Professor EmeritusRichard Lindley

Current projects include: 

• an inception cohort study of older people investigating the influence of frailty of important outcomes such as dementia and heart disease.
• a RCT of different treatment strategies for those with Myelin Oligodentrocyte Glycoprotein antibody associated disease (STAR-MOG)
• a stepped wedge RCT to improve the safety and quality of residential aged care (HIRAID Aged Care)
• an adaptive phase 3 RCT to determine optimal early rehabilitation after stroke (AVERT DOSE)
• Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation (https://stroke-trials-cre.org.au/) 
• Anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients with recent episodes of perioperative atrial fibrillation after noncardiac surgery – The ASPIRE-AF trial
• Dexmedetomidine in cardiac surgical intraoperative drug evaluation (DECIDE)
• HIRAID Inpatient to improve the safety and quality of nursing care for hospital patients
• Development of real time frailty monitoring technology to improve the hospital care of older Australians