Funding and Awards

SHRAC Research Translation Projects 2008/09

In 2008 the second round of Research Translation Projects attracted 68 applications. A total of $2 million was awarded for 16 innovative research projects ranging from $65,000 to $176,000.

The successful applicants and their project titles are listed below.

Principal Investigator	PI and CI Organisation	Title
Associate Professor Garry T Allison	Curtin University of Technology Royal Perth Hospital (RPH)	The utility of change of venue for transitional management of inpatients requiring Neurological Rehabilitation
Dr Glenn Arendts	University of Western Australia (UWA) Fremantle Hospital RPH	Predicting admission and re-presentation after discharge in older persons that undergo ED assessment
Dr Manfred Beilharz	UWA PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA	Evaluation of natural human interferon alpha lozenges in the prevention / amelioration of winter colds and flu in Perth, Western Australia
Dr Dorota Doherty	Women and Infants Research Foundation, UWA Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health King Edward Memorial Hospital Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS)	Models for improved maternal care for rural and remote Aboriginal women: evaluation of clinical benefits and cost-effectiveness
Adjunct Associate Professor Robert H Eikelboom	Ear Science Institute Australia UWA Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health	A study of the cost and benefits of the introduction of ear telehealth in the Pilbara
Mr Dale Edgar	WA Burns Service RPH	Application of tailored, self-management packages in a novel model of burn care: focus on sustainability, efficiencies and cost reduction while maintaining optimal patient outcomes
Ms Erin Godecke	RPH Curtin University of Technology Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) / Osborne Park Hospital	Evaluation of the cost effectiveness of early intensive aphasia therapy following first ever ischaemic stroke
Dr George O’Neil	Australian Medical Procedures Research Foundation Fresh Start Recovery Program	To formally evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of a new treatment programme for alcohol dependent patients in Perth
Dr Duanne Pennebaker	South Metropolitan Area Mental Health Service	Costs comparison of three models of community mental health services
Associate Professor Richard L Prince	UWA SCGH CBRCC Curtin University of Technology PathWest RPH	A targeted community program of vitamin D treatment to reduce hospital admissions for falls, fractures and other disorders
Dr Helen Slater	Curtin University of Technology Fremantle Hospital Bethesda Hospital Move Well Physiotherapy UWA RPH	Increasing the uptake of evidence-based clinical guidelines in the management of acute non-specific low back pain in primary care: a targeted GP education program
Professor Peter Thompson	Heart Research Institute SCGH Curtin University of Technology University of New South Wales UWA	An extension of a prospective randomised controlled trial of remote physiological monitoring for chronic heart failure to a rural cohort
Assoc Prof Dr Alistair Vickery	UWA North Metropolitan Area Health Service	Increasing the cost savings for WA health and effectiveness of the Healthy@Home-Chronic disease management program by delivering improved patient outcomes
Clinical Professor Fiona Wood	Princess Margaret Hospital RPH WA Burns Service	A prospective randomised clinical trial to investigate and evaluate patient outcomes and cost effectiveness of Biobrane biosynthetic wound dressings with and without autologous cell suspension in paediatric scald injuries
Associate Professor Piers Yates	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service Curtin University of Technology	Evaluation of a region-based, musculoskeletal team approach to orthopaedic outpatient clinic waiting-list management
Professor Kanagasingam Yogesan	Lions Eye Institute	Retinopathy of Prematurity: Validation of a novel diagnostic technology for cost-effective interventions

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