{"id":5833,"date":"2012-09-21T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2021-08-24T01:37:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T01:37:31","slug":"aspree-trial-adelaide-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/aspree-trial-adelaide-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPREE Trial Adelaide Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal Minister launches ASPREE in Adelaide<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing described the ASPREE study as an incredibly important piece of medical research during the official opening of the new ASPREE Clinical Trial Centre in Adelaide\u00a0on September 21, 2012.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>He said the ASPREE study ticked a number of boxes: it addressed a fundamental health challenge \u2013diseases of ageing, it was of international standing bringing \u2018a level of excellence and critical mass\u2019 to the study and it took a \u2018wholistic\u2019 look at the health of older Australians. \u201c..leveraging off one project to understand more about a range of conditions, I think is a wonderful way to go forward in the future,\u201d said Minister Butler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Around 50 people attended the launch at the University of Adelaide, including <a href=\"\/aus\/about-us\/\">Principal Investigator <\/a>in Australia, Prof John McNeil, Chief Investigator in Adelaide, Prof Nigel Stocks, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, Prof Steve Wesselingh, as well as currently enrolled and potential ASPREE participants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-image-5841\" src=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/NS-adelaide-launch-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5841\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/NS-adelaide-launch-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/?attachment_id=5841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/NS-adelaide-launch-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/NS-adelaide-launch-1-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/NS-adelaide-launch-1-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/NS-adelaide-launch-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">ASPREE Chief Investigator in Adelaide, Prof Nigel Stocks<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"wp-image-5839\" src=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Adelaide-launch-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5839\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Adelaide-launch-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/?attachment_id=5839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Adelaide-launch-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Adelaide-launch-1-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Adelaide-launch-1-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Adelaide-launch-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Hon. Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" class=\"wp-image-5840\" src=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/21092012052.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5840\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/21092012052.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/?attachment_id=5840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/21092012052.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/21092012052-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/21092012052-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/21092012052-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2048px, 100vw\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">An older Australian talks to local media.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Above: Opening the ASPREE Clinical Trial Centre in Adelaide\u00a0on September 21, 2012.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Adelaide\u00a0team aims to recruit over 1000 participants from the <a href=\"\/aus\/site-locations\/\">Adelaide<\/a> and surrounding regions before December 2013.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASPREE launched a new clinical trial centre in Adelaide, with special guest, the Hon. 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