 "Our research has the ability to directly affect how our patients recover from their injuries. I hope to develop burn care protocols based on accurate assessment on injury, which help patients' long-term recovery." "Our ultimate aim is to not only limit or reduce scar formation after burn injury, but to be able to 'undo' the scar once it is there and get the body to change the scar back to 'normal skin."Dr Mark Fear, Senior Scientist
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Caring For your burn
Help us to help burn survivors
The effects of a burn injury can last a lifetime. It can be a devastating and traumatic time.
Your life can change in an instant!
Burn injury effects not only the injured but can have far reaching effects on close family and friends.
For some, the path to recovery can be long and arduous.
The McComb Foundation conducts research to help improve the journey on the way to recovery. But we need your support to do this!
If you would like to help but don't know how, you can pledge a donation to help us aid burn research.
Your donation will directly fund research and/or equipment used to find new ways to:
• Reduce pain
• Speed up wound healing
• Improve functional outcomes
• Reduce scar
• Reduce stress and anxiety and
• Understand the science behind burns
Thankyou for helping the McComb Foundation to achieve the goal of 'scarless healing'.
Fiona Wood
The McComb Foundation's Board of Directors
- Professor Fiona Wood
- Ms Marie Stoner
- Ms Jenni Ballantyne
- Mr. Ron Bennetts
- Professor Kateryna Longley
- Mr. Paul Fletcher
- Professor Suzanne Rea
- Dr. Dale Edgar
- Ms Pauline Rowe
The McComb Foundation supports students of various levels of academia and backgrounds. Current student projects include:
- The impact of transfer time on post burn outcome - Rebecca Monahan and Tricia Cheah (Graduate Medical Program)
- The comparison of outcomes between conservative management and cell based therapies for acute burns - Erica Remedios and Charlene Munasinghe (Graduate Medical Program)
- Self Management Program in burns - Vidya Finlay (Masters)
- Sexuality in burns - Kylie Black (PhD)
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