2014

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$1,008,668

Limited Budget Support - $20,000

Principle Investigator
Project Title
Amount Awarded
Dr Peter Ruygrok
Research salary support
$20,000

Project Support - $198,371

Principle Investigator
Project Title
Amount Awarded
Mr Tim Wilcox
The Goal Directed Perfusion Trial
$38,000
Mr Cornelius Kruger
Use of etomidate vs propofol in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
$58,981
Dr Sarah Fitzsimons
Prevalence of anaemia and iron deficiency in patients with HF-PEF
$29,614
Mr Ghaz Jabur
Is cerebral autoregulation disrupted by emboli exposure during cardiopulmonary bypass
$48,776
Ms Kathryn Rice
Dynamic ventricular function in the Fontan circulation
$23,000

Senior Fellowship - $200,000

Principle Investigator
Project Title
Amount Awarded
Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith
The change in QTc around puberty in long QT syndrome and adherence to beta-blocker therapy
$100,000
Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia
Improving coronary stenting design and patient outcomes
$100,000

PhD Scholarship - $105,000

Principle Investigator
Project Title
Amount Awarded
Ms June Lau
Simulation based optimization in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit - optimizing the cardiac surgical patient journey
$105,000

Centennial Travel Award: Nurses, Technical, and Paramedical Staff - $0

Principle Investigator
Project Title
Amount Awarded
There were no Centennial Travel Awards for Nurses, Technical, and Paramedical Staff awarded in 2014

Mornington Brennan Nurses Scholarship - $5,000

Principle Investigator
Project Title
Amount Awarded
Ms Susan Hills
University fees 2015
$2,500
Ms Hedy Geronimo
University fees 2015
$2,500

Travel/Conference Support - $65,000

Principle Investigator
International Conferences
Domestic Conferences
Green Lane Travel Award
$15,000
Medical (only for those who do not receive CME)
$521
Nursing /Technical /Paramedical
$46,151
$3,328

Salary Support - $279,646

John Neutze Scholarship
Recipient Professor Harvey White

Administrative Support
Karishma Sidhu (Biostatistics), Charlene Nell (Desktop Administrator), Frances Douglas/Monique Moynihan (Cardiovascular Research Unit)

Restricted Funds released - $135,651

Transplant Fellowship, Research support, Research Salary support, Travel support, GL Dinner, CSANZ 2015

Prof Brian Anderson

Author: Prof Brian Anderson and co-authors
Description: Characterisation of the pharmacokinetics of routine prophylactic antibiotics in order to improve dosing regimens when given to children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

Dr Anita Sumpter

Author: Conor J. O’Hanlon, Anita Sumpter Brian J. Anderson
Description: Milrinone dosing in paediatric cardiac intensive care

Dr Jocelyne Benatar

Author: T. Yndigegn, B. Lindahl, K. Mars,…,J. Benatar
Description: Do beta-blockers improve outcomes after heart attacks – a feasibility study

Dr John Beca

Author: Luregn J. Schlapbach, Kristen S. Gibbons, et al.
Description: Nitric Oxide on cardio pulmonary bypass in congenital heart disease – A randomized controlled multi-center trial

Ryan Welch

Author: Ryan Welch, John Kolbe, Mandy Lardenoye and Kevin
Description: Exercise induced dyspnea caused by ventilatory limitation to exercise: A normal process for adolescents?

Eileen Gilder

Author: Eileen Gilder and co-authors
Description: Suction or Not to Suction, that is the question. Latest paper published: Avoidance of Routine Endotracheal Suction in Subjects Ventilated for # 12 Hours Following Elective Cardiac Surgery

Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia

Author: Dr Pau Medrano-Gracia and co-authors
Description: Improving coronary stenting design and patient outcomes

Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith

Author: Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith and co-authors
Description: The change in QTc around puberty in long QT syndrome and adherence to beta-blocker therapy

Dr Richard Douglas

Author: Kristi Biswas, Michael Hoggard, et al.
Description: Studies of chronic rhinosinusitis

Dr Jonathan Skinner

Author: Ivone US Leong, Jonathan R Skinner et al.
Description: Targeted Next Generation Sequencing to identify the genetic causes of heritable cardiac disorders

Dr Margaret Wilsher

Author: Dr Simon GA Brown, Emma L Ball, et al.
Description: To determine whether conservative management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is an effective, safe and acceptable therapeutic option

Dr Kathleen Gilbert

Author: Dr Kathleen Gilbert and co-authors
Description: Left and right ventricular function in congenital heart disease

Dr Shay McGuinness

Author: Dr Shay McGuinness and co-authors
Description: Study of the control of oxygen levels during cardio- pulmonary bypass

Dr Margaret Wilsher

Author: Peter G Jones, Sinan Kamona, et al.
Description: High flow oxygen therapy in the emergency room

Dr Raymond Kim

Author: Dr Raymond Kim and co-authors

Description: Staphylococcus aureus in recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis

Ms Rachael Parke

Author: Ms Rachael Parke and co-authors
Description: High flow nasal oxygen therapy after cardiac surgery

Ms Rachael Parke

Author: Ms Rachael Parke and co-authors
Description: Can nasal high flow therapy prevent respiratory complications following cardiac surgery?

Dr Loretta Wigg

Author: L. T. Radford, M. J. Bolland et al.
Description: Cardiovascular effects of calcium supplementation

Dr Jocelyne Benatar

Author: Dr Jocelyne Benatar and co-authors
Description: The effect of dietary intervention on ruminant TFA and CRP levels in NZ

Dr Paul Sexton

Author: Paul Sexton, Patricia Metcalf, and John Kolbe
Description: Respiratory effects of insulin sensitisation with metformin: a prospective observational study

Dr Nigel Wilson

Author: Bo Reményi, Nigel Wilson, et al.
Description: Maintenance of website for echocardiographic Rheumatic Heart Disease standardisation project

Ms Jacqui Hannam

Author: Ms Jacqui Hannam and co-authors
Description: Modelling for Awareness Prediction and Simulation (the MAPS Studies)

Prof Alan Merry

Author: Prof Alan Merry and co-authors
Description: Multimodal, clinical assessment of a system to reduce error during anaesthesia

Dr Shay McGuinness

Author: Dr Shay McGuinness and co-authors
Description: A multiple blind randomized controlled trial of sodium bicarbonate in cardiac surgery patients at high-risk of acute kidney injury