UQ Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences researchers lead 11 MRFF funded projects

23 Mar 2023

UQ Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences researchers have secured almost $18 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to support collaborative research and improve health outcomes.

The 11 Faculty led projects include research to prevent healthcare harm for hospitalised infants, implement integrated psychological and physical care for Australians after road traffic injury, and reduce hospital re-admissions for high-risk cardiology patients.

The largest grant from the MRFF to UQ was led by Dr Yaqoot Fatima from UQ’s Poche Centre for Indigenous Health (valued at $4.1 million) to improve the diagnosis and management of sleep apnoea amongst Indigenous peoples.

In total UQ received almost $31 million from the MRFF for 21 UQ projects.

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Associate Dean (Research) Professor Greg Monteith congratulated lead and co-investigator researchers on these grants.

“We also have many researchers contributing to projects led by other UQ faculties and institutes and universities that received funding,” Professor Monteith said.

“The research projects awarded MRFF funding showcase the span of health areas our researchers are working on to address health challenges in Australia.”

MRFF Grant Scheme lead recipients and projects

2022 Clinician Researchers: Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health

  • Professor Amanda Ullman – Building capacity to prevent healthcare harm for hospitalised infants (Type 1 hybrid randomised controlled trial)
  • Professor Michele Sterling – Implementing integrated psychological and physical care for Australians after road traffic injury

2021 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles

2021 Consumer-Led Research

  • Dr Sarah Wallace - Bridging the digital divide: building health self-efficacy through communication-accessible online environments  

2021 Early to Mid-Career Researchers

  • Dr Yaqoot Fatima – Obstructive sleep apnoea diagnosis and management in First Nations communities: community co-design, local capacity building and place-based models for sustainable success

2021 Clinical Trials Activity

2022 Effective Treatments and Therapies 

  • Professor Stewart Trost – Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities

2022 Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care

  • Professor Piers Dawes – Home hearing and vision care to improve quality of life for people with dementia and carers
  • Professor Loc Do – Addressing oral health inequity and unmet dental care needs in vulnerable populations

2022 Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Medicine Use and Medicine Intervention by Pharmacists

The full list of funding outcomes is available on the MRFF website.

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