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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.
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:
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)
Research Team
Carly Talarico
Research Assistant
Abha Somesh
Research Nurse
Christine Koolstra
Research Nurse
Maddison Essery
Research Nurse
Melissa Drago
Research Nurse
Myles Sri-Ganeshan
PhD Student
Alexander Olaussen
PhD Student
Keiya Nasir
BMedSc (Honours) Student
Angelina Larasati Budiman
BMedSc (Honours) Student
Jackson Catalano
BMedSc (Honours) Student
Dr Bridget Laging
Associate Investigator and project lead of Palliative Care research
Nadira Fana
BMedSc (Honours) Student
Publications
Active Projects
01. Concussion
Current projects:
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INFORMED-TBI: INtegrative approaches For Optimizing Recognition, Management and EDucation of concussion at the community sports level
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Biomarkers for Mild Brain Injury
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The BIOCaB study: Biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI patients)
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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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Validation of point-of-care lactate levels in critically bleeding patients
03. Emergency Medicine
Current projects:
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Just say no to the just in case cannula: An implementation science trial with roadmap for national roll-out
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Chest X-ray for non-traumatic chest pain in the emergency department
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Assessment and management of pyelonephritis in the emergency department
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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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Trauma And Prothrombin (TAP) complex concentrate trial
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Quality indicators in traumatic shock
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Key diagnostic variables in patients with spinal epidural abscess
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Validation of GFAP+UCH-L1 for intracranial bleeding after trauma
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Exploring the association of oxygen therapy on outcomes among patients with aneurysmal or non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage
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Blood pressure in intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke
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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