School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Annual Report 2015
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Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Annual Report 2015 Australia n China n India n Italy n Malaysia n South Africa www.med.monash.edu/sphpm Abbreviations used in this report ACTA Australian Clinical Trials Alliance AMREP Alfred Medical Research & Education Precinct ARC Australian Research Council ASPREE Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly Aus-ROC Australian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium CCRET Centre of Cardiovascular Research in Therapeutics CRE Centre for Research Excellence ED Emergency Department HDR Higher Degree by Research ICU Intensive Care Unit MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery MCHRI Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council NIHR National Institute for Health Research PCOS Polycystic Ovary Syndrome RCT Randomised Control Trial SPHPM School Of Public Health and Preventive Medicine STAREE Statins in Reducing Events in the Elderly Edited by: Sharon Gurry Dr Jayamini Illesinghe Kate Windon Jocelyn Wright Contact Details: Telephone: +61 3 9903 0555 Email: [email protected] Web: www.med.monash.edu/sphpm Mail School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Level 6, Alfred Centre 99 Commercial Road Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Australia Contents From the Head of School ................................................................3 Research Methodology Division ..................................................37 Highlights for the Year .....................................................................4 Biostatistics Unit ................................................................................38 World first statin trial in the elderly launched at SPHPM ........................4 Clinical Informatics and Data Management Unit (CIDMU) ...................38 Monash built biorepository launched ...................................................5 Epidemiological Modelling Unit ..........................................................38 MonCOEH’s Australian Firefighters’ Health Study ................................6 Research Governance .......................................................................39 Laureate Award for endocrinologist Professor Susan Davis ..................7 Health Services and Global Research Division .........................40 New international alliance to bolster research and educational Health Services Management Unit .....................................................41 opportunities for SPHPM .....................................................................8 The Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights ..........41 SPHPM’s mathematical weapon in the fight against neglected Clinical Registry Unit (CRU) ................................................................41 diseases .............................................................................................9 Health Services Research Unit ...........................................................42 Rural driving for older populations – are current licensing Jean Hailes Research Unit (JHRU) .....................................................42 procedures inequitable? ....................................................................10 Medical Education Research and Quality Unit (MERQ) .......................42 ANZIC-RC wins $4.4 million for ground-breaking pneumonia trial ......11 Vale Henry Krum, 1958–2015 ............................................................12 Occupational and Environmental Health Division .................. 43 Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Infrastructure Platform ..................................................................13 Health (MonCOEH) ...........................................................................44 Data Management .............................................................................13 The Australian Centre for Human Health Risk Assessment SPHPM Registries Program ...............................................................14 (ACHHRA) .........................................................................................44 Biostatistics Unit ................................................................................15 Water Quality Unit ..............................................................................45 ASPREE Trial .....................................................................................15 Aviation Medicine Unit .......................................................................45 Awards ............................................................................................16 Critical Care Research Division ...................................................46 2015 SPHPM Excellence Awards ................................................19 The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC) ...........................................................47 Research – 2015 At a Glance ......................................................22 Pre-hospital, Emergency and Trauma Unit (PET) ................................47 Research – Year by Year ..............................................................23 Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists School Executive ...........................................................................24 (ANZCA) Clinical Trials Network (CTN) ................................................48 Transfusion Research Unit (TRU) ........................................................48 Organisational Structure ...............................................................25 Department of Forensic Medicine (DoFM) .............................. 49 Departments ...................................................................................26 Monash Centre For Health Research Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine ...........27 & Implementation (MCHRI) ...........................................................51 Prevention Science Division.........................................................28 Women’s Public Health Research Program ........................................52 The ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank ...............................................29 Diabetes and Vascular Medicine Research Program ..........................52 STAtins in Reducing Events in the Elderly (STAREE) study .................29 Centre for Clinical Effectiveness (CCE) ...............................................53 Cardiovascular Research Unit ............................................................30 Research Methodology Support Program .........................................53 The Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) ..................30 Evidence Synthesis, Capacity Building, Training, Healthcare Monash Ageing Research Centre (MONARC) ....................................30 Improvement and Implementation Program .......................................54 Andrology Australia ............................................................................31 Indigenous and Refugee Women’s Health Program ...........................54 Women’s Health Research Program (WHRP) .....................................31 Healthy Lifestyle Program ..................................................................55 Prevention Science ............................................................................31 Midlife Health and Menopause Program ............................................55 The Cancer Research Program (CRP) ................................................32 Clinical Leadership and Management ................................................56 The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) .......................................32 Education ........................................................................................57 Undergraduate Teaching ..............................................................58 Clinical Epidemiology Division .....................................................33 Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics Postgraduate Teaching ................................................................61 (CCRET) ............................................................................................34 Higher Degree by Research (HDR) .............................................64 The Clinical Epidemiology Unit – The Alfred ........................................34 Short Courses ................................................................................68 Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Unit ....................................................35 Staff ................................................................................................70 The Clinical Epidemiology Unit – Cabrini Institute ...............................35 Infectious Diseases ............................................................................35 Appendix 1: Grants and Funding.................................................81 The Australasian Cochrane Centre ....................................................36 Appendix 2: SPHPM Research Publications for 2015 ..............95 Renal Disease Prevention Unit ...........................................................36 Appendix 3: SPHPM Senior Staff Board and Committee Memberships............................................................................... 124 1 2 From the Head of School It doesn’t seem like a year since we released an annual report – 2015 was a busy, productive and successful time for the SPHPM here at Monash University. I am pleased to present a catalogue of our news