Monash awarded $5.9m for rehabilitation research projects
Two Monash University projects addressing the need to improve rehabilitation for stroke and hip fracture patients have received more than $5.9 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Two Monash University projects addressing the need to improve rehabilitation for stroke and hip fracture patients have received more than $5.9 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
The funding has been awarded under The Clinical Researchers initiative to support health care professionals to undertake research that will improve clinical care and practice.
PROMOTE: A Cluster-Randomised Implementation Trial, led by Monash University, received $2.99 million and will address the gap between research into stroke rehabilitation and inadequate rehabilitation implementation across Australian healthcare services.
The PROMOTE trial will look to establish the effectiveness of an implementation package spanning education, skills training, on-site support and resourcing to increase adherence and provide new guidance on driving the implementation of evidence-based practice in stroke rehabilitation nationally.
Lead investigator and occupational therapist Professor Natasha Lannin, from with the Monash Central Clinical School Department of Neuroscience and Alfred Health, said: “I welcome the funding to work with clinicians to see that the Stroke Foundation clinical guideline recommendations support best practice arm and hand rehabilitation.”
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Monash University is Australia’s largest university with more than 80,000 students. In the 60 years since its foundation, it has developed a reputation for world-leading high-impact research, quality teaching, and inspiring innovation.
With four campuses in Australia and a presence in Malaysia, China, India, Indonesia and Italy, it is one of the most internationalised Australian universities.
As a leading international medical research university with the largest medical faculty in Australia and integration with leading Australian teaching hospitals, we consistently rank in the top 50 universities worldwide for clinical, pre-clinical and health sciences.
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