$660,000 in RACGP Foundation Grants awarded

Nearly $660,000 in funding has been awarded to general practice researchers, as the full list of RACGP Foundation Grant 2024 recipients is revealed.
 
This year, 14 grants were awarded to 58 researchers, with their projects ranging from diabetes to family violence, miscarriage, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and chronic disease.

The largest grant, worth $250,000 and supported by the nib foundation, was awarded to the research project T2D - take 2: diabetes, led by Associate Professor Ralph Audehm and aims to help newly diagnosed patients achieve remission through a structured diet and exercise program.
 
A grant worth $114,000, co-funded by the HCF Research Foundation, was awarded to research into the co-design of services for people with high healthcare service utilisation, and Therapeutic Guidelines sponsored more than $76,000 for research into the implementation of medical abortion into general practice.

RACGP Foundation Program Manager Lisa Colquhoun told newsGP the Foundation is ‘very proud to support these innovative research projects’.
 
‘Each has the potential to shape everyday general practice and address the diverse healthcare needs of patients and communities across Australia,’ she said.
 
‘Despite being at the heart of Australian healthcare, general practice receives less than 2% of national medical research funding, underscoring the crucial role our grants play in bridging this significant funding gap.
 
‘We are incredibly grateful for the generosity of our partners and supporters who make these grants possible.’

The grants and awards are funded by donations from RACGP members and the public, and through partnerships with the nib foundation, HCF Research Foundation, Therapeutic Guidelines, Diabetes Australia, BOQ Specialist, and RACGP’s Western Australia faculty.  

The 2024 RACGP Foundation Grant recipients:
 
nib foundation/RACGP Foundation Healthcare Systems & Sustainability Grant ($250,000)
Associate Professor Ralph Audehm, Ms Nicole French, Dr Rajna Ogrin, Mr Ivan Chan – T2D - take 2: diabetes.
 
RACGP Foundation/HCF Research Foundation Research Grant ($113,894)
Professor Tania Winzenberg, Dr Claire Morley, Professor Jan Radford, Dr Kelly Shaw, Associate Professor Viet Tran, Dr Maria Unwin, Ms Deirdre McGowan – Priority-setting for the co-design of services for people with high healthcare service utilisation.
 
TGL/RACGP Foundation Research Grant ($76,495)
Dr Sonia Srinivasan, Dr Vera Camões-Costa, Dr Alissia Kost, Dr Kathleen McNamee, Professor Deborah Bateson, Professor Danielle Mazza – Implementation of medical abortion into general practice: using guidelines to improve evidence-based care.
 
RACGP Foundation/Diabetes Australia Research Grant ($60,000)
Dr Rochelle Sleaby, Professor Lena Sanci, Professor Elif Ekinci, Dr Alex Lee, Dr Kartik Kishore – Preparing Primary Care for Precision Diabetes.
 
RACGP Foundation GP Wellbeing Grant ($39,977)
Associate Professor Louise Stone, Associate Professor Karen Price, Dr Erin Walsh, Associate Professor Megan Cahill – “I love my job, but it’s time to go”. A narrative study of wellbeing triggers for early retirement in female GPs.
 
RACGP Foundation/ ANEDGP Innovation Grant ($20,000)
Dr Derek Yull, Professor Ian Whittle, Mr Jordan Lesicar, Mr Joshua Tinnion, Dr Tim Lathlean, Dr YH Yau – The Incidence and Consequences of Interventional Image-Guided Lumbar Spinal Therapeutic Procedures for back pain in Australian Primary Care: a cross sectional study in rural and suburban centres.
 
Family Medical Care Education and Research (FMCER) Grant ($20,000)
Dr Darran Foo, Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Dr Louise Ellis, Professor Simon Willcock, Associate Professor Amandeep Hansra – Establishing Safety and Quality Standards for Direct-To-Consumer Digital Clinics in Australia (EQUAL-DTC).
 
RACGP Foundation Western Melbourne Research Grant ($20,000)
Dr Kate Walker, Dr Nicole Allard, Professor Kelsey Hegarty – Implementation of a nurse-led chronic disease clinic within a GP clinic in an urban community health centre.
 
RACGP Foundation/BOQ Specialist Research Grant ($19,981)
Dr Chelsea Smith, Professor Anthony Leicht, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Professor Andrew Mallett – Utility of arterial reflection measures as a risk and monitoring tool for cardiovascular disease in Australians (Arterial reflection measures for cardiovascular disease (ARM for CVD)).
 
Family Medical Care Education and Research (FMCER) Grant ($18,437.50)
Associate Professor Jennifer Neil, Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Professor Clare Delany, Dr Elizabeth McLindon, Dr Eleanor Bulford – What are the experiences of general practitioners who are family violence survivors when managing family violence survivor patients?
 
RACGP Western Australia/RACGP Foundation Research Grant ($10,000)
Dr Joanne Wong, Dr Jacqueline Frayne, Dr Sarah Smith – Assessing the utility of a co-designed patient-centred communication guide for miscarriage: a mixed-methods approach.
 
RACGP Foundation Walpole Grieve Award ($5000)
Dr Winnie Chen – Conference travel – bridging the gap between general practice and health economics.
 
RACGP Foundation Walpole Grieve Award ($5000)
Dr Wee-Sian Woon – Enhancing Adult ADHD GP Education for Optimal Patient Care.
 
RACGP Foundation Charles Bridges Webb Memorial Award ($1000)
Dr Shaddy Hanna, Dr Liliana Laranjo, Associate Professor Melissa Kang, Professor Clara Chow – CAC-GP: Understanding the use of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring by Australian General Practitioners.
 
For more information about the RACGP Foundation and to donate, visit the Foundation’s website. 
 
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