Research Collaborations
Collaboration is viewed as the key to the GGT UDRH's first class research program. Staff collaborate with leading researchers, educators and clinicians nationally and internationally who are working in the fields of public health, health service research and workforce. Collaboration with the health services and organisations of the Greater Green Triangle region is also essential to achieving the GGT UDRH's mission.
Current collaborations encompass a range of institutions and organisations including:
Alchester Crescent Medical Centre:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing:
- Pharmacy Academics at UDRH (PAUDRH) program
- Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) program
- University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) program
- UDRH Mental Health project
Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) (Australian National University):
- APHCRI Linkage & Exchange Travelling Scholarship - Chronic Disease Management Models as Examples of Organisational Developmental Approaches in Primary Care (Stream 10)
- The Contribution of Organisational Change to Optimising the Workforce in Primary Care project (Stream 6)
- Project work on organisational development (Stream 16)
beyondblue: the National Depression Initiative:
Churinga Village Medical Centre:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
Colchester Medical Centre:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (Formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
Department of Health Victoria:
- CPDWorks (formerly the Statewide Allied Health Workforce Education Program (SAHWEP))
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Australia - Victoria (DAV):
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
- Life! - Taking Action on Diabetes Program
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Science's Public Health Research, Evaluation and Policy Cluster
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
- Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) program
- Primary Health Care Research Information Service (PHCRIS)
General Practice South Australia (GPSA):
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
- TrueBlue (Chronic Disease Management of Co-morbid Depression, Heart Disease and Diabetes project (National Project, Stage 2))
General Practice Victoria (GPV):
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
- TrueBlue (Chronic Disease Management of Co-morbid Depression, Heart Disease and Diabetes project (National Project, Stage 2))
Greater Green Triangle General Practice Education and Training (GGT GPET):
- Collaborative care work
- TrueBlue (Chronic Disease Management of Co-morbid Depression, Heart Disease and Diabetes project (National Project, Stage 2))
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
Knoxfield Medical Centre:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
- A Controlled Evaluation of the Australasian Peers for Progress Diabetes Program (PfP-DP) and its Transferability to Other Countries project
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- Pharmacy Academics at UDRH (PAUDRH) program
- NICS Fellowship for Kevin McNamara and the associated project "Controlling Hypertension through Innovation in Primary Care", see the PAUDRH program
- Pharmacist Assessment of Adherence, Risk and Treatment & Increasing the involvement of community pharmacy in the prevention of cardiovascular disease projects, see the PAUDRH program
National Health and Medical Research Council:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerlyGDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR):
- Research for Patient Benefit Program - Waste the waist: Pilot study for a randomised control of a primary care-based intervention to support lifestyle change for people at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), Finland:
- Award of honoris causa, the Degree of Doctor of Science to Professor Erkki Vartiainen
- Appointments of Professor Erkki Vartiainen and Adjunct Professor Tiina Laatikainen to Flinders University as honorary members of staff
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- Other diabetes prevention initiatives
Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health:
Otway Division of General Practice:
- Consultancy on diabetes prevention (Professor James Dunbar)
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
Saint Josephs Catholic Church:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
Saint Judes Catholic Church:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
Scoresby Medical Centre:
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH):
- Corangamite Managed Clinical Network
- CPDWorks (formerly the Statewide Allied Health Workforce Education Program (SAHWEP)
- UDRH Mental Health project
Terang and Mortlake Health Service:
- Corangamite Managed Clinical Network
- Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) program bursary holder - Health, Wellbeing and Active Transport
- Centre of Clinical Research Excellence: Clinical Science in Diabetes project
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- PEACH - Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health: An Intensive Treatment Intervention for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Disadvantaged Communities project
University of New South Wales:
University of North Carolina, USA:
- APHCRI Centre of Research Excellence for building quality, governance, performance and sustainability in primary health care through the Clinical Microsystem Approach
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Efectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project)
- Pharmacist Assessment of Adherence, Risk and Treatment & Increasing the involvement of community pharmacy in the prevention of cardiovascular disease projects, see the Pharmacy Academics at UDRH (PAUDRH) program
University of the 3rd Age (Ferntree Gully):
- Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS); A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness (formerly Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness project
University of Washington, USA:
- Collaborative care using the IMPACT Model/ True Blue (Chronic Disease Management of Co-morbid Depression, Heart Disease and Diabetes project (National Project, Stage 2))
West Vic Division of General Practice:
Western District Health Services (WDHS):
- UDRH Mental Health project
- Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA) Study: Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macrolevel System Change in South Australia and Victoria (formerly GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
Wimmera Health Care Group (WHCG):
For more information about the GGT UDRH's research collaborations contact Professor James Dunbar
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