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The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC) is a bi-national intensive care clinical research methods centre. The ANZIC-RC assists with the design, funding and execution of clinical trials. It has access to experienced intensive care unit (ICU) researchers, data management and bio-statistical consultants, experienced project managers, epidemiologists and health economists. The ANZIC-RC has established comprehensive research programs from surveys and pilot studies through to large multi-centred, randomised controlled trials. It has the ability to support small, medium and/or large clinical trials.
The ANZIC-RC is a referral centre open to all ICU clinicians (including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals) offering a range of services from research advice through to full project management.
The ANZIC-RC also provides PhD or MD opportunities for clinicians interested in critical care research. PhD projects may be sub-studies of existing trials within the ANZIC-RC or may be novel, stand-alone projects. Typically, they have a clinical focus and are not basic science or lab-based research. For current PhD projects, please refer to the PhD section on our Staff webpage. For entry criteria, please refer to Monash University's PhD in Epidemiology "How to Apply" information. To discuss PhD or sabbatical opportunities at the ANZIC-RC please contact anzicrc@monash.edu.
Currently research is being conducted by the ANZIC-RC in the following areas:
- Severe sepsis
- Traumatic brain injury
- Acute lung injury
- Acute kidney injury
- Blood transfusion procedures
- Sedation practices
- Nutrition in the critically ill
ANZIC-RC services include:
- Advice on study design
- Assistance with study protocol development
- Case Report Form (CRF) design and development
- Database design
- Advice on ethical issues in ICU research such as consent forms and ethics submissions
- Statistical support including study design, power and sample size calculation, statistical analysis and interpretation
- Full project management
- Advice on manuscript preparation
- Assistance with research funding applications
ANZIC-RC services are available to all Australian and New Zealand intensive care clinicians, including doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
The first four hours of ANZIC-RC services are provided free of charge (once per year per researcher), following approval of the project by its Scientific Review Committee. Any additional work is charged on a cost-recovery basis at approximately AUD$100 per hour.
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