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
Contact Us		Medicine and Radiology
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
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools	Dr Philippe Boeuf	Medicine and Radiology
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
Genotype-phenotype correlations in renal complementopathies	Prof Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Identifying risks for Thunderstorm Asthma in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (TAISAR) cohort study	Prof Jo Douglass	Medicine and Radiology
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
Is the severity of illness associated with clinical malaria regulated by extracellular vesicles and their micro-RNA cargo?	Professor Siddhartha Mahanty	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
Measuring capacity building in gastroenterology in the Pacific	Prof Finlay Macrae	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
Real time recovery monitoring after surgery	Professor Colin Royse Professor Doa El-Ansary	Surgery
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
SNAKE Study	Principal Investigator Associate Professor Bill Nimo	Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Student Engagement and Experience	Professor Clare Delany	Medical Education
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 health economics of caring for people with advanced cancer	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
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 and surgery	Dr Sudanthi Wijewickrema Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery
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