Professor Fiona Wood seeking 5000 West Australians to study long-term risks of burns

Physical scars left by burns are often obvious to see. But long-term physiological impact can sometimes fester undetected for years, something a new WA study led by acclaimed researcher Professor Fiona Wood hopes to change. Professor Wood and her team at the Burns Service of WA and Fiona Wood Foundation want to recruit about 5000 people to be a part of a survey as a first step to examining long-term quality of life for burns survivors. West Australians with burns are often only monitored for two years after injury, limiting just how much is understood about how people have been impacted decades later. The Ultralong Follow-up After Burn study is seeking adults who experienced a burn injury and received treatment in Western Australia from 1993 onwards to complete a short, confidential online survey.