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Home > Funding > Clinical Academic Fellowships > Recipients Round One Friday 20 August 2010
The Office of Health and Medical Research is pleased to announce the successful Clinical Academic Fellowship Recipients for Round One.
The awards were presented to the joint applications at a “Bridging the Gap Breakfast Event: Clinical Academic Fellowship Award Ceremony” on the 5 August 2010, held by the Office of Health and Medical Research. The Director-General of Queensland Health presented these awards on behalf of the Deputy Premier and Minister for Health.
Details of successful joint applicants, and the work to be undertaken by the fellow once appointed can be found below (pdf version).
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Position |
Health Service District |
University |
Brief description |
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Clinical Academic Fellow in Social Work |
Children's Health Service District |
Queensland University of Technology |
The Clinical Academic Fellow will lead a program of research and clinical practice that aims to significantly reduce levels of depression, suicide and self harm in children and young people. |
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Professor of Midwifery |
Gold Coast Hospital |
Griffith University |
Provide evidence to policy makers and clinicians to ensure that childbearing women receive the highest quality of maternity care, and that such care is cost-effective. |
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Dietician (Advanced) Clinical Academic Fellow |
Princess Alexandra Hospital |
University of Queensland |
Promote excellence in dietetics through clinical practice, education/training, and research (with a specific research focus on the management of malnutrition). |
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Senior Specialist in Geriatric Medicine |
Princess Alexandra Hospital |
University of Queensland |
The focus of this new position will be "Telegeriatrics", with the objective of further advancing the research and development capacity already established in the Princess Alexandra Hospital Health precinct. |
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Senior Clinical Academic Fellow in Neurology |
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital |
University of Queensland |
Improve the clinical neurological care for Queenslanders with epilepsy as part of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program being developed on the Herston Campus and underpin the development of cutting-edge clinical research to improve outcomes in patients with epilepsy. |
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Senior Clinical Academic Fellow in Oncology |
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital |
University of Queensland |
Harness modern biological discovery in the oncology arena to improve regional and tertiary care in Queensland within an integrated comprehensive cancer care centre / service framework. |
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