Current Funding
A Controlled Evaluation of the Australasian Peers for Progress Diabetes Program (PfP-DP) and its Transferability to Other Countries
Principal Investigator: Professor Brian Oldenburg (Monash University) (Grant held by Monash University)
Investigators: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University), Professor Prasuna Reddy (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University), Dr Ralph Audehm (Diabetes Australia - Victoria), Greg Johnson (Diabetes Australia - Victoria), Associate Professor Max de Courten (Monash University), Associate Professor Rory Wolfe (Monash University), Professor Rob Carter (Deakin University), Dr Pilvikki Absetz (National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), Finland) & Professor Anuar Zaini (Monash University)
Funding Body: Peers for Progress - Connection for Better Living/Diabetes. Peers for Progress is a program of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and is supported by the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Funding Period: 1 January 2009 - 30 June 2011
Total Funding: US$799,858
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 Prasuna Reddy (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
CPDWorks (formerly the Statewide Allied Health Workforce Education Program (SAHWEP))
Chief Investigator: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Funding Body: Department of Health Victoria
Funding Period: 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011
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), Professor Prasuna Reddy (GGT UDRH Flinders University & Deakin University), Dr John Carnie (Department of Health Victoria), 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
Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Cluster Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness
Chief Investigator: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Associate Investigators: Professor Rob Carter (Deakin University), Professor Edward Janus (Western Health & GGT UDRH, Flinders University), Professor Prasuna Reddy (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University), Professor Sing Kai Lo (Deakin University) & Professor Erkki Vartiainen (National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL), Finland)
Funding Body: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Project Grant, Application 533819.
Funding Period: 1 January 2009 - 31 December 2011
Total Funding: $833,125
Pharmacy Academics at University Department of Rural Health (PAUDRH) 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 January 2010 - 31 December 2010
Total Funding: $80,000
Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Program
Chief Investigator: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. PHCRED Strategy, Research Capacity Building Initiative and Researcher Development Program
Funding Period: 1 January 2010 - 31 December 2010
Total Funding: $216,000
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) & Professor Prasuna Reddy (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Funding Period: 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011
Total Funding: $110,050
Quick Links
Current Research
Grants Database
Past Research Projects
Research Collaborations
Research Interests and Strengths