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Please note that the Grant applications for 2010 are currently closed due to circumstances beyond our control. We hope to call for applications shortly.

 
2009 Private Practice Grants
 

Clinical Department

Project Title

Head of Department

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Application for the continuation of funding for an Intensive Care Coordinator Prof. Bala Venkatesh
Nutrition and Diabetics Department Nutrition as medication for geriatric hospitalisation patients with malnutrition Dr Maree Ferguson
Department of Renal Medicine The role of 25 hydroxy vitamin D deficiency in promoting insulin resistance and inalmmation in patients with chronic kidney disease. Ass. Prof. Nicole Isbel
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Diagnosis of clinically significant obstructive sleep apnoea by automated snoring and EEG analysis Dr Craig Hukins
Rheumatology A dendredic cell vaccine to suppress the immune response to citrullinated antigen in rheumatoid arthritis Prof. Ranjeny Thomas
Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology Vitamin C improves insulin sensitivity increasing high moleculor weight adiponectin: A pilot study Dr Anthony Russell
Emergencey Medicine and Geriatric and Rehabilitation Untit Indentifying brittle dishcarges from ED: A prospective study. Prof. Len Gray
Infection Management Services Ethanol lock therapy for the prevention of tunnelled intravenous catherter-asssociatied bacteraemias Dr Jennifer Broom
Cardiothoracic Surgury Prospective randomised study to determine the clinical outcomes of tissue and mechanical valves in patients aged 55-70 years Dr Pallav Shah

 

 

2008 Private Practice Grants

 

Clinical Department Project Title Head of Department
Gastroenterology Obesity-related inflammation and insulin resistance in chronic liver disease Associate Professor Graeme Macdonald
Neurosurgery Comparing the outcome of open decompression with minimally invasive decompression for symptomatic lumbar canal stenosis: a pilot study Associate Professor Adrian Nowitzke
Pathology An analysis of the Pathological Characteristics of a Proven Epidemiological Cluster of Breast Cancers – ABC Station Patients Dr Glenn Francis
Nephrology Randomised Trial of IV versus Oral Iron Supplements for Post-Transplant Anaemia in Renal Transplant Professor David Johnson
Intensive Care Continuation of funding for a Research Coordinator Associate Professor Chris Joyce
Rheumatology Arthritis Complicating Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Prevalence and Genetic Predictors Dr Phillip Vecchio
Cardiothoracic Surgery Identification of virulence factors expressed by S. aureus during biofilm growth in endocarditis patients Dr Julie Mundy
 

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