Professor Desiree Silva named WA Rising Star

Professor Desiree Silva, Co-director of the ORIGINS Project

WA’s brightest researchers are at the top of their game, creating a healthier future for all of us. Three local legends who are changing the world have been named as this year’s WA Rising Stars – including the ORIGINS Project Co-director and head of paediatrics at Joondalup Health Campus, Professor Desiree Silva.

Together with co-director Professor Susan Prescott and the ORIGINS team (in conjunction with Telethon Kids Institute), she is building a research platform to enable world-class investigations into when and why non-communicable diseases develop.

“We absolutely hope we improve the health of this community and that we can translate some of our research internationally,” says Professor Silva.

Read the full feature on Professor Silva’s award in The West here.