RESEARCH
Taranaki Medical Foundation is proud to be associated with the following major research projects and programmes in Taranaki:
Whanau Pakari
Whanau Pakari is a support service for 4-16 year olds with weight issues and uses a team of health professionals to support tamariki, rangatahi and whānau.
The name means: 'Healthy self-assured whānau that are fully active'.
It evolved from a need to create a service for children, adolescents and their whānau dealing with weight issues in Taranaki.
Yvonne C. Anderson, Lisa E. Wynter, Niamh A. O'Sullivan, Cervantée E. K. Wild, Cameron C. Grant, Tami L. Cave, José G. B. Derraik, Paul L. Hofman
ADHD Screening Tool
Knee Density Study
Effect of knee arthroplasty on bone density.
Proximal tibial bone density is preserved after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
Bradley I Richmond, Simon V Hadlow, Tim G Lynskey, Cameron G Walker, Jacob T Munro
SUMMER STUDENT RESEARCH
Copies of student research can be requested from the Executive Secretary
2024-2025
Baraa Abuharbid
Amy Simmers
Ann Mariya Tomy
Retrospective Audit on Late-Window Thrombolysis Treatment (National Stroke Reperfusion Register)
Audit on Cardiovascular Risk Assessments at Whaitara Health Centre
A comparison of dental extractions under general anaesthetic for rural and urban Tamariki in Taranaki
2023-2024
Damien Mosquera
Gavin Bishop
Madeleine Hall
Darla Stroud-Bennett
Improving sustainability in gastroenterology
Understanding and enhancing ED-GP communications in Taranaki
Kōia: mana kai, mana tangata
Emergency Department Adult Sepsis Management Pre and Post Implementation of the
National Pilot of the 2021 “Sepsis Ready Programme”at Te Whatu Ora Taranaki
2022-2023
Josh McCormack
Ekta Bagga
Sex outside the city
Calculating the familial risk of breast cancer
2021-2022
Maya Page
Cerianne Murray
Grace Coomber
Ekta Bagga
Growing wellbeing - gardening prescriptions in Taranaki
Discrepancies between CT coronary angiography versus conventional coronary angiography
Assessment of the impact of the Whakaihu Taiora clinic within the Parihaka community
Improving Screening of Depression in Rest Homes: A Pilot Project in Taranaki
2020-2021
Maya Page
Ellen O'Byrne
Gavin Bishop
Re-establishing Māori Birthing Tikanga in Taranaki
Diabetes in pregnancy
Mental health presentations at Taranaki Emergency Departments
Paediatric forearm fracture audit
2019-2020
Angus Tinson
Samantha Leary
Min Ji Shin
Audit of paediatric patient transfers from Hawera Emergency Department
Barriers to advance care planning in the primary care setting
Audit of elderly head trauma presenting to Emergency Department
2018-2019
Samantha Leary
Eden Florence
Jack Earp
Barriers to Advanced Care Planning
Mycoplasma genitalium in New Plymouth
TDHB Cardiology
2017-2018
Bree-Anna Langton
Thomas Spencer
Jack Earp
Hepatitis C prevention in Taranaki
Audit of falls presentations from residential aged care to TBH Emergency Department
Standardization of elective surgery
OTHER RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY GRANTS
Dr. Jessica Leary & Mr Timothy Lynskey
Comparative analysis of suture choice in open bilateral carpal tunnel surgery: a randomized controlled trial
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ans.70030
Dr Tad Piszel (Winner Best Original Paper, NZOA Orthopaedic Paper Day 2017)
Can simple elastic wrap protect surgical gloves against perforations related to solid-core suture knot tying?
Dr Vikesh Patel
Revision following cemented and uncemented Oxford-III primary medial unicompartmental knee replacements: A 19-Year analysis from the New Zealand Joint Registry.
An analysis of the Oxford Shoulder Score and its relationship to early joint revision in the New Zealand Joint Registry.
Pretubercular subcutaneous thickness is a protective factor for superficial wound complications after total knee arthroplasty in nonmorbidly obese patients.
Dr Lucy Hinton (Winner of the Damian Mosquera Research Award 2018)
The Reintroduction of vascular surgery at Taranaki Base Hospital - cultural changes to elective list management