AHRC is proud to sponsor our innovative Allied Health Projects. Nearly $80,000 has been awarded to support Allied Health researchers.
2025
Physiotherapy Weekend (6 day) allied health rehabilitation service
Nutrition and Dietetics Gastroparesis in lung transplant – do lung transplant patients with clinically significant gastroparesis have worse outcomes?
Physiotherapy Pre-operative physiotherapy education for patients undergoing thoracic surgery
Speech Pathology Incidence and nature of dysphagia in individuals with COPD
Occupational Therapy Comprehensive evaluation of consumer perspectives on the OT hand therapy rapid access service to inform ongoing implementation
2024
Speech Pathology Investigating the prevalence and nature of respiratory comorbidities of dysphagia and dysphonia in patient with end stage lung disease requiring lung transplant
Physiotherapy Lung transplant candidates’ quadriceps strength can decouple from other markers of disease progression with targeted exercise training
Dietetics A multiphase quality activity to investigate incidence, impact and accuracy of hospital acquired malnutrition diagnosis, documentation, coding and subsequent financial impact
Occupational Therapy Evaluation of an Occupational Therapy hand therapy rapid access service
Psychology Direct to psychology models of care in hospital and health services