Adj Prof Jackie Hanson, Chief Executive
Jim McGowan AM, Board Chair
Metro North Health is home to hundreds of dedicated and determined world-class researchers who are working hard to improve patient outcomes, combat disease and advance clinical practice. For this year’s Metro North Research Excellence Awards, it was wonderful to see over 60 nominations across the seven categories.
We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Metro North Research Excellence Awards:
Research Support Award
- Professor Nicole Marsh
- Professor Victoria Eley
- Dr Mahesh Ramanan
- Deanne August
Researcher of the Year
- Dr Eamonn Eeles
- Professor John F Fraser
- Professor Leonie Callaway
Rising Star Award
- Associate Professor Andrea Henden
- Associate Professor Teresa Brown
- Monica Suet Ying Ng
- Hollie Bendotti
Clinical Research Award
- CAR T cells: a new frontier in cancer care
- The Living Heart Project
- Implementation of pre-treatment genotype guided personalised dosing to reduce severe toxicity from chemotherapy
Complex Health Challenges
- Improving Diabetes Outcomes Across Queensland- The Inpatient Diabetes Working Group
- The IV Passport
- The Kidney Supportive Care Research Group
- Integrated Children’s Care Collaborative (ICCC)
Discovery and Innovation Research
- Novel Radiation Shielding to Reduce Radiation Exposure
- Treatment of multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by removal of ‘harmful’ antibodies
- Redcliffe Hospital Urology team – leading discovery and innovation to benefit patients with urologic cancers and conditions
- ICU of the Future
Research Implementation Award
- Implementation Support Groups
- Living Well During Pregnancy
- Thrombin–gelatin matrix (Floseal) to prevent post dental extraction haemorrhage in patients with inherited bleeding disorders
- Lung cancer screening – Australia’s 4th national screening program
Consumer in Research Award
- Direct to Psychology Insomnia and Stepped Care Models: Sleep Disorders Service Innovations
- Optimising consumer choice in telehealth: Metro North Telehealth Co-Design Project
- Co-designing an exercise intervention to prevent paraatomal hernias
- ICU of the Future
The awards evening will be held on 2 November with formal invitations to be sent to the deserving finalists in the coming days.
We would like to thank all of you who took the time to highlight some of the fantastic research initiatives of your colleagues across our facilities.
Thank you to our 2023 sponsors HESTA, RBWH Foundation and The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation.
Good luck to all the finalists.
Kind regards,
Jim McGowan AM, Board Chair
Adj. Prof. Jackie Hanson, Chief Executive