Successful Fellows
Round 6 Successful Fellows
HNE/HMRI Research Fellowship: Dr Jannah Jones, HNE Population Health
Project: Optimising the uptake and implementation of evidence-based nutrition interventions in primary schools
Round 5 Successful Fellows
HNE/HMRI Research Fellowship - Dr Aubrey Crawley Fellowship: Dr Jenna Hollis, HNE Population Health
Project: It starts with a conversation: re-skilling maternity staff in Healthy Conversation Skills (HCS) to support patient behaviour change and experiences of antenatal care for gestational weight gain.
Round 4 Successful Fellows
HNE/JHH Charitable Trust Research Fellowship: Dr Carlos Garcia Esperon, Dept Neurology JHH
HNE/HMRI Research Fellowship - Dr Aubrey Crawley Fellowship Dr Rachel Sutherland, HNE Population Health
HNE/UON General Research Fellowship: Dr Buddhima Lokuge, Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services
Project: Comparing novel treatment (depot buprenorphine) to standard care (methadone and sublingual buprenorphine) for opioid dependent patients released from custody: a treatment entrant cohort and linkage study
HNE/UON Nursing and Midwifery Research Fellowship: Dr Trent Williams, Dept Cardiology, JHH
NSW Health Pathology/HNE Research Fellowship: Ms Nadine Berry, NSW Health Pathology
Round 3 Successful Fellows
HNE General Fellowship: Dr Jason Phung , Maternity and Gynaecology
Project: The Hunter Preterm Birth Prevention Program - using genomic/precision medicine to predict and guide treatment of preterm birth
Round 2 Successful Fellows
HNE General Fellowship: Dr Arshad Khan, Cardiologist
Project Title: Prognostic benefits of left ventricular end diastolic pressure reduction during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
HNE General Fellowship: Dr Tracey Dudding-Blyth, Clinical Geneticist, Hunter Genetics
Project Title: The Face Diagnosis (FaceDx) Project: Using advanced computer vision technology to reduce time to diagnosis in children with syndromic intellectual disability
HNE General Fellowship: Nicole Nathan, Program Manager, HNE Population Health
Project Title: A randomized trial of an intervention to facilitate the implementation of a state-wide school physical activity policy
Nursing and Midwifery Research Fellowship: Ginger Chu, Clinical Nurse Consultant
Project Title: Sleep Apnoea in Haemodialysis
Pathology North Fellowship: Dr Anoop Enjeti, Haematologist
Project Title: Locoregional differences, biomarkers and novel therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Honorary Fellowship: Dr Andrew Gardner, Neuropsychologist
Project Title: Establishing Evidence-Based Concussion Guidelines
Honorary Fellowship: Heidi Janssen, Physiotherapist, Hunter Stroke Services
Project Title: Service change to Support Lifestyle and Activity Modification after Transient Ischaemic Attack (S+SLAM-TIA)
Honorary Fellowship: Luke Wolfenden, Program Manager, HNE Population Health
Project Title: Improving the impact of population health interventions through translation