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Edith Cowan University’s Exercise Medicine Research Institute is a cross-disciplinary alliance of research centres and expertise, with extensive national and international linkages.
Research
The Exercise Medicine Research Institute has a number of ongoing research projects which have attracted funds from several external organisations.
Active Surveillance
Investigating exercise medicine in patients with low grade cancer. NHMRC project grant.
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Pre-Radical Cystectomy
Examining exercise medicine prior to cystectomy in patients with bladder cancer. ANZUP Below the belt.
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INTERVAL – MCRPC GAP4
Investigating exercise medicine on prostate cancer survival. Movember Foundation.
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Sexual Health in Prostate Cancer
Examining exercise medicine and psychosexual therapies on sexual health outcomes. NHMRC project grant.
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The Exercise Medicine Research Institute has published widely in the area of exercise oncology and exercise as a treatment for cancer. You can view this research by clicking the linked article.
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Research grants
The Exercise Medicine Research Institute has a number of ongoing grants which have attracted funds from external organisations.
National Health and Medical Research Council - Project Grant
2018-2023, $596,084
Can exercise delay transition to active therapy in men with low grade prostate cancer? A multi-Centre Randomized controlled trial.
National Health and Medical Research Council - Centre of Research Excellence
2016-2022, $2,498,842
Centre for Research Excellence in Prostate Cancer Survivorship.
National Health and Medical Research Council - Project Grant
2014-2019, $565,380
Improving sexual health in men with prostate cancer; randomized controlled trial of exercise and psychosexual therapies.
National Health and Medical Research Council - Grant
2009-2013, $519,331
A Phase III clinical trial of exercise modalities on treatment side-effects in men receiving therapy for prostate cancer.
Exercise clinic
Exercise clinic
The Vario Health Clinic is the commercial entity of the Institute and it delivers best practice, evidence-based wellness programs and integrated consulting and assessment services to the community.
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Professional development
The Exercise Medicine Research Institute has designed courses to provide critical information for allied health professionals to further enhance their own careers and to provide effective advice about the role of exercise in the management of cancer.
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Facilities
Our facilities and equipment are carefully designed and selected to guarantee versatile exercise solutions and high capacity, reliable and reputable results that ensure our research outcomes continue to lead scientific breakthroughs.
ECU Survey Research Centre
Survey Research Centre
The ECU Survey Research Centre conducts high quality health survey research for the University, government departments and other health-related organisations and universities.
