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Kellie O’Callaghan
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Lived Experience, Patient & Community Engagement 🧩 Governance & Regional Development 🔗 Wayfinding 💭
Chair, Regional Development Australia - Gippsland 🦘 Chair, Mental Health & Wellbeing IRB 💬 Mayor, Emeritus 👩‍⚖️
Gunaikurnai Land, Gippsland Australia 🏡
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💬 Bacteria can be used to turn plastic waste into #paracetamol. Have researchers found the possibility of a more sustainable process for producing the drugs?

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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#Health
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June 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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💬 is climate change linked to dangerous #sleep #apnea?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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June 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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💭 Gut Microbiome Study Links #ParkinsonsDisease to Environmental Chemicals

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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June 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Thank you to Senator Dr. Jess Walsh & Tony Cantwell & the Committee for Gippsland team for the invitation to be part of the Net Zero Economy Authority roundtable with a great group of Gippsland stakeholders.

#RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #Gippsland #RDA #EnergyTransition #EconomicDevelopment
March 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Great to spend time with the Net Zero Economy Authority in Gippsland last week. Always appreciate the opportunity to discuss our region’s energy transformation.

#RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #Gippsland #RDA #Regions #EnergyTransition #RegionalTourism #RegionalHealth #EconomicDevelopment
March 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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💭 Neuroimaging study reveals viewing nature can help ease how people experience pain, by reducing the brain activity linked to pain perception

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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March 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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💭 Income, education, and the clustering of risk in #cardiovascular disease in the US

🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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March 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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💭 Consumption of Red Versus White Wine and Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

🔗 www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...

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March 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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💭 Experiencing 5 or more blistering sunburns between ages 15 & 20 increases one’s melanoma risk by 80% & nonmelanoma skin cancer risk by 68%

🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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March 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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It was an absolute pleasure to host the RWAV - Rural Workforce Agency Victoria Conference sub-theme "Working Together, Designing, and Innovating for Workforce Sustainability."

#RWAVConference2025 #DreamingBig #DrivingChange #RuralHealth #WorkforceSustainability
February 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Great to see Gippsland so strongly represented in the enthusiastic audience for the first Q&A of 2025.

A one-on-one with the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.

It was fantastic to be in the audience for this discussion

#RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #Gippsland #EconomicDevelopment
February 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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An absolutely brilliant few days partnering with Rural Workforce Agency Victoria team.

Thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to host the #Workforce panel discussions at #RWAVConference2025

#RuralHealth #MentalHealth #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement
#CommunityEngagement
February 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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💭 Latest in a series of studies showing that milk is a highly effective drug-delivery vehicle.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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February 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Our Regional Development Australia Gippsland work is informed by opportunities for economic growth and development in our region

Always an absolute pleasure to spend time with the Australian Hydrogen Council team

#RegionalDevelopmentAustralia #Gippsland #RDA #EnergyTransition #EconomicDevelopment
February 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Looking forward to hosting this richly informed conversation "Working together, designing & innovating for workforce sustainability" at the RWAV Conference 2025

#PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement
#CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth
#Collaboration
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February 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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💭 “They Only Silence the Truth”: COVID-19 retractions and the politicization of science

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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February 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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💭 While music’s effects on emotion are widely appreciated, its effects on cognition are less understood

Your lo-fi study playlist might actually help you focus

tinyurl.com/2usj23f5

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February 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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💭Maternal climate-related exposures and prolonged pregnancy: Findings from a statewide population-based cohort study in Western Australia

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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February 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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💭 Digoxin for reduction of circulating tumor cell cluster size in metastatic breast cancer: a proof-of-concept trial

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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February 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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💭 Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance & disease resistance

Genes in bats that protect them from viruses could lead to new approaches to combat viral diseases.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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February 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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💭 Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery.

Bacteria that colonize the nose have been engineered to ferry drugs to the brains of mice.

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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February 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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How to sell your science without selling out
A five-step guide to communicating your science ethically and accurately.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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February 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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💭 Study finds gender gap with children when it comes to negotiating

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January 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Congratulations, Neale Daniher AO on being named the 2025 Australian of the Year!

Your tireless efforts in raising money and awareness to find a cure for MND have given hope to the thousands of other Australians.
January 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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💭 Medical conditions that deprive testes of oxygen may be contributing to decline in male fertility

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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January 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM