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Page contents: 2003-04 Program | 2004-05 Program | 2005-06 Program | 2006-08 Program | 2007-09 Program | 2008-10 Program

Fellows may be contacted through Victorian Travelling Fellowship Project Officer on (61 3) 9096 7742 or vtfp@dhs.vic.gov.au.

2003-04 Program

	Fellow	Project area
	Donita Baird	Models of integration between acute and community sectors, aimed at preventing hospital admissions in older, frail adults with chronic illness.
	Tanis Cameron Joanne Sweeney	Exploration of improvement in the quality and safety of service to patients with tracheostomy across the continuum of care.
	Jennifer Colbert	Building a competency based approach to health profession role redesign.
	Grace Couchman	Evaluation of best clinical systems for integration of family programs and best practices for both acute and community care settings for psychosis, eating disorders and anxiety/depression.
	Gary Croton	Investigation of initiatives designed to integrate treatment responses to clients with concurrent mental health and substance use disorders.
	Matt Dixon	Investigation of youth health services with high level youth participation, with particular emphasis on services to young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
	Karen Dunn	Improving patient safety: communication and medication error.
	Jenny Trezise	Improving health and wellbeing, nutrition, social connectedness, skill development and empowerment through the development of community kitchens.
	Margaret Way	Investigation of the processes of building a clinical governance support team.
	John Zalcberg	Approaches used to monitor serious adverse events, including the use of decision support in clinical decision making, and the involvement of supportive care and nursing staff, as well as consumers, in routine clinical practice.

2004-05 Program

	Fellow	Project area
	Damian Armour	New ways of improving patient access to outpatient services through innovative models of care.
	Tricia Bulic	Exploration of international initiatives responding to mental health needs in the emergency department.
	Angela Edwards Maree Roberts	Investigations of innovative models of chronic disease management and best practice flow of patients between the acute and the aged sectors.
	June Dyson Beverley Ferres	An investigation of processes that reduce the duplication of assessments, ideally with a single assessment tool, and create systematic streamlined processes to manage referrals.
	Sherryn Evans	Minimisation of significant weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotic medications.
	John Heath	A study of evidence based provisions of service for long-term childhood cancer survivors.
	Jane Jones	Investigation of programs and change process involved in the introduction of multidisciplinary care for cancer patients.
	Leonie Oldmeadow	The role of physiotherapy screening clinics in managing hospital demand for secondary care of musculoskeletal patients.
	Wendy Tomlinson	Investigation of various systems in place for recording patient delays.
	Elizabeth Wilson	Examination of new roles for healthcare workers and pilot projects based on the case management model.

2005-06 Program

	Fellow	Project area
	Susan Brumby	Understanding the triggers and opportunities for improving farming family health.
	Sandra Davis	Key components of a strong person-centred approach to the provision of care, services and health promotion across different setting.
	Felicity Lawrence	An investigation of service models, systemic relationships and clinical best practice in co-occurring mental illness and intellectual disability.
	Angela Murray	Patient safety in emergency healthcare.
	Melita Van de Vreede	Improving medication safety and reducing risk of harm in hospitals.
	Fiona Whitecross	Developing an evidence based model of care for psychiatric intensive care units.
	Frances Wise	Successful and innovative management of overweight and obese patients in cardiac rehabilitation programs.
* Two awardees in the 2005-06 Program, Margaret Foulds and Justin Walter, have withdrawn from the program.

2006-08 Program

	Fellow	Project area
	Caroline Byrne	Dual diagnosis: from early intervention to residential rehabilitation.
	Lucinda Hossack	Develop, establish and evaluate a comprehensive review program for clients with genetic mutation causing a hereditary cancer syndrome.
	Karen McLean	Clinical handover: improving junior doctor shift-to-shift handover.
	Penelope Sheehan	A study of postnatal review services in tertiary maternity centres

2007-09 Program

	Fellow	Project area
	Michelle Cimoli	Developing a consistent and coordinated approach to advancing clinical roles to maximise safety and quality of healthcare for patients.
	Anna Green	Evaluation of the intensive care unit liaison nurse model in Victoria - identifying best practice models and professional requirements for nurses in this role.
	Bernadette McDonald and Denis O’Leary	Aims to develop and implement the most innovative and new method of elective surgery delivery in Australia.
	Simon Ruth	Developing a model of community based alcohol and drug treatment for an ageing population.

2008-10 Program

	Fellow	Project area
	Melissa Heywood	The nurse-link project: improving the quality of palliative care provided to children through the development of a state-wide educational initiative for nurses.
	Sarah Macnee	Identifying best practice models of care for adolescent transition in a rheumatology setting.
	Jo-Anne Moorfoot	Identifying successful international outcome measures relevant to the Australian healthcare environment.
	Elise Sullivan	Developing the clinical infrastructure required to ensure that non-medical prescribing in the Victorian health service sector is safe and effective.
	Addie Wootten and Emma Birch	Best practice models in the multidisciplinary care of prostate cancer patients.