
Young researchers shine in latest grants round from The Common Good
In this round of grants from The Common Good, five CCRG research fellows were awarded close to $50,000 to undertake projects covering multiple research streams and topics.
Two-week placement for Hong Kong graduate, Kelly Lee
CCRG recently hosted Kelly Lee, a medical graduate from Hong Kong, for a two-week exchange as part of our commitment to supporting early and mid-career researchers.

CCRG welcomes ‘Charlie’s Greats’ for landmark collaboration
CCRG’s regularly collaborates with many of the world’s leading surgeons, radiologists, data scientists and research assistants. This week those visitors included “Former Charlie’s Greats”

From physiotherapist to full-time researcher, meet Luke Churchill
For senior physiotherapist/researcher, Luke Churchill, joining the Critical Care Research Group has helped accelerate his research career.

Why a career in critical care research?
We recently sat down with Clinical Research Nurse Gabriella Abbate to learn more about what it’s like behind the scenes in the largest preclinical ICU in the southern hemisphere and what she find most rewarding about critical care research.
Research Assistant hangs up lab coat after five years
After five years with the Critical Care Research Group, Research Assistant Mahe Bouquet recently hung up her lab coat and says it will be the diversity of the projects and people that she’ll miss the most.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Heart Transplantation
CCRG’s Living Heart Project looking for new new Postdoctoral Research Fellow to take study to the next level. This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to focus their efforts on developing their research profile.

A research nurse’s aim to advance innovative projects that have real world applications
For Research Nurse, Sofia Portatadino a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to move to Australia led to her discovering a passion for working in a preclinical environment.

Investigating novel echocardiographic assessments for RHF
The experience gained from being involved in translational research firsthand will no doubt have a tremendous impact on my research career.

From a busy ED to running surgical procedures in preclinical experiments, meet Dr Shinichi Ijuin
I have no doubt that my experience at CCRG and being exposed to translational research will have a significant impact on my life, and my career as a medical doctor.

Meet former CCRG Research Nurse, Noriko
After moving to Australia from Japan more than three years ago, former CCRG Research Nurse Noriko Sato played a key role in many preclinical studies.

Recent Masters graduate joins the team
Senior Research Assistant, Rachana Panduru, travelled, worked and studied in more than 10 countries before join the team.

CCRG is the perfect platform to combine passions
Before joining CCRG, Barbara Zangerl was working as a Cardiac Nurse at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

‘Heart in a box’ now a proven gamechanger
CCRG collaborators have today declared a new method of donor heart preservation a gamechanger for heart transplantation in Australia and New Zealand.

Farewell Dr Kei Sato
Earlier this month, we farewelled one of our longest serving CCRG Research Fellows, Dr Kei Sato, as he and his family return to Japan after four years. We sat down with Dr Sato to reflect on his time with CCRG.

Congratulations Dr Obonyo, Winner, Africa Forty Under 40 Awards
Dr Nchafatso Obonyo has been acknowledged in the prestigious Africa Forty Under 40 Awards.
HMP revolutionises heart transplantation
CCRG’s preclinical HMP research “revolutionises heart transplantation” - Surgical News
The gift of life … straight from the heart
Thank you to The Australian Health Editor, Natasha Robinson, for the front-page profile of CCRG’s Living Heart Project on January 28, 2023. Read full article here.

My dad was ventilated in ICU when I was 27…
A message from Critical Care Research Group Founder Professor John Fraser on the group’s world-first ICU of the Future Project.
CCRG unveils world-first ICU of the Future
Five years in the making, CCRG unveils the ICU of the Future