Research Platforms' Performance Reports SEACO 2015-2017 | Seite 7

Externally Funded Projects
The SEACO Stroke
Australia Research Council
This study aims to better understand the needs and health of stroke
survivors and their families/caregivers living in the community in
Segamat.
Feasibility Elderly Cohort
Newcastle University
A feasibility study for the development of an elderly cohort was
undertaken, funded through a Monash-Newcastle (UK) collaboration
and led in the UK by Dr Blossom Stephan and in Malaysia by Dr Devi
Mohan. Signs of mild cognitive impairment were noted and funding is
being sought to extend this work on a larger scale to link the biological
and ecological factors that mitigate a range of illnesses that affect
quality of life in the rural elderly community.
Feasibility SEACO Infants: Health and Transition (SI:HAT)
Queen's University Belfast
A feasibility study for the development of a birth cohort, started as
a collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) Segamat, bringing
together the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics,
Blood Bank at the Segamat Hospital and the District Health Office, with
doctors, nurses and midwives from the KKs and KDs. External
collaborators include Queen's University Belfast and Newcastle
University UK. This has presented an ideal opportunity to draw MOH
staff into research discussions and has also led to workshops led by
SEACO to support MOH staff to develop research programs within
their units. This furthers the Johor Bahru based CRC.
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