Congratulations to the following successful applicants of the RBWH Foundation Research Project Grants and Scholarships for 2020.
| Prof Sailesh Kumar | Maternal & Fetal Medicine | Program Grant | Reducing emergency caesarean birth for fetal distress in women with small or poorly grown infants using Sildenafil Citrate – The RidStress 2 Randomised Controlled Trial |
| Dr Michelle Cottrell | Physiotherapy Department | Project Grant | Addressing safety and comprehensiveness concerns for neurological examination via telehealth in patients with low back pain |
| Dr Kirsten Hepburn | Renal | Project Grant | Desmopressin Acetate (DDAVP) to prevent post-Biopsy lLeeding in percutaneous kidney biopsy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial |
| Dr Liam Coulthard | Neurosurgery | Project Grant | Investigating the role of complement and peripheral leukocytes in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage |
| Dr Tara McCurdie | Quality Innovation and Patient Safety Service | Project Grant | Use of a novel 3D printed model for training novices in central venous catheter insertion: Preliminary validation and efficacy as a training tool. |
| Dr Pedro Henrique Franca Gois | Kidney Health Service | Project Grant | Improving the patient experience of kidney biopsy: A RCT evaluating video-assisted consent versus standard consent for percutaneous ultrasound-guided kidney biopsy |
| Dr Sarju Vasani | Department of Otolaryngology-ENT | Project Grant | A “needleless” approach to predict individuals at risk of developing oral cancer. |
| Dr Matthew Roberts | Urology | Project Grant | Staging of aggressive prostate cancer “invisible” to PSMA-PET: The FDG-PET for INvisible Disease (FIND) Trial |
| A/Prof David Fielding | Thoracic Medicine | Project Grant | How best to guide Metastatic Lung Cancer Treatment |
| Dr Peter Window | Physiotherapy Department, RBWH | Project Grant | The effect of simulating functional tasks during an immersive virtual reality environment on pain and fear of movement in people with chronic non-specific low back pain |
| Ms Ellyse McCormick | Emergency & Trauma Centre | Project Grant | Helping our healers: health and performance of ED staff |
| Dr Benjamin Chua | Radiation Oncology, Cancer Care Services | Project Grant | The use of non-invasive biomarkers in glioblastoma |
| Dr Andrea S Henden | Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation | Project Grant | Faecal Microbial Transplantation for Graft-Versus-Host Disease. |
| Ms Deanne August | Grantley Stable Neonatal Unit | Project Grant | What lies beneath: accurate measurement and sequelae of neonatal mechanical skin injuries |
| Prof Jeffrey Lipman | Intensive Care Medicine | Project Grant | Developing evidence-based antimicrobial dosing guidelines during extracorporeal therapies using advanced pharmacometric methods: pharmacokinetics of cefepime, ceftriaxone and ceftolozane/tazobactam during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and/or renal replacement therapy (RRT) |
| A/Prof John Yaxley | Urology | Project Grant | A prospective clinical evaluation of prostate biopsy under local anaesthetic to optimise health care resources: feasibility study |
| Prof David Reutens | Neurology | Project Grant | Localising language cortex using task-free fMRI and naturalistic stimuli. |
| Prof Paul Colditz | Neonatology | Project Grant | Identifying priority targets for effective blood volume management in preterm infants |
| Dr Craig Winter | Neurosurgery | Project Grant | Investigation into the correlation between intra-aneurysmal computational fluid dynamics and thin-walled regions (TWR’s) in brain aneurysms. |
| A/Prof John Atherton | Cardiology | Project Grant | An Investigation of the relationship between microbiome and heart failure |
| Prof Anders Cervin | Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery | Project Grant | Microbiome therapy of chronic purulent sinusitis |
| Prof Alison Mudge | Internal Medicine and Aged Care | Project Grant | Stratifying Trajectories After Rehabilitation (STAR): prospective study of the impact of frailty on recovery trajectories following inpatient rehabilitation |
| Prof James Scott | RBWH Mental Health Service | Project Grant | Cadence Discovery: A randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical dose and mechanism of action of sodium benzoate in people with schizophrenia |
| Dr Nadeeka Dissanayaka | Neurology, RBWH; UQCCR | Project Grant | Uncovering a novel therapeutic target to reduce dementia risk in Parkinson’s disease (TRIP study) |
| A/Prof Katie McMahon | Herston Imaging Research Facility | Project Grant | Improving reliability and validity of presurgical language mapping |
| Dr Frederik Steyn | Neurology | Project Grant | N-acetyltransferase 1, a modifier of disease outcome in patients with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). |
| Dr Charles Yates | Department of Neurosurgery | Scholarship New | Investigating the PROfile of complement activation in relation to Vasospasm, delayed cerebral ischaemia and aneurysmal Subarachnoid haemorrhage Outcomes |
| Ms Jacelle Warren | Jamieson Trauma Institute | Scholarship New | Long term burden and cost to the health care system for treatment of injury following transport crashes |
| Ms Prudence Butler | Physiotherapy Department | Scholarship New | Injury perceptions and their association with pain-related disability and mental health problem trajectories after traumatic lower extremity injuries: a longitudinal cohort study |
| Dr Jordy White | Orthopaedics | Scholarship New | Development of an Artificial Intelligence screening system to recommend treatment required following distal radius fractures |
| Mrs Champika Pattullo | Department of Clinical Pharmacology | Scholarship New | Opioid Stewardship Self-Assessment Tool – Development of a Hospital Facility Opioid Stewardship Self-Assessment Criteria to Ensure Patient-centred Care |
| Mrs Kylie Mueller | Pharmacy | Scholarship New | To investigate the impact of pharmacist medication management across the continuum |
| Dr Prianka Puri | Renal | Scholarship New | Complex cellular damage and cell signalling in glomerular disease, investigation of genetic mutations along side serum and urine biomarkers of disease |
| Mr Nicolas Anning | Pharmacy | Scholarship New | To investigate the pharmacotherapy management of the bariatric surgery patient and the impact of the pharmacist in the multidisciplinary team |
| Ms Taylor Guthrie | Department of Nutrition and Dietetics | Scholarship New | The impact of bariatric surgery prior to pregnancy on maternal nutrition status and offspring growth: A prospective cohort study |
| Dr Zhen Yu Liu | ENT | Scholarship New | Human papillomavirus associated oropharyngeal cancer: a novel salivary modality for monitoring disease response and surveillance |
| Ms Miriam Dillon | Physiotherapy | Scholarship New | UNderstanding factors associated with IMproving responsiveness to Pain neuroscience EDucation among individuals with chronic low back pain |
| Ms Ellie Minchell | Speech Pathology Department | Scholarship New | The effects of endovascular clot retrieval and thrombolysis on dysphagia |
| Ms Giovanna Tornatore | Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Services. | Scholarship New | Effectiveness and feasibility of hybrid technology in improving upper limb function and occupational performance in patients requiring neurological rehabilitation. |