Backing the next generation of health change-makers
Announced as part of the Foundation’s latest grant round, they are among 19 projects targeting better health outcomes and a better patient experience for Queenslanders, including:
- A potential saliva test to help detect lung cancer
- Advanced imaging to improve the diagnosis of invasive lobular breast cancer
- The search for biological markers of a serious complication following allogeneic stem cell or bone marrow transplant
- And improving the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in emergency care.
“The beauty of the RBWH Foundation grant strategy is that it nurtures emerging talent, bedside insight and sparks of innovation that could change or save a life,” said RBWH Foundation CEO Simone Garske.
“Change starts with those bold enough to think outside the box – to challenge the status quo – and it’s our role to ensure that they have the resources they need to follow their instincts, and the evidence, in pursuit of ever better clinical outcomes.”
Describing the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander project grants as an “important part of achieving health equity”, Ms Garske said meaningful solutions must be grounded in the experiences and perspectives of the communities they are designed to serve.
“While the RBWH Foundation has always proudly supported projects targeting better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, we hope these dedicated grants will help drive meaningful progress in addressing the complex, systemic challenges that can compromise patient safety, experience and continuity of care.”
Research projects
- Harnessing spatial multi-omics to improve gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease diagnostics.
- Pasifika Renal Transplant Project: co-designing culturally tailored resources to improve.
- Olink proteomics for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome treatment and prognostication (OCTOPUS) study.
- Saliva test to catch lung cancer early.
- OptiMISing induction of labour care: a pilot randomised controlled trial of outpatient low-dose oral misoprostol versus balloon catheter dilatation.
- A pilot study of oestrogen receptor imaging using FES PET in lobular breast cancer (Detect-ER).
Patient care projects
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: unmet needs due to infection-related illness.
- Compassion and comfort: delivering high-quality family-centred care.
- Enhancing RBWH's post-discharge care in mental health: a food parcel project.
- Staying connected: newspaper delivery for patient wellbeing.
- Creating innovative educational resources to support vascular access knowledge and self-management in adults receiving haemodialysis.
- Beyond the bedside: leisure and participation for young people with cancer.
- Art as good medicine: website catalogue of STARS artwork for patient engagement and cultural safety.
- Adolescent mental health yoga group.
- Virtual reality to strengthen patient consent in nuclear medicine.
- PROBE – projector-based engagement to support wellbeing in burns care.
