Professor Joanne Reed from the Garvan Institute's research focuses on autoimmune diseases, particularly the origin and role of autoantibodies. 'It's really promising research and NHMRC has been able to fund this. This is something that's capable of having a big impact'. Watch her story in the video below.
Video transcript
[Music plays and the camera pans down the inside of a building and an image of a Dr Joanne Reed, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research appears on screen]
Dr Joanne Reed: My main area’s working on autoimmune disease, so this is where the immune system starts to attack healthy parts of the body.
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It’s quite common; it affects about ten per cent of the population. The main issue with autoimmune disease is that a lot of the treatments that available are really non-specific.
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I was just awarded a New Investigator Project Grant,
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and this was a huge boost for me, ‘cause it meant I could really focus on a the new genetic technology that I’m developing to study autoimmune disease and establish my own lab.
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It’s really promising research. NHMRC have been able to fund this.
[Image changes to show Dr Joanne Reed conducting test within the laboratory]
Something that’s capable of having a big impact.
[Music plays and NHMRC logo appears on screen with text beside it: Building a Healthier Australia]
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