Our research group is a world leader in the field of critical care research and biomedical engineering, with a focus on developing ground-breaking novel technologies and treatments to improve outcomes for the critically ill.

Luke’s research at CCRG investigates whether lung ultrasound can predict poor lung outcomes in high-risk adult patients undergoing open heart surgery.

Congratulation to CCRG Alumni Dr Kei Sato who has won the best presenter in Mechanical Circulatory Support at a prestigious meeting in Japan.

John Fraser has been announced as BEDA’s inaugural MedTech ambassador for Brisbane

The Critical Care Research Group joins our colleagues around the world in mourning the passing of Professor Paolo Pelosi, MD, FERS.

Critical Care Research Group Founder and Director Prof John Fraser and Dr Silver Heinsar travelled to the USA this month to present at The University of Florida’s SEECMO Meeting.

In this round of grants from The Common Good, five CCRG research fellows were awarded close to $50,000 to undertake projects covering multiple research streams and topics.

CCRG recently hosted Kelly Lee, a medical graduate from Hong Kong, for a two-week exchange as part of our commitment to supporting early and mid-career researchers.

CCRG’s regularly collaborates with many of the world’s leading surgeons, radiologists, data scientists and research assistants. This week those visitors included “Former Charlie’s Greats”

For senior physiotherapist/researcher, Luke Churchill, joining the Critical Care Research Group has helped accelerate his research career.

We recently sat down with Clinical Research Nurse Gabriella Abbate to learn more about what it’s like behind the scenes in the largest preclinical ICU in the southern hemisphere and what she find most rewarding about critical care research.

After five years with the Critical Care Research Group, Research Assistant Mahe Bouquet recently hung up her lab coat and says it will be the diversity of the projects and people that she’ll miss the most.

CCRG’s Living Heart Project looking for new new Postdoctoral Research Fellow to take study to the next level. This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to focus their efforts on developing their research profile.

For Research Nurse, Sofia Portatadino a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to move to Australia led to her discovering a passion for working in a preclinical environment.

The experience gained from being involved in translational research firsthand will no doubt have a tremendous impact on my research career.

I have no doubt that my experience at CCRG and being exposed to translational research will have a significant impact on my life, and my career as a medical doctor.

After moving to Australia from Japan more than three years ago, former CCRG Research Nurse Noriko Sato played a key role in many preclinical studies.

Senior Research Assistant, Rachana Panduru, travelled, worked and studied in more than 10 countries before join the team.

Before joining CCRG, Barbara Zangerl was working as a Cardiac Nurse at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

CCRG collaborators have today declared a new method of donor heart preservation a gamechanger for heart transplantation in Australia and New Zealand.