{"id":3231,"date":"2023-05-02T15:45:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T05:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=wimr_news&p=3231"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:26:30","slug":"giant-steps-for-research","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/giant-steps-for-research\/","title":{"rendered":"GIANT Steps for Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

New partnership between WIMR and GIANTS raises funds for life saving medical research<\/p>\n

The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) is delighted to be a GIANTS Community Partner in 2023.\u00a0 Together, we are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Western Sydney and beyond.<\/p>\n

Today, WIMR is pleased to announce its first initiative as part of this special partnership with GIANTS \u2013 a fundraising campaign called GIANT Steps for Research.<\/p>\n

Nicola Tuck, Head of the WIMR Foundation said, \u201cWe are delighted to be a GIANTS Community Partner and look forward to working with the GIANTS team.
\n\"\"
\n\u201cWe are learning a lot about AFL through the partnership.\u00a0 For instance, when we learnt that, in one AFL game, a player will travel about 13.5 kilometres, we were inspired to create the GIANT Steps for Research initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walking 13.5 kilometres in the month of June is all it takes to help WIMR\u2019s brilliant to continue making breakthroughs in some or the biggest health issues affecting our community.\u00a0 Conditions like:
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diabetes
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cancer
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heart disease
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mental health
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Obesity.<\/p>\n

Will you take a GIANT Step for Research?<\/strong>
\nSimply commit to walk, run or roll 13.5 kilometres in the month of June \u2013 it can be all on the one day or spread throughout the month \u2013 and ask your family, friends and colleagues to sponsor you.<\/p>\n

Take a GIANT step by signing up to help improve not only your own health but the health of people around the world through life saving research.<\/p>\n

Register now at\u00a0giantstepsforresearch.wimr.org.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We save lives. You can too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New partnership between WIMR and GIANTS raises funds for life saving medical research The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) is delighted to be a GIANTS Community Partner in 2023.\u00a0 Together, we are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Western Sydney and beyond. Today, WIMR is pleased to announce its first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3233,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[19],"class_list":["post-3231","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}