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Overview
The Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine will enhance Australia’s international research reputation in clinical respiratory and sleep medicine by encouraging links between hospital-investigators. This will foster development of new clinical researchers in these fields. Major research projects will include:

  • reducing side effects of asthma therapy in the elderly
  • better and cheaper ways of diagnosing disorders such as sleep apnea and blood clots in the lungs
  • keeping patients with chronic lung diseases out of hospital
  • avoiding accidents due to lack of sleep.

The CCRE for Respiratory and Sleep Medicine incorporates existing research projects, which will be enhanced and expanded and new projects will be initiated. The Centre will focus on those research projects that are suitable vehicles for fostering clinical research training and where the findings are directly relevant to clinical practice.

Background
The Government’s intent of the Centres of Clinical Research Excellence program is to recognise and reward successful clinical researchers, and expand their ability to produce high quality research, provide high quality clinical research training and translate their research funding into improved health outcomes.

The CCRE program aims to:

  • support clinical (human) research with potential to lead to improved health outcomes for the community;
  • foster training of clinical researchers, particularly those with a capacity for independent research and future leadership roles; and
  • ensure effective translation of research outcomes into clinical practice.

Currently, the NHMRC funds 10 CCRE, including a designated CCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. In 2005 the NHMRC have funded an additional seven CCRE at up to $400,000 each per annum for five years of which the CCRE in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine is included.

Aims
To support clinical research with potential to improve the health outcomes for patients with airway diseases by developing, evaluating and promoting effective disease management strategies.

To foster training of clinical research

To ensure effective translation of research findings into improved clinical practice

To encourage links between hospital based researchers

 
 
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