Our Research Team
| Dr Scott Murray | Geriatrician, Head of Department |
| Dr George Szonyi | Geriatrician |
| Associate Professor Mark Latt | Geriatrician |
| Dr Melanie Wroth | Geriatrician |
| Dr Rihan Shahab | Geriatrician |
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Geriatric Medicine Research
The Department of Geriatric Medicine is engaged in research that examines the major clinical syndromes experienced by older persons in the community: falls, mobility disorders, delirium, dementia, continence, polypharmacy and frailty.
Our research into falls prevention includes multicentre randomised controlled trials of exercise therapy in Parkinson's disease, dementia and mild cognitive impairment.
Our work on incontinence has led to multinational collaborations and an update of the Chapter on Incontinence in the Frail Elderly (6TH International Consultation on Incontinence) and participation in an International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) for Overactive Bladder (OAB).
The safe use of medications in older persons is the focus of many of our ongoing studies.
Our Publications
2024
| Torres R, Tee E, Harper S, Chan L, Ng J, Lee A. Severe tetanus infections across New South Wales in 2023. Med J Aust. 2024 Aug 19;221(4):188-191. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52380. Epub 2024 Jul 4. |
| Bai Z, Solomon M, Shahab R, Koh C, Steffens D. The good, the bad, and the frail - the role of prehabilitation in frail patients undergoing cancer surgery. ANZ J Surg. 2024 Jun;94(6):993-995. doi: 10.1111/ans.19027. Epub 2024 May 8. |
| Lim LL, Williams K, Francis JJ, Wroth M, Breen J. Implementation of an intervention to reduce urine dipstick testing in aged care homes: a qualitative study of enablers and barriers, and strategies to enhance delivery. BMJ Open. 2024 Mar 1;14(3):e081980. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081980. |
| Lim LL, Williams K, Francis J, Wroth M, Breen J. Feasibility of a Nurse-Led Intervention to Reduce Urine Dipstick Testing in Long-Term Residential Aged Care Homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Jun;25(6):104947. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.01.016. Epub 2024 Feb 28. |
| Shahab R, Lochrie N, Moppett IK, Dasgupta P, Partridge JSL, Dhesi JK. A Description of Interventions Prompted by Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Optimization in Older Elective Noncardiac Surgical Patients. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Dec;23(12):1948-1954.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.08.009. Epub 2022 Sep 20. |
| Pelicioni P, Menant J, Henderson E, Latt M, Brodie M, Lord S. Mild and marked executive dysfunction and falls in people with Parkinson's disease. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy 2021; 25(4): 437-443. |
| Huang, X., Latt, M., Khushi, M., Pelicioni, P., Brodie, M., Lord, S., Loy, C., Poon, S. (2021). A multi-view classification framework for falls prediction: Multiple-domain assessments in Parkinson's disease. 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2021), Manoa: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. |
| van Schooten, K., Taylor, M., Close, J., Davis, J., Paul, S., Canning, C., Latt, M., Hoang, P., Kochan, N., Sachdev, P., et al (2021). Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Affective Functions Contribute to the Prediction of Falls in Old Age and Neurologic Disorders: An Observational Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2021; 102(5): 874-880 |
Geriatric Medicine Research
Geriatric Medicine Research