Find out what's happening in clinical trials and research in regional Victoria.
Grampians Health's Research and Innovation on the Run Symposium has concluded for the year. Featuring presentations from researchers from across Grampians Health, this year's symposium showcased the depth and breadth of research happening at the regional and rural hospitals.
Read more about the 2023 Research and Innovation on the Run Symposium.
Grampians Health's Dr Vanessa Wong, in conjunction with the breast cancer team from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), is contributing to the creation of a breast cancer registry, named ARORA.
Grampians Health infectious diseases specialist Dr Rob Commons has recently had two studies published in the world-renowned The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The studies reviewed the efficacy and safety of primaquine doses used to prevent relapses of Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria.
Grampians Health’s Medical Oncologist and Associate Investigator Dr Wasek Faisal and Clinical Trial Coordinator Mr Ethan Pitman recently represented Australia at an international investigator meeting for a lung cancer clinical trial targeting a rare cancer mutation.
Grampians Health Anaesthetic Research Coordinator Natasha Brice is proud of the success of the ROCKet (Reduction Of Chronic post-surgical pain with Ketamine) trial in Ballarat.
Two of Grampians Health’s PhD scholars, Michael Pang and Cara Hill, have successfully received scholarships from the Western Alliance’s Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Scholarship program to pursue their research that addresses the unique healthcare challenges faced by rural and regional communities.
Grampians Health has joined an innovative clinical trial of a new point-of-care testing solution that will enable our staff to quickly and efficiently test those presenting to our Emergency Department (ED) for COVID or flu, leading to a faster triaging process.
Two staff members of Grampians Health have been selected to participate in the Learning Health System Academy, a professional development program run by the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health at The University of Melbourne.
The program equips healthcare professionals with the skills to identify best digital health practice and improve patient outcomes.
Grampians Health has delivered the first clinical trial consumer awareness session as part of a new educational initiative by the VCCC Alliance.
Read more about the clinical trial consumer awareness session.
Doctor Khaled El-Khawas is an intensive care doctor at Grampians Health in Ballarat. He is committed to finding the best ways to help his patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
His latest research is seeing him partner up with Austin Health in Melbourne to run a clinical trial using magnesium to find the best way to treat patients admitted to the ICU who need help keeping their blood pressure in the normal range and their heartbeat regular.
Read more about the research to keep heartbeats regular in ICU.
May 20 is International Clinical Trials Day, and Grampians Health is celebrating a milestone of over 100 clinical trials currently open. Clinical trials are an important part of the advancement of medical research and treatment, helping patients find the best treatment for them, now and into the future.
Grampians Health’s Consultant Neurologist and Associate Professor Dr Ramesh Sahathevan is hoping to bring about a major shift in how strokes are treated.
Dr Sahathevan is the local Principal Investigator at Grampians Health for a multicenter study to investigate the effectiveness and safety of a new anticoagulant after a stroke.
Read more about the investigation of a new medicine for stroke patients.
Grampians Health is excited to take part in an international study into pain medicine prescription and use after surgery, with medical students and junior doctors taking the lead.
Read more about medical students taking the lead in clinical research.
Grampians Health has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Deakin Rural Health to collaborate on research to improve health care delivery and services in western Victoria.
The pact will allow both organisations to advance their common goals of promoting excellence in health care delivery, improve health outcomes for patients in western Victoria and strengthen the contribution of allied health and nursing.
Read more about the regional research collaboration with Deakin Rural Health.
Following International Clinical Trials Day (20 May), Grampians Health reflecting on the more than 90 clinical trials the teams are currently participating in, including a world-first trial for treating preschool wheeze in Australia and New Zealand.
Read more about the Australian-first study of preschool wheeze treatment.
A Grampians Health staff member has won first prize in the PharmAlliance Graduate Research E-Symposium and has been invited to present next month at The University of North Carolina, Monash University and the University College London.
Ballarat Health Services will deliver enhanced healthcare at home for older people in rural and regional Western Victoria through a project in partnership with the Western Alliance Academic Health Science Centre (Western Alliance).
International Clinical Trials Day is a time to pause and reflect on the efforts of those working in medical research, the need to identify patients to participate in trials, and why funding to support research is so important.
Paul is the first pilot patient to take part in the PROTECT trial, a study for patients with prostate, colorectal and breast cancer who will be undergoing surgery.
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