Integrated Critical Care in Medicine

Research in Critical Care Medicine integrates the cross-cutting disciplines of emergency medicine, anaesthesia and intensive care to influence policy and practice for improved safety, quality, and cost effectiveness of caring for the critically ill.

Groups / Projects Research Lead Dept / Centre
7-SIGMA Study Principal Investigator Dr Lachlan Miles Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Acute Spinal Therapeutics Dr Peter Batchelor
 Medicine and Radiology
Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Professor and Head, APPMU; Director, Melbourne Clinical and Translational Science Research Platform (MCATS) David Story
Medicine and Radiology
Asia Pacific Research Accelerator (APRA) Program Professor Mingguang He Surgery
Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society Professor Mingguang He Surgery
Cancer in Primary Care Research Group Leader Professor Jon Emery
General Practice
Chewy Trial Principal Investigator Dr Jai Darvall Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Management of people with Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice Project Leader Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis General Practice
Clinical ethics Professor George Braitberg
 Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Ethics Study Principal Investigator Professor George Braitberg AM Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Contact Us Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST) Project Leader Dr Phyllis Lau General Practice
DAEUM Study Head of Research Program Professor David Story Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Development of an automated web-based screening system for eye diseases Professor Mingguang He Surgery
Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Conditions Research Program Leader Associate Professor John Furler
General Practice
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study) Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn General Practice
Focused cardiac and lung ultrasound in clinical care Co-Director Professor Colin Royse Surgery
Fostering Health: Examining health care systems for children and young people in Out-of-Home Care Honorary Research Fellow Dr Susan Webster General Practice
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study Professor Mingguang He Surgery
International Register of Meta-Research (IRMR) Principal Investigator Dr Georgina Imberger Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production Dr Adrian Achuthan Medicine and Radiology
Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research Director, JECEMR Professor Anne-Maree Kelly
Medicine and Radiology
Let's talk about medical research: research equity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) patients Robyn Woodward-Kron Medical Education
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in inpatients with diabetes Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci Medicine and Radiology
Mapping the process of care in spinal cord injury: a substudy of the ICED trial Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor
Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor 		Medicine and Radiology
Melbourne Clinic Research Psychiatry
Meta-Research Dr Georgina Imberger
 Medicine and Radiology
Mindfulness, cognitive processes and coping in chronic illness: insights from a study of joint replacement surgery Professor Peter Choong Surgery
MUM SIZE Study Head of Research Program Professor David Story Centre for Integrated Critical Care
NATO Study Principal Investigator Dr Lachlan Miles Centre for Integrated Critical Care
New genes and treatments for inherited renal disease Project Lead Prof Judy Savige Medicine and Radiology
Palliative Medicine Research Group Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip
Medicine and Radiology
Placental Stem Cells Deputy Head of Research, Director Head of the Stem Cell Laboratory Dr Bill Kalionis Obstetrics and Gynaecology
POISE-3 Trial Principal Investigator Professor Kate Leslie AO FAHMS Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Postoperative Quality of Recovery Co-director Colin Royse
Surgery
Preterm Labour Senior Research Fellow Dr Harry Georgiou Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prevalence of Risk Factors for Melanoma in Primary Care Patients using the MelaTools Risk Calculator Project Leader Professor Jon Emery,
Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research, 		General Practice
RedOX Survey Principal Investigator Dr Megan Allen Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Research projects Medicine and Radiology
ROCKet Trial Principal Investigator Professor Philip Peyton Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Safety and feasibility trial of immediate cooling followed by early decompression in patients with cervical SCI; a substudy of the ICED trial Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor Medicine and Radiology
Simplifying clinical acid-base diagnosis in critical care Professor David Story Medicine and Radiology
SNAKE Study Principal Investigator Associate Professor Bill Nimo Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Student Engagement and Experience Professor Clare Delany
Medical Education
Study Medicine and Radiology
Studying the Continuum of Cancer Care through Linking Primary Data Research Project Leader Professor Jon Emery General Practice
The Arthroplasty and Bariatric Surgery (ABS) Study: a randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding prior to total knee arthroplasty Professor Peter Choong Surgery
The effects of glucocorticoids on glycaemic control in pregnant women with gestational diabetes Shane Hamblin
The fear of medical error: A growth mindset approach to ‘second victim’ support Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Medical School and Professor, Melbourne Business School Professor Jill Klein Medical Education
The MARKA Study: Maximum Acceptable Risk of complication in total Knee Arthroplasty Dr Michelle Dowsey Surgery
They do tell you a lot. Supporting staff who support Medical Students Associate Professor Eleanor Flynn Medical Education
Toxicology A/Professor Jonathan Knott
 Medicine and Radiology
Trans Medical Research Fund - Improving Transgender Health Dr Ada Cheung Medicine and Radiology
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery Co-director Colin Royse
Surgery
Ultrasound Education Group Co-director Professor Colin Royse
Professor Alistair Royse 		Surgery
Validation of a rapid neurological assessment of spinal cord injury (SPEED): a substudy of the ICED trial Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor
Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor 		Medicine and Radiology
VAPOR-C Trial Principal Investigator Professor Bernhard Riedel Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Virtual Reality Surgery Simulation Professor Stephen O'Leary
Surgery
Ways of Thinking and Ways of Doing (WoTWoD) - An Indigenous Cultural Respect Program in General Practice Project Leader Dr Phyllis Lau General Practice
Web-based automated vision testing for cataract surgery outcome monitoring Professor Mingguang He Surgery
WeHELP Study Principal Investigator Professor David Story Centre for Integrated Critical Care
ZOC-BHVI High Myopia Cohort Study Professor Mingguang He Surgery

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