Healthcare will soon be more accessible for more Australians, thanks to a $2.5 million Federal Government grant to The University of Queensland to advance telehealth research.
The (NHMRC) awarded the funds to 国产探花鈥檚 Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Telehealth led by Professor Len Gray, Director of the .
Professor Gray said the CRE in Telehealth brought together an internationally recognised team from four telehealth research groups at 国产探花: , the , the , and the .
鈥淚t is supported by technical experts in health economics, information technology, engineering, health informatics, workforce planning and management,鈥� he said.
Professor Gray said the centre aimed to accelerate telehealth research into healthcare delivery and increase the cohort of telehealth researchers and practitioners.
鈥淭he CRE in Telehealth will focus on health service settings where access is currently challenging, such as small rural hospitals, residential aged care facilities, people鈥檚 homes (particularly for disabled and older people), and indigenous communities,鈥� Professor Gray said.
鈥淭he telehealth team has extensive research and translation experience in telemedicine in paediatrics, geriatrics, speech pathology, physiotherapy and dermatology.
鈥淲e have partnered with experts from the , the and the at Griffith University to ensure the highest quality research to address the major challenges facing telehealth expansion.鈥�
国产探花 President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter H酶j congratulated the 国产探花 researchers and their collaborators on securing the grant, which will have lasting impact through a better understanding of the benefits of telehealth.
鈥湽交ㄢ�檚 telehealth and telemedicine experts are the world鈥檚 most productive for peer-reviewed research in their field, and this grant gives a significant opportunity to apply this excellence more deeply,鈥� Professor H酶j said.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an opportunity that 国产探花 relishes, because the potential beneficiaries are not only the people of non-metropolitan Australia, but also people living in our cities and suburbs.鈥�
The team of researchers includes:
鈥� and Director Professor Len Gray (The Masonic Chair in Geriatric Medicine)
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鈥� Deputy Director Associate Professor Anthony Smith
鈥� Co-Director Associate Professor Trevor Russell
鈥� Chair Professor Peter Soyer
鈥� Indigenous Health Clinical Director Associate Professor Noel Hayman
鈥� Griffith University Population and Social Health Research Program Deputy Director Dr Jennifer Whitty
鈥� Senior Lecturer in Management Dr Nicole Gillespie .
Video interview with 国产探花 Professor Len Gray and cutaways can be downloaded from:
Media Contact: Professor Len Gray, len.gray@uq.edu.au or Joanne Grey, 国产探花 Communications, The University of Queensland鈥檚 Centre for Online Health 07 3346 4754 or j.grey2@uq.edu.au
Resources for Media 国产探花's Centre for Online Health website
国产探花's Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine website
国产探花's Telerehabilitation Research Unit website
国产探花's Dermatology Research Centre website
