Deans' stroke musings: Kickstarting new stroke research Australia Stroke Foundation

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Kickstarting new stroke research Australia Stroke Foundation

This is wrong, wrong, wrong. Total missed opportunity to solve neurogenesis or neuroplasticity or any of the problems in stroke, or getting to fast accurate and easy diagnosis of stroke. Call anyone you know in the Stroke Foundation and explain exactly what they are doing wrong. No strategy. YOU need to pay it forward so your children and grandchildren have a better stroke recovery than you did. It is up to YOU.
Such a haphazard way to stroke research is pretty much worthless.
This may not be the way researchers currently work but that is a failed model in stroke. YOU are going to have to infiltrate the Stroke Foundation and point them in the right direction. The Stroke Foundation should write up RFPs that tackle the problems in stroke. That way a strategy is being followed instead of this haphazard current way of doing research.
http://www.colliemail.com.au/story/4017086/kickstarting-new-stroke-research/
THE Stroke Foundation is looking to spark the next big innovation in stroke with its annual research grants program now open.
Stroke researchers are encouraged to submit applications in a range of critical fields, including using technology in stroke rehabilitation and boosting support for carers.
Stroke Foundation Research Advisory Committee Member Professor Julie Bernhardt, said the grants program had the potential to deliver important change in stroke practice, policy and knowledge.
“Evidence-based research is key to helping health professionals and governments better understand stroke, and improving its care and treatment,” Professor Bernhardt said.
“We’re looking for new research projects in a range of areas, including improving the delivery of high quality stroke care, transitioning patients from the acute setting into the community, and managing fatigue.
“We also want to unearth new ideas about how emerging technology can help stroke patients, as well as nurturing up and coming researchers to strengthen the future of stroke care in this country.
“I encourage stroke researchers to submit their applications today. You could help us develop the next game-changer for stroke,” she said.
Stroke Foundation Chief Executive Officer Sharon McGowan said high quality research is vital to improving outcomes for Australian stroke patients.
“The Stroke Foundation is proud to support new research into how stroke is treated and managed in Australia,” Ms McGowan said.
“Our research program supports health professionals and academics to investigate innovative ways of preventing stroke, improving its treatment, and supporting stroke survivors in the community.
“More than 11,000 lives are lost to stroke every year and many more people are left with lifelong disability but it doesn’t have to be this way.
“It is crucial that we continually look at how we can improve the prevention, treatment and management of this insidious disease.”
Each year the Stroke Foundation offers a range of grants including Small Project Grants, Seed Grants and Future Leader Grants. Applications are now open and will close on Friday, August 26. For more information on the program and how to apply visit https://www.strokefoundation.com.au/what-we-do/research/research-grants.