Aims of the Department
To strive for excellence in medical education and research from the interface of basic science and clinical medicine, through novel approaches to research, through the training of high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate students, and through leadership in the provision of outstanding evidence-based teaching and clinical practice.
Contact Details
Cnr Eleanor & Marion Streets, Footscray 3011
Telephone 613 8345 6252
Facsimile: 613 9138 1157
Chair of Medicine
Professor Peter Ebeling
Director of Research
Associate Professor Robin Daly
Research Staff
Dr Alex Boussioutas
Dr Claudia Gagnon
Ms Sue Harvey
Ms Erin Wijaya Ng
Ms Anjali Haikerwall
PhD Students 2008
Mr John Sheedy
Professional Staff
Ms Lynette Kalms
Ms Fiona Wylie
| Bone and Mineral Research Interests |
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| * A study to compare the effectiveness and safety of oral low dose and megadose vitamin D treatment regimens. * Bone turnover markers in mastocytosis. * Fracture Intervention Study with Denusomab in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (FIRST study) * Zoledronic Acid for Prevention of Bone Loss after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation * Double blind multicentre randomised study to assess the effects of strontium ranelate and alendronate on bone histomorhometry in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis * Health Literacy and effective health promotion with vulnerable communities: * Health literacy in newly arrived African communities * Cultural competence in Diabetes Management. * Vertebroplasty study. * Multicentre Australian NH&MRC funded study to compare vertebroplasty with a sham procedure in safely reducing pain following acute vertebral compression fractures. * Smoking Cessation study. An NH&MRC funded study to examine the effect of smoking cessation on bone health in twins and a Quitline population. |
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