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Metro North is committed to providing a platform to acknowledge and promote research excellence within our health service. Below is a list of research publications from across our hospitals and services.
- Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on kidney biopsy research, practice, and diagnoses: A cross-sectional audit 8 November 2025The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic extended beyond direct infection-associated complications to wide-reaching impacts on health system including workflow disruption, enhanced telehealth utilization, labor force changes, and access to procedures. Whilst it is clear that COVID-19 can affect histopathological findings on kidney biopsy, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID-19 kidney disease […]Rachel M Brennan
- Taking guard for the next innings 7 November 2025No abstractMarlon Perera
- Clinical Effectiveness of the Comprehensive, High-Dose Aphasia Treatment Program for People With Poststroke Aphasia 7 November 2025CONCLUSIONS: The CHAT program was feasibly delivered within a public, health care context and resulted in positive and enduring changes in participants' language impairment, communication function, and quality of life.Jade Dignam
- Working together effectively in research: Co-design and evaluation of capacity-building modules for researchers and people with lived experience of stroke 7 November 2025CONCLUSION: Two learning modules co-designed and co-produced by health professional researchers, people with lived experience of stroke, and Stroke Foundation representatives led to improvements in knowledge and confidence for stroke researchers and those with lived experience of stroke to engage in collaborative research. Modules are freely available and compulsory for all researchers submitting Stroke Foundation […]Elizabeth A Lynch
- Micronutrient requirements for stem cell transplantation patients > 100 days after transplant and during graft versus host disease: a systematic review 7 November 2025CONCLUSION: The impact of micronutrient supplementation on clinical outcomes is unclear, however, monitoring vitamin D levels and calcium intake after SCT should be considered to detect deficiency or inadequate intake.Christine Johnson
- CT perfusion identified potential treatment opportunities in one in five mild strokes 7 November 2025CONCLUSIONS: A substantial proportion of mild stroke patients harbour treatable perfusion deficits. CT perfusion provides essential prognostic information beyond clinical severity, supporting its role in guiding therapeutic decisions-even in low NIHSS presentations where standard imaging may otherwise overlook tissue at risk.Yohanna Kusuma
- Altered nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism drives cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis 6 November 2025CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals that dysregulated NAD⁺ metabolism, driven by increased PARP14 consumption, constitutes a potential mechanism underlying OA pathogenesis. Our findings support the concept that enhancing NAD⁺ availability via precursors or biosynthetic pathway modulation may offer disease-modifying effects at the molecular and histological level. Further investigation is needed to determine the functional and translational […]Xiaoxin Wu
- Safety and Tolerability of Rinvecalinase Alfa (DM199) for Acute Ischemic Stroke (ReMEDy1) 6 November 2025BackgroundRinvecalinase alfa (DM199), a recombinant human tissue kallikrein-1 (KLK1), aims to promote local vasodilation to ischemic brain and enhance collateral blood flow. The ReMEDy1 trial tested the safety and tolerability of rinvecalinase alfa in ischemic stroke.MethodsReMEDy1 was a phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, study conducted at 13 Australian sites. Ninety-two patients with NIH Stroke Scale […]Bruce Campbell
- AN EASY-TO-USE PREDICTIVE SCORE FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT RISK OF SUBOPTIMAL LINEZOLID EXPOSURE AND CANDIDATES FOR THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING 6 November 2025CONCLUSIONS: The predictive score provides clinicians with an effective tool to support individualized linezolid therapy and guide TDM implementation, reducing the risk of toxicity or treatment failure.Daniel Fresán
- Goal-directed modulation of neural activity during working memory maintenance 5 November 2025Visual working memory is crucial for goal-directed thoughts and behaviors. However, it is not clear how goals modulate working memory maintenance, as previous models often considered stimulus encoding to be the endpoint of goal-directed control. To address this gap, eighty adults performed delayed estimation tasks while their brain activity was recorded using electroencephalography. In each […]Xuqian Li
- Temperature profiles in adult intensive care unit patients treated for infection in a tertiary intensive care unit: A single-centre prospective observational cohort study 5 November 2025CONCLUSION: A large number of patients treated for infection in the ICU may be able to be included in a trial evaluating induced hyperthermia.Bianca B Crichton
- Evaluating continuous nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF) treatment as a non-thermal alternative for human milk pasteurisation 5 November 2025This study investigated the application of nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF) treatment as an alternative pasteurisation method for donor human milk (DHM). A 0.1% saline solution was identified as the closest imitation to the received DHM in terms of pulse waveform and conductivity, which was used for the optimisation of PEF parameters. Complete inactivation of […]Yiting Wang
- Understanding research capacity and culture of Allied Health clinicians working within a metropolitan tertiary hospital 5 November 2025BackgroundClinician engagement in research is shaped by research capacity building and organizational culture. This study aimed to assess current capacity and culture, and understand factors influencing research engagement.MethodsA sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was used, involving a Research Capacity and Culture (RCC) survey followed by interviews and focus groups at a major metropolitan tertiary hospital. All […]Michelle Cottrell
- Weight-inclusive maternity care: An approach to reduce weight stigma and improve pregnancy and birth outcomes 5 November 2025No abstractBriony Hill
- Cutting the risk: achieving near-zero conversion rates in robotic colorectal surgery : Near-zero conversion in robotic colorectal surgery 4 November 2025No abstractJoseph Do Woong Choi
