IMPROVING THE FOOD SUPPLY TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF NUTRITION-RELATED CHRONIC DISEASE
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$338,945.00
Summary
My project will examine the healthiness of the Australian food supply with the goal of identifying where reformulation activities will have the greatest impact on the health of Australians. The results will be used to inform policies designed to enhance the healthiness of the food supply, and will make a significant contribution to the understanding of dietary intake and the food supply in Australia, and will help reduce the ever-increasing burden of nutrition-related chronic disease.
Local Public Health Ethics: New Theoretical And Applied Tools For Community-based Health Research Governance And Ethics.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$236,326.00
Summary
Bioethics has not delivered the local ethical resources needed for public health research in community settings. This program will develop and test a new framework and practical tools for research governance and responses to ethical challenges in community-based public health research. It will deliver a new public health ethics system, policy and practice resources to suit the multi-disciplinarity of the modern public health research field.
Improving The Healthiness Of The Foods In Australian Supermarkets
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
This project proposes to better understand the role of supermarkets on influencing the healthiness of the food supply. Three studies are planned which evaluate the evidence for the effect of supermarket standards on the food supply, determine whether providing nutritional data to a supermarket can change the healthiness of their food products, and identify factors that influence the development and use of supermarket standards to improve their foods.
Understanding The Health Effects Of Biomass Smoke In Australian Towns And Cities
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$172,392.00
Summary
Wildfires have become more frequent and severe the world over and the health impacts of the associated air pollution is a major gap in the current evidence. Working with lead agencies in air quality regulation, public health and fire management I will examine and compare the health effects of air pollution from deliberate burns, bushfires, wood heaters and other sources of air pollution. The research will focus on respiratory and heart disease to inform public health and individual patient care.
Emotions, Situation Awareness And The Risky Driving Behaviour Of Young Novice Drivers
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$320,891.00
Summary
Young novice drivers have been overrepresented in the road crash fatality and injury statistics in motorised countries around the world for decades. A critical knowledge gap underpinning this is a failure to consider the role that emotion plays in young driver behaviour. The aim of this innovative research is to radically improve young driver road safety by clarifying and optimally managing the impact of young drivers' emotions upon their situation awareness.
Stroke In Australia: Understanding Variation In Clinical Care And Outcomes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$314,644.00
Summary
Stroke is the major cause of death and disability. My ECF research project is designed to identify (1) factors that influence hospital readmissions (2) gaps in hospital care for specific groups who experience stroke using the largest national dataset (40+ hospitals, 17,000+ patients). These data will provide evidence for me to develop and test novel future interventions to reduce inequalities in health care access in order to reduce deaths and disability through improvements in stroke care.
Plotting A Course To Tuberculosis Elimination In Our Lifetime
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$348,768.00
Summary
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s leading infectious killer and more than half of TB cases occur in Australia’s region. I have developed a software program and used it to simulate improved TB control in eight countries across the world. In this fellowship, I will extend this program to allow simulation of TB transmission across multiple countries. This will allow me to compare the effects of TB control programs in Australia and overseas, as well as to re-estimate the global number of TB deaths.
Preterm Birth And Exposure To Fine Particulate Matter
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$341,068.00
Summary
Preterm birth is the single most important cause of perinatal mortality and leading cause of subsequent morbidity in the western world. This project involves an investigation of the effects of fine airborne particulates and their chemical constituents on preterm birth among half a million pregnant women in Australia and the US. Levels of particulates will be rigorously assessed using traditional methods such as chemical analyses of field samples and novel methods such as processing satellite ima ....Preterm birth is the single most important cause of perinatal mortality and leading cause of subsequent morbidity in the western world. This project involves an investigation of the effects of fine airborne particulates and their chemical constituents on preterm birth among half a million pregnant women in Australia and the US. Levels of particulates will be rigorously assessed using traditional methods such as chemical analyses of field samples and novel methods such as processing satellite imagery.Read moreRead less