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Alfred Health Emergency has a strong and established interdisciplinary research program. We collaborate with other internal hospital departments, Monash University and a range of national and international partners.
Research
Capability
We create evidence to support best practice in emergency care in the pre-hospital and emergency department settings, and to prevent the need to seek emergency care in the first place. Operating across Monash University and Alfred Health, we integrate research expertise with access to an outstanding clinical service. This ensures our projects are grounded in real-world health challenges, facilitates recruitment, and allows us to rapidly translate findings for our local community.
About
Our research is focused on helping people avoid the need for emergency care, and to improve the clinical care in pre-hospital and emergency department settings, when it cannot be avoided. Some of our key research themes include concussion, pre-hospital care, emergency medicine, and preventive care. We aim to improve the safety and quality of emergency care delivery, and patient satisfaction.
The Emergency Research unit (ERU) was established in 2023. We’re part of the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM), and Alfred Health Emergency (AHE)
Study with us
Studying with our team is an ideal way for medical and allied health professionals with an interest in acute and emergency medicine to learn the ropes of research and make an impactful contribution to the medical evidence base in the process.
Research is a rewarding activity to complement and deepen your clinical practice; it enables you to give back to the community and increases your ability to appraise and incorporate the latest medical evidence into your work. A working knowledge of research is vital for climbing the ranks of health service leadership.
We provide a supportive environment for students interested in immersive research opportunities across Monash’s Scholarly Intensive Placement program, Honours projects, and graduate research (PhD, MPhil).
Projects currently available for supervision by Prof Mitra:
Research Team
Professor Biswadev Mitra
Head of the Emergency Research Unit, Director of Emergency Medicine Research, and Emergency Consultant.
Professor Peter Cameron
Director, Alfred Emergency Academic Centre, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Emergency and Trauma Research, Health Services Research, Monash University
Carly Talarico
Research Assistant
Abha Somesh
Research Nurse
Maddison Essery
Research Nurse
Melissa Drago
Research Nurse
Christine Koolstra
Research Nurse
Dr Bridget Laging
Associate Investigator and project lead of Palliative Care research
Cristina Roman
Lead Pharmacist Emergency Medicine & Associate Researcher
Ancelin McKimmie
The Australia New Zealand Trauma Registry (ANZTR) Manager
Sarah Menahem
The Australia New Zealand Trauma Registry (ANZTR) Project Officer
Alexander Olaussen
PhD Student
Myles Sri-Ganeshan
PhD Student
Fabienne Noordenbos
Master of Medicine Student from the Netherlands (6 month placement)
Meesha Pujitha
Research Clerk
Tiara Rachim
BMedSc (Honours) Student
Publications
Active Projects
01. Concussion
Current projects:
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Biomarkers for Mild Brain Injury
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Exercise therapy for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) across the lifespan
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HIT-IQ for measurement of head impact forces in elite Australian football
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Aus-mTBI: A validation study to predict poor outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury
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Biomarkers to diagnose concussion when patients are under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs
02. Pre Hospital Care
Current projects:
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Pre-hospital lactate and blood transfusion after trauma
03. Emergency Medicine
Current projects:
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Blood transfusion studies:
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Fibrinogen concentrate vs. Cryoprecipitate in traumatic haemorrhage: A randomised controlled trial (FEISTY 2 trial)
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Validation of GFAP+UCH-L1 for intracranial bleeding after trauma
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Pharmacists in behaviours of concern (Pharma-BOC1): a randomised controlled trial of emergency medicine pharmacists in behaviours of concern response teams
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Patient and staff satisfaction of Methoxyflurane use in the emergency department
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Secondary prevention of stroke in patients with a suspected transient ischaemic attack and discharged from the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study
04 . Preventative Care
Current projects:
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Virtual emergency departments
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Emergency department-initiated palliative care for older people transferred from residential aged care: wrong time and place, or exactly what is needed?
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Deaths in hospital following transfer from residential aged care: A retrospective cohort study
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Hospital transfer of older people from residential aged care at the end-of-life: An exploratory qualitative study of clinician experiences
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Deaths in hospital following transfer from residential aged care: the experiences of bereaved family members
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