The successful projects demonstrate the breadth of health and medical research excellence at the University of Sydney, with researchers developing innovative solutions to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care.<\/p>\n
Among the recipients, Professor Melissa Baysari<\/a>‘s work will focus on improving the safety and effectiveness of electronic health records, which are now used across almost all healthcare settings. This program of work will generate and translate evidence on the optimal design and implementation of these systems to minimise the risks while maximising benefits for patients and healthcare providers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Professor Ollie Jay<\/a> will investigate the growing health impacts of extreme heat, which is causing record temperatures worldwide and contributing to a substantial burden of illness and death. His research aims to fill critical gaps in heat-health science and deliver urgently needed, sustainable solutions that protect vulnerable populations, strengthen long-term resilience and reduce the burden of other diseases worsened by heat stress.<\/p>\n Professor Georgina Long<\/a> will investigate why some patients with advanced melanoma develop resistance to immunotherapy despite the significant advances these treatments have delivered. This project will use predictive models to identify treatment-resistant patients upfront, advanced adaptive clinical trial designs to assign patients to experimental drugs based on their unique tumour biology, and biological samples to study mechanisms of resistance to be fed back into future trials.<\/p>\n