Queensland COVID-19 research

This page of Queensland’s research related to the COVID-19 pandemic is compiled from information provided by Queensland universities and research institutes.

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• Nanofibers with antiviral activity: potential applications for improving personal protective equipment safety. April 2021

  COVID-19 is a novel viral disease and there is no pre-existing immunity in our community. This Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship project led by Dr. Nasim Amiralian from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology will develop antiviral materials using small fibres extracted from sugarcane which can be incorporated into different materials and surfaces such as face masks, plastics and metals to kill viruses. The project outcome will assist with the management of COVID-19 and preparedness for similar future events.

  #Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

  Centre

  Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
  The University of Queensland

  Contact details

  Doctor Nasim Amiralian
  UQ Amplify Researcher
  n.amiralian@uq.edu.au
  +61 7 344 31303

  Collaborations

  • Manildra Harwood Sugar (Sunshine Sugar)
  • Evolve Group

• Griffith’s additive manufacturing expertise being used to help in supply of essential personal protective equipment April 2020

  Griffith Universty's expertise and 3D printers are being used to help manufacture essential protective equipment for frontline health workers across Australia. As part of a call-out by the state’s health authorities, hospital-grade designs were shared with volunteers with access to 3D printers. Griffith’s Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute (ADaPT) and Queensland College of Art (QCA) are producing face shields and other personal protective equipment (PPE) using 3D printers from a number of facilities and schools across the university to help maintain supplies during the COVID-19 crisis. ADaPT Manager Derek Smith said it was perfectly placed to respond. “ADaPT already works closely with the Gold Coast University Hospital on a range of projects, and we’ve been able to move fast to make PPE parts,” he said. “We’re leading the different disciplines across the university that are working on this project, from design and engineering to health.

  #Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

  Centre

  Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute
  Griffith University

  Contact details

  Mr Derek Smith
  Technical Manager
  derek.smith@griffith.edu.au
  +61 7567 80547

  Collaborations

  • Metro North Hospital and Health Service
  • Queensland College of Art

• Medical Engineering Research Facility part of national team of experts that joined forces to boost ventilator stocks April 2020

  QUT's Medical Engineering Research Facility has played a central role in bringing together researchers, engineers, medical specialists and industry to create new ventilators and other urgent medical equipment. The national team collaborated on developing the OzVader Ventilator project – a new Intermittent Mandatory Ventilator (IMV) design which could be used to treat ICU patients locally and globally. Leading intensive care specialists and respiratory experts from The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane and two Melbourne hospitals provided clinical guidance on the ventilator design.

  #Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

  Centre

  Medical Engineering Research Facility
  Queensland University of Technology

  Contact details

  Professor Cameron Brown
  Director
  cp.brown@qut.edu.au
  +61 4 3460 6973

  Collaborations

  • Co-Director Prof Roass Crawford
  • Collaborator:
  • Prince Charles Hospital
  • Centre for Biomedical Technologies
  • Olitek
  • Elexon
  • Titley Scientific
  • Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub
  • Narm Rubber
  • Austin Hospital - Melbourne
  • Epworth Hospitals - Melbourne

• Rapid response medical manufacturing. August 2020

  The goal of the Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship project led by Ms Naomi Paxton from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation is to develop novel 3D printed masks using local manufacturing to increase supplies in Queensland hospitals, whilst also engaging with community 3D printing labs to ensure the safe production of personal protective equipment and other medical products during crisis responses.

  #Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

  Centre

  Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
  Queensland University of Technology

  Contact details

  Ms Naomi Paxton
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  n.paxton@qut.edu.au
  +61 7 3138 0961

  Collaborations

  • 3D Systems
  • Metro North Hospital and Health Service
  • CSIRO
  • Edale Capital