CCRep Innovation Fund

‘To deliver health benefits to the Counties Manukau population’

CCRep and CMDHB have established an Innovation Fund to provide funding for small research projects, pilot studies or initiatives that are original and will contribute to achieving positive health outcomes for the communities of the Counties Manukau region.

The CCRep Innovation Fund is intended to encourage, support and facilitate new research activity that is conceived and developed by CMDHB staff. Projects should address important local issues, specifically those identified in the CMDHB District Annual Plan and District Strategic Plan.

Projects may involve undertaking new research, the application of existing research, proof-of-concept research, pilot studies that test innovative ideas or the evaluation of research that has already been applied. Applications will be expected to have solid justification of the benefits to the health status of the Counties Manukau population.

To be successful projects must be of the type that requires ethics approval.

Funding will not be provided for projects that are solely quality assurance, clinical audit (including chart review), needs analysis, or literature review.

Young researchers are encouraged to apply.

CCRep offers support so that inexperience is not a barrier to making an application.

In addition to funding, successful applicants will:

Be linked with an experienced mentor
Be assisted by CMDHB Research Officer
Consult with the CCRep biostatistician
Receive access to CCRep education workshops

Applicants that are unsuccessful will be provided with feedback on their application to assist with making future applications more likely to succeed.

Funding Round

The CCRep Innovation Fund has 2 rounds each year – March and September.

Applications must be in accordance with the conditions described in the CCRep Innovation Fund Guidelines.

All guidance and application documentation will be posted on this page and on SouthNET when each funding round is open.

CCRep Innovation Fund - successful applicants

Projects UNDERWAY are listed below.

Principal Investigator	Department	Title
June Poole	Coronary Care Unit	Stress and Apical Ballooning Syndrome
Hannah Cullinane	Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit	Live Well Pilot Programme
Naomi van der Merwe	Diabetes	Barriers to care in patients with Type 2 diabetes and vision-threatening retinopathy
Shirley Collocott	Occupational Therapy	Effectiveness of splinting post Dupuytren’s contracture release
Theresa Busler	Whitiora	Is the electronic discharge summary (EDS) effective as a communication tool?
Dr Simon Young	Orthopaedics	Intraosseous (into bone) antibiotics prior to total knee replacement
Dr Conroy Wong	Respiratory	Procalcitonin as a marker of bacterial infection in bronchiectasis
Dr Fiona Horwood	Respiratory	Oral Lorazepam with Intranasal Midazolam for Control of Dyspnoea
Dr Teddy Wu	Stroke	The significance of troponin in predicting outcome of stroke patients
Dr Anthony Djurkow	Psychiatry	Improving the process of assessment for inability of work and granting sickness benefit for people with chronic mental illness
Claire O'Brien	Diabetes	Efficiency of a 'hypo pack' for treatment of moderate-severe hypoglyceamia in type 1 and 2 diabetics within a medical ward
Charlene Swanevelder	Respiratory	A randomised trial of intradermal versus subcutaneous local anaesthetic for arterial blood gas puncture

Projects COMPLETED

Principal Investigator	Department	Title
Dr Susan Bigby	Pathology	Sarcomas of the vulva and vagina
Dr Susan Taylor	Laboratory	Comparing PCR to the current culture-based method for detection of patients colonised with multi-drug resistant organisms
Franica Yovich	Dietetics	Weigh In Weigh Out (WIWO) Programme
Dr Ian Soosay	Mental Health	Ethnic differences in the duration of untreated psychosis and referral patterns in patients presenting to an Early Psychosis Intervention Team

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