ProfessorMichael Solomon

Level 3 Supervisor, Central Clinical School

Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

EVIDENCE BASED SURGERY, RCT'S AND CLINICAL SURGICAL TRIALS, COLORECTAL SURGERY

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    NSAID administration Or Theatre Benzodiazepine Avoidance for Delirium & Days Alive and at Home
    Medical Research Future Fund1 Mar 2026 - 31 May 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sanders R,
    • Agar M,
    • Beard D,
    • Evered L,
    • Lange P
  • GRANT
    PROSPER: A pilot, pragmatic, registry-embedded, multi-centre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of oral oxycodone versus sublingual buprenorphine for postoperative pain control after pelvic exenteration
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Apr 2025 - 30 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Supportive Multimodal Approach to Accelerate Recovery Following Cancer Surgery
    Cancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Pathway Of Low Anterior Resection syndrome relief after Surgery (POLARiS) trial
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Aug 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Patton V,
    • Stevenson A,
    • Lubowski D,
    • Warwick A,
    • Wilson C
  • GRANT
    PRIORITY TRIAL - Preoperative exercise for patients undergoing major abdominal cancer surgery: A Multicentre Randomised controlled Trial
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Li Q,
    • Riedel B,
    • Young J,
    • Koh C,
    • Morton R
  • GRANT
    Sydney Edinburgh Research Collaboration Into Cancer Outcome Variation
    Office of Global Engagement7 Sep 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Morrison D,
    • Young J,
    • Theordoratou E,
    • Hall P,
    • Solomon M
  • GRANT
    Hide and seek with hereditary cancer: improving detection of colorectal cancer patients with a high risk of Lynch syndrome
    Cancer Australia1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Tucker KM,
    • Parkinson B,
    • Pachter N,
    • Macrea F,
    • Shaw TT
  • GRANT
    Hide and seek with hereditary cancer: improving detection of colorectal cancer patients with a high risk of Lynch syndrome
    Cancer Australia1 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gill A,
    • Macrea F,
    • Tucker KM,
    • Canfell K,
    • Parkinson B
  • GRANT
    e-Dietitian for e-nutrition: Feasibility of an ICT-enabled model of care to support implementation of evidence-based nutrition care pathways for patients undergoing surgery for Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers in Sydney Local Health District
    Sydney Local Health District1 Jan 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Harrison M,
    • Murray S,
    • Solomon M,
    • Carey S,
    • Beale P
  • GRANT
    Mapping social networks in cancer care: Influence of social networks and technology on patient experience of cancer care coordination
    Sydney Local Health District1 Jul 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Solomon M,
    • Young J,
    • Durcinoska I
  • GRANT
    A La CaRT: Australasian Laparoscopic Cancer of the Rectum Trial. A phase III prospective randomised trial comparing laparoscopic-assisted resection versus open resection for rectal cancer
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Stevenson A,
    • Lumley J,
    • Fleshman J,
    • Solomon M,
    • Clouston AD
  • GRANT
    Quantifying evidence-practice gaps in clinical follow up for people with rectal cancer in NSW: a population study
    University of Sydney - Sydney Catalyst Translational Cancer Research1 Jan 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Solomon M,
    • Young J
  • GRANT
    A La CaRT: Australasian phase III randomised trial comparing laparoscopic-assisted versus open resection for rectal cancer
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lumley J,
    • Stevenson A,
    • Solomon M,
    • Fleshman J,
    • Clouston A
  • GRANT
    Development and evaluation of composite clinical indicators of hospital performance for comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care for colectoral cancer
    Cancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    • Solomon M,
    • Young J
  • GRANT
    Improving colorectal cancer care coordination: centralised, tumour-specific or local, generic models of service delivery
    Cancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Improving psychosocial outcomes for cancer carers: a pilot study of a novel telephone intervention
    Cancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Young J,
    • Solomon M
  • GRANT
    Improving psychosocial outcomes for cancer carers: a randomised controlled trial
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Solomon M,
    • Davidson P,
    • Harrison J,
    • Young J,
    • Martin DJ
  • GRANT
    Quality of life outcomes and cost effectiveness of pelvic exenteration for people with advanced rectal cancer
    Cancer Australia1 Jan 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • Herriot A,
    • Salkeld G,
    • Solomon M,
    • King M,
    • Frizelle F
  • GRANT
    Improving the patient journey: randomised trail of centralised remote access cancer care co-ordination (CRACCC) to improve processes and outcomes of care
    Cancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Use of Proteomic Analyses to improve the management of colorectal cancer - the SCRIPT for CRC Projec
    Cancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kohonen-Corish MRJ,
    • McKay M,
    • Solomon M,
    • Beale P,
    • Lin BPC
  • GRANT
    From theory to practice: Implementing patient decision support tools into everyday clinical practice
    University of Sydney1 Jan 2006
    People funded by this grant:
    • Young J,
    • Solomon M
  • GRANT
    Strengthen Cancer Care initiative - Infrastructure Support for Clinical Trials Program (Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group)
    Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing1 Jan 2006
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hewett P,
    • Stevenson A,
    • Solomon M
  • GRANT
    NSW psycho-oncology cooperative research group
    Cancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2005
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kelly BJ,
    • Mason C,
    • King MT,
    • King M,
    • White K
  • GRANT
    Measuring individual preferences for preventive goods: the application of conjoint analysis to colorectal cancer screening
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Solomon M,
    • Short LM,
    • Ward J,
    • Salkeld G