{"id":4884,"date":"2016-03-24T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2021-08-03T02:19:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:19:16","slug":"aspree-gives-first-study-update-in-wollongong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/aspree-gives-first-study-update-in-wollongong\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPREE&#8217;s first study update in Wollongong"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Dr Suzanne Orchard and\u00a0local ASPREE Senior Study Co-ordinator Rosalind (Ros) Whittaker hosted\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0ASPREE study update for 2016 in Wollongong on March 17.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Senior research manager, Suzanne, who is based at the <a href=\"\/aus\/site-locations\/\">ASPREE Head Office in Melbourne<\/a>, presented on the progress of Australia&#8217;s largest clinical trial in older adults.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>More than 500 ASPREE participants live between Campbelltown, Wollongong, Bowral and Nowra.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Suzanne was\u00a0introduced to the oldest ASPREE participant in the region, aged 92, and met several participants and guests that had travelled over an hour to attend the event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The update on the progress of the trial was held at the new Wollongong Masonic Centre and Hall in Gipps Rd, Gwynneville.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"wp-image-4886\" src=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Wollongong_ASPREE_update2016web.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Wollongong_ASPREE_update2016web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Wollongong_ASPREE_update2016web-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><em>Above: ASPREE participants and guests from in and around Wollongong attended an update on the ASPREE clinical trial.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Our thanks to local ASPREE participants and guests for the warm welcome to Wollongong and to the\u00a0Wiseman Park Bowling Club\u00a0for their assistance in setting up in preparation for the event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Updated 21.04.2021<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local ASPREE participants and guests attended the first update on the progress of the ASPREE trial at the Wollongong Masonic Centre in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1200","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[72,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8357,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions\/8357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}