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Grants and Publications
Academic staff in the School of Health Sciences undertake research in
a wide range of areas including Allied Health Evidence, Applied
Anthropometry, Population Health and Social Epidemiology, and
Nutritional Physiology. The success of these endeavours is
illustrated by the research outputs of our staff, some of which are
detailed below.
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Current Category 1 Grants
ARC Linkage Grants
UniSA is the administering institution for the following Linkage
Projects
|
Project Title |
Chief Investigator |
Partner Organisations |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Cognitive and behavioural benefits of
omega-3 fatty acid supplementation
across the lifespan |
Prof Peter Howe |
Novasel Australia Pty Ltd |
2007 (4 years) |
$231,146 |
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Exploring resilience in relation to
physical activity and dietary behaviours
among children from neighbourhoods of
low socioeconomic position |
Dr Jim Dollman |
Dept of Health |
2008 (4 years) |
$80,000 |
|
Effects of omega-3 fatty acids and
micronutrients on learning and behaviour
of Indigenous Australian children from a
remote community school |
Dr Natalie Sinn |
NT Dept of Education and Training, Vifor
Pharma Vifor AG |
2010 (2 years) |
$200,395 |
|
Evaluation of peanuts as a source of
bioactive nutrients for enhancement of
endothelial function and cognitive
performance |
Dr Alison Coates |
Peanut Company of Australia |
2010 (3 years) |
$80,007 |
|
Improving the diagnostic accuracy of
detecting functional decline in older
people discharged from hospital
emergency departments |
Prof Karen Grimmer-Somers |
Central Northern Adelaide Health
Service; Royal Adelaide Hospital; SA
Department of Health |
2011 (2 years) |
$116,546 |
ARC Linkage Grants administered through other institutions
|
Project Title |
UniSA Investigator |
Partner Organisations |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
The Norfolk Island Carbon and Health
Evaluation Program: a case study of
personal
carbon trading for reducing obesity and
greenhouse gas emissions |
Prof Robyn McDermott |
Administration of Norfolk Island,
Greatest Asset Pty Ltd, Sustainable
Norfolk |
2011 |
$390,000 |
ARC Future Fellowships
|
Project Title |
Chief Investigator |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Strengthening the evidence: How
community-based Indigenous health and
wellbeing interventions work to improve
policy and practice |
Dr Margaret Cargo |
2011 (4 years) |
$575,652 |
ARC Discovery
|
Project Title |
Chief Investigator |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Retirement activity planning: a
randomised controlled trial |
Prof Tim Olds |
2011 (4 years) |
$295,540 |
NHMRC Program Grants
|
Project Title |
Investigators |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Improving chronic disease outcomes for
Indigenous Australians: causes,
interventions, systems change |
Prof Kerin O'Dea, Prof Robyn McDermott,
Dr Kevin Rowley, Prof John Lynch, Prof
Leonie Segal |
2011 (5 years) |
$8,190,000 |
NHMRC Project Grants
|
Project Title |
Chief Investigator |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
The Torres Women's Fitness Trial:
Improving metabolic fitness in
indigenous women: A pragmatic controlled
trial of waist loss in the Torres Strait |
Prof Robyn McDermott |
2009 (3 years) |
$537,925 |
|
Testing the 'activitystat' hypothesis |
Prof Tim Olds |
2010 (2 years) |
$565,788 |
|
Testing the behavioural and psychosocial
mechanisms underlying geographic
variation in metabolic syndrome |
Prof Mark Daniel |
2010 (3 years) |
$400,965 |
|
Circuit class therapy for inpatient
rehabilitation after stroke. A pragmatic
randomised controlled trial of therapy
intensity (CIRCIT) |
Dr Susan Hillier |
2010 (4 years) |
$503,500 |
|
Can changing the way people with chronic
lung disease think about breathlessness
improve and sustain health outcomes? |
Assoc Prof Marie Williams |
2011 (3 years) |
$389,477 |
|
Salt intake and endothelial function |
Dr Jennifer Keogh |
2011 (2 years) |
$246,355 |
NHMRC Project Grants administered through other schools
|
Project Title |
School of Health Sciences Investigator |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
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Pathophysiology and alternative
preventative strategy for breast cancer
chemotherapy-induced bone loss |
Prof Peter Howe |
2011 |
$521,706 |
NHMRC Project Grants administered through other institutions
|
Project Title |
UniSA Investigator |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Refining and testing a promising new
treatment for chronic pain |
Prof Lorimer Moseley |
2011 |
$595,392 |
|
Pubertal transitions in mental health
and behaviour: the PHASE-A study of
social role and lifestyle transitions |
Prof Tim Olds |
2011 |
$1,572,018 |
NHMRC Partnership Projects
|
Project Title |
Chief Investigator |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Linking place to metabolic syndrome via
behavioural and psychosocial
antecedents: Levers for public health
intervention |
Prof Mark Daniel |
2009 (3 years) |
$290,000 |
|
Getting better at chronic care in rural
indigenous communities |
Prof Robyn McDermott |
2009 (5 years) |
$1,720,376 |
NHMRC Capacity Building Grants
|
Project Title |
Chief Investigator |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Building a cohort of indigenous research
leaders in community health development |
Prof Robyn McDermott |
2007 (5 years) |
$290,000 |
NHMRC Fellowships and Awards
|
Fellowship/Award Name |
Recipient |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Industry Fellowship |
Dr Karen Murphy |
2006 (5 years) |
$313,750 |
|
Training Fellowship |
Dr Matt Haren |
2008 (4 years) |
$259, 020 |
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Australia Fellowship |
Prof John Lynch |
2009 (5 years) |
$4,000,000 |
|
Australian Based Public Health Research
Fellowship |
Dr Rebecca Golley |
2009 (4 years) |
$274,000 |
|
Postdoctoral Training Fellowship |
Dr Catherine Paquet |
2010 (3 years) |
$285,000 |
|
TRIP (Translating Research into
Practice) Fellowship |
Dr Kylie Johnston |
2010 (2 years) |
$140,000 |
|
Practitioner Fellowship |
Prof Robyn McDermott |
2011 (5 years) |
$428,869 |
Other Category 1 Grants
|
Project Title |
Chief Investigator |
Funding Body |
Year Awarded |
Funding |
|
Fish oil treatment for depression in
cardiovascular disease |
Prof Peter Howe |
National Heart Foundation & Beyond Blue |
2008 (4 years) |
$445,188 |
Publications
Past Projects
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