Dr Gaetano Gargiulo presents to year 10-12 Indigenous students
MARCS researcher Dr Gaetano Gargiulo recently presented to year 10-12 Indigenous students, highlighting some current research in the Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience (BENS) program.
Approximately 18 students attended our Bankstown labs on Wednesday 25 March 2015. They were selected by their schools to take part because they identify as Indigenous and they have an interest in studying Medicine, Health Science, Nursing or related disciplines.
Dr Gargiulo demonstrated and discussed two of his current research projects - HeMo and VitalCore (formerly Pneumocardiogram).
HeMo is a non-invasive hemodynamic monitor which calculates peripheral blood volume enabling fast, easy-to-use and cost-effective peripheral vascular assessment, while VitalCore is an an inexpensive wearable solution to monitor both cardiac and respiration volume based on calibrated volumetric measurements of the thorax.
VitalCore will provide doctors with an inexpensive tool to monitor heart and lung performance during daily activities, allowing them to better diagnose and monitor at-risk patients.
The aim of the visit was for the students to learn about some of the research being undertaken at MARCS Institute, and an opportunity to highlight the wide range of experiences that they could have if they study at UWS.
The visit was run by UWS College and formed part of a program called First Aid to Medicine.
The students were from a range of educational institutions in NSW including Wyndham College, Quakers Hill, Blayney High School, Dubbo College South Campus, Mudgee High School, Liverpool Boys High School, Canobolas Rural Technology High School, Denison College, Bathurst, Lithgow TAFE, and Winmalee High School.
