ProfDavid Currow
Adjunct Professor
INSIGHT IMPACCT
FUNDED RESEARCH
David is the Principal Investigator on the Australian government funded Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative - the world's largest clinical trials group in palliative care. He is also a co-founder of the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative, the world's largest point-of-care quality improvement program in palliative care.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- PHILANTHROPIC FUNDINGDULCE Safety and effectiveness of doxycycline or placebo in adult participants with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung.The trustee for Tour De Cure Trust15 May 2025 - 31 Mar 2027People funded by this grant:
- Sorrell T,
- Peter,
- Chang S,
- Currow D,
- Stone E
- GRANTMedical Research Council30 Sep 2022 - 31 Mar 2024People funded by this grant:
- Clark J,
- Currow D,
- Johnson M,
- Pearson M,
- Salins N
- GRANTTesting the validity of EQ-5D-5L respiratory bolt-ons in a large Australian datasetEuroQol Research Foundation15 Apr 2022 - 15 Oct 2022People funded by this grant:
- Viney R,
- Currow D,
- Bahrampour M,
- Mulhern B,
- Kochovska S
- GRANTStrengthening access to best evidence- based care for people with palliative care needs in Australian PrisonsDepartment of Health1 Apr 2022 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Phillips J,
- DiGiacomo M,
- Williams M,
- Agar M,
- Fielding S
- GRANTBuilding multidisciplinary capacity to deliver quality cancer cachexia careUniversity of Technology Sydney1 Mar 2022 - 28 Feb 2026People funded by this grant:
- de Souza e Sousa M,
- Currow D
- GRANTSend in the Elder Clowns: a qualitative study of a psychosocial intervention to improve quality of life of people with dementia in residential aged careMaridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)4 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- DiGiacomo M,
- Agar M,
- Currow D,
- Carr R,
- Parker D
- GRANTDeciphering the heterogeneity of chronic breathlessness: implications for more personalised management of the symptomNational Health and Medical Research Council14 Sep 2021People funded by this grant:
- Currow D
- GRANTUnderstanding the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and wellbeing to health: Implementation of the What Matters 2 Adults wellbeing measureMedical Research Future Fund1 Jun 2021 - 31 Oct 2025People funded by this grant:
- Howard K,
- Garvey G,
- Dickson M,
- Anderson K,
- Roder D
- GRANTUsing behaviour change theory to drive scalability of the hand-held fan for chronic breathlessnessMaridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)21 Sep 2020 - 20 Sep 2021People funded by this grant:
- Luckett T,
- Ferguson C,
- Currow D,
- Smith T,
- Penola D
- CONSULTINGEvaluation Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care MeasureNOUS Group Melbourne21 Jul 2020 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Currow D
- CONSULTINGConsulting to Helsinn re Anamorelin development programHelsinn Healthcare SA22 Jun 2020 - 21 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Currow D
- GRANTCreating a standard of care for inoperable malignant bowel obstruction – a 2x2 factorial, double blind, double dummy, fixed dose, parallel arm, multi-site randomised placebo controlled feasibility study involving regular dexamethasone and ranitidine.Maridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)11 Nov 2019 - 31 Dec 2024
- GRANTCentre for Research Excellence on Value-Based Payments in Cancer CareNational Health & Medical Research Council1 Nov 2019 - 31 Oct 2025People funded by this grant:
- Hall J,
- Fiebig D,
- Van Gool K,
- Ward R,
- Haywood P
- GRANTBuilding Critical Mass for Palliative Care Research through Collaborative Support, Exchange and ChallengeResearch England1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2024People funded by this grant:
- Kochovska S,
- Currow D,
- Luckett T,
- Parker D,
- Agar M
- GRANTBetter Treatments For Breathlessness In Palliative And End Of Life CareNational Health and Medical Research Council24 Jul 2019People funded by this grant:
- Currow D
- GRANTExploring healthy ageing amongst Aboriginal Australians through the window of cancerNational Health and Medical Research Council8 Jul 2019People funded by this grant:
- Currow D
- GRANTBetter Treatments For Breathlessness In Palliative and End of Life CareNational Health & Medical Research Council1 Jun 2019 - 31 May 2024People funded by this grant:
- Currow D
- GRANTSPHERE - Palliative Care Clinical Academic GroupMaridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)1 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Agar M,
- Phillips J,
- Currow D,
- Luckett T,
- Parker D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCancer Supportive Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (CSCCSC)Cancer Australia1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2019People funded by this grant:
- Brown L,
- Fazekas-Giles L,
- Vandersman Z,
- Phillips J,
- Currow D
- GRANTCombating escalating harms associated with pharmaceutical opioid useNational Health & Medical Research Council25 May 2018 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Currow D,
- Degenhardt L,
- Wilson A,
- Blyth F,
- Dunlop A
- GRANTCentre for Research Excellence in Implementation Science in Oncology (CRE-ISO) (opens in a new tab)National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Braithwaite J,
- Crowe P,
- Liauw W,
- Currow D,
- Delaney G
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Degenhardt L,
- Dobbins T,
- Gisev N,
- Larney S,
- Dunlop A
