Current Funding
The Centre of Excellence for Research in Building Quality, Governance, Performance and Sustainability in Primary Health Care
Chief Investigators: Professor Claire Jackson (University of Queensland), Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University), Professor Paul Batalden (Darmouth Medical School), Associate Professor Julie Johnson (University of New South Wales), Professor Jeffrey Fuller (Flinders University), Caroline Nicholson (University of Queensland), Dr Shelley Wilkinson (Mater Mother's Hospital)
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing via the Australian National University's Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI)
Funding Period: 1 January 2011 - 31 December 2015
Total Funding: $2,500,000
GDM NHMRC Partnership, Preventing Diabetes in Pregnancy from Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes: Macro Level System Change in South Australia and Victoria
Chief Investigator: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH Flinders University & Deakin University)
Investigators: Professor James Best (University of Melbourne), Professor Edward Janus (Western Health & GGT UDRH Flinders University & Deakin University), Professor Rob Carter (Deakin University), Professor Jeremy Oats (Royal Woman's Hospital), Dr John Carnie (Department of Health Victoria) and Professor Paddy Phillips (Flinders University)
Funding Bodies: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Department of Human Services - Victoria, Health South Australia, Diabetes Australia Victoria, General Practice Victoria, Diabetic Association of South Australia Inc, General Practice South Australia
Funding Period: January 2009 - December 2013
Total Funding: $2,509,422
Health Workforce Australia (HWA) Distributed Simulation Project
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing via Health Workforce Australia.
Funding Period: July 2012 - June 2013
Total Funding: $382,408.99
Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness
Chief Investigators: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University), Professor Rob Carter (Deakin University), Professor Edward Janus (Western Health & GGT UDRH, Flinders University), Professor Catherine Bennett (Deakin University). Dr Sharleen O'Reilly (Deakin University) and Professor Erkki Vartiainen (National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), Finland)
Associate Investigators: Professor James Best (University of Melbourne), Adjunct Professor Greg Johnson (Diabetes Australia - Victoria), Professor Brian Oldenburg (Monash University), Dr Amy Timoshanko (Diabetes Australia - Victoria), Professor Timothy Skinner (University of Tasmania) and Associate Professor Theo Vos (University of Queensland).
Funding Body: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Project Grant, Application 533819.
Funding Period: 1 January 2009 - 31 December 2012
Total Funding: $833,125
Rural Pharmacy Liaison Officer (RPLO) Program
Chief Investigator: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Associate Investigator: Kevin McNamara (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University and the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University)
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing via the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Funding Period: 1 July 2012 - 30 June 2015
Total Funding: $210,000
Specialist Training Program
Funding Body: Department of Health & Ageing via The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Funding Period: 1st December 2012 - 31st December 2015
Total Funding: $300,000
The process of care in managing people with type 2 diabetes: What is the impact of peer support on uptake and effective implementation of care plans in the self management of diabetes?
Chief Investigator: Professor Brian Oldenburg (Monash University) (Grant held by Monash University)
Investigators: Dr Michaela Riddell (Monash University), Dr Catherine Joyce (Monash University), Professor Leon Piterman (Monash University), Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Funding Body: Diabetes Australia Research Trust - Psychological General Grants 2012, Diabetes Australia - Victoria
Funding Period: January 2012 - May 2013
Total Funding: $44,500
University Department of Rural Health Mental Health Project
Chief Investigators: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Funding Period: 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2014
Total Funding: $342,174
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