EpiCentre
A state-of-the-art health informatics, biostatistics, health economics and epidemiology centre
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State-of-the art research
Based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Adelaide EpiCentre’s objectives are to grow research and research translation; support clinical researchers with advice, training and mentorship; and optimise health service delivery through data-driven insights.
About the EpiCentre
Our activities revolve around clinical epidemiology with the aims of improving access to and outcomes of health care.
Key functions
Clinical and applied research support
Advice on study design and clinical epidemiology
Advice and support for data management (e.g., linked data) and analyses (e.g., biostatistics)
Advice about ethics and governance issues related to data use in a health setting
Health economics
Quantification of the economic burden of ill-health
Economic evaluation of health interventions complementary to other fields of research
Evaluation of the impact of health programs in hospitals or other settings, to refine programs and inform practice and policy
Teaching, training and mentorship
Supervision of higher research degrees
Research mentorship
Short courses
Ad-hoc advice to clinicians, researchers and students
Health Services Research
Facilitate the use of routinely collected health and EMR data for research and service improvement.
Use of data to drive health service planning and evaluation.
Research translation and implementation
Support to improve the real-world relevance of research
Support for implementation of research findings into practice and policy
Our team
The EpiCentre team is available to provide expert advice, leadership, supervision, and training.
Professor Stephen McDonald | Director, EpiCentre
Dr Emmanuel Gnanamanickam | Consultant Research Epidemiologist
Associate Professor Liz Sutton | Director, Research, CALHN
Annie Conway | Biostatistician
Support team
Dr Flynn Slattery | Strategic Projects Officer
Loredana Sterian | Administration Manager
Key collaborators
Professor Guy Ludbrook | Director of PARC Clinical Research
Professor Sheree Smith | Professor of Nursing
Professor Gerry O'Callaghan | Senior Consultant Intensive Care Medicine
Madison Bills | Lead Research Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Examples of our work
- Rates and determinants of risk of readmission to hospital
- Vancomycin and acute kidney injury
- Morbidity and Mortality following COVID-19 treatments in South Australia
- Use of Registry data to support health service decision making.
- Prediction of future demand for dialysis
- Novel ways of examining patient flow through the hospital
- Sarcopenia and visceral obesity following Neoadjuvant treatment
- Reducing Arterial Blood Gas sampling among ICU patients
- South Australian Myeloid Neoplasm (SA-MN) Registry
Our mission
The mission of the Adelaide EpiCentre is to improve the quality and quantity of clinical research performed on CALHN campuses with a specific focus on use of data to answer clinical research questions and to build the underlying evidence base for clinical practice.
Research skills workshop series
This series aims to upskill new researchers in study design, statistical analysis, health economics and more, all with a clinical focus. All are welcome, but this series is aimed at early career researchers and those starting their research training. This series is being delivered as part of the Clinician PhD Pathway operated by CALHN and The University of Adelaide.
Upcoming sessions
Session
Date and time
Multivariate models 1
14 May 2025 12-12:45pm
Multivariate models 2
11 June 2025 12-12:45pm
Quality improvement statistics
09 July 2025 12-12:45pm
Introduction to health economics
13 August 2025 12-12:45pm
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This page was last updated 22 May 2025.