The Common Good Research Fellows
Congratulations to Dr Chris Chan on his successful Research Fellowship from The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation. The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Fellowships provide full-time salary support to post-doctoral researchers.
Research Project: Reducing bleeding with Mechanical Hearts through Improved Blood-Compatibility.
Chris will be undertaking laboratory based methods to investigate the cause of bleeding in CF-LVAD patients with the intention of improving testing standards and LVAD design principles, whilst also directly translating into patient care protocols.
Chris’ project will develop a comprehensive haemocompatibility benchmark for LVAD in vitro testing and inform LVAD designers whether the next-generation LVAD should incorporate pulsatility in order to reduce bleeding complications. Furthermore, the proposed exercise study could lead to a new clinical guidelines for improving bleeding management strategies.
EMERGING RESEARCHER GRANTS
Congratulations to Martin Mapley and Clayton Semenzin who have both been awarded an Emerging Researcher Grant from The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation.
Martin Mapley
Novel Hubless Axial Flow Impeller for Rotary Blood Pumps
Clayton Semenzin
Investigation of Introducing Pulsatility Through Manipulation of the Impeller Axial Clearance to Centrifugal Rotary Blood Pumps
The Common Good, an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, provides extensive medical research funding.