Centre of Research Excellence: Healthy Food, Healthy Planet, Healthy People
Millions of Australians and hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer from conditions caused by excessive consumption of unhealthy foods and insufficient intake of healthy foods. The food system is one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation through greenhouse gas emissions, water use and deforestation, and one of the sectors hardest hit by climate change. Access to information about the nutritional quality and environmental impacts of the food we eat is a basic consumer right, yet is lacking.
The Healthy Food, Healthy Planet, Healthy People Centre for Research Excellence will deliver world-leading innovations in nutrient profiling algorithms and environmental indicators that estimate the human and planetary consequences of varying patterns of food and beverage consumption.
The project will: Identify effective means of conveying combined nutrition and sustainability information. Use the developed algorithms, environmental indicators and user response data
ACT-GLOBAL: A multi-faCtorial, mulTi-arm, multi-staGe, randomised, gLOBal Adaptive pLatform trial for stroke
Background
Stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Despite advances in medical technology and treatment strategies, many patients still do not achieve optimal outcomes. The George Institute’s ACT-GLOBAL study is an adaptive platform trial that is aiming to address the urgent need for the development of new and more effective interventions for stroke patients across the world.
A platform trial involves study of several different clinical questions at the same time, essentially uniting multiple clinical trials or ‘Domains’ under a single organisational structure lead by experts in the field. Adaptive design allows the team to add or collapse (if needed) research questions during the trial as more information is collected. We believe the adaptive platform approach is a uniquely flexible and efficient way to conduct ground-breaking research.
The ACT-GLOBAL platform currently has several domains across the stroke-subtypes of Acute Ischemic Stroke, where a bloc
Intensive blood glucose management in intensive care patients
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Recommendations for new blood pressure treatments
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Saline or Albumin for fluid resuscitation in patients with traumatic brain injury
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Vascular disease prevention in Australia
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Australian Government National Health And Hospital Reform Commission
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Australian Government Preventative Health Taskforce: Towards a National Primary Health Care Strategy
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Australian Department Of Innovation, Industry, Science And Research
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Clinical Trials Action Group (Ctag), Pharmaceutical Industry Working Group
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Guidelines for falls prevention
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Managing depression following stroke
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