HIGHLIGHTS...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, NSLHD quickly established a COVID-19 Research Group, chaired by Dr Bernie Hudson, Head of Infectious Diseases, to facilitate high quality research that improves knowledge of COVID-19 for the benefit of our patients and the broader community.
NSLHD staff Professor Marg Fry, Meredith Oatley and team were awarded the 2019 NSW Health Award for transforming patient experience for the Oncology Telephone Helpline, developed to establish a person-centred service for people living with cancer. This service demonstrated a significant increase in access to care; an improvement on quality of life for people living with cancer; and a reduction in ED presentations.
NSW Health Secretary Elizabeth Koff, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Natasha Maclaren-Jones, Professor Marg Fry, Meredith Oatley, Susan Pearce (NSW Health Deputy Secretary)
In 2019, Dr Naomi Hammond, Intensive Care Clinical ResearchManager, Royal North Shore Hospital, has been awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant for $553,664 for her study, Delineating the role of fludrocortisone and hydrocortisone in the management of patients with septic shock .
Research staff from radiation oncology, including A/Prof Tom Eade and A/Prof Jeremy Booth are key investigators on a $3.7 million Cancer Institute NSW Translational Program Grant with colleagues from various local health districts and universities, entitled Cancer imaging and targeted radiation therapy: Innovation, discovery and translation.
Major grants success
Prof Sue Kurrle, Prof Ian Cameron and colleagues received $1.47 million in Targeted Calls for Research on Frailty from the NHMRC in 2019 for their study, FORTRESS , examining frailty and rehabilitation treatment in older people in various settings.
Prof David Hunter was successful in securing over $2,500,000 in the competitive NHMRC Investigator Grants for his research Transforming
treatment options and delivery of care for osteoarthritis .
Could intergenerational care be the answer to our aged care crisis? Prof Sue Kurrle attempted to bring this question to the general public, with a popular tv series called Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds that aired in 2020.
Major grants success
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