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The Exercise Medicine Research Institute has a number of ongoing research projects which have attracted funds from several external organisations.
Investigating exercise medicine in patients with low grade cancer. NHMRC project grant.
Read moreExamining exercise medicine prior to cystectomy in patients with bladder cancer. ANZUP Below the belt.
Read moreInvestigating exercise medicine on prostate cancer survival. Movember Foundation.
Read moreExamining exercise medicine on gut microbiota in prostate cancer patients. PCFA New Concept Grant
Read moreThe 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.
The Exercise Medicine Research Institute has a number of ongoing grants which have attracted funds from external organisations.
2018-2023, $596,084
Can exercise delay transition to active therapy in men with low grade prostate cancer? A multi-Centre Randomized controlled trial.
2016-2022, $2,498,842
Centre for Research Excellence in Prostate Cancer Survivorship.
2014-2019, $565,380
Improving sexual health in men with prostate cancer; randomized controlled trial of exercise and psychosexual therapies.
2009-2013, $519,331
A Phase III clinical trial of exercise modalities on treatment side-effects in men receiving therapy for prostate cancer.
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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.
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.
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