Metabolic disorders related to the modern lifestyle, including inactivity, obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes, are responsible for a major proportion of the disease burden in Australia. Current treatment strategies are expensive and because they are directed at end-organ damage (heart failure, heart attacks etc), rather ineffective. This multispecialty, multidisciplinary group will undertake a series of unique studies aimed at understanding and preventing early cardiovascular c ....Metabolic disorders related to the modern lifestyle, including inactivity, obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes, are responsible for a major proportion of the disease burden in Australia. Current treatment strategies are expensive and because they are directed at end-organ damage (heart failure, heart attacks etc), rather ineffective. This multispecialty, multidisciplinary group will undertake a series of unique studies aimed at understanding and preventing early cardiovascular complications of these metabolic conditions. Sensitive new cardiovascular imaging techniques will be used to detect preclinical abnormalities in the structure, function and metabolism of the heart and vasculature, facilitating the development of new strategies of exercise and lifestyle intervention to prevent these complications. While built on the successful current CCRE in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, including multidisciplinary clinical research training, the new application involves major new directions in the interface between the liver and metabolic syndrome, and strategies for community-based prevention programs. The nursing intervention model, which will focus on workforce models of care, is especially important. The results of this study will provide information to address the need for different nursing models sought by the recent Productivity Commission Report.Read moreRead less
Centre Of Clinical Research Excellence In Renal Medicine
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,000,000.00
Summary
This Centre aims to answer important research questions such as: Does screening for early renal disease prevent kidney failure? Does renal disease in Aboriginal people begin in early childhood? What causes transplanted kidneys to fail? With the worldwide editorial base of the Cochrane Renal Group, the editorial base on the National Guidelines on Renal Disease and close links with the Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology) program at the University of Sydney, this Centre will also provide pro ....This Centre aims to answer important research questions such as: Does screening for early renal disease prevent kidney failure? Does renal disease in Aboriginal people begin in early childhood? What causes transplanted kidneys to fail? With the worldwide editorial base of the Cochrane Renal Group, the editorial base on the National Guidelines on Renal Disease and close links with the Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology) program at the University of Sydney, this Centre will also provide proven mechanisms for clinical research training and translation of research findings into clinical practice.Read moreRead less
Alfred And Baker Medical Unit Centre For Clinical Cardiovascular Research
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,000,000.00
Summary
This Centre has three objectives: to create clinical research platforms; to provide time and training for advanced cardiology trainees, young clinical academics, research nurses, allied health staff and non-medical science graduates; and to translate previously established local and international research outcomes into knowledge, education and health benefits for the wider Australian community.