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Examining 'cold-case' sexual assaults

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Examining 'cold-case' sexual assaults

Our Forensic DNA experts have been examining hundreds of stored Sexual Assault Investigation Kits (SAIKs) for DNA using the latest technologies now available.

Here's what they found

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26th May, 2025

Collaborating to combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Our microbiology experts recently travelled to Austria for a World Health Organization meeting to showcase the latest efforts to combat global antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat….

21st May, 2025

Vale Professor Creswell John Eastman AO

Professor Cres Eastman AO, a pioneering Australian endocrinologist and globally recognised public health advocate, has died at the age of 85, leaving behind a lasting legacy of leadership at NSW….

14th May, 2025

Haematologist recognised as a Highly Ranked Scholar for “exceptional scholarly performance”

NSW Health Pathology Senior Staff Specialist in Haematology Professor Beng Chong has been named a highly ranked scholar for 2024 by ScholarGPS for the outstanding quality of his research work….

9th May, 2025

Forensic DNA experts put hundreds of ‘cold-case’ sexual assaults back under the spotlight

A special team has been working at NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic Biology/DNA lab to test hundreds of historic Sexual Assault Investigation Kits (SAIKs) using the latest technology and search for….

3rd May, 2025

We’re here for the Lithgow region, 365 days a year!

Take a look behind the scenes at our pathology laboratory at Lithgow Hospital and meet some of the team caring for the local community. Matthew O’Neal has been NSW Health….

26th March, 2025

Looking out for each other: our cyclone response

When Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall on Saturday 8 March 2025 as a category 1 cyclone, our people were prepared, ensuring vital blood supplies and pathology laboratories were available to….

17th March, 2025

Learning on the job while delivering essential services

NSW Health Pathology is proud to be part of the NSW Government’s 1000 NSW Public Sector Apprentices and Trainees Program. For Matthew, it’s a chance to transition into a rewarding….

13th March, 2025

First wind, then rain. Next come the mozzies – here’s how to reduce your risk of bites and infections

While some parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales are still on alert for flooding, others are starting the difficult clean-up process as flood waters recede. Stagnant water….

6th March, 2025

Congratulations to our newest pathology graduates!

More than a dozen of NSW Health Pathology’s trainee pathologists have graduated at the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) conference in Melbourne. They’ll now embark on their specialist….

5th March, 2025

Meet trainee clinical scientist, Fakhria Kakar

Fakhria Kakar, or Hila as she’s better known, is a hospital scientist and trainee clinical scientist at NSW Health Pathology’s Immunopathology Laboratory at Westmead Hospital. She was recently awarded a….