The Curtin Institute for Data Science is supporting partners from academia, industry, and government across various sectors such as, health sciences, astronomy, agriculture and aquaculture, manufacturing, transport with their data science, software development, and computational needs.
At present, the Institute would typically contribute to 30-40 research projects per annum, working with over 50 external organisations.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), a condition characterised by the gradual loss of kidney function, is a major global health problem. CKD affects approximately 1 in 10 adults. This project is using a ground-breaking Privacy Preserving Record Linkage (PPRL) technique developed by Curtin University researchers to create a linked data resource of pathology and secondary healthcare data.
Migraine is one of the world’s most debilitating disorders, and recent studies have shown that changes in the retina can be a potential biomarker for the disease. Advanced imaging techniques like Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) can help in measuring retinal thickness and vessel density, providing insights into microvascular changes that might serve as biomarkers for migraine.