Clinical Research leaders at THHS are working on projects in the areas of medicine, nursing and allied health. Prominent research outcomes have been delivered in the following areas; improving gait in patients with peripheral vascular disease, delivering external beam radiation in safer ways, improving safety and patient satisfaction of birth, understanding the pathogenesis of chronic vascular disease and developing novel approaches to intervention, testing new models of service provision in oncology and diabetes using telehealth, improving analgesic and envenomation treatment in the Emergency Department, improving perinatal care particularly renal function assessment and developing novel interventions for infectious diseases.

Website

https://www.townsville.health.qld.gov.au/research/

Organisation type

• University Research Centre
• Research Hospital

Number of research staff

20-100 research staff

Address

The Townsville Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Dve, Douglas QLD 4814

Strengths and capabilities

• Peripheral vascular disease research
• Envenomation and analgesia research in Emergency Department
• Testing perinatal renal function
• Developing models of distance health care delivery using telehealth
• Trialing new interventions for infectious diseases
• Improving maternal health and birthing services
• Delivery improved radiation therapy for cancer patients

Lead researchers

• Professor of Surgery / Director of Queensland Research Centre Peripheral Vascular Disease Jon Golledge—Significant advances in understanding pathogenesis and new treatments for peripheral vascular disease
• Professor of Medicine / Director of Clinical Research Damon Eisen—Undertaking population level randomised controlled trial of sepsis death prevention with low dose aspirin
• Senior Neonatal Paediatrician Dr Yogavijayan Kandasamy—Improving understanding of effects of prematurity on the development of the kidney and retina

Achievements of the centre

• Establishment of Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease

Key science sectors

More information about the sectors this centre is involved in:

• Health and medical