2012
Effects of oral iron chelation on endothelial function, iron
parameters and oxidative stress in patients with coronary artery disease
(Dr Jessica O'Brien, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Contrast enhanced ultrasound and the detection of synovitis in
haemophilic arthropathy - a suitable alternative to MRI (Dr Candice
Law, Diagnostic Radiology Department)
A randomised controlled trial comparing gradual versus immediate
removal of orthosis following clinical union of traumatic cervical
spinal fractures (Jennifer Maciel, Physiotherapy Department)
Filter life in renal replacement therapy. The FLIRRT Study (Dr
Matthew Brain, Intensive Care Unit)
2011
Physical activity following hip or knee
arthroplasty (Paula Harding, Physiotherapy Department)
Patient expectations of rehabilitations after
lung transplant (Louise Fuller, Physiotherapy Department)
A retrospective study to assess the
nutritional status of women with cystic fibrosis pre-, peri- and
post-pregnancy to identify risk factors and predictors of poor
nutritional status and clinical outcomes 1 year post-pregnancy (Clare
Robinson, Nutrition Services)
Effect of sleep on motor symptoms in
Parkinson's Disease (Will Lee, Department of Neurology)
Incidence of new colonisation with multidrug
resistance gram-negative bacteria in ICU patients (Dr Iain Abbott,
Infectious Diseases Unit)
Can splinting and early mobilisation in the
dart-throwers plane of motion improve functional outcomes and reduce
postoperative complications in people after scapho-lunate ligament
repairs? (Pilot study) (Sharon Goldby, Occupational Therapy)
Exploring the incidence of trauma in people experiencing a seclusion episode and
the impact of post-seclusion counseling (Fiona Whitecross, Department of Psychiatry)
Quality of life in patients with ARDS supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
(Tori Everard, Physiotherapy Department)
Self-reported exercise and activity levels in a population of patients with
Parkinson’s disease (Kathryn Richardson, Physiotherapy Department)
Polypharmacy in the heart failure patient: are all prescribed drug classes required?
(Dr Ingrid Hopper, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics)
Does GBV-C viraemia improve sustained virological response rates to interferon based treatment in
chronic hepatitis C infection with genotype 1? (Dr Ilana Gory, Gastroenterology Department)
2010
In vivo microscopic characterisation of red nodules (Dr Chris
Jalilian, Melanoma Services)
Changes in exhaled nitric oxide levels during direct and indirect
bronchial provocation tests in asthma (Mahesh Dharmakumara, Department
of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine)
To assess health related quality of life in stage 1 seminomatous germ
cell tumour patients treated with either adjuvant carboplatin
chemotherapy, adjuvant radiotherapy, or high intensity chemotherapy
(PEB regimen) (Dr Jeremy Lewin, Medical Oncology Unit)
The incidence, epidemiology, antibiotic susceptibility and typing of
community onset and hospital-acquired methicillin resistant
Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA) at The Alfred hospital (Dr Cameron
Jeremiah, Infectious Diseases Unit)
A randomised controlled trial investigating
carbon dioxide insufflation of the pericardial field as a
neuroprotective strategy in open chamber cardiac surgery (Dr Krishanu
Chaudhuri, CJOB Cardiothoracic Surgery Department)
Defining the role of NFkappaB1 transcription
factor in T cell neoplasms (Dr George Grigoriadis, Haematology Unit)
Pain processing in patients after severe
burns versus a population of unaffected volunteers: a comparison (Dr
Harriet Beevor, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine)
Why do some patients with Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) desaturate on exertion, but others
do not? (Faizel Hartley, Department of Allergy, Immunology and
Respiratory Medicine)
2009
Variations in oesophageal pressures and
haemodynamics with changing levels of positive end-expiratory pressure
in the mechanically ventilated patient (Dr Ida-Fong Ukor, Intensive Care
Unit)
Can exercise training improve cardiovascular
fitness and quality of life in patients with a left ventricular assist
device (LVAD)? (Kathryn Hayes, Physiotherapy Department)
Trial of conservative management of wrist
pain caused by ulnocarpal abutment (Alison Hardman, Occupational
Therapy)
APACHE III: A tool for outcome prediction
amongst patients with burns in Australasia? (Dr Edwina Moore, Burns
Service)
Optimising
cefepime dosing in critical care: the pharmacokinetics of extended
(prolonged) infusions (Bianca Levkovich, Pharmacy Department)
The effect
of direct versus indirect challenges on the distribution of ventilation
(Matthew Ellis, Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory
Medicine)
Heart type
fatty acid binding protein as a prognostic marker for traumatic brain
injury (Dr Nilika Wijeratne, Department of Pathology)
Improving
treatment with permanent 125iodine seed implants for prostate cancer
using dosimetry with either fused CT/MR images or fused CT/US images
(Ryan Smith, William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre)
Are
individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and darker skin
pigmentation at risk of lowered bone mineral density, and further HIV
disease progression due to high risk of vitamin D deficiency? (Julia
Price, Nutrition Services)
Allied Health Grant
Does the
use of splints in adults with axillary burns result in better range of
shoulder movement? (Alison Kolmus, Physiotherapy Department)
Allied Health Grant
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2008
The clinical consequences of mannose-binding lectin deficiency in
lung transplantation (Dr Kate Carroll, Department of Allergy, Immunology
and Respiratory Medicine)
A randomised controlled study of a pre-operative intervention in
patients with diabetes undergoing cardiac surgery (Sue Wyatt, Department
of Endocrinology and Diabetes)
Randomised controlled pilot trial of n-acetylcysteine in the
treatment of chronic heart failure with coexistant chronic renal failure
(Dr
Anthony Camuglia, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine)
A randomised controlled trial of a skills training group
intervention to reduce psychological risk factors associated with sexual
risk behaviour, and to increase safer sex behaviour, in men who have sex
with men (Dr Michelle Earle, Infectious Diseases Unit)
Relevance of PaO2/FIO2
ratio in ICU management of immunosuppressed patients (Dr Lachlan Miles,
Intensive Care Unit)
Enhancing endogenous neurogenesis with anti-inflammatory treatment as a
potential therapy following traumatic brain injury (Dr Nicole Bye,
National Trauma Research Institute)
Heparin in severe sepsis: IL-6 as a marker of efficacy
(Dr Andrew Westbrook, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine, Monash University)
Permissive Hypercapnia and Alveolar Recruitment with Limited Airway
Pressures (PHARLAP): a phase II randomised trial in ARDS patients
(Dr Donal Ryan, Intensive Care Unit)
A
randomised trial of a very low calorie diet after FOLFOX chemotherapy
prior to liver resection for colorectal metastases (Dr Charles
Pilgrim, Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery)
Assessing the mental health literacy and willingness to seek help of new
mothers utilising maternal and child health services
(Dr Rachel Cousins, Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Team)
2007
The role of physical activity in ambulatory
patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (Ms Soula Fillipas,
Physiotherapy Department)
Vascular preconditioning of the gastric
conduit prior to oesophagectomy (Dr Paul Burton, Department of Surgery)
The long term effect of inhaled hypertonic
saline (6%) in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (Ms
Caroline Nicolson, Physiotherapy Department)
Hypoxia increases neurotoxin quinolinic acid
production in the traumatic injured brain (Dr Edwin Yan, National Trauma
Research Institute)
Immunopathology in Immune Restoration
Disease in a subpopulation of HIV-1 infected patients commencing
antiretroviral therapy (Dr Jessica Rotty, Infectious Diseases Unit)
A retrospective analysis of impact of early
lymphocyte recovery and the outcome in autologous stem cell
transplantation for Hodgkin lymphoma (Dr Sushrut Patil, Bone Marrow
Transplant Unit)
Neuropsychological outcome after
hypothalamic hamartoma resection (Dr Jacqueline Anderson, Department of
Neurosurgery)
Does hepatitis C have a direct effect on the
central nervous system? Evidence from neuropsychological studies in
pre-cirrhotic patients (Dr Rubina Alpitsis, Department of Neurology)
Understanding JC replication in the CNS of
PML patients (Dr Tanja Jankovic-Karasoulos, Department of Anatomical
Pathology)
2006
Informing a palliative
care model for progressive, non-malignant disease: cystic fibrosis (Dr
Maxine Braithwaite, Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine)
Pre-clinical therapy of
hypertensive cardiomyopathy using relaxin (Dr Qi Xu, Alfred & Baker
Medical Unit)
Predicting
communication outcomes post sub arachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). A pilot
study. (Ms Janine Mahoney, Speech Pathology)
Impact of a shoulder
treatment flowchart on outcomes of axillary burns (Ms Henrietta Law,
Physiotherapy Department)
Predictors of
progressive hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (Dr Adam Gordon,
Gastroenterology Department)
Use of intravenous
lignocaine for pain relief in those with burn injury (Mr Ken Leeming,
Intensive Care Unit)
Attenuation of
ischaemia reperfusion injury in lung transplantation (Dr Miriam
Koniuszko, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department)
Endothelial function /
dysfunction in heart failure patients before and after the insertion of
an LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) (Ms Juliana van der Merwe,
Cardiothoracic Surgery Department)
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2005
Early detection and
management of ischaemia-reperfusion injury (Dr Judy Currey, Nursing
Administration)
Improving compliance
with blood transfusion guidelines in a Teaching Hospital Intensive Care
Unit (Dr Daryl Jones, Intensive Care Unit)
The Australian study of
women's health, sexuality and relationships (Mr Richard Hayes, Melbourne
Sexual Health Centre)
The efficacy of a pseudoallergen-free diet
in the treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria and/or angiodema:
a randomised controlled study (Ms Kate Connell, Nutrition Services)
Can a modified diet with low glycaemic load
improve insulin sensitivity in overweight people with chronic heart
failure?
(Ms Fiona Adams, Nutrition Services)
Clinical assessment alone is not always an
accurate measure of burn depth (Ms Melinda Pacquola, Burns Service)
Large animal experiment to assess new
techniques of surgical correction of ischaemic mitral regurgitation
(Dr Silvana Marasco, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department)
2004
Analysis of motor learning in inherited ataxias (Ms Kate Tuck,
Neurosciences Department)
Does early ambulation after hip fracture surgery accelerate recovery?
(Ms Leonie Oldmeadow, Physiotherapy Department)
GPIIb/IIIa receptor blockade to avoid peripheral restenosis (Dr Geoff
Kohn, Department of Surgery)
Impact of HIV infection and treatment of HIV on cholesterol metabolism
(Ms Honor Rose, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute)
Impact of
inflammatory cytokines and neurotrophic factors on neurogenesis
occurring after experimental traumatic brain injury (Dr Xiaodi Han,
Department of Neurosurgery)
The relationship
between gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and enteral tube feeding in
cystic fibrosis (Ms Colleen Ash, Nutrition Services)
Investigating a
possible determinant of natural killer cell activity (Mr Mingus Rose,
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit)
Quantitation of motor
response to perturbation of upper limb position: a measure of cerebellar
intermediate zone function (Mr Max Cowey, Neurology Department)
2003
HS-CRP and its association with vascular events in HIV positive patients
(Dr Ian Woolley, Infectious Diseases Unit)
Endotracheal suction with or without daily changes of closed system
suction. Effect on ventilator associated pneumonia and cost (Ms Lauren Moresi, Nursing Services)
Ventilator induced lung injury patients with acute lung injury - Is an
"open lung" approach the best strategy? (Dr Frank McCaughan, Intensive
Care Unit)
Immunity to HCV in HIV patients undergoing HAART therapy: a
retrospective cohort (Ms Tracey McPhail, Infectious Diseases Unit)
Optimising
lung
preservation
for transplantation
(Dr Taka Oto, Cardiothoracic Surgery Department)
Pharmacogenomics of interferon and ribavirin treatment in patients with
chronic Hepatitis C virus infection
(Dr Mark Berzsenyi, Department of Gastroenterology)
Use of keratinocytes to reduce graft-versus-host disease
(Dr Ann Stewart, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit)
Heart rate reduction as a therapeutic target for heart failure
(Dr Helen Kiriazis, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute)
Psychosocial support for patients with cancer
(Ms Julie Cairns, Nursing Administration)
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