Kidney Research

Phone:	9845 1469
Fax:	9845 1491
Location:	The Research Building, Level 2

The Centre for Kidney Research Mission

Research We endeavour to bring the most rigorous and up to date research methods available to bear on research questions of importance about the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract

Better outcomes We are based in a clinical environment, so we seek to address questions which are relevant to patients and to provide answers which will influence better health outcomes.

Education We believe that we have a responsibility to teach others about kidney research, and that we should make a useful contribution to the local, national and international research communities.

For more details and contact information, visit the Centre for Kidney Research website

There are a number of research groupings within the Centre for Kidney Research. Membership of the groupings overlaps extensively, and the research methodologies which are employed include clinical trials, cohort studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, epidemiological surveys, questionnaires and qualitative methods such as focus groups, laboratory studies, use of human blood and tissue samples and animal models.

Our current research includes:

• Aboriginal Health
• ARDAC [Antecedents for Renal Disease in Aboriginal Children]
• SEARCH [Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health]
• Cancer & Kidney Disease
• CARI Guidelines [Caring for Australians with Renal Impairment]
• CCRE in Renal Medicine [NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Renal Medicine]
• Continence Research
• CRG [Cochrane Renal Group]
• Glomerulonephritis Research
• Getting Research into Practice
• Nephrotic Syndrome Research
• PRIVENT [Prevention of Recurrent urinary tract Infection in children with VEsicoureteric reflux and Normal renal tracts Trial]
• Renal Genetics
• STEP [Screening and Test Evaluation Program]
• FEVER Study [Febrile EValuation of children in the Emergency Room]
• Monitoring
• Diagnostic tests
• Support for parents with chronic kidney disease[CKD]
• Patient priorities for research in chronic kidney disease [CKD]
• Transplantation Research

Related services and clinics

• Nephrology