MDFA RESEARCH GRANT 2019
Professor Alex Brown’s study aims to try to find out why diabetes-related vision loss is estimated to be approximately five times higher among Indigenous Australian people when compared to other Australians.
Filmed in South Australia with next day delivery.
Professor Alex Brown is from the Aboriginal Health Equity Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
Diabetes-related vision loss is estimated to be approximately five times higher among Indigenous Australian people when compared to other Australians. Professor Alex Brown’s study aims to try to find out why.
Professor Brown’s study will look at all aspects of health and diabetes, including the social, clinical, and medical. The project will also follow people with diabetes for four-to-five years. They hope to be able to predict who will go on to suffer from blindness from diabetic eye disease.
Producer:
George Opadchy / Leonie Walton
Lead Camera:
Curtis Redden
Editor and Post Production:
Curtis Redden
