News & Announcements
2009/2010 Medical Research Grants
January 8, 2010
We are delighted and proud to announce the Foundation Daw Park 2009/2010 Research Grant recipients and their associated projects. This year we were able to provide grants totalling $130,000.
We acknowledge our supporters and donors and their commitment to our Foundation and The Repat.
The Foundation team thank the members of the Research Management Committee of the Repatriation General Hospital for their evaluation of the submissions. Their time commitment and the specialist expertise they bring to this process each year is highly valued and appreciated by everyone involved in the Foundation.
Principal Applicant | Brief Project Description |
Dr Sam Chopra, Urology Registrar, RGH | Understanding how prostate cancer tissue growth is controlled by studying the male hormone receptor in benign and cancerous tissue. Funded from William Wallis Bequest made to Foundation Daw Park for Prostate Cancer Research. |
Dr Morton Burt, Staff Specialist, Southern Adelaide Diabetes & Endocrine Services, RGH; Full Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Flinders University |
How do steroids increase risk of diabetes in elderly subjects?
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Dr Victoria Wade, Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide |
Can home videophones improve mental health care for veterans? Funded by a donation towards Veteran Health made to Foundation Daw Park by Australian Executor Trustees through their Discretionary Trust Funds |
Dr Catherine Abbott, Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders Uni |
Investigation of a new marker for Alzheimer's Disease. |
Dr Daniel Stadler, PhD student/Research Assistant; Adelaide Institute of Sleep Health, Repatriation General Hospital |
The effect of abdominal loading on sleep apnoea severity
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Professor John Miners, Head, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University School of Medicine. |
Drug interactions between ketamine and codeine. |
Dr Zoe Allen, Division of Aged Care and Allied Health, Repatriation General Hospital |
Does nerve block reduce shoulder pain following stroke? |
Mr Paul Cafarella, Manager, Ambulatory Care, Repatriation General Hospital |
What are the needs of primary carers of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Funding made available from Basil Thomas Bequest to Repatriation General Hospital |
Professor David Currow, Professor of Palliative and Supportive Services, Southern Adelaide Palliative Services, Repatriation General Hospital |
Benzodiazepine for the relief of breathlessness. Funding made available from Basil Thomas Bequest to Repatriation General Hospital |
Dr Stacey George, Senior Manager Ambulatory Rehabilitation, Dept of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Repatriation General Hospital |
Managing the return to driving process after stroke. Funding made available from Basil Thomas Bequest to Repatriation General Hospital |
Mr Greg Roberts, Clinical Research Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Repatriation General Hospital |
Assessment of the impact of prednisolone on blood sugar levels during hospital admissions for airways disease. Funding made available from Basil Thomas Bequest to Repatriation General Hospital |
Associate Professor Michael Shanahan, Staff Specialist Physician (Rheumatology) |
Trial of an injection to reduce shoulder pain for people with motor neurone disease. Funding made available from Basil Thomas Bequest to Repatriation General Hospital |
Ms Joanne Lane, Project Officer (Research) / Data Manager, Bowel Health Service, Repatriation General Hospital |
Patient sample preference for clinical screening tests. Funding made available from Basil Thomas Bequest to Repatriation General Hospital |