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Ageing
	Associate Professor Gideon Caplan     Prince of Wales Clinical School - Department of Medicine Statement of Interests: The delivery of acute health services has potential benefits and side effects of an order of magnitude greater than most pharmaceutical agents, yet are rarely vigorously studied. It may be possible to manipulate these effects by, for example, the substitution for care in the hospital with care at home, during the acute or post acute phases. This would bring benefits for health outcomes, patient satisfaction and costs to the health system which need to be defined. Delirium is the most common problem bedevilling older people in hospital. Yet little is understood about the basic pathophysiology of delirium. Using a multidisciplinary, bedside to lab bench approach, we hope to unlock the mystery of delirium. More...
	Associate Professor Jacqueline Close     Prince of Wales Clinical School Statement of Interests: Falls and fracture prevention in older people through: a)the systematic identification of risk factors b)the testing of interventions through RCTs c)application of the evidence in the routine clinical setting More...
	Dr Rema Oliver     Prince of Wales Clinical School Statement of Interests: Dr Rema Oliver, a full-time research fellow at the Surgical & Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, has for the past 9 years been investigating the biological process which occurs during fracture repair of both pathological (osteoporosis) and arthroplastic-induced foreign body reactions. Current research focuses upon the physiological consequences of osteoporosis especially in post-menopausal women. This work is carried out in collaboration with orthopaedic surgeons at the Prince of Wales Hospital. More...
	Dr Tuly Rosenfeld     Prince of Wales Clinical School Statement of Interests: Emergency departments and the elderly; medications in the elderly; speech and nutrition in the elderly; swallowing disorders. Pre and Post Acute Care of Older People Pharmacy and Ageing More...
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