Funding and Awards

SHRAC Research Translation Projects 2009/10

‘Evidence for a Sustainable Health System’

One of the key objectives of SHRAC is to encourage and facilitate the translation of research into effective health care and economic benefit, and to complement the WA Health reform process. The Department of Health has made available funding for a third year for short-term projects or initiatives that will investigate and evaluate efficiencies and cost savings that research can deliver to WA Health in the overall process of health care.

These projects address relevant contemporary challenges faced by WA Health and may involve undertaking new research, the application of existing research, or the evaluation of research that has already been applied. Projects must provide solid economic justification of the benefits to WA Health, such as unit cost savings. Projects may include proof-of-concept research or pilot studies that test innovative ideas.

Applications from health practitioners are encouraged, as are multidisciplinary and cross-institution collaborations. Funding can be awarded to an individual researcher or to a research team. Projects must commence and finish in 2009/10 and projects can be of any size up to a maximum of $200,000.

2009 award recipients

In 2009 the third round of Research Translation Projects generated great interest, resulting in 60 applications. Applications addressed many health issues and came from a wide range of professions, disciplines, health services and universities.

A total of $1,757,000 was awarded for 12 innovative research projects in rural and metropolitan settings following review by a panel comprising SHRAC, the Department of Health and consumer representatives. The grants range in size from $90,000 to $195,000.

The successful applicants and their project titles are listed below, together with the organisations from which the principal investigator (PI) and chief investigators (CI) are from.

Principal Investigator	PI and CI Organisations	Title
Dr Allyson Browne	Royal Perth Hospital Curtin University of Technology	Determining the clinical and cost effectiveness of a brief intervention for reducing harmful alcohol use following traumatic injury
Dr Tomas Corcoran	Royal Perth Hospital University of Adelaide Royal Adelaide Hospital University of Western Australia King Edward Memorial Hospital	Electronic support systems for preoperative assessment and management - improved quality and reduced cost
Dr Stephanie Davies	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service Curtin University of Technology South Metropolitan Area Health Services	Up-skilling patients in active self-management health strategies to reduce length of inpatient stay
Ms Rosemary French	Royal Perth Hospital University of Western Australia	Decreasing hospital readmission rates and length of stay of CHD patients with depression through establishing a care pathway focused on early case identification and enhanced integration between specialist services and primary care
Professor Peter Hamer	University of Notre Dame Australia Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	Enhancing musculoskeletal triage in the Emergency Department by an enhanced multidisciplinary model of care
Professor Graeme Hankey	Royal Perth Hospital	Evaluation of an early multidisciplinary group intervention to improve communicative ability and psychosocial adjustment following traumatic brain injury
Professor YC Gary Lee	Lung Institute of Western Australia University of Western Australia Royal Perth Hospital Fremantle Hospital	Novel community-based care for malignant pleural effusions
Professor Gill Lewin	Silver Chain Nursing Association Inc	Telehealth Research Across the Community (TRAC)
Ms Sue Peter	Princess Margaret Hospital Curtin University of Technology Royal Perth Hospital	Evaluation of a rural/remote – tertiary paediatric partnership program
Professor James Semmens	Curtin University of Technology University of Western Australia Fremantle Hospital	A new platform for patient blood management in WA: translating data and practice to new models of care
Dr Marian Sturm	Royal Perth Hospital	Regeneration of Glycorex AB columns for blood group incompatible kidney transplant
Professor Anne Wilkinson	Edith Cowan University WA Palliative Care Network Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	An evaluation of the Liverpool Care Pathway for care of the terminally ill in rural Western Australia

Application details

Applications closed on Tuesday 24 March 2009.

The 2009 application form (Word 265KB) and guidelines for applicants (Word 228KB) may be accessed as reference documents.

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