Building Public Health Capacity For Complex Questions, Complex Settings Complex Interventions
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,486,195.00
Summary
We describe a program of continuing education and development for postdoctoral staff in the transition from completing a PhD to becoming independent researchers. Their goals - and ours - are that at the end of the program they will initiate their own research programs, as part of a research team and will secure competitive funding to do so. The focus of the application is building capacity across two research groups, with the Lead Applicants (LA's) developing the formal program. Mother and Child ....We describe a program of continuing education and development for postdoctoral staff in the transition from completing a PhD to becoming independent researchers. Their goals - and ours - are that at the end of the program they will initiate their own research programs, as part of a research team and will secure competitive funding to do so. The focus of the application is building capacity across two research groups, with the Lead Applicants (LA's) developing the formal program. Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University and the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne are sited in Carlton and the LA's have a more than 10 year history of successful collaboration and a strong interest in mothers' and children's health. The applicants have a record of tackling difficult research, including population groups who are often excluded - Indigenous and immigrant women - and addressing difficult questions. The program of research addresses a set of complex problems ranging from intimate partner violence to preterm birth and substance abuse. These come to light in primary care, hospitals or communities. These problems require complex interventions, developed from a broad research base, to be implemented in different settings with diverse designs, from qualitative research to community trials. Multi-level interventions to change policy or practice, and health service and health economic evaluations will also be important aspects. Individual mentoring by LA's will involve specific supervision, mentoring and support of Team Investigators (TI's). There will also be co-mentoring by TI's, personal development and skills development. The research program will build capacity through participation in multidisciplinary research. The importance of research transfer and research translation will be emphasized through lunchtime seminars on public health advocacy, with content and policy component, led by TI's and supported by LA. There will be a national conference allowance for presentation of research findings, with a prior presentation to all staff here for feedback. Workshops will be held by LA's and TI's with established skills in reviewing manuscripts for journals and in editing. The outcomes of this program will be a stronger research capacity, improved research, sound health policy, better health care and improved health.Read moreRead less
Centre For Research Excellence In End Of Life Care
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,650,129.00
Summary
The pattern of disease, dying and death has changed dramatically in Australia over the last century. ELCCRE brings together four leading research centres in end of life care and establishes strategic links with leading investigators in chronic disease, health economics and legal and ethical issues. ELCCRE will address the urgent need for evidence based end of life service delivery strategies that are responsive to the complex, unpredictable and often extended patterns of disease progression.
Improving Quality And Safety Of Health Care Delivery At The Interface Between The Primary And Acute Care Sectors
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,528,627.00
Summary
The interface between primary and hospital based care is a quality and safety flashpoint. Our Centre will investigate the utility of a new model of collaborative care at this interface involving upskilled general practitioners, supported by hospital specialists and multidisciplinary teams caring for people with diabetes, heart failure and people receiving palliative care. We will investigate the impact on health outcomes; consumer and health care professional satisfaction; and economic outcomes.
Centre Of Research Excellence In Improving Health Services For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Children
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,629,464.00
Summary
Our CRE aim is to improve health outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. We provide new knowledge about health services Aboriginal children should receive. We strengthen primary care and hospital services. We improve understanding; test new models; ensure translation into policy and build capacity. We are from national and international Aboriginal, non government and mainstream organisations. We generate findings that are generalisable to health systems in Australia and inter ....Our CRE aim is to improve health outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. We provide new knowledge about health services Aboriginal children should receive. We strengthen primary care and hospital services. We improve understanding; test new models; ensure translation into policy and build capacity. We are from national and international Aboriginal, non government and mainstream organisations. We generate findings that are generalisable to health systems in Australia and internationally.Read moreRead less
E-health can improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of health services. The Centre for Research Excellence in Informatics and E-health will support the design, evaluation and use of e-health systems in 3 areas: monitoring e-health safety using incident monitoring, evaluating consumer e-health safety, and developing next generation evidence-based support tools.
Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,497,654.00
Summary
Arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions place an immense and growing burden on the world’s population. They affect 28% of Australians (>6.1 million people). With the support of CRE funding, the Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network will optimise musculoskeletal health through high quality, collaborative clinical research, building research capacity and effective transfer of research outcomes into clinical practice and health policy.
Centre Of Research Excellence In Melanoma: Person, Tumour And System-focussed Knowledge To Drive Better Outcomes In Melanoma
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,486,945.00
Summary
This Centre for Research Excellence in Melanoma will address three pivotal questions: how best to identify and conduct surveillance of the person with a high risk of melanoma, how best to manage the person who has developed a melanoma with high potential for relapse, and how best to improve support, survivorship and the patient experience. Economic evaluation, policy and implementation research are integral to the research plan.
Frailty Trans-Disciplinary Research To Achieve Healthy Ageing
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,301,169.00
Summary
Frailty may lead to a loss of independence which is more common with ageing but not inevitable. This centre of research excellence brings together a national team of clinician and academic researchers and forges strong links to three international centres of excellence in frailty research. Whilst providing new opportunities for the next generation of frailty clinicians and researchers, new research evidence to support the prevention and treatment of this hidden health issue will be developed.
Centre For REdefining Antibiotic Use To ReDUce ResistanCE And Prolong The Lives Of Antibiotics (REDUCE)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,158,296.00
Summary
Ineffective dosing of antimicrobials has contributed to the escalation of antimicrobial resistance which now pervades the healthcare system. Patients in the intensive care unit and post-transplant are examples of patients who commonly have infections, are more likely to fail treatment and have resistant microbes emerge. In these studies we will characterise the doses of antimicrobials that should be used in these difficult-to-treat patients and rapidly share these for routine clinical use.
Centre Of Research Excellence In Translation Of Research Into Improved OUtcomes In Musculoskeletal Pain & Health (CRE TRIUMPH)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,620,794.00
Summary
Musculoskeletal conditions, particularly osteoarthritis and low back pain, are a major cause of disability and health care costs. This multidisciplinary Centre of Research Excellence is focused on: (i) improving uptake of evidence into practice by addressing behaviour change of both clinicians and consumers in order to improve outcomes for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain; and (ii) training and mentoring the next generation of researchers in the field to build a critical mass.