A research team will be highlighted in the next edition of the Bulletin.

Professor Andrew Zannettino was appointed to the role of Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Health Sciences and the University of Adelaide. Andrew graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide in 1997 and is Group Leader of the Myeloma Research group within the Cancer Theme at SAHMRI.

Members of the Wellbeing Study Team Elaine Kite, Carol Davy and Leda Sivak together with a number of Aboriginal Research Fellows from around the country including Jason Pitt, Tania Kelly, Shaun Jacobson, Maida Stewart, Gary Brahim Kesha Roesch were invited to hold a symposium at the recent Primary Health Care Conference held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, 29-31 July. Participants in this hour long symposium were provided with unique insights into how the Wellbeing Framework was developed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Led by members of the research team, participants were then provided with an opportunity to consider how some of the principles could be applied in primary healthcare settings they were most familiar with.

Ms Elaine Kite, Maida Stewart and Gary Brahim were also invited to form part of the plenary panel focusing on collaborating with Indigenous communities to improve research outcomes.

Congratulations to Maria Makrides, Philippa Middleton and Zohra Lassi on their work led by David Wilson on getting World Bank funding: 2015–2016 US$583,798 The World Bank Group “Expanding the Optima Model to TB and Health, and for Applying the Model in Different Contexts"

J Fish, I Pritchard, K Ettridge, E Grunfeld, C Wilson (2015) Psychosocial factors that influence men’s help-seeking for cancer symptoms: a systematic synthesis of mixed methods research. Psycho-oncology. EPub: 23 July 2015

Hooper TD, Hibbert PD, Hannaford NA, Jackson N, Hindmarsh DM, Gordon DL, Coiera E, Runciman WB;   Surgical Site Infection (SSI) – a population based study in Australian adults measuring the compliance and correct timing of appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis.  Anaesth Intensive Care 2015;43:4 461-467

Wiles LK, Hooper TD,  Hibbert PD, White L, Mealing N, Jaffe A, Cowell CT, Harris MF, Runciman WB, Goldstein S, Hallahan AR, Wakefield JG, Murphy E, Lau A, Wheaton G, Williams HM, Hughes C, Braithwaite J.;   CareTrack Kids – part 1  Assessing the appropriateness of healthcare delivered to Australian children: study protocol for clinical indicator development  BMJ Open 2015;5:e007748

Hooper TD, Hibbert PD, Mealing N, Wiles LK, Jaffe A, White L, Cowell CT, Harris MF, Runciman WB, Goldstein S, Hallahan AR, Wakefield JG, Murphy E, Lau A, Wheaton G, Williams HM, Hughes C, Braithwaite J; CareTrack Kids – part 2  Assessing the appropriateness of the healthcare delivered to Australian children: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review.  BMJ Open, 2015;5:e007749

Hibbert PD, Hallahan AR, Muething SE, Lachman P, Hooper TD, Wiles LK, Jaffe A, White L, Wheaton GR, Runciman WB, Dalton S, Williams HM, Braithwaite J;  CareTrack Kids – part 3  Adverse events in children’s healthcare in Australia: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review.   BMJ Open 2015;5:e007750

Callen J, Giardina TD, Singh H, Li L, Paoloni R, Georgiou A, Runciman WB, Westbrook JI; Emergency Physicians’ Views of Direct Notification of Laboratory and Radiology Results to Patients Using the Internet: A Multisite Survey.  J Med Internet Res. 2015;17:3

Metcalfe JR, D’Vaz N, Makrides M, Gold MS, Quinn P, West CE, Loh R, Prescott SL, Palmer DJ.  Elevated IL-5 and IL-13 responses to egg proteins predate and are not modified by the timing of egg in solid foods introduction in infants with eczema.  Clin Exp Allergy 2015 Epub: 10.1111/cea.12608   

Gunartane AW, Makrides M, Collins CT. Maternal prenatal and/or postnatal n-3 fish oil supplementation for preventing allergies in early childhood. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015;7:CD010085 

Collins CT, Makrides M, McPhee AJ. Early discharge with home support of gavage feeding for stable preterm infants who have not established full oral feeds. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015;7:CD007343

Davy, C., Bleasel, J., Liu, H., Tchan, M., Ponniah, S., & Brown, A. (2015). Effectiveness of chronic care models: opportunities for improving healthcare practice and health outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 194. 

Gibson, O., Lisy, K., Davy, C., Aromataris, E., Kite, E., Lockwood, C., McBride, K. & Brown, A. (2015). Enablers and barriers to the implementation of primary health care interventions for Indigenous people with chronic diseases: a systematic review. Implementation Science, 10(1), 71. 

Suzanne Marie Dyer, Judith Streak Gomersall, Lisa Gaye Smithers, Carol Davy, Dylan T Coleman & Jackie Mary Street (2015): Prevalence and Characteristics of Overweight and Obesity in Indigenous Australian Children: A Systematic Review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition.

Streak Gomersall, J., Aromataris, E., Brown, A., Dwyer, J., Stephenson, M., O’Donnell, K., Canuto, K., Carter, D., & Gibson, O. (2015) Characteristics and value of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations’ primary health care and their financing needs: a protocol for systematic evidence reviews. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 13(6), 139-167.  

Reilly, R., Evans, K., Gomersall, J., Gorham, G., Warren, S., O’Shea, R., … & Cass, A. (2015). Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, acceptability and implementation barriers/facilitators of chronic kidney disease management programs and models of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a mixed methods systematic review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 13(4), 65-86. 

Kite, E., Davy, C., Gibson, O., McBride, K., & Brown, A. (2014). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ perceptions of quality of life and wellbeing and how they are measured: a systematic review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 12(7), 138-147.  

Davy, C., Aromataris, E., Gibson, O., & Brown, A. (2013). Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of Primary Health Care Interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Chronic Diseases: A systematic review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 11(7), 299-311. 

Brown A, Mentha R, Howard M, Rowley K, Reilly R, Paquet C, et al. Men, hearts and minds: developing and piloting culturally specific psychometric tools assessing psychosocial stress and depression in central Australian Aboriginal men. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2015:1-13.

Jasmine Micklem Self-reported health-related quality-of-life issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with experience of cancer in Australia: a review of literature. Int J Evid Based Healthc 2015 Jun 29. Epub 2015 Jun 29.

JDRF Australia and MS Research Australia in partnership with the Macquarie Group Foundation are jointly funding a new post-doctoral fellowship to investigate the genetic overlap between type 1 diabetes (T1D) and multiple sclerosis (MS).

The successful applicant will benefit from the direct mentorship and supervision of leading researchers Professor Graeme Stewart, Professor Chris Goodnow, and Associate Professor David Booth.

Please visit the website to find out more.

The Regular Grant Programme accepts applications for research into the effects of diet, nutrition, body composition and physical activity on cancer.

Further information is available on the website.

The Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation provides medical research grants in the fields of Brain Sciences, including:

• Psychiatry and Neurology;
• Endocrinology and Diabetes;
• Geriatrics;
• Lung Disease (other than cancer);
• Rheumatology; and
• Vision Sciences.

Further information is available on the website.

Further information will be provided in future newsletters.

Introducing the latest LSM 800 with Airyscan: The New Standard in Confocal Microscopy.

ZEISS on Your Campus Adelaide 2015 includes a combination of lectures and hands-on sessions with LSM 800, which are designed to be applicable to your application needs.

September 9 - 11, 2015
The University of Adelaide

To ensure a productive learning environment, registration is required as group sizes are strictly limited.
 

Date: 23rd August, 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Adelaide Convention Centre
 

To register online, please visit the website.

Date: September 9th-11th, Adelaide SA

We have come a long way in refining animal research to promote animal welfare and good science. This year we are looking towards the future to extend and refine our methodologies in research and animal care. Whether you are an animal technician, welfare officer or scientist, we all play a role in the continuous improvement of animal based research to promote advances in science and encourage community understanding of the need for scientific progress.

To register visit the website. 

Date: October 6, 10am - 5pm

Location: SAHMRI main auditorium

Speakers from Harvard, Oxford, and throughout Australia, on basic and translational biology of colorectal cancer.

Free but need to register via email by 28th September.

Date: October 17, 9:30am - 2pm

Location: SAHMRI main auditorium

Contact Hayley King from Myeloma Australia, for further information. 

Date: 28th October

Location: SAHMRI

The aims of this event are:

1.       To raise the profile of molecular imaging within Australia and its ability to contribute to better health outcomes in various diseases.

2.       Present clinical care and research at the cutting edge of molecular imaging on a world-wide scale allowing best practices in this area to be implemented within the state.

This will be the first time that this type of forum based solely on molecular imaging research and clinical practices has been presented and discussed in a broad setting in South Australia.

The audience will include clinicians and researchers, government health decision-makers and policy makers. Of particular relevance will be attendance by radiologists, oncologists, neurologists, cardiologists, researchers associated with local and national health services and academics from Australian universities.

Please go to website for more information and to register for this event.

A colloquium to explore the use of new technologies in clinical care and health promotion.

When: Friday 30th October, 2015, 12.00pm – 6.00pm
Where: Education Development Centre, Hindmarsh, South Australia

Keynote speakers:

Professor Deborah Lupton, University of Canberra
Professor Maria Crotty, Flinders University
Associate Professor Jennifer Tieman, Flinders University
The colloquium explores how digital technology has changed health and health care through impacts on treatments and clinical care, consumer engagement and the promotion and representation of health.

The colloquium will be of interest to allied health practitioners, clinical and community health staff, health and medical researchers, and policy makers in clinical services, community care and population health.

Certificates of attendance will be provided for continuing professional development (CPD) requirements.

Date: 12-14 April, 2016

Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland.

Register your interest to receive updates here.

Further information will be provided in future editions of this bulletin.

SA Health Human Research Ethics Committee
Proposals due: 21 September

RAH Human Research Ethics Committee
Proposals due: 7 September

QEH Human Research Ethics Committee
Proposals due: 16 September

WCH Human Research Ethics Committee
Proposals due: 9 September

Southern Adelaide Clinical Human Research Ethics Committee
Proposals due: 4 and 18 September

University of Adelaide HREC
Proposals due: 22 September

University of South Australia HREC
Proposals due: 29 September

Flinders University Social and Behavioural Research Ethics Committee HREC
Proposals due: 21 September

Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee
Proposals due: 17 September

Future AEC meetings:

Submission date                           Meeting date

3rd September                               17th September

8th October                                     22nd October                                 

19th November                              3rd December

Further information about the Committee meeting dates can be found on the website.

Scheduled Committee Meetings for 2015

Thursday, 1 October

Thursday, 3 December 

Information about this committee is available on our website.

Training and Induction Sessions – Bioresources.

Please note – All sessions must be booked and can be done so through PPMS, or via email

Bioresources Inductions – Fortnightly 3pm Monday
Next dates 27/7, 10/8 and 24/8

Animal Handling – Fortnightly 2pm Thursday
Next dates 30/7, 13/8 and 27/8

Emus Training – Fortnightly 2pm Tuesday
Next dates 28/7, 11/8 and 25/8

Techniques training – every Wednesday at 2pm. Must be booked. Contact Bioresources for the techniques being covered.

Ethics Training – Bi-monthly
Next dates 29/7 and 12/8

Booking equipment and rooms

All procedure/specialist rooms and equipment (Including anaesthetic machines/heat box) are now bookable through PPMS.  Please contact a member of Bioresources if you need assistance with accessing the system.
 

Further information will be provided in a future edition of the Bulletin.

The SAHMRI Animal Ethics Committee is keen to receive applications from individual's with a scientific background interested in becoming a member of the committee.

This is a chance to make an important contribution to ensuring the highest standards of animal welfare at SAHMRI and a good way to become involved further in animal research. It is also useful for gaining experience in how AEC's operate.

The SAHMRI AEC meets every 6 weeks, for around 4-5 hours, and there is a small amount of work to be done by email in between meetings.

If you have an interest in joining the membership of the SAHMRI AEC, please send a short bio through to executiveofficer.aec@sahmri.com by Tuesday 1st September.