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New Funding Awarded for 2010/2011

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 

 

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 & 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

 

Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Women with Gestational Diabetes in Urban India - A Feasibility Study

Chief Investigators: Professor Nikhil Tandon (All India Institute of Medical Sciences - India), Professor Dorairaj Prabhakaran (Centre for Chronic Disease Control - India), Associate Professor Anushka Patel (The George Institute - India), Professor Prasuna Reddy (GGT UDRH Flinders University & Deakin University - Australia), Dr Rohina Joshi (The George Institute for International Health -Australia), Dr Ankush Desai (All India Institute of Medical Sciences - India)

Funding Body: International Diabetes Federation

Funding Period: 1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012

Total Funding: US$64,890

 

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)

Co Investigators: Professor James Best (University of Melbourne), Professor Edward Janus (Western Health), 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 Body: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Health SA and Department of Health Victoria.

Funding Period: 1 January 2010 - 31 December 2015

Total Funding: $3,292,000.00

  

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

 

Statewide Allied Health Workforce Education Program (SAHWEP)

Chief Investigator: Professor Adrian Schoo (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)

Funding Body: Department of Human Services - Victoria

Funding Period: 1 July 2009 - 30 June 2010

 

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 

 

 

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