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RESEARCH REPORT 2012 001 Contents 2012 RESEARCH REPORT OUR VISION Together, caring for the West - our patients, staff, community and environment. OUR PURPOSE Working collaboratively to provide quality health and well-being services for the people of the West. OUR VALUES Compassion - consistently acting with empathy and integrity Accountability - empowering our staff to serve our community Respect - for the rights, beliefs and choice of every individual Excellence - inspiring and motivating, innovation and achievement Safety - working in an open, honest and safe environment. OUR PRIORITIES Safe and effective patient care People and culture Community and partnerships Research and learning Self-sufficiency and sustainability 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. Cover: The Sunshine Hospital Radiation Therapy Centre is a partnership between Western Health and Peter MacCallum WESTERN HEALTH RESEARCH REPORT 2012 001 Contents Foreword 2 Research Highlights 2012 3 Research Support 2012 3 Research Directorate 4 Research Week Awards 5 Allied Health 6 Anaesthesia and Pain Management 22 Cardiology 24 Drug Health Services 26 – incl. Addiction Medicine & Toxicology 27 Gastroenterology & Endoscopic Services 28 General Internal Medicine 30 Geriatric Medicine 32 Infectious Diseases 33 Intensive Care Unit 34 Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research 36 Nephrology 38 Neurology 42 North West Academic Centre 45 Nursing 49 Oncology Haematology Unit 52 Orthopaedic Unit 58 Paediatric Emergency Medicine 60 Pharmacy 64 Respiratory and Sleep Disorders Medicine 66 Rheumatology 68 Australian Institute for Muscuoloskeletal Science (AIMSS) 71 Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre 75 Victoria University at Western Centre for Health Research and Education 80 Our Partners 82 Our Partners - Victoria 84 WESTERN HEALTH RESEARCH REPORT 2012 002 Foreword Research Week at Western Health is a major annual event in which we celebrate Western Health experienced the achievements of our Western Health an exciting and successful research community. While this event is designed to showcase the depth and breadth year of research during 2012. of research done here at Western Health, This edition of our annual it is also an important forum for bringing Research Report highlights people together to talk about research ideas, projects, collaborations and opportunities the outstanding research across a range of academic and clinical efforts of the staff at Western disciplines. Research Week in 2012 had a number of distinguished key note speakers, Health during 2012. The major and we were extremely fortunate to have highlights were 273 published the Governor of Victoria, His Excellency, the Honourable Alex Chernov AC QC, formally journal articles, 180 research open the proceedings. projects approved, and over Six major prizes were awarded in different $24M in research grant categories to recognise quality in research at Associate Professor Alex Cockram funding. All of these numbers Western Health. We would like to take this Chief Executive opportunity to thank the sponsors of these represent an increase on prizes. Without their generosity and support the previous year, reflecting we would not be able to present these awards. We congratulate all the researchers the ongoing growth of the at Western Health whose achievements research effort at Western and contributions were celebrated during Research Week. We would also like to Health. thank the hard work and dedication of the members of the Western Health Low Risk Ethics Panel, whose tireless efforts continue to support and sustain the research effort at Western Health. We look forward to ongoing development and expansion of clinically-focused, patient- centred research at Western Health. The Western Centre for Health Research and Education was established in 2011 and is now delivering real benefits in research collaboration. The Centre houses the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS) which focuses on health Dr David Newman issues of significant importance to the Director, Office for Research Western Health community. With the hard work, commitment and enthusiasm of our staff, Western Health’s research efforts will continue to grow. While we look towards a bright research future, we celebrate in this Report the achievements of 2012. WESTERN HEALTH RESEARCH REPORT 2012 003 Research Highlights 2012 183 273 Seminar and Conference Presentations Published Journal Articles $2.08M 180 Income from Commercially Sponsored Clinical Trials Research Projects Approved $24.56M 8 Awarded or held for Research Grants during 2012* Published Book Chapters * Total awarded for the duration of the grants to our researchers and their collaborators PUBLICATIONS GRANTS ($M) CLINICAL TRIALS ($M) 300 273 30 4 $3.45 $24.56 217 3 200 20 $14.51 $2.08 2 126 111 $11.12 $1.30 100 10 $1.09 1 $5.76 0 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2010 2011 2012 2009 2010 2011 2012 Research Support 2012 13,620 paper medical records supplied to 900 unique email queries received and researchers by Health Information Services replied to by the Office for Research 186 literature searches performed by Library 148 research consultation meetings Services to support research development were held by the Office for Research 48 protocols reviewed and 1650 dispensations 19 research seminars were organised by Pharmacy for clinical trials by the Office for Research research projects approved by the Low 180 Risk Ethics Panel and Office for Research WESTERN HEALTH RESEARCH REPORT 2012 004 Research Directorate Western Health RESEARCH OFFICE FOR RESEARCH Staff Review MEMBERS AdvisorY Committee Angela Marsiglio MBBS BMedSci MEMBERSHIP Dr David Newman DRANZCOG Anaesthetic Registrar Director, Office for Research Dr Mark Garwood Angela Mellerick RN Nurse Unit Manager Dr Tam Nguyen Executive Director Medical Services Day Oncology Manager, Office for Research Dr David Newman Anne Marie Southcott MBBS FRACP Mrs Kerrie Russell Director, Office for Research (Chair) Director, Respiratory & Sleep Disorders Ethics Administration Assistant Medicine Dr Tam Nguyen Ms Virginia Ma Manager, Office for Research (Secretary) Elizabeth Hessian MBBS FANZCA Research Governance Officer Consultant Anaesthetist Ms Wendy Calder (appointed December 2012) Executive Director, Nursing & Midwifery Elizabeth Skinner PhD BPhty Ms Fiona Lobo Physiotherapist Intensive Care Unit Professor Steven Chan Office for Research Intern Professor of Surgery (Victoria University student) Emily Incledon BBSc (Hon), DPsych (Clinical), Assoc MAPS Clinical Health Professor Peter Ebeling Ms Phoebe Blank Psychologist Professor of Medicine; Assistant Dean Office for Research Intern Chair NorthWest Academic Centre (Deakin University student) Harin Karunajeewa MBBS FRACP PhD (University of Melbourne) Director, Clinical Research – Division of Ms Christine Mizrahi Medicine Professor Michael Green Office for Research Volunteer Director of Cancer Services Jenny Schwarz MBBS FRACP GDipEd GDip Ms Lauren Scofield Pall Med Clinical Associate Professor in Professor Edward Janus Office for Research Volunteer Geriatric Medicine Director, General Medicine Julian Choi MD FRACS Consultant Surgeon Mr Ian Higgins Western Health LOW RISK Ethics Director, Western Health Foundation PANEL MEMBERSHIP Keri Chater PhD M.Nurs BSocSc RN Clinical (until October 2012) Coordinator, Westgate Aged Care Facility Dr Harin Karunajeewa CHAIRPERSON Lei Ching Yeoh B.Pharm Clinical Trials Director, Clinical Research Division Tissa Wijeratne, MBBS (Hons) FRACP FAHA Manager of Medicine Consultant Neurologist Lynette Reid-Price MClinEpi MAppMgt Dr Debra Kerr (Hlth) BBiomedSc Manager Medical Specialty Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON Diagnostics Victoria University Debra Kerr, RN MBL PhD Senior Lecturer, Sathyajith Velandy Koottayi MBBS MD Faculty of Nursing, Victoria University A/Professor Ruth McNair FJFICM Intensivist Director, General Practice and Primary Terence McCann PhD MA RMN RGN DipNurs Health Care Academic Centre Node LawYER (Lon.)RNT, RCNT Professor of Nursing, University of Melbourne Paula Shelton BA LLB Practice Group Faculty of Nursing (VU) Leader-Medical Law Group Slater & Gordon Dr Craig Nelson Lawyers Director, Department of Nephrology Manager Tam Nguyen PhD BSc/BE (Biomed) FRSPH Mr Silvio Pontonio Manager, Office for Research Executive Director, Community Integration and Partnership Dr John Violet Director, Sunshine Hospital Radiation Therapy Centre WESTERN HEALTH RESEARCH REPORT 2012 005 Research Week Awards Western Health’s annual Research Week health and nursing staff presented their • Kendall Francis Prize for Best Surgical was held from 12 to 16 November 2012, research projects throughout the week. Registrar Research presentation giving an exciting overview of the extent and sponsored by Covidien: A Public Lecture on Wednesday 14 variety of research undertaken by Western Dr Manny Cao, Surgical Registrar for November presented by Professor Rob Health researchers, along with its two research into: Carbon dioxide insufflation Moodie highlighted some of the major main partners, The University of Melbourne colonoscopy decreases time-to-caecum causes of illness globally and the social, and Victoria University. The program was and post-procedural discomfort: cultural and economic drivers behind these developed by the Office for Research with a randomised control trial support and guidance
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