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Professor EmeritusJohn Chalmers

Professor Emeritus

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Professor Emeritus
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Large scale clinical trials and epidemiological studies in relation to hypertension, to coronary heart disease and stroke, and to diabetes and renal disease. Particular focus on international studies that include low and middle income countries as well as countries with advanced economies.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Apps to improve medication adherence in Coronary Heart Disease (MedApp-CHD) Study
    National Heart Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Discovery and translation of evidence for new strategies to combat cardiovascular diseases
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Rodgers A,
    • Perkovic V,
    • Chalmers J,
    • Woodward M,
    • MacMahon SW
  • GRANT
    Enhanced Control of Hypertension and Thrombolysis Stroke Study (ENCHANTED)
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Arima H,
    • Wang J,
    • Chalmers J,
    • Anderson C,
    • Levi C
  • GRANT
    Reducing Salt in the Australian Diet
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Neal B,
    • Chalmers J,
    • Smith WT,
    • Szabo L,
    • Woodward M
  • GRANT
    Generating the evidence for new strategies to combat cardiovascular diseases.
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • MacMahon SW,
    • Patel A,
    • Chalmers J,
    • Woodward M,
    • Neal B
  • GRANT
    Using health economics to strengthen ties between evidence, policy and practice in chronic disease
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    INTERACT: a randomised trial of intensive blood pressure lowering in acute intracerebral haermorrhage
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lindley R,
    • Chalmers J,
    • Anderson C,
    • Wang JG,
    • Wang J
  • GRANT
    New evidence to guide decisions about the prevention and treatment of common cardiovascular diseases
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2005
    People funded by this grant:
    • Croft K,
    • MacMahon SW,
    • Woodward M,
    • Croft KD,
    • Anderson C
  • GRANT
    The blood pressure lowering treatment trialists collaboration
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2003
    People funded by this grant:
    • Woodward M,
    • MacMahon SW,
    • Neal B,
    • Chapman N,
    • Chalmers J
  • GRANT
    A factorial randomised trial of intensive blood pressure lowering and glucose control in subjects with type 2 diabetes
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2002
    People funded by this grant:
    • MacMahon SW,
    • Woodward M,
    • Chalmers J,
    • Neal B
  • GRANT
    Internal Research Support Chalmers - CHS
    University of Sydney1 Jan 2002
    People funded by this grant:
    • Chalmers J
  • GRANT
    WHO-ISH BP blood pressure lowering treatment trialists collaboration
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2001
    People funded by this grant:
    • Chalmers J,
    • Neal B,
    • MacMahon SW
  • GRANT
    Central inhibitory neurons in experimental hypertension
    Heart Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2000
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Functional specificity of bulbospinal pathways regulating blood pressure
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2000
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Servier Clinical Trial Agreement (including variation to the agreement between the Uni of Syd, ADIR & The Institut de Recherches Int Servier)
    Servier1 Jan 2000
    People funded by this grant:
    • Monaghan H,
    • Chalmers J,
    • Kramer D,
    • Pracy M,
    • Sowden K
  • GRANT
    WHO-ISH blood pressure lowering treatment trialists collaboration
    Heart Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2000
    People funded by this grant:
    • Neal B,
    • MacMahon SW,
    • Chalmers J
  • GRANT
    NHMRC 990846 MacMahon
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 1999
    People funded by this grant:
    • MacMahon SW,
    • Neal B,
    • Chalmers J