Modelling software helps fight against COVID-19
Groundbreaking COVID-19 modelling software designed on the Gold Coast is playing a key role in the fight against the pandemic – and its creators hope it will also help win the war against future diseases.
Professor Chris Stapelberg, the Joint Chair in Mental Health for Gold Coast University Hospital and Bond University, began work on the Discrete-Event, Simulated Social Agent-Based Network Transmission (DESSABNeT) model in early April last year, as Australia was gripped with fears over COVID-19.
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Local tv news showcases research into impact of pandemic on ED
An Emergency Medicine Foundation grant will help Professor Julia Crilly, Professor Gerben Keijzers and research colleagues put the impacts of COVID-19 on emergency care under the microscope.
Emergency care researchers probe pandemic impacts
Gold Coast Health researchers have put the impacts of COVID-19 on emergency care under the microscope after securing almost $120,000 from the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF).
The COVERED COVID study: Comprehensive Outcomes that VERify the impact on EDs from COVID-19
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Dr Dinesh Palipana, OAM
Dr Jamie Ranse
A/Prof Jaimi Greenslade
Dr Ben Walters
Dr Anthony Padowitz
A/Prof David Green, OAM
Amy Sweeny
Dr Ya-Ling Huang
A/Prof Pathmanathan Sivakumaran
Kate Gilmour
Prof Andrea Marshall
Prof Chris Stapelberg
Dr Audra Gedmintas
Dr Ping Zhang
Prof Julia Crilly, Prof Gerben Keijzers, A/Prof David Green, Dr Ya-ling Huang and Amy Sweeny are amongst the ED research team investigators who were awarded $65,504 from EMF for a State-wide review of the impact of COVID and social distancing on presentations for stroke, respiratory conditions, mental health, sepsis, cardiovascular conditions, and trauma. This is a collaborative project with a State-wide and local component, working with experts in the public and private sector, and a variety of clinicians with expertise in each condition,
