Collaborations

ANZBA is a not-for-profit organisation and the peak body for health professionals responsible for the care of those with burn injury in Australia and New Zealand. ANZBA is dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by burn injury by encouraging higher standards of patient care through education, performance monitoring, and research.

Established by Professor Wood, BIRU is located at the University of Western Australia. This basic science research program is supported by the Foundation.

BIRN is a joint venture between the University of Notre Dame and the Foundation, and is located within the University’s School of Physiotherapy, and supported by the Institute of Health Research. This collaboration fosters:

• the establishment of a new series of postgraduate courses focusing on burns and other traumatic injuries
• a contribution to, and increase in, the capacity in teaching programmes at the University
• novel research in burn injury.

For more information please contact Dr Dale Edgar.

BSWA is based at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Perth Children’s Hospital. In addition to hospital-based in-patient and outpatient treatment, the BSWA provides advisory services and education to rural communities through its unique telehealth program. In addition, working with the Department of Health, the BSWA educates health practitioners on disaster preparedness management.

The research supported by the Foundation enables the burn care teams at BSWA to be global leaders in service excellence supported by evidence and driven by research.

Professor Wood has been the Director of BSWA since 1991.

Mobile Image Communication Exchange (MICE) is a CSIRO and South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) made and owned mobile application that allows clinicians to send each other patient wound and scar photos to aid with clinical communication, decisions, and treatment.

MICE has been used in the Fiona Stanley Hospital Burns Early Discharge Programme, a service that allows patients to be discharged and receive ongoing care in the comfort of their own homes.

The Kids and the burn research team collaborate closely to look at different aspects of the impact of burn injury on children. This includes working with their immunology, cancer biology, and systems biology teams to understand the lifetime effects of acute burn injury on health.

ISBI is a global organisation dedicated to disseminating knowledge, promoting burn prevention, awarding professorial grants, supporting education, and collaborating with the World Health Organization. The Foundation’s researchers are frequent presenters at ISBI conferences, sharing their expertise and innovative work with the international burn community.

Three major hospitals in the Perth metropolitan area offer state-wide multidisciplinary acute, rehabilitative, and reconstructive burn services. The research, supported by the Foundation, ensures that burn care provided at these hospitals meets the highest standards of excellence.