Faculty Research MeetingFaculty Research MeetingW/Prof Jon EmerySchool of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care (SPARHC)
SPARHC
Emergency
medicine
General Practice
Centre for Aboriginal Medical &
Dental Health
Rural Clinical School
Combined Universities Centre for
Rural Health
Centre for Rural &
Remote Oral Health
CUCRHCUCRHDiabetes
◦Presentation of risk of complications and behaviour change
◦Pregnancy outcomes in rural Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women
Aboriginal health◦Yamatji Region Aboriginal Health
Plan
Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health
Inequalities of access to dental healthcare
Dental health needs
Workforce trendsGeographical
information systems
Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health
Tri-nations partnership grant:◦ Health professional
education on indigenous health and reducing disparities in chronic disease outcomes
A Healthy Start to life◦ Aboriginal parenting
project
Emergency Medicine: clinical Emergency Medicine: clinical researchresearchResuscitation and pre-hospital care
RCT of adrenaline in cardiac arrestClinical ultrasound
Tele-ultrasound to aid in remote diagnosisThrombo-embolic disease and chest
pain Validation of PE diagnostic pathways
Sepsis Rapid PCR testing to identify bacteraemia in the
EDAnaphylaxis and toxicology
identification of elevated cytokines in anaphylaxis RCT of redback spider anti-venom
Emergency Medicine: health Emergency Medicine: health services and education services and education researchresearchMajor trauma outcome differences
between rural and metropolitan sitesRole of visiting nurses to decrease
attendances to ED by nursing home patients
Linked data analyses ED frequent attenders, outcomes following ED
attendance or ICU admission
Role of multidisciplinary team in improving falls outcomes
RCT of procedural skills teaching methods
The impact of environmental change on human health
Improving Indigenous health
Smoking cessation
Western Desert Renal Health project
Rural obstetric outcomes
Health systems in the country
Art and Medicine
Rural Clinical School: research Rural Clinical School: research themesthemes
Research hubs in 5 regions with local research budget
Small projects grants ($30,000 each) for initiating projects and pilot work
Early career researcher grants ($30,000 each)
Support for undergraduate research students within the hubs (e.g. BMedSci rural top-up of $6,000)
Support for PhD students with a Rural PhD top-up of $10 000 pa for 3.5 years
Rural Clinical School: research supportRural Clinical School: research support
The
General PracticeGeneral Practice
Barrett’s oesophagus screening Skin cancer
diagnostics Rural cancer outcomes
General PracticeGeneral PracticeGenetics in primary care
◦Family history screening and chronic disease prevention
◦Fragile X carrier screening◦Familial hypercholesterolaemia
screening in rural primary careChronic disease management in
primary care
General Practice: General Practice: collaborationcollaboration
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