Welcome to the Research Week Digital Poster Gallery!

Explore innovative research presented by talented Northern Health Researchers. Dive into a diverse range of topics and discover the latest findings, insights and ideas.

Join us in celebrating creativity and academic excellence as you engage with the posters and cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award. Let’s inspire and be inspired!

The 2025 Research Week Abstract Book is available for viewing in two parts:
          • View Part One
          • View Part Two

You may view previous abstract book editions, click here.

 

Click the “VOTE” image to cast your vote!

Voting will open 9am on Monday 20th October.

Voting will close 8pm on Thursday 23rd October.

The award ceremony will be held on Friday 24th October.

 

To view the PDF of each individual poster, please click on the title within the table below, listed by Poster Session

Abstract # Session  Full Title Contact Person
7 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm A local review of the use of fresh frozen plasma and extended life plasma Jesica Oktaviana
21 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm Colorectal Cancer Outcomes at the Northern Hospital: A Retrospective Review 2016 – 2021 Jialin (Dora) Du
38 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm What is the correct duration of antimicrobials in infected, obstructed nephrolithiasis? Saliya Hewagama
41 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm When not to test JAK2: real-world JAK2 mutation testing for the investigation of erythrocytosis Julie Wang
44 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm Malnutrition Point Prevalence Study 2025 Nadia Obeid
55 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm Pre-operative Diagnosis of Idiopathic Myointimal Hyperplasia of Mesenteric Veins via TAMIS Biopsy Tien Yew Chern
57 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm Palliative care and quality of end-of-life: evidence from a Victorian public hospital Jaclyn Yoong
61 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm Can Weekly Telephone Support Prolong Breastfeeding Duration in Mothers at Higher Risk of Early Cessation? Wei Qi Fan
94 Poster Session 1 (Mon) 3pm Co-design an Acupuncture Protocol for Acute Pain in Emergency Departments Xiuju Yin
1 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm Mental Health Nurses burnout and implications upon recovery-orientated care within the inpatient mental health services Anabelle Shimmins
5 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm The effect of early post-operative outpatient physiotherapy on outcomes following lower limb arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis Simone LeBel
11 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm Historical analysis of initial post-caesarean analgesia: Intravenous vs per rectal Darren Lowen
19 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm Plasmin generation assay in predicting arterial thrombotic outcome in patients with chronic kidney disease Vincent Lu
52 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm Bidirectional Associations Between Patient Activation and Engagement in Digital Care Pathways Min Gan
69 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm A hepatology home-based care program improves readmissions and mortality in recently hospitalised patients with cirrhosis. Leya Nedumannil
77 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm Barriers and enablers to evidence-based care for laparotomy wounds: A scoping review Sarah Montalto
91 Poster Session 2 (Tue) 2.30pm Swabs to Withhold Irrigation and Promote Surgical Efficiency: A prospective pilot study protocol Eamonn Grennan
4 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am Perioperative Outcomes in Smokers Undergoing Major Surgery: A Retrospective Audit at Northern Health Vince Chen
12 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am Improving sexual and reproductive health of those with serious mental illness: Scoping review Trudy Brown
33 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am A Cross Comparison of Jaundice Measurement Techniques in the Neonatal Unit Andrew Xu
42 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am Utility of Repeated Inpatient N-Terminal pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) Testing: Retrospective Study at Northern Health Michael  Gibney
66 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am Trends in pleural disease admitted to Victorian public hospitals: An accumulating challenge Victor Duong
74 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am High rates of oral 5-aminosalicylic acid co-prescription with advanced therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis Calvin Xu
75 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am User experience of a person-centred, ambulatory model of care for the management of malignant pleural effusion Victor Duong
76 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am Healthcare expense in patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) is driven by initial length of stay and need for rescue therapy Calvin Xu
96 Poster Session 3 (Wed) 10am Timely administration of Enoxaparin following caesarean section for VTE prevention: A retrospective audit Maryam Awrooj
13 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm Balancing safety and efficiency: Outcomes of a low-risk pulmonary embolism discharge pathway Patrick Leung
16 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm Cirrhosis severity correlates with reduced fibrin generation and enhanced fibrinolysis Tengyi Cai
17 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm Impact of ABO blood group on global coagulation assays Tengyi Cai
27 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Associated Risk Factors in Moderate to Late Preterm Infants: A Retrospective Study Yousif Khawajeh
45 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm A Retrospective Review of Neonatal Bilious Vomiting in a Non-Tertiary Neonatal Unit Wei Qi Fan
56 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm Comparing Neuraxial Opioid Techniques for Caesarean Section Analgesia: A Northern Health Study Moira Rush
68 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm Does ERAS affect opiate use and outcomes in arthroplasty Louay Baroun-Agob
93 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm From Lipid Extraction to Analysis: Clinical Potential of Vibrational Spectroscopy for Lipid Profiling in Plasma Satnam Kaur
95 Poster Session 4 (Thu) 1pm Patient experiences of Medical Obstetrics at Home care at Northern Health: A qualitative study Chamani Kodikara
2 Digital Poster Improving Documentation Standards in Upper Limb Tendon Surgery Mahta Mohajeri
6 Digital Poster From bite to rods: Identifying Capnocytophaga canimorsus on blood film Jesica Oktaviana
8 Digital Poster Disclosures of conflicts of interest in oral presentations at an international gastroenterology medical conference Ethan Tan
9 Digital Poster Diverting loop ileostomy instead of colectomy in acute severe ulcerative colitis flare following checkpoint-inhibitor therapy Ethan Tan
10 Digital Poster Breath of Fresh Air: Uncovering Inhaler Waste in Our Hospital Nohail Punjwani
14 Digital Poster Patients with stricturing Crohn’s disease are more likely to report a history of skin scarring Mayur Garg
18 Digital Poster Age-related global coagulation changes: From birth to old age Vincent Lu
20 Digital Poster Evaluating vaccine coverage in populations at high risk for vaccine-preventable disease and its complications. Sach Chandrasekara
23 Digital Poster MET calls in patients at end of life, can they be avoided? David Crosbie
25 Digital Poster Diaphragm Ultrasound Education for Novice Respiratory Scientists: Proficiency and Reliability Assessment Himaka Gunasinghe
26 Digital Poster Myopericarditis From Bevacizumab/5-FU in a Patient Presenting with ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Amarpal Singh Karamjit Singh
28 Digital Poster A literature review of Ivabradine and delayed rectifier potassium current (IKr) Amarpal Singh Karamjit Singh
29 Digital Poster Use of Oxygen Insufflation to Localise a Persistent Small Air-Leak for Directed Endobronchial Valve Placement Pierce Marsden
31 Digital Poster Patient experiences and outcomes from a novel multidisciplinary pre-operative shared decision making clinic Andrea Ditoro
32 Digital Poster Incidence of Postoperative delirium in Northern Health surgical patients aged 65 years and older Andrea Ditoro
35 Digital Poster The effectiveness of online clinical mentoring on physiotherapists’ clinical practice. A randomised controlled trial Edmund Leahy
36 Digital Poster Isolated neutropenia: a clinical audit to assess cost-effectiveness of investigation in a commonly referred, and often benign entity Michael Yousef
37 Digital Poster At-home care for chronic liver disease patients is associated with improvement in quality of life Sarah Taylor
39 Digital Poster Retrospective audit of total knee arthroplasty anaesthesia and post-operative pain management patterns at Northern Health Moira Rush
40 Digital Poster Evaluating cirrhosis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection: should we vaccinate? Irene Lu
47 Digital Poster Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration for the next generation: A rationale for junior surgeons to operate Yuchen Luo
48 Digital Poster Boney and Inflammatory Changes of the Ipsilateral Foot Following First Toe and Partial First Metatarsal Amputation: A Case Series Rhiannon Mackley
49 Digital Poster Early drain colour change for detection of Clinically Relevant Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula (CR-POPF) Yuchen Luo
50 Digital Poster Care delivery to culturally and linguistically diverse patients within a Barrett’s oesophagus surveillance program Yuchen Luo
51 Digital Poster Junior Doctors’ Experiences on Surgical Cover Shifts – A Qualitative Interview Study Yuchen Luo
53 Digital Poster Video-Based Assessment of Operative Competency in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Pilot Study to Inform Rubric Design for AI-Assisted Evaluation Yuchen Luo
54 Digital Poster Improving Operating Theatre Waste Segregation Through Education Vincent Wang
58 Digital Poster Measuring palliative care – how does the Z51.5 perform? Jaclyn Yoong
60 Digital Poster Location of a Palliative Care Unit influences service provision Jaclyn Yoong
63 Digital Poster Global Trends in Non-pharmacological Interventions Acute Pain Management in Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review of Clinical Guidelines Zhen Zheng
65 Digital Poster A specialist liver home-based program following inpatient admission facilitates alcohol abstinence in patients with cirrhosis Leya Nedumannil
70 Digital Poster Impact of a liver nurse-led care program on disease knowledge in patients with cirrhosis Leya Nedumannil
71 Digital Poster From procedure to recovery: The key role of serial chest x-rays in post CT-guided lung biopsy monitoring Akrum Hassan
72 Digital Poster The role of AI guidance in interventional radiology and its potential for clinical adoption Akrum Hassan
79 Digital Poster The PANDA Project: Is Acupuncture Bearable in the Emergency Department? Heng Khuen Cheok
80 Digital Poster Pharmacological Management of Delirium in Hospitalised Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Amanda Kirollos
81 Digital Poster Auditing the intravenous to oral switch with azithromycin, and an assessment of prescribing patterns Stephen Halliwell
82 Digital Poster Extraction and Lyophilic Preservation of Biomarkers from Biological Substrates for Spectroscopic Analysis Sukhneet Kaur Sher Gill
83 Digital Poster SPECTRAL (Spectral Profiles of Joint Effusions with Confirmed Test Results and Arthropathy Library): an update Vassili Mark Papageorge
87 Digital Poster Evaluating patient parameters that contribute to unplanned presentations within an emergency department for iron infusions Jishun Liu
90 Digital Poster Virtual Emergency Department for People with Dementia: Usage Patterns and Outcomes Stephen Quick