Paediatric Emergency Medicine Centre Of Research Excellence (PEM-CRE)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,673,400.00
Summary
The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) is an existing research network. By coordinating the Paediatric Emergency Medicine Centre of Research Excellence PREDICT will provide evidence to fill knowledge gaps in paediatric emergency care, develop better pathways to improve practice in the Emergency Department, and create a new ability to translate knowledge to improve care of children in Australasian emergency departments.
I am a clinician researcher in paediatric emergency medicine. My research focus is acute neurological problems and includes both high volume and rare but life threatening conditions in children. Award of an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship will allow me to address major evidence gaps in the acute care of children presenting to the emergency department with head injuries and brain attacks (acute neurological dysfunction), and to translate the findings into widespread practice.