Research

Current Projects

• Grid computing
• The Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB)
• Health Behaviour
• eResearch
• Australian EEG Database Project (AED)
• Support for Bulk Data in Distributed Systems
• Speedos: A Secure, Distributed Operating System
• Timor: Types, Implementations and More

External Competitive Grants

• NHMRC 2018-2021: "A randomised controlled trial of an online peer support intervention for reducing symptoms of depression among community-dwelling older adults living in rural Australia", Sanson-Fisher, Boyes, Chan, Hall, Henskens, Mackenzie, Deeming, Arunachalam, $496,233.10.
• NHMRC 2017-20: "A multi-component web-based intervention to improve the wellbeing of people with dementia and their carers: a randomised controlled trial", Sanson-Fisher, Waller, Cortes, Eeles, Boyes, Girones, Holliday, Chan, Deeming, Henskens, $1,312,455
• NHMRC 2017-21: "Improving outcomes for people with depression in community settings: A cluster RCT", Carey, Sanson-Fisher, War, Mazza, Meadows, Waller, Piterman, Kelly, Henskens, $803,553.
• NHMRC 2016-20: "A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of Enable Me€™: an e-health innovation for stroke survivors and support persons", Sanson-Fisher, Waller, Carey, Levi, Pollack, Doran, Oldmeadow, Henskens, $245,109.
• Dementia Collaborative Research Centres 2016: "Supporting family carers of people living with dementia: an RCT of a new mobile application", Sanson-Fisher, Chan, Brummell, Wilson, Hunter, Jeong, Hair, Henskens, $42,000.
• National Stroke Foundation 2016: "A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of Enable Me€™: an e-health innovation for stroke survivors and support persons", Sanson-Fiosher, Waller, Carey, Levi, Pollack, Doran, Oldmeadow, Henskens, $29,444.
• ARC-LIEF 2014: "Renewing Intersect's share of the National Computational Infrastructure's peak facility" with Hawkes, Yu, Ferry, Lewis, Muller, Wilkins, Radom, Reimers, Greer, De Marco, King, Henskens, Stampfl, Ball, Poulton, Dlugogorski, Yu, Georges, Yang, Susilo, Ford, Cheung, Rahmani, Arnold, Zhao, Gondro, Johnson, Sajeev, Bossomaier, $1,025,000.
• Cancer Council NSW 2014: "Who decides and at what cost? Comparing patient, surrogate and oncologist perspectives on end of life care" with Sanson-Fisher, Rees, Batt, Douglas, Olver, Zdenkowski, Twaddel, Henskens, $256,038.
• NHMRC 2014-16: "Who decides and at what cost? Comparing patient, surrogate and oncologist perspectives on end of life care" with Sanson-Fisher, Rees, Batt, Douglas, Olver, Zdenkowski, Twaddel, Henskens, $256,038.
• Cancer Council NSW 2013-15: "A randomised controlled trial of online versus telephone-based information and support: Can electronic platforms deliver effective care for lung cancer patients?", with Paul, Boyes, Valentine, Baker, Roos, McElduff & Clinton-Mcharg, $175,000.
• Cancer Institute NSW 2013: "Providing tailored web-based information to support colorectal cancer patients in their preparation for and recovery from surgery: A feasibility study", with Sanson-Fisher, Smith, Robinson, Batt, Henskens, Kerridge, Oldmeadow, Pockney, Hayes, $48,656.
• Hunter Medical Research Institute 2013: "Reducing psychosocial burden among women diagnosed with breast cancer and their support persons: A randomised controlled trial of a web-based intervention." with Sanson-Fisher, Douglas, Bryant & Carey, $20,000
• NHMRC 2012-15: "A randomised controlled trial of online versus telephone-based information and support: Can electronic platforms deliver effective care for lung cancer patients?", with Paul, Boyes, Valentine, Baker, Roos, McElduff & Clinton-Mcharg, $329,660.
• NeCTAR 2012-13: "Extension and Enhancement of Systems for the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB).", with Loughland, McCabe, Bridge, Paul, Carr and Duffy, $639,550.
• Sleep Health Foundation 2012: "Evaluating the acceptability of a web-based approach to improve knowledge transfer to general practice regarding care for sleep disorder" with Paul, Hensley, Pretto, Carey and Clinton-Mcharg, $18,000
• NHMRC Enabling Grant (extension) 2011-12: "The Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB)", with Carr, Schall, Scott, Jablensky, Mowry, Michie, Catts and Pantelis, $440,650.
• Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 2011-12: "Data Capture for the Data Commons", $200,000
• ARC-LIEF 2011: "Flexible architecture high-performance computing facility for the intersect consortium of New South Wales" with Radom, Cairns, Crawford, Shen, Wade, Wilkins, Abbass, Dzurak, Evans, Wen, Poulton, Arnold, Botten, Ford, Rahmani, O'Neill, Cheung, Johnson, Borwein, Marchant, Hagenbuchner, Tieu, Rose, Gillies, Harrison, Waters, Leedham and Murison, $500,000
• NHMRC 2011-13: "The role of individual patient, social support and treatment centre variables in the psychosocial outcomes of cancer patients", with Sanson-Fisher, Carey, Olver, and Paul, $494,604
• NHMRC 2010: "Perkin-Elmer Janus Liquid Handling Workstation (Mini 4-Tip Platform)", with Carr, Schall, Scott, Jablensky, Mowrey, Mitchie, Catts and Pantelis, $7,162
• ARC-LIEF 2009: "A High Performance Computing Cluster and Storage for the INTERSECT Consortium of NSW" (LE989506), with Abbass, Armfield, Botten, Esselle, Marchant and Poulton, $500,000
• NHMRC 2009: "Shared Mass Storage Device and Backup Media", with Todd, Budd, Karayanidis, Smith, McKenzie, Michie, Schall and Carr, $3,224
• NHMRC 2008: "Revco Plus -86 Elite Upright Freezer", with Carr, Schall, Scott, Jablensky, Mowry, Michie, Catts, Pantelis, Loughland and Tooney, $16,800
• NISAD 2007-09: "Grid Research: Technical Officer to Support the Australia Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB)", $235,000
• NHMRC 2007: "Siemens diffusion tensor imaging acquisition software for Magnetom Avanto", with Carr, Loughland, Schall, Scott, Jablensky, Mowry, Mitchie, Catts and Pantelis, $7,640
• NHMRC Enabling Grant 2006-10: "Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank" with Carr, Schall, Scott, Jablensky, Mowry, Mitchie, and Catts, $1,750,000
• NHMRC 2006: "Clinical and neuropsychological assessment instruments for the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank" with Carr, Loughland, Schall, Scott, Jablensky, Mowry, Michie, Catts and Pantelis, $7,592
• NHMRC IRIISS Infrastructure Funding, 2006-2010: "The Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB)" with Carr, Schall, Scott, Jablensky, Mowry, Mitchie, Catts and Pantelis, $399,000.
• ARC 2005-06: "Funding to develop a software grid for data-sharing associated with the NISAD/LONI Virtual Brain Bank" with Johnston, Rasser, Schall, Ward, Mitchie and Carr, $95,254
• HMRI 2004-05: "The Australian EEG Database", with Michie, Hunter, Rostas, Williams and Moscato, $20,000
• ARC 1995-97: "A persistent platform for conventional architectures" (second grant), with Rosenberg and Dearle, $165,000
• ARC 1993-95: "Concurrency control and resilience for generic persistent stores", with Rosenberg and Fekete, $135,000
• DEC Alpha Innovators Grant 1993: "A persistent platform for conventional architectures" with Rosenberg and Dearle, $340,000
• ARC 1992-94: "A persistent platform for conventional architectures", with Rosenberg and Dearle, $165,000