Grant successes

Summary

2024

Title Duration Amount Topic Recipients
MRFF Grant Funding - $1,466,168 'Developing an intergrated care model for opioid dependence treatment' Marguerite Tracy
University of Sydney, Rewarding Research Success Scheme 2024 $90,000 'Recognition of successful researchers in the Faculty of Medicine and Health' Kirsten McCaffery
Te Titoki Mataora: RAP Stage I Collaboration & Ideation Fund Proposal - $17,000 'A co-design approach to utilising AI to improve communications skills within the health sector' Julie Ayre with M Macdonald & team
ANZMUSC Seed Grant - $20,000 'Priorities in shoulder osteoarthritis research: A James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership' Julie Ayre with J Quicke & team
Moyira Elizabeth Vine and Tim Haire Endowment Fund for Research into Schizophrenia 2024 2024-2025 $100,000 'Beyond a tick box exercise: Enhancing informed consent for People with Schizophrenia Through Co-design and Evaluation of E-Consent Processes to improve understanding, capacity, and decision-making for Treatment and Research (Project BETTER)' Stratton E, Milton A, Ayre J, Amor L, McCaffery K, Glozier N

2023

Title Duration Amount Topic Recipients
NHMRC Synergy Grant 2024-2028 $5,000,000 'Solving Australia’s hypertension treatment problem' Carissa Bonner with Alta Schutte & team
MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission - $1,900,000 ‘The PRECISE (Practitioner Readiness, Education and Capabilities, with Implementation Science Evaluation) Genomics Research Project’ Carissa Bonner with Alan Ma & team
NHMRC Ideas grant 2023-2025 $589,259 'Community driven communication and engagement during health crisis periods: co-designing enhanced and transferable strategies' Kirsten McCaffery with Holly Seale
University of Sydney, School of Psychology - $29,580 'Improving the consent process for genomics testing for CALD patients' Ilona Juraskova, Jolyn Hersch, Phyllis Butow (Emerita), Nicci Bartley, Rebekah Laidsaar-Powell
Sydney Health Partners Implementation Science Academy Pilot Grant - $20,000 'Helping clinicians and patients make sense of HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer: implementation of an information resource' Rachael Dodd
NSW Health Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program - $750,000 'Empowering patients to self-manage blood pressure with education and support from Pharmacists: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial' Chapman N, Sawan M, Bonner C, Kouladjian-O'Donnell L, Sarkies M, Tracy M, Picone D, Zhang L, Aslani P, Miranda J, Usherwood T, Van Gool K, Redfern J
ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation Next Generation Researcher Network 2023 Seed Funding Scheme - $19,753 'Towards better access and equity in digital mental health: Understanding and addressing the impacts of health literacy in treatment' Julie Ayre & Danielle Muscat with team
Sydney Cancer Partners Seed Grant - $19,750 'Towards better access and equity in digital mental health: Understanding and addressing the impacts of health literacy in treatment' Julie Ayre & Danielle Muscat with team
Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine Seed Funding Collaboration Grant - $9,450 'Co-design workshops for lung cancer screening decision support tools in regional and rural areas with First Nations Communities' Rachael Dodd

2022

Title Duration Amount Topic Recipients
Academic Partner, NSW Health's Net Zero Leads Program 2022-2024 $300,000 'Provide support to 10 Net Zero Lead clinicians appointed to plan and conduct research projects in their workplace with a net zero lens' Kristen Pickles, Thomas Dakin et al
NHMRC Investigator Grant (Leadership 2) 2023-2027 $2,800,000 'Transforming health literacy in Australia: a partnership approach' Kirsten McCaffery
NHMRC Investigator Grant (Emerging Leadership 1) 2023-2027 $600,000 'Evaluation and implementation of a digital health literacy tool to improve written health information' Julie Ayre
Heart Foundation - $90,000 'INcreasing inFLUEnza immuNisation of Cardiovascular inpatiEnts (INFLUENCE): A multifaceted, multi-level systems approach to increasing adoption' Nelson A, Bonner C et al
ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) 2023-2025 $467,132 'Co-creating critical health literacy interventions' Muscat D
Medibank Private Ltd/Medibank Health Research Fund 2022-2023 $204,000 'Understanding consumers and hospitals perspectives of Medibank patient reported experience measures (PREMs) data: a qualitative interview study' Nickel B, Copp T, Dodd R, McCaffery K
NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies 2023-2027 $1,119,327 'NUDG-ED: Trial of behavioural ‘nudging’ interventions to reduce unnecessary care for low back pain in the Emergency Department' A Traeger, C Maher, L Cullen, K McCaffery, J Linder, R Buchbinder, I Harris, E Coiera, Q Li, K Howard
NHMRC 2022 MRFF Models of Care to Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Acute Care 2022-2025 $2,800,000 'Reshaping the management of low back pain in emergency departments' Maher C, Rogan E, Machado G, Edwards J, Buchbinder R, Harris I, Williams C, Naganathan V, Howard K, McCaffery K, Billot L, Wiggers J, Harvey L, Kinsman L, Ghinea N
Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Digital Health Agency – Official Order - $167,291 'COVID-19 Innovation Fund – Multicultural Communities and Hard to Reach Groups, Stream 2' Frawley J, Seale H, Maccartney K, Leask J, McCaffery K, Woodland L, Zachariah D, Mahimbo A, Abdi I
Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health – Official Order 2022-2023 $414,000 'For the provision of development of a National Health Literacy Strategy to support the National Preventive Health Strategy' Redman S, McCaffery K, Nutbeam D, Rudge S
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence Grant 2022-2026 $2,500,000 'Wiser healthcare: better value care for all Australians' McCaffery K; Carter S; Barratt A; Bell K; Moynihan R; O’Connor D; Maher C; Buchbinder R; Houssami N; Glasziou P
NHMRC Investigator Grant (Emerging Leadership 1) 2022-2026 $650,740 'Reducing the harms of inappropriate medicalisation of women’s reproductive health' Copp T
International Lung Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Grant 2022 US$50,000 'Informed choice for lung cancer screening in Australia' Dodd R
Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellowship 2022-2024 $590,000 'Ensuring ethical and flexible consent in cancer genomic research and clinical practice' Hersch J

2021

Title Duration Amount Topic Recipients
NHMRC MRFF EPCDR Initiative July 2021-June 2025 $2,000,000 'Ready to screen. Targeting the high-risk population to improve lung cancer diagnosis' Rankin N, … Dodd R
NHMRC MRFF International Clinical Trial Collaborations 2021-2025 $2,100,000 'Determining the impact of a new primary care model for low back pain: A cluster randomised trial' French S, Hancock M, Zwar N, Miller J, Taljaard M, Graham P, Haines T, Blyth F, De Luca K, Willcock S, Clavisi O, McCaffery K, Jenkins H, Donnelly C
Australian Health Research Alliance Women’s Health Research and Translation Network EMCR Funded Awards 2021-2022 $15,000 (x2) 'For career development and advancement activities' Dodd R and Copp T
Australian Skeptics Inc Grant 2021 $15,000 'Understanding beliefs, barriers, and misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines in the Australian community' Pickles K, Copp T, Meyerowitz-Katz G, Seale H, Steffens M, Bonner C, Dodd R, Cvejic E, McCaffery K
NHMRC Partnership Project 2021-2024 $495,760 'Parenting+ Improving health and service-use outcomes through health literacy training for new parents: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial' McCaffery K, Muscat D, Nutbeam D, Schmied V, Wen LM, Raynes-Greenow C, Hayes A, Cvejic E, Shepherd H
Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health – Official Order 2021 $43,436.25 'Survey of services for the Independent Review of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Residential Aged Care Facilities' McCaffery K
NHMRC Investigator Grant (Emerging Leadership 1) 2021-2025 $645,205 'The impact of breast density notification in Australia' Nickel B

2020

Title Duration Amount Topic Recipients
National Cancer Institute (USA) Merit Grant Nov 2020-Oct 2025 US$3,416,387 'Understanding affective processing of scientific evidence to promote informed choice for breast cancer screening' Scherer L, Lewis C, McCaffery K, Morse B, Cappella JN, Hersch J
Marie Bashir Institute – Seed Grant 2020 $24,000 'Optimising health communication for positive community responses to testing for COVID-19 and beyond' McCaffery K, Bonner C, Ayre J, Cvejic E, Dodd R, Nickel B, Pickles K, Isautier J, Copp T, Batcup C, Cornell S, Dakin T
University of Sydney Lifespan Research Network – Lifespan Seed Grant 2020-2021 $10,000 'Understanding hospital admission for low back pain' Machado G, Richards B, Needs C, Coombs D, Hayes S, Rogan E, Teng MJ, Dodd R, Ghinea N, Maher C
University of Sydney Lifespan Research Network – Lifespan Seed Grant 2020-2021 $10,000 'SHeLL editor: An online real-time editor to improve the health-literate design of written materials' Muscat DM, Ayre J, Jansen J, Aslani P, Shepherd H, Mouwad D, Nothman J, McCaffery K
Western Sydney Local Health District – Research and Education Network 2020-2021 $50,000 'Supporting end-of-life conversations through improved communication for shared decision-making' Egerton A, Muscat D, Maka K, Greenaway S, Datyner M, Weir K
Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health – Official Order 2020-2021 $69,988 'Australian women and primary care clinicians’ knowledge, understanding on breast density relating to breast cancer, and their perspectives around messaging and notification of breast density' Nickel B, McCaffery K, Houssami N, Brennan M, Hersch J, Carter S, Kaderbhai, Verde A, Vaccaro L
Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health – Public Health and Chronic Disease Program – National Women’s Health Strategy and National Men’s Health Strategy – Health Promotion Grant 2020-2022 $111,250 'Growing the health literacy skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and caregivers' Muscat DM, Lloyd J, McCaffery K, Dickson M, Abbott P
University of Sydney – University of Glasgow Partnership Collaboration Awards 2020 $33,631 'Maximising the academic and societal impact of novel health literacy interventions for chronic conditions through strategic research priority setting (Maxi-HL)' McCaffery K, Robb K
University of Sydney – University of Copenhagen Partnership Collaboration Awards 2020 $40,000 'Can delayed screening disrupt routine (over)use of the prostate screening test? Developing a new model of care' Barratt A, Brodersen J, Pickles K, McCaffery K, Hersch J, Malmqvist J, Smith R
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia 2020 $50,000 'Exploring GP perspectives on two decision aids for prostate cancer screening and their integration into routine workflow' Pickles K, McCaffery K, Barratt A
HCF Research Foundation 2020-2022 $258,256 'Assisting patients with knee osteoarthritis to make informed choices about total knee arthroplasty and non-operative management' Harris I, Karunaratne S, Zadro J, Trevena L, Solomon M, Horsley M, Hoffmann T, McCaffery K
HCF Research Foundation 2020-2022 $258,256 'Assisting patients with knee osteoarthritis to make informed choices about total knee arthroplasty and non-operative management' Harris I, Karunaratne S, Zadro J, Trevena L, Solomon M, Horsley M, Hoffmann T, McCaffery K
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence 2020-2024 $2,499,189 'Low Back Pain Centre of Research Excellence' Maher C, Buchbinder R, Hancock M, O’Sullivan P, McAuley J, Blyth F, Jorm L, Collie A, McCaffery K, Hayes A

2019

Title Duration Amount Topic Recipients
NHMRC Partnership Project 2019-2022 $369,182 'Maximising organ donor offer utility system-wide (the MODUS study)' Webster A, Wyburn K, Morton R, McCaffery K, Kelly P, Clayton P, Muscat D, De La Mata N
NHMRC Project Grant 2019-2022 $630,256 'The Vaccine Barriers Assessment Tool (VBAT): a vaccine acceptance and barriers tool for optimisation of vaccine uptake for parents of children under the age of five' Danchin M, Costa D, Trevena L, Bonner C, Durrheim D
Translational Research Grant Scheme 2019-2020 $609,846 'Supporting adults with CKD to engage in shared decision making successfully (SUCCESS): A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the SUCCESS intervention' Sud K, Muscat D, Webster A, Shepherd H, Lambert K, McCaffery K, Robbins A, Kelly P, Liu N, Kim J
Mental Health Commission of New South Wales 2019-2021 $465,000 'Evaluation of the Statewide Mental Health Literacy Initiative' Redman A, Newell S, Lines K, Muscat DM, Dodd R, Cvejic E, McCaffery K
World Health Organization (Tender) March 2019 $50,000 'Development of a Health Literacy Programme' McCaffery K, Muscat D, Shepherd H, Nutbeam D
Heart Foundation, Vanguard Grant 2019-2020 $75,000 'Development and randomised trial evaluation of an online engagement tool for CVD risk' Bonner C, Trevena L, McCaffery K, Doust J
Diabetes Australia, Research Program 2019 $59,856 'Addressing inequalities in diabetes self-management with a health-literate action plan' Bonner C, McCaffery K, Ayre J, Schier N, Gudorf K, Turner R
Medical Research Futures Fund, RART Round 3 2019 $110,000 'Supporting culturally–diverse adults with CKD to engage in shared decision making successfully (Phase iib)' Webster A, Sud K, O’Lone E, Shepherd H, McCaffery K, Muscat DM, Sydney Health Partners

2018

Title Duration Amount Topic Recipients
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia 2018 $56,700 'Evaluating two decision aids for Australian men to support informed decisions about prostate cancer screening' McCaffery K, Barratt A, Pickles K
Kidney Health Australia, Medical & Scientific Research Funding 2018 $50,000 'Supporting culturally–diverse adults with CKD to engage in shared decision making successfully (Phase II)' Webster A, Sud K, O’Lone E, McCaffery K, Shepherd H, Muscat DM, Sydney Health Partners
Medical Research Futures Fund, Project Grant: G197871 2018 $172,440 'Supporting culturally–diverse adults with CKD to engage in shared decision making successfully (Phase II)' Webster A, Sud K, O’Lone E, McCaffery K, Shepherd H, Muscat DM, Sydney Health Partners
WSLHD Research & Education Network Research Grant Scheme 2018 $46,000 'Parenting Plus: Embedding health literacy into New Parents Groups' Tunchon L, Nutbeam D, McCaffery K, Muscat, DM
Avant Foundation – Quality Improvement Grant 2018 $102,000 'Medico-legal drivers of low value care' Ries N, Jansen J (co-leads), McCaffery K, Elshaug A, Doust J
University of Sydney Lifespan Research Network Funding – Lifespan Seed Grant 2018 $10,000 'Examination of the impact of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) label on psychosocial outcomes and decision making' Jansen J, Copp T, Hersch J, McCaffery K, Doust J, Dokras A, Mol B
Medibank Better Health Foundation Research Funding 2018 $15,000 'Identifying the barriers and facilitators to high value physiotherapy' Zadro J, Maher C, McCaffery K, Dodd R, Wortley S