Integrated Community Care For People With Complex Multi-morbidities
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,500,000.00
Summary
The focus of the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Integrated Community Care for People with Complex Multi-morbidities (CRE-CoM) will be on reducing hospitalisation through innovative, high quality, collaborative research of home and community-based service systems, including the development of digital and virtual modes of community-based service delivery.
On TRACK (Teaching, Research And Community Knowledges) : CRE Promoting Brain Health With Older Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$3,000,000.00
Summary
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience high rates of dementia at younger ages of onset, having far reaching consequences for the person, their family and their communities. The OnTRACK (Teaching, Research and Community Knowledges) Centre for Research Excellence will generate knowledge about culturally safe approaches to optimise the well being and quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at risk of or living with dementia.
What Cost-effective Built Environment Interventions Would Create Healthy, Liveable And Equitable Communities In Australia, And What Would Facilitate These Being Translated Into Policy And Practice?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,658,832.00
Summary
This CRE involves collaboration between a multi-disciplinary research team across Australia working with policy-makers covering planning, urban design, transport planning and health. It will identify the most cost-effective built environment interventions required to create healthy, liveable, and equitable communities. Factors that influence research findings being translated into urban planning policy and practice will be examined and tools to assist changes to policy and practice developed.
Building Research Capacity In Indigenous Australians And Community Controlled Health Services
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,450,234.00
Summary
In addition to building the research capacity of a cohort of Indigenous and non-indigenous researchers based in Northern Australia and Victoria this project will establish a network to promote Indigenous health research and build capacity in three Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services already involved in Indigenous and population health research and in employees within those three Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. The project will investigate and evaluate models of how U ....In addition to building the research capacity of a cohort of Indigenous and non-indigenous researchers based in Northern Australia and Victoria this project will establish a network to promote Indigenous health research and build capacity in three Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services already involved in Indigenous and population health research and in employees within those three Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. The project will investigate and evaluate models of how Universities can best build research capacity in Indigenous population health researchers.Read moreRead less
A Centre For Research Excellence In Cerebral Palsy (CRE-CP)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,622,042.00
Summary
Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood. Our objective is to bring about a radical improvement in the treatment of individuals with cerebral palsy, both children and adults, and to determine better ways to assist their families. Emphasis will be placed on early detection of health issues and rigorous evaluation of management options. We will train more researchers and ensure that all the knowledge generated is made available to families and health care professionals.