The UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) commitment to leading research has been recognised with prestigious funding awarded to a range of research projects.
Ten SHRS research projects have received financial support from the 2021 Metro South Health Research Support Scheme (MSH RSS).
The MSH RSS is administered by Metro South Research and aims to award excellence in research that translates research discoveries into health and medical outcomes.
SHRS Head of School, Professor Sandy Brauer, said the funding success was testament to UQ’s ongoing collaboration with Metro South Health.
“Our strong partnership with Metro South Health across multiple people and disciplines was highlighted with the announcement of the 2021 Metro South Research Support Scheme grants,” Professor Brauer said.
“This year was a highly competitive year — more so than normal — so it was fantastic to see SHRS scooping the pool and many of our projects supported.
“Special mention must go to Dr Emma Finch (Speech Conjoint), Professor Liz Ward (MSH Conjoint), Dr Elise Gane (Physio Conjoint), Dr Laurelie Wishart (Lecturer – Clinical Affiliate), Dr Bena Brown (Senior Lecturer – Clinical Affiliate) and Professor Paul Hodges.
“Overall, our staff were successful in attaining more than $570,000 in grant funds. Well done everyone!”
The successful SHRS projects awarded MSH RSS funding:
Dr Elise Gane, Elizabeth Pinkham, Professor Liz Ward, Professor Raymond Chan, Associate Professor Mark Pinkham, Jocelyn Foo, Dr Nicolas Hart.
Delivering supervised group exercise to patients with cancer via telehealth: an implementation study.
PA Research Foundation Research Award: $100,000
Professor Liz Ward, Professor Liam Caffery, Dr Emma Thomas, Dr Maria Schwarz, Julie-Anne Ross, Claire Webb, Michael Harris.
Embedding high quality, sustainable, patient-centric telehealth services within Allied Health: A guide for optimised practice beyond COVID-19.
Project Grant: $99,976
Dr Laurelie Wishart, Professor Liz Ward, Professor Grahame Galloway, Associate Professor Sandro Porceddu, Rachel Pitt, Professor Jim Elliot, Danielle Stone.
Exploring radiation-induced fibrosis following health and neck cancer using novel MRI imaging.
Project Grant: $99,752
Dr Tanja Miokovic, Professor Paul Hodges, Michael Harris, Diane Lee.
A feasibility randomised controlled trial of three contrasting interventions for recovery of post-natal diastasis rectus abdominis.
Project Grant: $100,000
Dr Laurelie Wishart, Associate Professor Joshua Byrne, Professor Liz Ward, Dr Maria Schwarz, Anne Coccetti, Masnoon Saiyed, Rachel Phillips.
Developing a robust evaluation for the clinical and economic evaluation of allied health primary contact clinics.
Co-funded Collaboration Grant with Griffith University and MSH SERTA: $49,916
Dr Emma Finch, Erin Kelly, Associate Professor Sarah Olson.
Developing an innovative, co-designed, goal-based, telehealth communication intervention for people with brain tumours and their families.
Innovation Grant: $25,000
Isabella Lane, Alicia Bowen, Dr Elise Gane, Brooke Wadsworth, Samuel Pobar, Dr Peter Kruger.
Evaluation of a clinical decision support tool for airway management in people with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury.
Trauma and Disaster Management (TRADIM) grant: $25,000
Erin Kelly, Maeve O’Neill, Dr Emma Finch.
Improving services for patients with Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) in a Neurosciences Unit: Implementation & evaluation of a family and staff DoC education package as standard care.
Novice Researcher Grant: $25,000
Minna Grahvendy, Dr Bena Brown, Dr Laurelie Wishart, Adirenne See, Professor Sandro Porceddu, Professor Raymond Chan.
An electronic, Patient-Reported platform for capturing Adverse Event data in the Cancer Trials Unit (ePRAE-CTU).
Novice Researcher Grant: $24,220
Sarah Day, Dr Bena Brown, Jocelyn Foo, Dr Jodie Nixon, Kate Davis, Mair Emlyn-Jones, Mary Whitehead.
What are the functional outcomes and service experiences of patients with head and neck cancer treated during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Novice Researcher Grant: $25,000
See the full list of MSH RSS grant recipients.
