Research

The Research and Evaluation Department is housed within the Strategy and Planning Division. The Department has a range of roles and functions, including research governance, research project initiation, supervision, monitoring and publishing. Core functions of the Department include:

• Research governance and promotion
• Research program development including epidemiological research on key patient groups (eg trauma and cardiac arrest)
• Research liaison, advice and coordination
• Establishment of research partnerships
• Securing research funding for AV
• Project evaluation and analysis
• Development of clinical indicators
• Maintenance of the Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry (VACAR)
• Provision of data to other key registries such as the Victorian State Trauma Registry and the Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Surveillance Project

Research Team

Dr Karen Smith
Manager of Research and Evaluation:
Karen.Smith@ambulance.vic.gov.au

Dr Amee Morgans
Research Development Manager
Amee.Morgans@ambulance.vic.gov.au

Janet Bray
VACAR Senior Research Fellow
Janet.Bray@ambulance.vic.gov.au

Dr Shelley Cox
Trauma Senior Research Fellow
Shelley.Cox@ambulance.vic.gov.au