2009 Grants
Private Practice Trust Fund Research Support Grants awarded $75,000 to projects of significant merit and clinical relevance with a track record of research.
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Head of Department |
Clinical Department |
Project Title |
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Professor Bala Venkatesh |
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) |
Application for the continuation of funding for an Intensive Care Coordinator. |
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Dr Maree Ferguson |
Nutrition and Diabetics Department |
Nutrition as medication for geriatric hospitalisation patients with malnutrition. |
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Associate Professor Nicole Isbel |
Department of Renal Medicine |
The role of 25 hydroxy vitamin D deficiency in promoting insulin resistance and inflammation in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. |
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Dr Craig Hukins |
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine |
Diagnosis of clinically significant obstructive sleep apnoea by automated snoring and EEG analysis. |
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Professor Ranjeny Thomas |
Rheumatology |
A dendritic cell vaccine to suppress the immune response to citrullinated antigen in Rheumatoid Arthritis. |
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Dr Anthony Russell |
Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology |
Vitamin C improves insulin sensitivity increasing high molecular weight adiponectin: A pilot study. |
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Professor Len Gray |
Emergency Medicine and Geriatric and Rehabilitation Unit |
Indentifying brittle discharges from ED: A prospective study. |
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Dr Jennifer Broom |
Infection Management Services |
Ethanol lock therapy for the prevention of tunnelled intravenous catherter-asssociatied bacteraemias. |
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Dr Pallav Shah |
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Prospective randomised study to determine the clinical outcomes of tissue and mechanical valves in patients aged 55-70 years. |
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