{"id":12432,"date":"2021-02-22T15:55:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=12432"},"modified":"2021-07-13T07:53:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:53:16","slug":"a-prof-lucy-morgan","status":"publish","type":"researcher","link":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/researchers\/a-prof-lucy-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"A\/Prof Lucy Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>For Associate Professor Lucy Morgan, research means&nbsp;finding a piece of the puzzle that helps to improve the lives of her patients.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"30 Reasons for Research: Lucy Morgan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_V6dWDToDo8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A\/Prof Lucy Morgan has dedicated her&nbsp;career to improving the lives of Australians impacted by lung disease.&nbsp;Since receiving a Lung Foundation Australia research grant in 1999,&nbsp;the passionate clinician has been working from lab to bedside, giving hope to those who need it most.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Receiving one&nbsp;of the&nbsp;first&nbsp;<em>Lung Foundation Australia Boehringer Ingelheim COPD Research Fellowship<\/em><em>s&nbsp;<\/em>was an&nbsp;opportunity&nbsp;A\/Prof Morgan&nbsp;considers sentinel in the path of her career. With the funding support,&nbsp;A\/Prof&nbsp;Morgan completed her PhD in&nbsp;mucociliary&nbsp;clearance,&nbsp;developing a&nbsp;new way of measuring clearance&nbsp;for patients impacted by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).&nbsp;Through this project,&nbsp;she&nbsp;created a software model for measuring the lungs\u2019 capacity to clear themselves.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I applied for the&nbsp;Fellowship&nbsp;I was very young and very green. It was the financial support that allowed me to put a lot of focus into the research project and to work a little bit as a respiratory physician.&nbsp;These grants offer amazing opportunities for&nbsp;early career advancement,&nbsp;particularly in this era where NHMRC scholarships are unbelievably difficult to get. It\u2019s a&nbsp;wonderful early first&nbsp;steppingstone&nbsp;into the grant process, publication process and an early step on the ladder in a career of clinical research in respiratory medicine.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\/Prof Morgan says medical research&nbsp;is all about puzzle solving on a shoestring&nbsp;&#8211; the teasing out of questions and the sorting out of the unsortable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think research is about clarifying the minutia, about having time to really concentrate on a tiny little piece of the puzzle that can make the whole picture suddenly come into focus.&nbsp;The greatest joy in medical research is finding a piece of the puzzle that helps to improve the lives of our patients.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery year, we see the hard work of researchers from the recent past come to fruition in the clinic room and bedside. It gives us hope that similar breakthrough therapies might be just around the corner for all our patients.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 30 years, Lung Foundation Australia has been partnering with organisations&nbsp;and individuals from our community&nbsp;to provide seed funds to support young researchers like A\/Prof Morgan undertaking cutting-edge research projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of our research projects have been funded by incredibly generous donations from individuals and groups that have been directly affected by lung disease.&nbsp;This gives these individuals an extraordinary opportunity to feel, justifiably, that they have supported ground-breaking research that really&nbsp;has the opportunity to&nbsp;change the lives of Australians with lung disease.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\/Prof Morgan says contributing funds to lung disease and lung cancer research&nbsp;\u201cis not a drop in the ocean&#8230; it\u2019s&nbsp;the whole pool.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research saves lives and gives hope for a cure.&nbsp;<br>Give hope. Give to research today.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" style=\"background-color:#004e27\">Donate today<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Clayton-story-card.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-474 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Clayton-story-card.jpg 550w, https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Clayton-story-card-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">30 Reasons for Research <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For Clayton, the work of Associate Professor Lucy Morgan means&nbsp;hope&nbsp;of a brighter future&nbsp;for those&nbsp;living with COPD. 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In comparison to young healthy people (in whom rhythmic breathing is controlled automatically by the respiratory centres in the brain stem), I detected abnormal activation in a secondary region in the brain (the sensorimotor cortex) that is usually reserved for voluntary control of the respiratory muscles.&nbsp; This abnormal activation occurred in approximately 40% of the people with COPD I tested.&nbsp; However, I also tested older people <em>without<\/em> COPD and found a similar rate of abnormal sensorimotor cortical activation, thus determining that the change in brain activity was not related to factors such as compromised lung function in people with COPD, but rather due to age.&nbsp; My finding may have implications for people with COPD of more advanced age. &nbsp;I have commenced a follow-up study to investigate the link between this altered brain activation and the symptom of breathlessness (dyspnoea) in COPD.\n\nIn addition, I am investigating how the mechanics of the chest and muscles are altered in COPD. The neural control of breathing is usually matched to muscle mechanics as it provides an efficient strategy to ventilate the lungs. Therefore, I will also determine the implications of mechanical changes in COPD on the neural control of the respiratory muscles in these patients. Through my research, detection of any neural impairment in the mis-match between respiratory muscle mechanics and neural control could improve treatment via targeted physiotherapy or other interventions.\n\nI am thankful to all previous and future participants who have volunteered for my research studies.\n<h4>What do you hope to achieve with this research project?<\/h4>\nMy research will detect neural impairments in respiratory motor control in COPD.&nbsp; Coordinated and efficient contraction of the respiratory muscles is required to ventilate the lungs. Given the respiratory muscles are weak and mechanics of the chest and lungs are compromised in people with COPD, I will determine what changes occur in the way the central nervous system controls the respiratory muscles in COPD and how it relates to breathlessness (dyspnoea), a debilitating symptom of the disease. Through detection of neural impairments in COPD, I aim to identify new targets for therapy to reduce respiratory morbidity in patients with COPD.\n<h4>How important was the funding from Lung Foundation Australia to your work?<\/h4>\nFunding from LFA has allowed me to apply my expertise in human respiratory physiology to the debilitating disease of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Given there is no cure for the disease, improved understanding of the mechanisms of the disease and identification of new targets for treatment to improve disease symptoms are critical.\n\nPersonally, the fellowship came at a key point in my career. I was a mid-career researcher returning from maternity leave and the fellowship has given me independence to forge a unique research path.\n<h4>Do you have a message for Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s supporters?<\/h4>\nIn the course of my research project, I have met only a small proportion of Australians living with COPD. I have been moved by their personal stories and their struggle with the disease. I would be honoured and incredibly rewarded if my research can improve the lives of these individuals I have met. It is indescribable to imagine helping all people living with COPD. The individuals with COPD I have met are an even smaller proportion of Australians living with a whole range of debilitating lung diseases.&nbsp; By support of Lung Foundation Australia, together, we can aspire to improve the lives of all these individuals.","post_title":"Dr Anna Hudson","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"anna-hudson","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-07 20:33:44","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-07 10:33:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=3709","menu_order":0,"post_type":"researcher","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1547,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2018-09-18 15:11:17","post_date_gmt":"2018-09-18 05:11:17","post_content":"<h4>What are some of the key findings, progress and discoveries you have made, or hope to make, with your research to date?<\/h4>\nI hope to make discoveries that will be developed into more effective therapies for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Our research team led, by Professor Phil Hansbro, has developed a unique experimental model of COPD that is highly representative of human disease. I have used this model to collect preliminary evidence that shows that the levels of a recently discovered type of molecule, known as microRNAs, changes as the disease progresses. So far, I have shown that one of these microRNAs plays important roles in the development of experimental COPD and that it is also changed in humans with this disease.\n<h4>What do you hope to achieve with this research project?<\/h4>\nThe overarching goal of this research project is to increase the understanding of the mechanisms that drive the development of COPD. I will target specific microRNAs that are changed in experimental COPD to examine their roles and potential for therapeutic targeting, and then confirm my observations in human patients.\n<h4>How important was the funding from Lung Foundation Australia to your work?<\/h4>\nThe funding from Lung Foundation Australia will provide me with an invaluable opportunity to pursue my research, which aims to identify the mechanisms that drive the development of COPD and new therapeutic targets. This research project would not be possible without funding from Lung Foundation Australia.\n<h4>Do you have a message for Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s supporters?<\/h4>\nLung Foundation Australia is an incredible organisation that actively supports the next generation of scientists to pursue cutting edge research in a range of chronic lung diseases. This kind of support enables Australia to remain at the forefront of lung research and fosters early career lung research scientists. This fellowship is essential for me to continue my research, which has strong translational potential, and to further develop my career. I would like to personally thank all of the supporters of Lung Foundation Australia for this opportunity.","post_title":"Dr Richard Kim","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"richard-kim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-07 20:31:30","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-07 10:31:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=1547","menu_order":0,"post_type":"researcher","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]}],"full_width_components":{"full_width_page_components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"featured_posts_static","heading":"","view_more_link":null,"posts":[{"ID":1566,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2018-09-18 16:12:39","post_date_gmt":"2018-09-18 06:12:39","post_content":"\u201cMy work is centred on the challenges of regular exercise and physical activity for people with COPD. Our knowledge about the magnitude of the problem and the promise of potential benefits from participation currently outweigh our understanding of how to help people make changes in their everyday life.\n\nLung Foundation Australia\u2019s funding assisted in the completion of a Cochrane systematic review looking at interventions to increase physical activity in people with COPD, and enabled me to travel to the American Thoracic Society International Conference in May 2018 to present and discuss our findings with attendees with expertise from around the world.\n\nBy informing health care professionals regarding the most effective strategies to use with the people they see every day, we hope to maximise the health benefits for people with COPD around the world.\nIt is only through the support offered to the Lung Foundation Australia that this work was made possible.\u201d","post_title":"Angela Burge","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"angela-burge","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-07 19:42:24","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-07 09:42:24","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=1566","menu_order":0,"post_type":"researcher","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3709,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2018-09-27 12:15:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-09-27 02:15:00","post_content":"<h4>What are some of the key findings, progress and discoveries you have made with your research to date \u2013 and how will this make a difference to patients with this disease?<\/h4>\nI have discovered that the way the brain controls breathing is changed in some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In comparison to young healthy people (in whom rhythmic breathing is controlled automatically by the respiratory centres in the brain stem), I detected abnormal activation in a secondary region in the brain (the sensorimotor cortex) that is usually reserved for voluntary control of the respiratory muscles.&nbsp; This abnormal activation occurred in approximately 40% of the people with COPD I tested.&nbsp; However, I also tested older people <em>without<\/em> COPD and found a similar rate of abnormal sensorimotor cortical activation, thus determining that the change in brain activity was not related to factors such as compromised lung function in people with COPD, but rather due to age.&nbsp; My finding may have implications for people with COPD of more advanced age. &nbsp;I have commenced a follow-up study to investigate the link between this altered brain activation and the symptom of breathlessness (dyspnoea) in COPD.\n\nIn addition, I am investigating how the mechanics of the chest and muscles are altered in COPD. The neural control of breathing is usually matched to muscle mechanics as it provides an efficient strategy to ventilate the lungs. Therefore, I will also determine the implications of mechanical changes in COPD on the neural control of the respiratory muscles in these patients. Through my research, detection of any neural impairment in the mis-match between respiratory muscle mechanics and neural control could improve treatment via targeted physiotherapy or other interventions.\n\nI am thankful to all previous and future participants who have volunteered for my research studies.\n<h4>What do you hope to achieve with this research project?<\/h4>\nMy research will detect neural impairments in respiratory motor control in COPD.&nbsp; Coordinated and efficient contraction of the respiratory muscles is required to ventilate the lungs. Given the respiratory muscles are weak and mechanics of the chest and lungs are compromised in people with COPD, I will determine what changes occur in the way the central nervous system controls the respiratory muscles in COPD and how it relates to breathlessness (dyspnoea), a debilitating symptom of the disease. Through detection of neural impairments in COPD, I aim to identify new targets for therapy to reduce respiratory morbidity in patients with COPD.\n<h4>How important was the funding from Lung Foundation Australia to your work?<\/h4>\nFunding from LFA has allowed me to apply my expertise in human respiratory physiology to the debilitating disease of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Given there is no cure for the disease, improved understanding of the mechanisms of the disease and identification of new targets for treatment to improve disease symptoms are critical.\n\nPersonally, the fellowship came at a key point in my career. I was a mid-career researcher returning from maternity leave and the fellowship has given me independence to forge a unique research path.\n<h4>Do you have a message for Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s supporters?<\/h4>\nIn the course of my research project, I have met only a small proportion of Australians living with COPD. I have been moved by their personal stories and their struggle with the disease. I would be honoured and incredibly rewarded if my research can improve the lives of these individuals I have met. It is indescribable to imagine helping all people living with COPD. The individuals with COPD I have met are an even smaller proportion of Australians living with a whole range of debilitating lung diseases.&nbsp; By support of Lung Foundation Australia, together, we can aspire to improve the lives of all these individuals.","post_title":"Dr Anna Hudson","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"anna-hudson","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-07 20:33:44","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-07 10:33:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=3709","menu_order":0,"post_type":"researcher","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1547,"post_author":"3","post_date":"2018-09-18 15:11:17","post_date_gmt":"2018-09-18 05:11:17","post_content":"<h4>What are some of the key findings, progress and discoveries you have made, or hope to make, with your research to date?<\/h4>\nI hope to make discoveries that will be developed into more effective therapies for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Our research team led, by Professor Phil Hansbro, has developed a unique experimental model of COPD that is highly representative of human disease. I have used this model to collect preliminary evidence that shows that the levels of a recently discovered type of molecule, known as microRNAs, changes as the disease progresses. So far, I have shown that one of these microRNAs plays important roles in the development of experimental COPD and that it is also changed in humans with this disease.\n<h4>What do you hope to achieve with this research project?<\/h4>\nThe overarching goal of this research project is to increase the understanding of the mechanisms that drive the development of COPD. I will target specific microRNAs that are changed in experimental COPD to examine their roles and potential for therapeutic targeting, and then confirm my observations in human patients.\n<h4>How important was the funding from Lung Foundation Australia to your work?<\/h4>\nThe funding from Lung Foundation Australia will provide me with an invaluable opportunity to pursue my research, which aims to identify the mechanisms that drive the development of COPD and new therapeutic targets. This research project would not be possible without funding from Lung Foundation Australia.\n<h4>Do you have a message for Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s supporters?<\/h4>\nLung Foundation Australia is an incredible organisation that actively supports the next generation of scientists to pursue cutting edge research in a range of chronic lung diseases. This kind of support enables Australia to remain at the forefront of lung research and fosters early career lung research scientists. This fellowship is essential for me to continue my research, which has strong translational potential, and to further develop my career. I would like to personally thank all of the supporters of Lung Foundation Australia for this opportunity.","post_title":"Dr Richard Kim","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"richard-kim","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-07 20:31:30","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-07 10:31:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=1547","menu_order":0,"post_type":"researcher","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]}]},"image":{"card":{"ID":10707,"id":10707,"title":"Lucy Morgan 2","filename":"Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","filesize":169042,"url":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","link":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/get-involved\/campaigns\/30-reasons-for-research\/lucy-morgan-2\/","alt":"","author":"85","description":"","caption":"","name":"lucy-morgan-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":10684,"date":"2020-09-28 06:24:09","modified":"2020-09-28 06:25:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1238,"height":943,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648-300x229.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":229,"medium_large":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648-768x585.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":585,"large":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648-1024x780.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":780,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","2048x2048-width":1238,"2048x2048-height":943,"xxlarge":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","xxlarge-width":1238,"xxlarge-height":943,"xlarge":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","xlarge-width":1238,"xlarge-height":943,"header-navigation":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648-480x943.jpg","header-navigation-width":480,"header-navigation-height":943,"link-category":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648-380x256.jpg","link-category-width":380,"link-category-height":256,"card":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648-450x450.jpg","card-width":450,"card-height":450,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":229,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":305,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Lucy-Morgan-2-e1601274399648.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":457}}}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher\/12432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/researcher"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"researcher_condition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/researcher_condition?post=12432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}