Julian Trollor

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If hospitals know a person has an intellectual disability, they can tailor communication and care to improve their treatment and health outcomes.

Medicine partnership projects

UNSW Sydney researchers have secured more than $6 million for five projects that will improve public health services.

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High-performing UNSW researchers have been awarded 33 medical and health research fellowships.

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A new study shows the impact of systemic neglect in health care on people with intellectual disability.

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An innovative e-health tool for people with intellectual disability aims to improve their mental health care.

Intellectual disability healthcare

Professor Julian Trollor, who exposed the gaps in healthcare for people with intellectual disability, is giving evidence to a Royal Commission. 

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The most popular stories of 2019 take us from identifying semi-identical twins in pregnancy to reversing the negative effects of menopause. 

Intellectual disability deaths

Researchers have shown why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy and suggest better public health could improve outcomes. 

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Mental health for more than 400,000 people in NSW living with an intellectual disability was the focus of a national roundtable at UNSW opened by NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard.

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The deaths of more than 700 Australian adults with an intellectual disability could have been avoided with more appropriate health care and monitoring, a UNSW study has revealed.

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