Our “Getting to Know You” segment ensures PREDICT members are aware of new members, their interests and areas of expertise and where they are located. This month we introduce Weihao Lee from Perth Children’s Hospital. “I’m a paediatric Advanced Trainee currently working at Perth Children’s Hospital, the sole tertiary paediatric hospital in Western Australia. I … Continued
Current PREDICT members will receive an email on 1/8/17 with a link to our database.
Congratulations to the following PREDICT authors: Craig S, Xu Y, Robas K, Iramain R, Yock-Corrales A, Soto-Martinez ME, Rino P, Belen Alvarez Ricciardi M, Piantanida S, Mahant S, Ubuane PO, Odusote O, Kwok M, Johnson MD, Paniagua N, Benito Fernandez J, Ong GY, Lyttle MD, Gong J, Roland D, Dalziel SR, Nixon GM, Powell CVE, … Continued
Congratulations to Dr Libby Haskell (Starship Children’s Hospital) and Dr Sharon O’Brien (Perth Children’s Hospital) for receiving the following awards: DR LIBBY HASKELL Best Presentation: College of Emergency Nurses NZ Conference (CENNZ), held in Christchurch 19 & 20 October 2023. Presentation title: “Can targeted interventions change clinicians beliefs in the treatment of infants with bronchiolitis?” … Continued
2023 has been a great year as we emerged from the pandemic and moved ahead with our research with renewed enthusiasm! It was the fourth year of our current 2020-2024 NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) collaboration. With the end in sight for this grant we submitted a proposal for another CRE grant and … Continued
The annual PREDICT members meeting was held on Wednesday November 15th 2023 with 34 people attending in person in Melbourne at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and another 23-30 online at various stages of the meeting. The meeting included a range of informative presentations from the project leads covering projects now analysed, those in development … Continued
Four members of the PREDICT executive (Simon Craig, Stuart Dalziel, Elliot Long and Franz Babl) were invited to the EMCON2023 conference for the Society of Emergency Medicine in India in Hyderabad. PREDICT ran a one-day workshop aiming to support the beginning of multicentre research in India. This was well-received, and we plan to continue the … Continued
Congratulations to Amit Kochar from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide for being awarded the honorary title of Clinical Associate Professor (University of Adelaide). The award was based on research and educational achievements, service, and leadership in his field.
Study of Neck Injury Imaging in Children (SONIC): Improving the Diagnosis of Spinal Cord, Bone and Ligament Injuries Many children sustain head and neck trauma during their lifetime. Significant neck injuries – to spinal cord, neck bones and connecting ligaments – can be identified by performing neck imaging with x-rays, or, if needed, computed tomography … Continued
Cochrane Review – Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients Co-ordinating PI: Emma Tavender Study Co-ordinator: N/A Project aim/s: To expand the scope and update the Cochrane review ‘ Triage tools for detecting cervical spine injury in paediatric trauma patients (updated search from 2017 to 3 June 2021) to determine the diagnostic … Continued
