NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE)

In 2005, Professor Brian Oldenburg (Chief Investigator) and a larger working group of co-investigators were awarded NHMRC funding for a Centre of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) in Circulatory and Associated Conditions in Urban Indigenous Peoples.

No where else is the widespread disadvantage of Indigenous Australians more dramatically highlighted than in the 20 year gap in the average life expectancy between the Indigenous peoples of Australia and other Australians.  Much of this gap is accounted for by the large burden of disease attributable to circulatory and associated conditions in Australia’s Indigenous Peoples; with diseases of the cardiovascular system is the biggest single cause of premature deaths in the Indigenous Australian Population .

This project is funded by the NHMRC for five years.

This project is managed by staff co-located at Monash University and the Queensland Aboriginal Islander Health Council in Brisbane.

Research & Project Staff

Professor Brian Oldenburg (Monash University)
Professor Wendy Hoy (the University of Queensland)
Associate Professor Cindy Shannon
Dr Andrew Tonkin (Monash University)
Mr Traven Lee (National Heart Foundation Australia)
Professor Ian Ring (University of Wollongong)
Associate Professor Jacinta Elston (James Cook University)
Dr Mark Wenitong (Wu Chopperen Health Services
Ms Leilani Pearce (Queensland Aboriginal Islander Health Council (QAIHC))
Mr Dallas Leon(Queensland Aboriginal Islander Health Council (QAIHC))
Ms Audrey Deemal (Queensland Aboriginal Islander Health Council (QAIHC))
Ms Bronwyn Fredericks (Monash University)

Resources – including publications and reports