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“My Health Sucked the Future Right Out of Me”: Time and Temporality in Life with Intracranial Hypertension
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This chapter explores time in the context of chronic Intracranial Hypertension (IH), an uncommon chronic illness–disability. I argue that developing research methods informed by an understanding of crip-chronic time (Kafer, 2013; Shepp...
Publication · December 07, 2025
Adults with more severe psychopathy in the community show increased social discounting
Publication · December 07, 2025
Disability as Method: Researching Intracranial Hypertension through Crip-Chronic Time [working title]
Publication · December 07, 2025
Weight-based Medical Bias in Intracranial Hypertension [working title]
Publication · December 07, 2025
Comparable long-term pain and disability outcomes following decompression alone versus decompression with fusion in lumbar spinal stenosis patients with high-signal facet joints
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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term outcomes of decompressive surgery with or without fusion in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) exhibiting high-signal facet joints, a radiological marker of potential instabilit...
Publication · December 07, 2025
Indigenous student engagement in science: a case study addressing the lack of diversity and equity in biomedical science and pharmacy research for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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Indigenous representation in Australian biomedical science and pharmacy research remains limited due to systemic barriers, historical marginalisation, and culturally inappropriate educational frameworks. This article outlines a case stud...
Publication · December 07, 2025
Lung development and emerging roles for type 2 immunity
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Lung development is a complex process mediated through the interaction of multiple cell types, factors and mediators. In mice, it starts as early as embryonic day 9 and continues into early adulthood. The process can be separated into fi...
Publication · December 07, 2025
Emerging therapeutic potential of group 2 innate lymphoid cells in acute kidney injury
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a global challenge and, despite the availability of dialysis and transplantation, can be fatal. Those that survive an AKI are at increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease and end stage renal fa...
Publication · December 07, 2025
IL-22 and its receptors are increased in human and experimental COPD and contribute to pathogenesis
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of morbidity and death globally. The lack of effective treatments results from an incomplete understanding of the underlying mechanisms driving COPD pathogenesis.Int...
Publication · December 07, 2025
Roles for T/B lymphocytes and ILC2s in experimental chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Pulmonary inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by both innate and adaptive immune responses; however, their specific roles in the pathogenesis of COPD are unclear. Therefore, we investigated the r...
Publication · December 07, 2025