
Senior Research Assistant
We are seeking to appoint a new experienced and highly motivated Senior Research Assistant who will play a central role in the administration and organisation of the group.

From Victoria to Queensland, read more about Molly-rose’s postdoctoral research journey
Meet Molly-rose, CCRG’s new postdoctoral research fellow continuing our heart transplantation research programme.


Research Breakthrough Set to Personalise Treatment for Cancer, Heart and Lung Disease
CCRG’s Prof John Fraser named Clinical Director of the Wesley Research Institute’s new Queensland Spatial Biology Centre (QSBC).

PhD candidate wins Best Paper at Australasia computational mechanics conference
CCRG PhD student Dhayananth Kanagarajan has been awarded the Best Research Paper at the Sixth Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACCM 2023).

Why we need global data to solve global problems
The latest paper by CCRG’s COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium calls for mandatory ethnicity and social determinants for international research projects.

Meet the CCRG’s new Allied Health Researcher, Allison Kearney
For trained psychologist Allison Kearney it was the opportunity to progress her career in project management and research that led her to join the group.

CCRG’s Dr Nchafatso Obonyo wins national APA accolade
Dr Nchafatso Obonyo named as the African Australian Professional of the Year.

Robotic cardiac ultrasound offers world-first care to rural towns
Regional and remote communities will benefit from a world-first cardiac robotic ultrasound, removing the barriers for Queenslanders to access quality cardiac care.

The latest research papers from the Critical Care Research Group
Summary of papers published by the Group Aug-October 2023

PhD candidate wins Young Investigator Award at ISMCS Conference
The ISMCS provides a broad international forum for intensive discussion of research, development, clinical use and social acceptance of rotary blood pumps and all related forms of mechanical circulatory support.

Group-wide recognition for Metro North Health’s Awards Season
CCRG researchers and group-led initiatives have been recognised in both The Prince Charles Hospital Staff Excellence Awards and Metro North Health Research Excellence Awards.

Heart Foundation announces funding for two CCRG biomedical projects
CCRG projects have today been announced as recipients of Vanguard Research Grants from the Heart Foundation, 2 of 4 Queensland-based recipients.

Standing ‘stronger together’ for Allied Health Professions Day 2023
From clinicians to biologists, physiotherapists to engineers, mental health experts to data scientists, CCRG’s multidisciplinary team is what sets us apart. Only by working together can we take ideas and see them fully realised into new treatment methods that improve the lives of critically ill patients.

CCRG flag flies high in Estonia
Critical Care Research Group takes centre stage at the 11th International Baltic Congress of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Congress

In pictures: CCRG welcomes Professor Samson Kinyanjui
CCRG hosts Professor Samson Kinyanjui to celebrate ongoing collaboration with Kenya’s KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme.

Tests that diagnose diseases are less reliable than you’d expect. Here’s why
You feel unwell, and visit your doctor. They ask some questions and take some blood for testing; a few days later they call to say you have been diagnosed with a disease.

From Switzerland to Chermside - A student’s quest to better understand biomedical engineering
CCRG recently welcomed Slava Bolotnikov from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne for an 8-week internship placement

Research Study Highlights Complexities of ICU Environment
Qualitative research study by CCRG explored issues experienced by staff in the intensive care setting to improve ICU environment.

Meet KEMRI-Wellcome alumn and CCRG Research Fellow, Dr Nchafatso Obonyo
Highlighting CCRG’s world leading sepsis research to mark World Sepsis Day 2023. With an estimated incidence of 49 million cases annually of sepsis and a 20% death rate in the developed world, this research has enormous implications for the health outcomes of millions of people.