The “risky” business of thromboembolic events for patients with intravenous immunoglobulin treatment

Dr Mahima Kapoor is the first author on a study which shows higher
risk for patients who have suffered clotting events from a particular
treatment, intravenous immunoglobulin.

by Dr Loretta Piccenna, Department of Neuroscience

An important analysis using the UK Biobank published this month by researchers in the Neuromuscular group in the Department of Neuroscience has shown a three-fold higher risk of blood clots, or thromboembolic events (TEEs), in patients with a prior history of these events when they were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) (1).

Congratulations to our recently completed graduate research students!

Congratulations to our recently completed graduate research students Mahima Kapoor, Michelle Wong, Jason Palazzolo, Katrina Woodford, Hayley Barnes and Elliot Anderson - Well done! See below for detail of thesis topics, departments and supervisors.

Congratulations to our recent PhD graduates Joshua Laing, Mahima Kapoor and Michael Nasserallah

L-R: Dr Mahima Kapoor and Dr Joshua Laing

Congratulations to Dr Michael Nasserallah, Dr Joshua (Josh) Laing and Dr Mahima Kapoor on the recent completion of their PhD theses! Michael is a surgical registar based at Peninsula Health, and Josh and Mahima are both practising neurologists and were PhD students in the Department of Neuroscience.