MRFF Grant for Quality Improvement in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Professor Robyn Gallagher has been awarded over $800k for her research project ‘Identifying and addressing barriers and enablers to implementing best-practice cardiac rehabilitation: the Quality Improvement in Cardiac Rehabilitation (QUICR) Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial’
Our work is closely aligned with the research activities of the faculty, conducted across the following major areas:
Our research into sleep and sleep disorders aims to measure the impact of these disorders, as well as the effectiveness of treatments and health system activity related to sleep.
Initiatives
Researchers
Nurses play a vital role in evaluating and treating acutely ill or severely injured people, as well as managing the social and emotional costs associated with their care.
Our research focuses on identifying common causes of major injuries, the appropriate care of acutely ill people and people with long-term disabilities, and any associated costs.
Working collaboratively with clinicians, clients and their families, we aim to conduct meaningful research that can be translated into health policy and practice.
Nutrition and dietetics includes the study of the food that people eat and its effects on wellbeing and on prevention and management of disease.
Dietary intake assessment
We have extensive experience in assessing and monitoring food and nutrient consumption of the population, including core foods groups (meat, fruit, vegetables, dairy products, grains, water), discretionary foods (fast foods, sugary beverages), portion sizes consumed, energy density of diets, diet quality and nutritional adequacy.
Nutritional epidemiology across the lifecycle
We have special interests in the diets of young adults and the elderly and is conducting two cohort studies.
Young adults gain the most weight of any age group that will lead to obesity and chronic disease. The elderly are the growing demographic and good nutrition may be the key to longevity.
Use of new technologies in nutrition
We are actively involved in collaborative research designing Smartphone applications and on-line tools for monitoring dietary intakes.
The efficacy and cost efficacy of phone coaching, text messaging, apps and social media to deliver individualised nutrition and lifestyle interventions for young adults, prevention of diabetes and for people with type 2 diabetes are active areas of research.
We lead research in cancer and supportive care with a focus on improving the experience for those impacted by a cancer diagnosis. To achieve this we work with cancer, haematology, and palliative care nurses in the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) and across NSW to support their research in this area. In addition, we work directly with those impacted by cancer, both patients and family, to develop new approaches to reduce the impact of cancer and its treatment.
Partly funded by SLHD, we are a consortium of Sydney Nursing School and Daffodil Centre researchers, bringing together the school's strength in cancer, haematology, and palliative care research with centres of excellence in clinical cancer care.
Our research is conducted under four themes:
Key staff
I-HARP is a unique model of care, funded by the Australian government, that aims to help older people with dementia remain healthy and independent in their own homes.
The program combines a range of proven health care strategies into a comprehensive intervention delivered at home. I-HARP clinicians work closely with the person with dementia and their carer to provide client-directed and client-centred care and support.
StepUp for Dementia Research is a research participation and engagement service, a “one-stop shop” that connects individuals – both with and without dementia – with researchers conducting studies into dementia prevention, diagnosis, treatment, care and cure. We make it easier for the brightest minds in research to connect with people willing to donate their time. StepUp for Dementia Research is the flagship initiative of a program called Connect Dementia Research Australia (CDR-A).
StepUp for Dementia Research is now live. Sign up at our website.
For more information, contact stepup.research@sydney.edu.au
Early implementation of StepUp for Dementia Research is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health.
Sydney Nursing School is proud to partner with the following organisations and governments, ensuring that our research is sustained at a global standard.
Associate Professor Jennifer Fraser, Academic Lead Research Education
