Associate ProfessorPatrina Caldwell

Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Her areas of research interest include children's bladder conditions (including childhood and adolescent bedwetting and daytime urinary incontinence), online searching for health information for consumers and health professionals, using technology and virtual agents to help patients with treatments, eHealth and evidence-based medicine and critical thinking (ensuring that medical care is based on the best research evidence available).

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Enhancing adolescents health through digital health literacy
    Australian Research Council (ARC)8 Apr 2020 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
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    NAVMAN TRIAL: A multi-centre, staggered entry, waitlist randomised controlled trial of patient navigators in children with chronic kidney disease
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Pilot study of using a "Potty Monkey" for toilet training in children with special needs
    Continence Foundation of Australia1 Feb 2016
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Applications for ethics approvals of pharmaceutical trails among paediatric hospitals in Australia
    Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne1 Aug 2013
    People funded by this grant:
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    eADVICE (electronic Advice and Diagnosis Via the Internet following Computerised Evaluation): Interactive e-Health tools for shared health management between patients, general practitioners and specialists.
    The Financial Markets Foundation for Children1 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sureshkumar P,
    • Caldwell P,
    • Craig J,
    • Lau A
  • GRANT
    Randomised controlled trial of timed voiding using an alarm watch vs standard watch for the treatment of daytime urinary incontinence in children
    The Financial Markets Foundation for Children1 Jul 2011 - 30 Jun 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Caldwell P,
    • Craig J,
    • Sureshkumar P
  • GRANT
    A randomised controlled trial of a code game alarm compared with a standard alarm for treating nocturnal enuresis
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    • Caldwell P