Academic Unit of General Practice research projects
The Academic Unit of General Practice is currently engaged in the following research projects.
Academic Unit of General Practice research projects
| Project name | Investigators | Funding source |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid Review - Update of the aged care / COVID-19 review | Sally Hall,Kirsty Douglas, Elisabeth McLinton, Ashvini Munindradasa, Jane Desborough, Jasmine Lykissas, Tergel | DHA/ANU |
| TRIDENT, a national primary care TRIals, Data and survEillance NeTwork | Andrew Bonney; Lucy Gilkes; Andrew Kirke; Nigel Stocks; David Gonzalez; Lena Sanci; Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis; dboyle; Jan Radford; Katharine Wallis; Joel Rhee; Phyllis Lau Chan; Kirsty Douglas; Grant Russell; Zoe Schofield | MRFF - 2022 National Critical Research Infrastructure Grant |
| Supervisor and Training Practice Audit Development and Evaluation (SPADE) | Gerard Ingram, Tim Clement, Katrina Anderson | RACGP |
| Best practice pathway for knee osteoarthritis –Implementing an advanced musculoskeletal pre-surgical triage and assessment clinic | Jennie Scarvell (UC), Paul Smith (ANU), Tom Ward (CHS), Angie Fearon (UC), Joanne Morris (CHS), Theophile Niyonsenga (UC), Joseph Lynch (CHS), Kirsty Douglas(AUGP), Rebecca Davey (Arthritis ACT), Judy Stone (CHS), Christian Barton (LaTrobe), Prof Nicholas Brown (LaTrobe) | HCF |
| Optimising primary health care in Australia: a multi-method whole-of-population investigation of the impact of telehealth on uptake and quality of care | Rosemary Korda, ,Emily Banks, Grace Joshy, Emily Lanscar, Jane Desborough, Jason Agostino, Anne Parkinson, Christine Phillips, Kirsty Douglas, Sally Hall | MRFF |
| Review of the Distribution Priority Area for the GP classification system | Nikita Weickhardt (NOUS Group); Mark Booth (NOUS Group), Gretchen Smith (NOUS Group), Kirsty Douglas (AUGP), Mel Choy (AUGP) | DoH (Cth) |
| Mother & Child 2020: Longitudinal Cohort Study of women and new borns impacted by the Bushfires, smoke and COVID-19 | Christopher Nolan, Michael Peek, Jane Dahlstrom, Katelyn Barnes, Amanda Wingett, Stewart Sutherland, Hannah Gross, Rosalie Aroni, Paul Dugdale, Amita Bansal, Graham Mann, Matthew Cook, Viviane Delghingaro-Augusto, Nicolas Cherbuin, Aparna Lal, Nasser Bagheri, Julie Smith, Charlee Law, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Bruce Christensen, David Pasalich, Deborah Davis, Ralph Nanan, Danielle Schoenaker, Monique Francois, Mary Lou Rasmussen, Celia Roberts, Dr Rebecca Williamson, Hanna Suominen, Sandaru Seneviratne, Christine Phillips, Hazel Carlisle, Margaret Broom, Barbara Taylor | ANU |
| Novel deep learning methods for large-scale cardiovascular risk screening using Australian digital health data | Louisa Jorm (UNSW), Clare Arnott (George Institute), Sebastiano Barbieri (UNSW), Patrick Brennan (Sydney), Antony Rodgers (George Institute), Mark Woodward (George Institute), Katrina Poppe (Auckland), Ziba Gandomkar (Sydney), Blanca Gallego Luxan (UNSW), KirstyDouglas (ANU) | NHMRC, Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Initiative |
| Improving primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care: Implementation, guideline development and big data systems | Emily Banks, Ellie Paige (ANU), Rod Jackson (Auckland), Karen Canfell (Cancer Council NSW), David Peiris (George Institute), Ray Mahoney (CSIRO), Jason Agostino (ANU), Grace Joshy (ANU), Kim Greaves (ANU), Michael Caruana (Cancer Council NSW), Kirsty Douglas (ANU) | RSPH-led, NHMRC, Medical Research Future Fund(MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Initiative |
| The effect of COVID-19 and the introduction of temporary telehealth items on use and costs of GP services: a whole-of-population linked data study | Danielle Butler, Rosemary Korda, Kirsty Douglas | HCF Research Foundation / RACGP Foundation COVID-19 Research Grant |
| Contributing factors for visualisation of the appendix on ultrasound in the paediatric population | Lan Nguyen, Kathleen O'Brien, Bosco Wu, Ross O'Neil | |
| Nutrition and Physical Activity to mitigate side effects of ADT in Prostate Cancer Survivorship | Katelyn Barnes, Lauren Ball (Griffith), Prof Daniel Galvao (ECU), Robert Newton (ECU), Suzanne Chambers (UTech, Sydney) | NHMRC |
| Healthy Primary Care: Capitalising on the potential of the primary care setting to facilitate healthy eating in the Australian population | Lauren Ball (Griffith University), Lauren T Williams, Lana Mitchel, Joy Parkinson, Dr Jennifer Crowley, Katelyn Barnes, Clare Van Dorrenson, David Chua | NHMRC |
| Exposure to bushfire affected areas in ACT Kindergarten children |
Dr Kathleen O'Brien, Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Jason Agostino, Karen Ciszek, Emily Sisson | Multi-org |
| Adverse Childhood Experiences evaluation | Dr Katelyn Barnes, Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Kathleen O'Brien, Karen Ciszek | ACT Health/AUGP |
| Adverse Childhood Experiences: KHC / perinatal data linkage | Dr Kathleen O'Brien, Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Jason Agostino, Karen Ciszek | ACT Health/AUGP |
Medical student research projects
| Project name | Investigators | Funding source |
|---|---|---|
| A descriptive evaluation of risk factors for obesity and metabolic health outcomes in a cohort of children | Patrick Lanteri, Dr Tony Lafferty, Dr Kathleen O'Brien | ANU |
| Process evaluation of the ACT Kindy Health Check. Students will explore how GPs choose to respond to information on Adverse Childhood Experiences collected in the Kindergarten Health Check. | Ben Clark & Eamon Kelly, Nicola Palfrey, Dr Katelyn Barnes, Karen Ciszek | ANU |
| Differences in digital health experiences in regional and urban centres | Pabasara Hettiarachchi, Dr Melinda Choy, Dr Kathleen O’Brien, Dr Katelyn Barnes | ANU |
| Primary Health Care in the After Hours – Perceptions of Urgency | Caitlin Arpel, Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Katelyn Barnes | ANU |
| 'GP type' presentations to emergency departments after hours | Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Katelyn Barnes, Dr Jason Agostino, Raymond Lai, Vishal Rai Sidhu Bingjun, Amy Li, Ryan Debuque | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Rheumatic heart disease in Yarrabah. Case-control study, comparing the circumstances of Yarrabah children with a history of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) to age- and sex-matched Yarrabah children without ARF. | Dr Jason Agostino, Dr Stewart Sutherland, Peta Hughes | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples | Dr Jason Agostino, Prof Kirsty Douglas, Alexandra Robers | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Mayi Kuwayi call-back. MK is the national longitudinal survey of culture, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. | Dr Jason Agostino, Bobby Maher, Choe Kummer | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Screen time as a determinant for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kindergarten children in the ACT | Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Kathleen O’Brien, Clair Bannerman | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Understanding differences in the use of digital health | Dr Melinda Choy, Dr Kathleen O’Brien, Pabasara Hettiarachchi | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Patient and provider sense of urgency for problems presenting after hours in primary care | Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Katelyn Barnes, Caitlin Arpel | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Clinical audit on hepatitis C treatment in the general practice setting | Emma Baigent, Molly Bannatyne, Kaneeka Gajendra, Dr Charles Sleiman | Capital Health Network |
| Socioeconomic status and risk of developmental problems in ACT kindergarten children using 2014-17 KHC data | Eunike Wijaya, Prof Kirsty Douglas, Karen Ciszek, Dr Jason Agostino | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Barriers and enablers to engagement with Aboriginal Liaison Officers from a tertiary hospital orthopaedics unit | Harrison Slockee, Prof Kirsty Douglas, Dr Diana Perriman, Dr Joyce Graham | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Intern preparedness to work | Jason El Brihi, A/Prof Katrina Anderson, Dr Emily Haesler, Dr Melinda Choy | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Understanding prescribing trends and barriers to pharmacological adherence for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cardiovascular disease patients in the ACT | Alexandra Roberts, Dr Jason Agostino, Prof Kirsty Douglas | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
| Audit of influenza vaccination in the primary health setting, comparison between 2018 and 2019 flu seasons | Andrew Sealey, Robert Simic, Anurag Atnerkar, Dr Charles Sleiman | ANU Medical School/Academic Unit of General Practice |
Academic registrars' research projects
- Nudging patients towards better health outcomes. Can behavioural economics enhance General Practitioner skills in empowering patients to improve medication adherence? Dr Kevin Tee, A/Prof Katrina Anderson, 2024
- Does the RACGP Future Leaders Program achieve its aim of developing current and future GP leaders to operate in a complex healthcare system? Dr Chris Dickie, Prof Kirsty Douglas, 2024.
- The Experiences of General Practitioners Discussing “Low-Carb” Diets with Patients and Peers: A Qualitative Study, Dr Daniel Mogg, A/Prof Katrina Anderson, 2023.
- Understanding the implementation and effectiveness of regular/annual health checks in prevention and early detection of chronic diseases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia: A realist review, Dr Matt Smith, Dr Jason Agostino, 2022.
- The Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on General Practitioners: A Qualitative Study, Dr Seren Ovington, A/Prof Katrina Anderson, 2021.
- Narrative review: Digital health tools in vulnerable populations: a narrative review of the patient experience, Dr Melinda Choy, Dr Elizabeth Sturgiss, Prof Kirsty Douglas, 2018.
- The effect of models of primary care on the quality of referrals to specialists, Dr Lewis Ryan, Prof Kirsty Douglas, 2018.
PhD research projects
| Project name | Investigators | Funding source |
|---|---|---|
| Health service use and needs of Aboriginal children in the remote Fitzroy Valley, WA | Phillipa Dossetor, Kirsty Douglas, David Harley | |
| GP-led management of primary care | Liz Sturgiss, Kirsty Douglas, Mark Harris, Chris van Weel | ANU |
| The capacity and contributions of GP role in disaster systems | Penny Burns, Beverley Raphael, Kirsty Douglas, Wendy Hu, Peter Aitken | |
| Understanding the drivers of quality in primary care | Sally Hall, Kirsty Douglas, Chris van Weel, Ginny Sargent | Ochre Health |
| Socioeconomic inequity in utilisation of specialist services | Kristin Hestmann Vinjerui, Kirsty Douglas |
External research projects involving staff from the Academic Unit of General Practice
| Project name | Investigators | Funding source |
|---|---|---|
| Rapid Review - Update of the aged care / COVID-19 review | Sally Hall, Kirsty Douglas, Elisabeth McLinton, Ashvini Munindradasa, Jane Desborough, Jasmine Lykissas, Tergel | DHA/ANU |
| TRIDENT, a national primary care TRIals, Data and survEillance NeTwork | Andrew Bonney; Lucy Gilkes; Andrew Kirke; Nigel Stocks; David Gonzalez; Lena Sanci; Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis; dboyle; Jan Radford; Katharine Wallis; Joel Rhee; Phyllis Lau Chan; Kirsty Douglas; Grant Russell; Zoe Schofield | MRFF - 2022 National Critical Research Infrastructure Grant |
| Supervisor and Training Practice Audit Development and Evaluation (SPADE) | Gerard Ingram, Tim Clement, Katrina Anderson | RACGP |
| Best practice pathway for knee osteoarthritis –Implementing an advanced musculoskeletal pre-surgical triage and assessment clinic | Jennie Scarvell (UC), Paul Smith (ANU), Tom Ward (CHS), Angie Fearon (UC), Joanne Morris (CHS), Theophile Niyonsenga (UC), Joseph Lynch (CHS), Kirsty Douglas (AUGP), Rebecca Davey (Arthritis ACT), Judy Stone (CHS), Christian Barton (LaTrobe), Prof Nicholas Brown (LaTrobe) | HCF |
| Optimising primary health care in Australia: a multi-method whole-of-population investigation of the impact of telehealth on uptake and quality of care | Rosemary Korda, ,Emily Banks, Grace Joshy, Emily Lanscar, Jane Desborough, Jason Agostino, Anne Parkinson, Christine Phillips, Kirsty Douglas, Sally Hall | MRFF |
| Review of the Distribution Priority Area for the GP classification system | Nikita Weickhardt (NOUS Group); Mark Booth (NOUS Group), Gretchen Smith (NOUS Group), Kirsty Douglas (AUGP), Mel Choy (AUGP) | DoH (Cth) |
| Mother and Child 2020: Longitudinal Cohort Study of women and new borns impacted by the Bushfires, smoke and COVID-19 | Christopher Nolan, Michael Peek, Jane Dahlstrom, Katelyn Barnes, Amanda Wingett, Stewart Sutherland, Hannah Gross, Rosalie Aroni, Paul Dugdale, Amita Bansal, Graham Mann, Matthew Cook, Viviane Delghingaro-Augusto, Nicolas Cherbuin, Aparna Lal, Nasser Bagheri, Julie Smith, Charlee Law, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Bruce Christensen, David Pasalich, Deborah Davis, Ralph Nanan, Danielle Schoenaker, Monique Francois, Mary Lou Rasmussen, Celia Roberts, Dr Rebecca Williamson, Hanna Suominen, Sandaru Seneviratne, Christine Phillips, Hazel Carlisle, Margaret Broom, Barbara Taylor | ANU |
| Novel deep learning methods for large-scale cardiovascular risk screening using Australian digital health data | Louisa Jorm (UNSW), Clare Arnott (George Institute), Sebastiano Barbieri (UNSW), Patrick Brennan (Sydney), Antony Rodgers (George Institute), Mark Woodward (George Institute), Katrina Poppe (Auckland), Ziba Gandomkar (Sydney), Blanca Gallego Luxan (UNSW), Kirsty Douglas (ANU) | NHMRC, Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Initiative |
| Improving primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care: Implementation, guideline development and big data systems | Emily Banks, Ellie Paige (ANU), Rod Jackson (Auckland), Karen Canfell (Cancer Council NSW), David Peiris (George Institute), Ray Mahoney (CSIRO), Jason Agostino (ANU), Grace Joshy (ANU), Kim Greaves (ANU), Michael Caruana (Cancer Council NSW), Kirsty Douglas (ANU) | RSPH-led, NHMRC, Medical Research Future Fund(MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Initiative |
| The effect of COVID-19 and the introduction of temporary telehealth items on use and costs of GP services: a whole-of-population linked data study | Danielle Butler, Rosemary Korda, Kirsty Douglas | HCF Research Foundation / RACGP Foundation COVID-19 Research Grant |
| Contributing factors for visualisation of the appendix on ultrasound in the paediatric population | Lan Nguyen, Kathleen O'Brien, Bosco Wu, Ross O'Neil | |
| Nutrition and Physical Activity to mitigate side effects of ADT in Prostate Cancer Survivorship | Katelyn Barnes, Lauren Ball (Griffith), Prof Daniel Galvao (ECU), Robert Newton (ECU), Suzanne Chambers (UTech, Sydney) | NHMRC |
| Healthy Primary Care: Capitalising on the potential of the primary care setting to facilitate healthy eating in the Australian population | Lauren Ball (Griffith University), Lauren T Williams, Lana Mitchel, Joy Parkinson, Dr Jennifer Crowley, Katelyn Barnes, Clare Van Dorrenson, David Chua | NHMRC |