ProfessorHasantha Gunasekera
Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
General Paediatrics
Refugee health
Otitis media
Medical education
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTACCESS: Aboriginal Community Controlled Ear health Surveillance System: developing, embedding and evaluating best practice models of careDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Craig J,
- Teixeira-Pinto AR,
- Bailey S,
- Banks E,
- Falster K
- GRANTDeadly Ears at Discharge - A hospital-based randomised controlled trial of an additional ear and hearing assessment to inform discharge planning by a trained Aboriginal Ear Health Worker in Aboriginal children with chronic ear infectionNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2020People funded by this grant:
- Gunasekera H
- GRANTImproving ear health among Indigenous childrenDepartment of Health (Federal)1 Sep 2019People funded by this grant:
- Gunasekera H,
- Iredell J
- GRANTA multi-centre randomised controlled trial to compare nasal balloon autoinflation versus no nasal balloon autoinflation for otitis media with effusion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (the INFLATE trial)National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Abbott P,
- Gunasekera H
- GRANTCentre of Research Excellence CRE in Partnership Pathways to Better Care and Outcomes for Aboriginal Young PeopleNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- GRANTEvidence for action to improve the health of urban Aboriginal children and adolescents: The SEARCH StudyNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Gunasekera H,
- Banks E
- GRANTCentre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Children's Healthy EARs (ICHEAR)National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Leach AJ,
- Gunasekera H
- GRANTCentre of Research Excellence in Otitis Media of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ChildrenNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Gunasekera H
- GRANTRandomised controlled trial of antimicrobial treatment versus watchful waiting for acute otitis media without perforation in low risk Aboriginal childrenNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Gunasekera H,
- Reath J
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Reath J,
- Askew D,
- Girosi F,
- Gunasekera H,
- Kong K
- GRANTCentre of Research Excellence in urban Aboriginal child healthAustralian Primary Health Care Research Institute1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- Fernando D,
- Delaney-Thiele D,
- Wright D,
- Raphael B,
- D Este C
- GRANTHealth trajectories in urban Aboriginal children: the SEARCH StudyNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- McIntyre P,
- Redman S,
- Bailey S,
- Eades S,
- Gunasekera H
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Banks E,
- Purcell A,
- Williamson A,
- Gunasekera H,
- Bailey S
- GRANTSEARCH: better evidence, better health for urban Aboriginal childrenNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- D'Este C,
- Redman S,
- Eades SJ,
- Gunasekera H,
- Williamson A
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2008People funded by this grant:
- Gunasekera H
