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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