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2016 Research Report Our Vision Our Values Together, caring for the West, Compassion our patients, staff, community Consistently acting with empathy and integrity and environment Accountability Taking responsibility for our decisions and actions Respect Respect for the rights, beliefs and choice of every individual Excellence Inspiring and motivating innovation and achievement Safety Prioritising safety as an essential part of everyday practice Our Purpose Our Strategic Aims Leading the delivery of a Growing and improving the delivery of safe, high quality care connected and consistent patient Connecting the care provided to our community experience and providing the best care to save and improve Communicating with our patients, our partners and each the lives of those in our other with transparency and purpose community most in need Being socially responsible and using resources sustainably Valuing and empowering our people Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners Western Health respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which its sites stand as the Boon Wurrung and the Wurundjeri people of the greater Kulin Nation. Contents Foreword 2 Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre 58 Research 2016 3 Nephrology 62 Research Directorate 4 Neurology 66 Office for Research 8 Nursing and Midwifery 68 Western Health Research Grants 9 Oncology and Haematology 74 Research Week: Awards and Prizes 10 Paediatric Emergency Medicine 80 Allied Health and Community Services 12 Pharmacy 82 Nutrition 14 Respiratory and Sleep Disorders 84 Occupational Therapy 16 Rheumatology 86 Physiotherapy 18 Subacute and Aged Care 88 Psychology 20 Surgery 90 Social Work 22 General and Endocrine Surgery 92 Speech Pathology and Audiology 24 Orthopaedics 93 Australian Institute For Musculoskeletal Urology 94 Science (AIMSS) 26 Women’s and Children’s 98 Anaesthesia and Pain Management 28 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 100 Cancer in Primary Care 31 Maternal Fetal Medicine 102 Cardiology 34 Paediatrics 106 Drug Health Services 38 University of Melbourne 107 Endocrinology and Diabetes 40 Department of Medicine 108 Gastroenterology and Endoscopy 42 Western Clinical School 110 General Internal Medicine 45 Victoria University 112 Infectious Diseases 50 Our Partners 116 Intensive Care 52 Our Victorian Partners 118 Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research 56 Western Health | Research Report 2016 1 Foreword Western Health expanded its Western Health continued to research efforts in 2016 in line with build research capacities through the Research Roadmap 2015–2020 productive collaborations with and the overall strategic direction of our university partners, including our health service. participation in research projects at the MD, Masters and PhD levels. The Achievements were highlighted Clinical Research Investigators Group throughout the year to underscore holds regular events to connect the role of research in delivering younger researchers with each other best care to our patients, and more experienced professionals. culminating in Research Week in October. This featured the launch Through the Western Health Chronic of the 2015 Research Report, oral Disease Alliance we have extended A/Prof Alex Cockram presentation of the best 10 posters our engagement with general Chief Executive produced throughout the year, practices and the community. The competitive interviews for the short- Alliance focuses on better detection listed grant applicants, and the of early chronic kidney disease and introduction of three new sessions diabetes, and the shared risk factors – Women’s and Children’s, Subacute leading to these conditions, as well as and Aged Care and the Robert to cardiovascular disease and stroke. Helme Neuroscience Session. The seed grant winners – who were Our research partnerships engage awarded a total of $70,000 – and multiple other organisations, the session prize winners were including the newly opened announced at an exciting and well- Victorian Comprehensive Cancer attended closing ceremony. Centre and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, with whom we Recruitment of our large and will study the health of Victorian diverse patient population into newborns into their future. clinical trials, including investigator- initiated trials, has been enhanced Construction of the new Joan Kirner Prof Edward Janus to provide greater access to new Women’s and Children’s Hospital is Director of Research treatments. For example, in 2016 the underway and on track for completion IMPROVE-GAP trial commenced, in late 2018. Once complete, the aiming to recruit 800 inpatients with facility will enable more women and community-acquired pneumonia families in Melbourne’s west to give into a study of a new optimised birth and access children’s services model of care. The study is on track closer to home. to achieve this ambitious target. This report indicates the This reflects Western Health’s publications, presentations and emphasis on clinical research and its projects we are undertaking and translation into every day practice. features profiles of a number of our researchers. We trust you will enjoy reading about them. Western Health | Research Report 2016 2 Research 2016 11 Book chapters 2 Books 292 Seminars and presentations 41 Proceedings 340 Journal articles 201 New projects approved 42.7m Western Health | Research Report 2016 dollars in research grants awarded or held 510 Total projects approved and ongoing in 2016 Prof Tissa Wijeratne 3 Research Directorate Dr Koen Simons Dr Cristian Udovicich MBBS Western Health Research Clinical Biostatistician BMedSci DipSurgAnat General Surgical Registrar, Western Health Advisory Committee Nathan Yee from March 2016 Membership Office for Research Intern (RMIT) Davina Taylor MPET GDipCritCare/ Linda Diep Dr John Gallichio InstCare B.AppSc Clinical Nurse Office for Research Volunteer Executive Director for Medical Consultant – Pain Management Services Judy Meyers Dr Forbes McGain MBBS Office for Research Volunteer Prof Edward Janus PGDipEcho FANZCA FJFICM Director of Research RANZCOG Intensive Care Physician and Anaesthetist Bill Karanatsios Kathryn Cranwell DipProjMgmt Manager, Office for Research Western Health Low (Secretary) MHSc (OT) BOT Grade 4 Risk Ethics Panel Occupational Therapist from Prof Bodil Rasmussen Membership September 2015 Chair of Nursing, Deakin University A/Prof Lata Jayaram MBChB PhD Prof Gustavo Duque Chairperson FRACP Respiratory Physician Chair of Medicine and Director of Prof Edward Janus FRACP MD PhD AIMSS Dr Martin Nguyen MBBS BMedSci FRCPA FCCP FCSANZ Head of Unit – (Hons) FANZCA Anaesthetic Dr Elizabeth Hessian General Internal Medicine Consultant Deputy Director Anaesthesia Community Member Prof Maximillian De Courten Dr Keri Chater PhD M.Nurs BSocSc Victoria University RN Quality Assurance Deborah Clark Review Members Reviewers Director of Quality Dr Anita Morris PhD MSW BSW Dr Michael Bullen Anita Panayiotou BBNSci, PGrad Manager of Social Work Registrar Dip Psych, DPsych (Clin Neuro) Clinical Neuropsychologist until Dr Anna Steer MBBS BMedSc November 2016 Critical Care Resident Prof Anne-Maree Kelly MBBS MD A/Prof Anne Marie Southcott MClinEd FACEM FCCP Professor of Office for Research Staff MBBS FRACP Director, Respiratory Emergency Medicine and Volunteers & Sleep Disorders Medicine Bill Karanatsios BSc (Hon), GradDip Prof Bodil Rasmussen RN, DipNEd, Prof Edward Janus ProjMgmt Manager, Office for MEdSt, PhD, FCNA Chair in Nursing Director of Research Research A/Prof Cate Nagle PhD MPH Bill Karanatsios A/Prof Christopher Yates B.AppSc Associate Professor, School Manager, Office for Research PhD FRACP MBBS Director of of Nursing & Midwifery, Deakin Endocrinology and Diabetes University Kerrie Russell Research Ethics Administration Assistant Dr Cuong Duong MBBS PhD FRACS Virginia Ma Upper GI Surgeon Western Health | Research Report 2016 Research Governance Officer 4 Dr Elizabeth Hessian MBBS Noelle Gubatanga FANZCA Consultant Anaesthetist Western Health Research Intensive Care, Anaesthesia and Pain Management A/Prof Jenny Schwarz MBBS Coordinators Group FRACP GDip Ed, GDip Pall Med Samantha Bates Director, Geriatric Medicine Bill Karanatsios Intensive Care, Anaesthesia and Pain Clinical A/Prof of Geriatric Manager, Office for Research (Chair) Management Dr Keri Chater PhD M.Nurs BSocSc Kerrie Russell Lee-Anne Lynch RN Ethics Administrator, Office for Maternal and Fetal Medicine Research (Secretary) Lei Ching Yeoh B.Pharm Heike Raunow Clinical Trials Manager Virginia Ma Medical Oncology and Haematology Research Governance Officer, Office Dr Lucinda Gabriel MBBS BA BSc for Research (Secretary) Kleopatra Hondros DipCrimL Anaesthetist Registrar Medicine and Endocrinology Nathan Yee Dr Rosalynn Pszczola MBChB, Office for Research Intern Jason Bennier BMedSci(Hons), FRACP, MBioeth Nephrology Consultant Neonatologist Coordinators Natalie Lumsden Dr Sathyajith Velandy Koottayi Elizabeth Skinner Nephrology MBBS MD FJFICM Intensivist Allied Health Essie Low Sharon Klim BN, PDACN Research Emily England Neurology Nurse JEC Emergency Medicine Cancer Trials Australia Sherisse Celestino Prof Steven Chan MBBS PhD Kelly Ann Gray Neurology FRACS FRCS Professor of Surgery, Cancer Trials Australia NorthWest Academic Centre, Sue Casanelia University of Melbourne Marsha Francke Respiratory and Sleep Disorders Cardiology Medicine Dr Tam Nguyen PhD MBA GDipSono BSc BE (Biomed) FRSPH Kerrie Russell Valarie Yee FAIM MAICD Manager, Office for Emergency Medicine/Office for Respiratory and Sleep Disorders Research,