Grants awarded
2024 Grant Awards 2024 Research Grant Awards
2024 Education Grant Awards
2024 Professional Development Scholarships
2023 Grant Awards 2023 Research Grant Awards
2023 Education Grant Awards
2023 Professional Development Program Grant Awards
2022 projects Chief investigator A Phase 2 safety, dose-finding and efficacy study evaluating VET tPA treatment in ARDS. Luis Schultz Liverpool Hospital, NSW Reducing Barrier Gown Use in ICUs – An Environmental Sustainability Project. Kerrianne Huynh Sunshine Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria Evaluation of a novel sleep monitoring technology in the ICU. Laurie Showler Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria Digital health to assist recovery after critical illness. Nina Leggett Western Health, Melbourne, Victoria 2021 projects Funding Chief investigator AUGMENTED Protein in critical illness: TARGET PROTEIN PILOT Trial $100,000 Lee-anne Chapple Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Patient Reported Outcomes and Experience Measures (PROEMs) Program $70,000 Paul Secombe Sepsis resuscitation and Acute Kidney Injury: a prospective nested cohort study of AKI in the ARISE FLUIDS Randomised Controlled Trial $40,000 Lachlan Donaldson A multicentre, cluster randomised, double cross over pragmatic clinical trial comparing the safety and efficacy of enteral olanzapine with quetiapine in critically ill patients with hyperactive delirium (CALM – ICU) $40,000 Melissa Ankravs Promoting safe, high quality care for every child: Harnessing binational knowledge and expertise to develop quality indicators for paediatric critical care $40,000 Jessica Schults Iron and erythropoietin To Heal and Recover after Intensive Care: ITHRIVE Pilot Randomised Clinical Trial $35,042 Sarah van der Laan Primary Health Care Use in ICU Survivors: A Data Linkage Study $35,000 Kelly Thompson Prospective observational study of biochemically verified nicotine use in a critically ill population compared with self-reporting and collateral history $5,500 Stephen Surace Cannabis in Paroxysmal Sympathetic hyperactivity $4,620 Jake Reeve Learning strategies of Intensive Care Medicine trainees in Australia and New Zealand studying basic sciences and their utility – a qualitative study $4,000 Emily V Harman 2019 projects Funding Chief investigator The effect of enteral glycine on plasma glycine and muscle histopathology, structure and function in the critically ill. (No. 1914) – Dr Rene Koopman FLudrocortisone pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in septic shock. A phase II open label randomised controlled clinical trial of different dosing regimens. (No. 1934) – Dr James Walsham Linking ANZICS CORE and the National Death Index: Perpetual, national, long term survival data to benchmark quality. (No. 1922) – Adjunct Clinical Prof. David Pilcher ImmuneCAP: Tissue Resident Memory T-Cell response in severe Community Acquired Pneumonia. (No. 1901) – Dr Christopher Andersen MUSCLE health in response to augmented PROtein delivery in critically ill patients (The Muscle-Pro Study) (No. 1905) – Dr Lee-anne Chapple Biofluids induced lung injury in acute respiratory distress syndrome (No. 1916) – A/Prof Gianluigi Li Bassi PAIN in Survivors of Intensive Care Units (The PAIN-ICU Study): A Prospective, Multi-centre Observational Cohort Study to Determine the Incidence, risk Factors and Impact of Chronic Pain in Critically Ill Adult Patients Discharged from ICU. (No. 1918) – Dr Benjamin Moran 2018 projects Funding Chief investigator The ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Point Prevalence Program $25,000 Serena Knowles The vitamin C, Hydrocortisone and Thiamine in Patients with septic shock $48,301 Nora Luethi Plasma free cortisol and aldosterone concentrations in critically ill patients with septic shock $19,858 John Moore Paediatric Neurodevelopment Outcomes following a randomised controlled trail of nitric oxide bypass in infants undergoing cardiac surgery $25,862 Debbie Long feG: A means to minimise lung injury in acute respiratory distress syndrome $10,000 Elena Cavallaro A randomised control study to examine the hemodynamic effects of resuscitation fluid temperature (warm bs room temperature) in critically ill patients $2,460 Simon Tan 2017 projects Funding Chief investigator The PEPTIC study $25,000 Dr Paul Young Pharmacokinetics of Transdermal Nicotine in the ICU. (Malcolm Fisher Intensive Care Foundation Grant) $40,000 A/Professor Jeremy Cohen Liberal glucose Control in critically ill patient with pre-existing type 2 Diabetes (LUCID). (Fisher & Paykel Research Project Grant) $25,000 A/Professor Adam Deane Optimising antibiotic dosing for the treatment and prevention of central nervous system infections in critically ill patients. (Smiths Medical Research Project Grant) $35,000 Mr Nilesh Kumta Asymptomatic hypoglycaemia and cardiac rhythm disturbances in survivors of critical illness with type 2 diabetes: The HOLTER study $26,000 Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid Burnout in critical care health-care professionals. (Knapp Family Research Project Grant) $25,000 A/Professor Diane Chamberlain Trainee Project Grants: The effect of light and lipid on the degradation of micronutrients in total parenteral nutrition infused over 24 hours – a bench study. $5,000 Dr Joanna Longley 2016 projects Funding Chief investigator Age-specific reference ranges for coagulation assays in Australian children. (Getinge Group Research Project Grant) $11,500 Dr Katie Moynihan A safety and feasibility randomised, controlled trial comparing denosumab to placebo in critically ill patients at risk of accelerated bone loss. (Malcolm Fisher Intensive Care Foundation Grant) $14,638 A/Professor Neil Orford Accuracy of transcutaneous oxygen saturation in critically ill children – a prospective observational study. (Fisher & Paykel Research Project Grant) $18,000 A/Professor Andreas Schibler PROMOTE-SAH: A prospective multicentre observational study of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in Australasian intensive care. (Medtronic Research Project Grant) $46,571 A/Professor Andrew Udy Sleep monitoring techniques in ICU: Can motion accelerometers be proxy measures of sleep? (Knapp Family Research Project Grant) $12,310 Ms Lori Delaney ADRENAL-HEOR: Adjunctive corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with septic shock – health economics and outcomes research. (Teleflex Research Project Grant) $34,000 Ms Kelly Thompson Long-term outcomes after critical illness in children. (Mallinckrodt Research Project Grant) $15,000 A/Professor Luregn Schlapbach 2015 projects Funding Chief investigator Parent initiated response to escalate care of the deteriorating child: the PARTNER project $19,205 Dr Fenella Gill Novel methods of measuring physical function in ICU survivors (Malcolm Fisher ICF Grant) $35,000 Dr Elizabeth Skinner Induced hypernatremia – a therapy for acute lung injury? HALT study (Fisher & Paykel Research Grant) $32,780 Prof. Andrew Bersten A pilot, randomised, unblinded feasibility, safety and biochemical and physiological efficacy study of 20% vs 4% human albumin solution for fluid bolus therapy in critically ill adults (Baxter Healthcare Novice Research Grant) $18,928 Dr Johan Martensson Levetiracetam pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients with severe traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid haemorrhage $35,000 Mr Menino Osbert Cotta Survivors of ICU with diabetes type 2 and the effect of shared care follow up clinics: The SWEET-AS feasibility study $35,000 Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid Targeted temperature management for traumatic brain injury: a feasibility study of strict normothermia (Knapp Family Research Grant) $24,080 Dr Manoj Saxena Randomised controlled feasibility trial of conservative vs usual fluid management in critically ill adults $34,000 A/Prof. David Gattas Trainee Project Grants: Effect of deferoxamine on iron levels and in vitro microbial growth associated with red blood cell transfusion in a canine model of haemorrhagic shock: A randomised controlled trial. $5,000 Dr Damian Bradley Functional outcomes of the elderly (65 years and older) following admission to the Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) Intensive Care Unit (ICU). $5,000 Dr Kristin Hayres 2014 projects Funding Chief investigator Pharmacokinetic Australasian Collaborative $39,156 Prof. Jeffrey Lipman TxA levels in the PATCH-TRAUMA trial $38,350 Prof. Michael Read Incidence, Risk Factors, Consequences and Treatment of Ventilated Patients with Nosocomial Infection with Pandrug Resistant Organisms in Hospitals in Asia (Fisher & Paykel Research Grant) $34,000 Dr Steve McGloughlin The peptic study $25,000 Dr Paul Young Can individualized blood pressure targets reduce the risk of new onset acute kidney injury among critically ill patients with shock – a pilot before and after feasibility study $22,800 Dr Rakshit Panwar Identifying the Genetic Cause of Fatal Pseudomonas $15,062 Dr Luregn Schlapbach Central venous Access device SeCurement And Dressing Effectiveness: the CASCADE pilot trial $12,240 A/Prof. Marion Mitchell A Discrete Choice Experiment to evaluate clinician preference regarding resuscitation fluid selection $9,500 Mrs Naomi Hammond Haemodynamic Effects of Intravenous Paracetamol in Healthy Volunteers $7,814 Ms Elizabeth Chiam Trainee Project Grants: Gallbladder Motility in Critical Illness $5,000 Dr Mark Plummer The Endothelial Glycocalyx in Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy $3,400 Dr Elissa Milford 2013 projects Funding Chief investigator Intestinal GLP-2 as novel target in critical illness-induced malabsorption. $30,900 Dr Richard Young ADRENAL Consent Study – a multi-centre, prospective, observational study of the process of obtaining consent from potential participants or their substitute decision-makers in the adjunctive corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with septic shock. $5,000 Ms Heidi Buhr Endothelin blockade in ex-vivo lung perfusion $25,000 Dr Ryan Watts Gene expression profiling in critically ill patients with septic shock: a pilot study. $11,625 Dr Jeremy Cohen Vitamin D dosing study in Intensive Care Unit patients with SIRS. $29,000 Dr Priya Nair Therapeutic hypercapnia after cardiac arrest, a multi-centre pilot feasibility and safety randomized controlled trial. $13,320 Dr Glenn Eastwood Prophylactic intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in high-risk cardiac surgery: The PINBALL Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial. $34,000 Dr Ed Litton Hydrogen sulfide and substance P: novel biomarkers for sepsis. $26,000 A/Prof. Geoffrey Shaw 2012 projects Funding Chief investigator The HEAT trial – a randomised placebo-controlled trial of intravenous paracetamol in febrile septic patients (Wellington Regional Hospital) $20,000 Dr Paul Young Endotoxemic rodent diastolic dysfunction (Mater Health Services) Dr David Sturgess $20,000 Dr David Sturgess Pathology of the kidney in septic renal failure (Royal Adelaide Hospital) $20,000 Dr Matthew Maiden ASAP-ECMO: understanding altered pharmacokinetics to improve patient outcomes (The Prince Charles Hospital) Dr Kiran Shekar $30,000 Dr Kiran Shekar Physiological and functional outcomes following early rehabilitation in sepsis (Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital) $10,000 Dr Jennifer Paratz “Conservative” or “liberal” oxygen targets in mechanically ventilated patients – a pilot feasibility study (John Hunter Hospital) $15,000 Dr Rakshit Panwar Relationship between serum 1,25(OH)D3 and inflammation and organ failure in critically ill patients with severe sepsis (Princess Alexandra Hospital) $15,000 Professor Bala Venkatesh ICU anxiety and emotional recovery (Princess Alexandra Hospital) $11,100 Maria Isabel Castillo Escobar 2011 projects Funding Chief investigator TEAM: Trial of early activity and mobility in ICU (Alfred Hospital, VIC) $45,000 Dr Carol Hodgson Early intervention to prevent muscle weakness in intensive care: a pilot randomised controlled trial (Austin Hospital, VIC) $40,000 Dr Sue Berney Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia by Inhaled Heparin (IPHIVAP) (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, QLD) $35,000 Associate Professor Rob Boots A prospective, observational study of critical illness related changes in bone mineral density, bone turnover and calcium metabolism (Barwon Health, VIC) $28,000 Dr Neil Orford Do thromboelastometric parameters change with increasing degree of sepsis related organ failure? (Flinders Medical Centre, SA) $12,000 Dr Shivesh Prakash Disposition of sedative, analgesic and antibiotic drugs during simulated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (Prince Charles Hospital, QLD). $12,000 Dr Kiran Shekar. Effect of ECMO on long term disability in severe ARDS (Alfred Hospital, VIC). $10,000 Dr Vincent Pellegrino Post Resuscitation fluid boluses In severe sepsis or septic shock prevalence and Efficacy (PRICE study) (Flinders Medical Centre, SA). $7,000 Dr Shailesh Bihari 2010 projects Funding Chief investigator Critical Illness & Intestinal Sweet Taste Receptors. Royal Adelaide Hospital. $45,600 Dr Adam Deane Acute kidney injury: Investigating treatments and finding new markers for its early detection in patients with traumatic brain injury. ANZICRC /Monash University. $13,553 Prof Rinaldo Bellomo Improving Sleep for ICU Patients. University of Technology, Sydney. $15,714 Rosalind Elliott A Life cycle assessment comparing single-use with disposable central venous catheter tray sets. Western Health. $11,000 Dr Forbes McGain Care after death: An exploration of nursing care of the bereaved family in ICU. Monash University. $11,490 Ms Melissa Bloomer The ANZICS CTG Point Prevalence Program. ANZICS CTG. $31,000 Dr Ian Seppelt Magnitude and factors contributing to functional impairment among Acute Lung Injury survivors following discharge from an acute care facility. University of Newcastle / John Hunter Hospital. $9,643 Jenny Mackney ICU Liaison Practice Variation Study. Western Health. $12,000 Anna Green 2009 projects Chief investigator A randomised controlled study comparing the effect of two different anticoagulation regimens on filter life during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) – The Heparin Citrate (THC) Study. Dr David Gattas Development of a new hyperosmolar solution for use in Neurotrauma. A/Prof Hayden White MRI determination of renal blood flow during Acute Renal Failure in critically ill patients. Prof Ronaldo Bellomo Pilot RCT of Continuous Beta-lactam infusion compared with intermittent dosing in critically ill patients. Prof Jeffrey Lipman PCT guided antibiotic decision makling in ICU. A/Prof Yahya Shehabi The efficacy, cost effectiveness, and environmental impact of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive tract in critically ill patients treated in the Intensive Care Unit (The SuDDICU study). Dr Ian Seppelt Patient comfort and safety practices in ICU. Prof D Elliott 2008 projects Chief investigator Compliance with Processes of Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Dr Tony Burrell Economic Evaluation of Resuscitation in Sepsis. Professor Rinaldo Bellomo The RELEVANT Study. Professor D J (Jamie) Cooper Mapping ICU Liaison Nurse Services in Australia. Suzanne Eliott An Audit of the Time and Costs involved in the Ethical and Governance Review Process of a Multi-Centre Clinical Trial in Australia and New Zealand – TAME Study (Time and Money Evaluation). Belinda Howe Impact of the Intensive Care Discharge Process on Patient Outcomes. A/Prof John Santamaria The effect of varying arterial carbon dioxide concentrations (PaCo2) within the normocapnic range on brain tissue oxygenation and microdialysis markers of cell injury in severe traumatic brain injury. Professor David James Cooper The ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Point Prevalence Program. Dr Ian Seppelt Haemodynamic Effects of Paracetamol. Susan Kelly 2007 projects Chief investigator Bicarbonate in cardiac surgery. Prof Rinaldo Bellomo Heparin in severe sepsis: IL-6 as a marker of efficiency. Dr Alistair Nichol Optimal ventilation (PHARLAP) in acute lung injury. Prof D. James (Jamie) Cooper Nutritional therapy of severe acute pancreatitis. Dr Andrew Davies Reducing CSF sampling frequency to minimise ventriculitis. A/Prof Gavin Leslie Western Australia Outcome Obtained by Linkage – A study of feasibility. Clin A/Prof Steve Webb 2006 projects Chief investigator Aminophylline in Severe Bronchiolitis. Dr Rob Henning The Australasian Resuscitation is Sepsis Evaluation (ARISE). Peake, S Heparin in Severe Sepsis. Robertson, M Hypothermia in Traumatic Brain Injury in Children (HiTBIC). Beca, J New Insights into Brain Injury in Infants Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease. Sherkerdemian, L Probiotics & Enteral Nutrition Reducing Diarrhoea in ICU. Leanne, J 2005 projects Chief investigator A Routine Daily Interruption to Sedation (AROUSE). Weisbrodt, L A Trial of Nebulised Heparin in Acute Lung Injury. Dixon, B Low-dose angiotesin II in experimental early and sustained septic renal dysfunction (Angiotensin II in experimental septic acute renal failure). Bellomo, R RADICAL Iredell, J Ventilation and Weaning Practices in Australia & New Zealand. Rose, L 2004 projects Chief investigator Bispectral Index-Guided Sedation as Compared to Standard Practice of Sedation in PICU: A Prospective, Randomised, Single Blind Experimental Study. Ramelet, A Early Nasojejunal Tube to meet Energy Requirements in Intensive Care study (The ENTERIC study). Davies, A Lung Injury Associated with Cardiac Surgery. Dixon, B Preoperative Intravenous N-Acetylcsteine for the Prevention of Renal Failure in Patients with Renal Impairment Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Shehabi, Y Review of Retrieval Services for the Critically Ill. Flabouris, A The effect of N-Acetylcysteine on renal function after cardiopulmonary bypass guidelines for nutritional support in the intensive care. Bellomo, R 2003 projects Chief investigator A Prospective Study of Non-Invasive Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure in Australia. Bersten, A Effectiveness of the Medical Emergency Team: a randomised clinical trial. Hilman, K Kidney and Brain bioenergetics in Severe Sepsis. Bellomo, R Profiles of Gradated Compression Stockings in Intensive Care. Limpus, A Scheduled Antibiotic Cycling in Intensive Care. Iredell, J 2002 projects Chief investigator Developing and Evaluating Evidence-Based Guidelines for Nutritional Support in the Intensive Care Unit. Doig, G Early Decompressive Craniectomy in Brain Injury (DECRA). Cooper, DJ Relationship Between Tissue Hypoxia and Apoptosis. Venkatesh, B 2001 projects Chief investigator Therapeutic Strategies in Severe Smoke Inhalation. Fraser, J 2000 projects Chief Investigator Tissue Oxygenation During Endotoxaemia. Venkatesh, B 1999 projects Chief Investigator Vasoactive Drugs and Regional Circulations. Bellomo, R 1998 projects Chief Investigator Hypertonic Saline in Head Injured Trauma Patients – a prospective controlled clinical trial. Cooper, DJ 1997 projects Chief Investigator Investigate Haemodynamic and Respiratory Effects of Pressure-Support Ventilation. Raper, R Using Endotoxin Tolerance to Treat Septic Shock. Presneill, J 1996 projects Chief Investigator The effects of high volume mechanical ventilation on systemic inflammation in an animal model of pneumonia. Bernsten, AD Combination Anti-cytokine Therapy in Septic Shock. Peake, S 1995 projects Chief Investigator Nitric Oxide in Acute Brain Injury. Finfer, S 1994 projects Chief Investigator Rapid Detection of Gram Negative Sepicaemia by PCR. Corke, C Role of Endothelin-1 in the Hypoxic Pulmonary Vascular Response to Acute Respiratory Failure. Watkins, N