Research Roundup:
December 2019
Welcome Message
As the year draws to a close and many of us are wrapping up for the summer break we have a few short messages for you.
Firstly, we have three awards open which we would like to draw your attention to:
- TSANZ and National Asthma Council Australia Asthma and Airways Career Development Fellowship – closes 10 December 2019
- Maurice Blackburn Grant-in-Aid for Occupational Lung Disease – closes 10 December 2019
- Australian Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust 2020 Innovation Grant – closes 31 January 2020
Secondly, late-breaking abstracts are open, so if you have any new work to share with your colleagues, please consider submitting to TSANZSRS 2020!
Lastly, we wish you all a safe and relaxing break over the festive season. For those who will remain at work, we hope all goes smoothly for you! Enjoy the December edition of your research roundup and please check out the surveys below.
Prof Sandra Hodge
Chair, Research Sub-Committee
Open Awards
Thoracic Society Awards
There are three Thoracic Society Awards open:
- TSANZ and National Asthma Council Australia Asthma and Airways Career Development Fellowship – closes 10 December 2019
- Maurice Blackburn Grant-in-Aid for Occupational Lung Disease – closes 10 December 2019
- Australian Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust 2020 Innovation Grant – closes 31 January 2020
How to participate
Follow the links above to access each award application form and download the information sheet.
Please email the TSANZ Awards Coordinator with any questions, comments or enquires.
The following articles will take you to thelimbic.com
MBS sleep test changes lead to hospital waiting list blowouts
Thunderstorm asthma rumbles on into persistent disease
TSANZ/ERS advice on reproduction & pregnancy in women with airways disease
6 ways that bronchiectasis treatment is at variance with guidelines
Chronic cough algorithm improves cough resolution in children
Obesity leads to fatty airways: WA study
Negative RCT results not the end for beta blockers in COPD
FeNO-guided treatment benefit seen in non-eosinophilic asthma in pregnancy
Respirology – Editor’s Choice
Respirology Issue 24.12 December 2019
Increased risk of major adverse cardiac events following the onset of acute exacerbations of COPD
Mette Reilev, Anton Pottegård, Jesper Lykkegaard, Jens Søndergaard, Truls S Ingebrigtsen and Jesper Hallas
DOI: 10.1111/resp.13620
Top row, from left to right: Mette Reilev, Jesper Hallas and Anton Pottegård, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark
Bottom row, from left to right: Jesper Lykkegaard and Jens Søndergaard, The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Southern Denmark
Non-invasive ventilation versus oxygen therapy in cystic fibrosis: A 12-month randomized trial
Maree A. Milross, Amanda J. Piper, Tiffany J. Dwyer, Keith Wong, Scott C. Bell, Peter T.P. Bye and the Non-Invasive Ventilation Cystic Fibrosis (NIVCF) Study Group
Non-invasive ventilation in cystic fibrosis
DOI: 10.1111/resp.13604
Research Review
New Zealand Respiratory Research Review Issue 165
Australian Research Review Issue 80
Research Project and Survey Requests
Competitive Grants of Up To $1 Million To Turn Medical Discoveries Into Clinical Reality (Fed)
Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, says cutting edge researchers and entrepreneurs can receive up to $1 million from the Morrison Government to develop their breakthrough medical devices to improve patient care.
The third round of funding from the Government’s $45 million BioMedTech (MBT) Horizons initiative, funded by our landmark Medical Research Future Fund, will open on 15 October.
EOI applications open: Tuesday, 15 October 2019.
Closing Date: Monday, 16 December 2019
Click here for further details
Workshops and Conferences
Chronic Breathlessness
The Australian national Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) is pleased to announce the publication of results from a recently completed multi-site, double-blind, randomised controlled trial that found that regular, sustained-release morphine had similar benefits and harms to placebo in this adequately powered trial at one week.
The manuscript is titled “Regular, sustained-release morphine for chronic breathlessness: a multi-centre, double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial”. Authored by David Currow and colleagues, the paper was published in Thorax 2019; 213681 (ahead of print). A copy of the paper is attached for your benefit.
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