Dr Kareeann Khow receives a Postgraduate Scholarship from the National Health and Medical Research Council

On 4th February, 2017 the NHMRC announced funding for a number of Australia’s world-leading medical researchers and scientists to support their work in making the next major medical breakthrough .

Dr Kareeann Khow received a Postgraduate scholarship to support her project 'Fragility fractures and outcomes in older people'. Falls and broken bones are costly health problems among the elderly, even more so when there is a growing older population aged over 65 years. In Australia, about one million older people have at least one fall each year and about 40–60 per cent will sustain major injuries including broken bones. Dr Khow’s research will identify effective ways to reduce falls and improve outcomes of those who break a bone, especially of the hip.

Dr Khow is a geriatrician undertaking a PhD with the CRE & Healthy Ageing under the supervision of Professor Renuka Visvanathan, Dr Solomon Yu and Dr Pazhvoor Shibu.