projects within a community healthcare service, Professor Carville and her team will trial an innovative model of care to support patients with these slow-healing ulcers, which significantly impact a person’s quality of life.

Partnering with Silverchain and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, the research will focus on developing a co-morbidity index and improving approaches to compression therapy, gait, nutrition and wound infection symptoms.

Congratulations to Professor Carville and the team on this important work. Learn more here.