Grant Recipients
2026 RBWH Research Grant Recipients
2026 RBWH Research Project Grants <$25,000
| Chief Investigator A | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Samantha Keogh | Evaluating dressing and securement for arterial catheters in intensive care: A prospective Target Trial Emulation |
| Emma Osland | Oral health-related quality of life and behaviours of adults receiving long-term enteral tube feeds |
| Abigail Walker | A Phase 2 randomised double-blind placebo controlled trial evaluating the outcomes of Oral Tranexamic Acid in the immediate postoperative period after sinonasal surgery |
| Jue Wang | Evaluation of chlorhexidine caps for central line associated bloodstream infection prevention in people needing Haemodialysis: A pilot randomised controlled trial |
| Grace Xu | Breaking the silence: A multi-method exploration into why staff underreport workplace violence in healthcare |
2026 RBWH Research Project Grants $25,000 to $50,000
| Chief Investigator A | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Deanne August | Plastic chemical exposure from medical devices in neonates: A feasibility study of clinical contact and chemical burden |
| Jason Brown | Early diagnosis of infection using new diagnostic biomarker D-lactate in burns patients |
| Jayesh Dhanani | Can nebulized ketamine reach therapeutic plasma concentrations for analgesia in ICU trauma and post-operative patients? the NIKI-PT: a Phase 2, single-centre, pharmacokinetic feasibility study |
| George John | BKV and Rejection Assessment for Versatile Early diagnosis in Kidney Transplantation (BRAVE-KTx) |
| Elissa Milford | Benchmarking piperacillin/tazobactam, meropenem and vancomycin dosing nomograms in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy – The Be-SMARRT project |
| Midori Nakagaki | Oral and gut microbiome in patients with chronic oral graft-versus-host disease (MIChrO-G) |
| Eoin O’Sullivan | Better Outcomes via Optimised Sequential Therapy in CKD (BOOST-CKD) |
| Kelsey Pateman | Motivations, mindset, meaning: What drives consumer representative journeys? |
| Sonia Pervin | Perinatal cannabis use in urban Australian women: implications for pregnancy and neonatal outcomes |
| Gareth Walker | Systematic review, sham diet development, and feasibility testing for a dietary intervention in ulcerative colitis |
| Adrienne Young | Measuring what matters: Developing a Patient Reported Experience Measure for hospital nutrition care |
2026 RBWH Early Career Researcher Fellowship Grants
| Chief Investigator A | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Angela Byrnes | Sustaining high value care: strengthening delirium prevention at the RBWH |
| Joanne Hiatt | From surgery to support: Enhancing multidisciplinary care pathways in skull base surgery |
| Annabel Levido | The ICU Workforce Framework: Integrating evidence, economics, and experience |
| Brighid Scanlon | From indicators to impact: Pilot testing and evaluating cancer equity indicators to optimise outcomes and efficiency in clinical services |
| Cory Williams | The Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service Digital Surgery School |
| Grace Xu | Co-designing and piloting a central venous catheter training program for clinicians in the emergency department |
2026 RBWH Research Higher Degree Scholarship Grants
| Chief Investigator A | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Elise Byrne | Developing evidence-based guidelines for safe mobilisation of ICU patients receiving vasoactive therapy: a multi-phase study |
| Lauren Cahill | How does multidisciplinary teamwork support the recognition and response of patient deterioration in an Australian cardiac catheter laboratory? |
| Corey Forrest | Electroencephalogram-derived assessment of neural networks in preterm and term infants as an early marker to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes |
| Tony Lian | DrumBeat.ai: Artificial Intelligence to triage indigenous ear disease |
| Emma Munro | The hidden burden and impact of emerging cellular therapies on supportive care needs in the acute haematology and bone marrow transplant setting |
| Andrew Neilson | Developing criteria for safe, effective early mobilisation for patients with neurological pathologies in intensive care |
| Patrick O’Connor | Improving the quality of image-guidance to achieve safer and more accurate radiotherapy for cancer patients |
| Eshan Shandiz | Tracking motor unit firing changes in motor neuron disorders: Developing a novel biomarker using non-invasive electromyography |
| Hannah Triscott | Neoadjuvant denosumab and immune checkpoint inhibition: characterising the systemic immune response in resectable lung cancer |