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SOLUTIONS For Present And Future Emerging Pollutants In Land And Water Resources Management
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$259,784.00
Summary
The European Union project SOLUTIONS will develop a novel conceptual framework to prioritise chemical contaminants for ecological and human health risk assessment of water resources and fish for human consumption. The Australian partner will implement health-relevant bioanalytical endpoints to inform cumulative risk assessment. The developed concepts and tools will be validated using European river case studies, with the knowledge generated to be transferred to the Australian context.
Multidimensional Assessment Of The Health Impacts Of Infrasound: Two Randomised Controlled Trials
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,943,934.00
Summary
The human health impact of infrasound that comes from wind turbines has not been well researched. We will assemble a team of researchers with a broad range of expertise to run a short term and longer term study to investigate whether exposure to infrasound causes health problems. The short term study will be lab based and run for three one week periods and the longer term study will be community based and run for six months. Sleep quality, balance, mood, cardiovascular health will be measured.
Do Urban Green Spaces Help To Reduce Incidence Of Alzheimer's And Associated Risk Factors? Multilevel Longitudinal Study Of 267,153 Adults With 15 Years Of Follow-up
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$719,841.00
Summary
Green spaces (e.g. parks and tree canopy) may help reduce – and narrow socioeconomic inequities - in the risk of Alzheimer’s by improving mental health and cognition, promoting physical activity and social support, reducing social isolation, reducing depression, obesity, cardiometabolic disease risk and buffering harms from traffic-related air pollution. I will conduct the first large-scale longitudinal studies to examine this hypothesis across a 15-year timespan.
We need to think laterally to find effective treatments for people with dementia. Using relevant animal models and cutting-edge technology, my research investigates gene-environment interactions. In particular, my group is studying the pathophysiology of Huntington’s disease, a devastating progressive disorder with no current cure. By integrating my unique wide-ranging expertise and my extensive network of collaborators, I aim to explore mechanisms and to discover novel therapeutic strategies.
An Integrated Health-sector Strategy To Combat COPD And Asthma In Vietnam: A Pragmatic Stepped Intervention Cluster Randomized Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,894,349.00
Summary
Chronic lung diseases are a major challenge for resource limited settings. In Vietnam, where smoking rates in males are around 50%, there is an urgent need for better strategies to prevent and treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. We will perform a study of a low-cost integrated intervention including a health-system based smoking cessation program and the targeted use of proven therapy for COPD and asthma - inhaled corticosteroids - to reduce the burden of lung disease.
Implementing Evidence Into Practice To Improve Chronic Lung Disease Management In Indigenous Australians: The Breathe Easy, Walk Easy-Lungs For Life (BE WELL) Project
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$780,089.00
Summary
The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Indigenous Australians far exceeds that in non-Indigenous Australians. The project will evaluate whether the BE WELL program can build the capacity of Aboriginal health workers to provide affordable and effective management of COPD, including pulmonary rehabilitation. This program will improve health outcomes, reduce hospital admissions and address the poor access to best-practice management of COPD in Indigenous communities.
Developing A Sustainable Community Based Response To Asbestos-related Diseases In Aboriginal Communities
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$623,155.00
Summary
Asbestos-related disease in remote Aboriginal communities where asbestos mining has occurred over many decades is an under-recognised problem. In contrast to many occupationally-exposed groups, little is known or published on the burden of disease affecting these communities and health program responses based on good science are underdeveloped. This project will support two Aboriginal community-controlled primary health care services to: estimate the number of people affected in local communitie ....Asbestos-related disease in remote Aboriginal communities where asbestos mining has occurred over many decades is an under-recognised problem. In contrast to many occupationally-exposed groups, little is known or published on the burden of disease affecting these communities and health program responses based on good science are underdeveloped. This project will support two Aboriginal community-controlled primary health care services to: estimate the number of people affected in local communities; find the best way to diagnose and manage lung and asbestos disease and prevent complications; advocate for affected individuals, families and communities. Rather than the usual 'in-out' health survey, this research project will build the capacity of local communities and health service to implement and sustain holistic responses.Read moreRead less
Improving The Control Of Hypertension In Rural India: Overcoming The Barriers To Diagnosis And Effective Treatment
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,059,784.00
Summary
We know little about barriers to the control of high blood pressure in rural regions of low income countries. These rural areas differ in the proportion of people with high blood pressure, the risk factors for high blood pressure and most likely the barriers to good treatment of blood pressure. We aim to find out what these barriers are, and develop and test a program that can be used to improve control of high blood pressure in very diverse settings.
Systematic Medical Assessment, Referral And Treatment For Diabetes Care In China Using Lay Family Health Promoters - SMART Diabetes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,385,858.00
Summary
Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) affects 113.9 million people in China. Prevalence has risen dramatically to over 10% and is expected to continue rising. Few Chinese with T2DM are achieving adequate management targets to prevent complications and the current health system infrastructure is struggling to meet these gaps in care. Our project will expand the family health promoter model to develop a scalable model for low cost, high quality diabetes care in urban and rural China.
Patterns Of Cancer Care For Indigenous People In NSW
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,690,636.00
Summary
Cancer is the second biggest killer of Indigenous Australians: for some cancers the mortality rate is more than 3 times higher in Aboriginal people and overall it is 60% higher. While differences in stage at diagnosis and the type and duration of care received by Aboriginal people may contribute to the higher mortality, this has not been studied in detail. New South Wales has the largest Aboriginal population in Australia. Reliable and current data on cancer care for NSW Aboriginal people will a ....Cancer is the second biggest killer of Indigenous Australians: for some cancers the mortality rate is more than 3 times higher in Aboriginal people and overall it is 60% higher. While differences in stage at diagnosis and the type and duration of care received by Aboriginal people may contribute to the higher mortality, this has not been studied in detail. New South Wales has the largest Aboriginal population in Australia. Reliable and current data on cancer care for NSW Aboriginal people will allow health services to better target cancer care. The aims of this project are: to determine whether Aboriginal people are being diagnosed with cancer at later stages; to describe the barriers to Aboriginal people being diagnosed earlier and accessing cancer care; to describe the care that Aboriginal people with cancer are currently receiving; and to compare their level and types of care with that received by non-Indigenous people. We will conduct four studies to address these aims. We will conduct interviews with Aboriginal people diagnosed with cancer and Aboriginal health workers who look after people with cancer to find out about their perceptions and experiences of Aboriginal people dealing with cancer. We will analyse a data set containing records from the NSW Central Cancer Registry and hospital admission records for people living in NSW. Treatments for cancer for Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people will be compared. This analysis will be complemented by an examination of records at Aboriginal Medical Services to obtain information on other treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy and referrals to specialists. We will also conduct a population-based patterns of care study where questionnaires seeking information about the diagnostic tests performed and types of treatment given will be sent to doctors who have treated Aboriginal people with cancer. In addition, information will be obtained from Aboriginal people with newly diagnosed cancer about the clinical pathway that led to the diagnosis.Read moreRead less