The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair
Preferred name: Kichu
School: School of Medicine and Public Health
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Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson;Professor Sandra Capra;Professor Julie Byles;Associate Professor David Sibbritt;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair 2007 1 University of Newcastle Near Miss Grant Randomised Controlled Trial of Nutrition Screening and Intervention in Hospitalised Elderly   20000  
Professor Julie Byles;Professor Sandra Capra;Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson;Associate Professor David Sibbritt;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair 2006 1 University of Newcastle Near Miss Grant A randomised controlled trial of nutrition screening and intervention in hospitalised elderly   20000  
Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair;Professor John Attia;Conjoint Professor John Marley 2005 1 Bernard Judd Foundation Research Grant Ambient baroque music in dementia   30000  
Professor Julie Byles;Conjoint Professor Kim Wylie;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair 2004 2 NSW Department of Health Consultancy/Tender A Dementia and Training package for staff working in Acute Care Hospitals in NSW   92029  
Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair;Dr Jonathan Adams;Professor Isabel Higgins 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Measuring perceived health-related needs of residents of nursing homes: A pilot of a draft tool   10000  
Associate Professor Pauline Chiarelli;Professor Julie Byles;Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair 2004 3 Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care National Continence Management Strategy Continence promotion following surgical repair of fractured neck of femur in older hospital patients   122571  
Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson;Professor Julie Byles;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair;Dr Jonathan Adams 2003 1 Effective Healthcare Australia Seed Funding Development of a measure of perceived health related needs of residents of nursing homes   9896  
Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson;Professor Julie Byles;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Development of a measure of perceived health-related needs of residents of Nursing homes   9000  
Professor Julie Byles;Conjoint Professor Balakrishnan Nair;Dr Gita Mishra 1999 2 Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care Pharmaceutical Education Program (PEP) Sleep disturbance and sleeping medication use among older Australian women   57529  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
M Philosophy (ComMed&ClinEpid) Principal Supervisor Examining the relationship between Alzheimer's Disease, Apolipoprotein E genotyping & MRI Volumetric studies

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.250

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
M Psychology (Clinical) [R] 2003 Cognitive and Drug Predictors of Post-Operative Delirium in Community Dwelling Older Elective Orthopaedic Surgery Patients

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Nair Balakrishnan R, Heim Christian, Krishnan Chitra, D'Este Catherine Anne, Marley John, Attia John Richard, ’The effect of Baroque music on behavioural disturbances in patients with dementia’, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 30 11-15 (2011) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Browne William, ’Chronic disease management: Seizing the moment in medical education’, Pharmaceutical Medicine, 22 351-354 (2008) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Flying and medicine: Mutual lessons’, Medical Journal of Australia, 189 676 (2008) [C3]

Outram Suzanne, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Peer physical examination: Time to revisit?’, Medical Journal of Australia, 189 274-276 (2008) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Alexander Heather G, McGrath Barry P, Parvathy Mulavana S, Kilsby Eve C, Wenzel Johannes, Frank Ian B, Pachev George S, Page Gordon G, ’The mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for assessing clinical performance of international medical graduates’, Medical Journal of Australia, 189 159-161 (2008) [C1]

Khoshdel Alireza, Carney Shane Lachlan, Nair Balakrishnan R, Gillies Alastair Hugh, ’Better management of cardiovascular diseases by pulse wave velocity: Combining clinical practice with clinical research using evidence-based medicine’, Clinical Medicine and Research, 5 45-52 (2007) [C1]

Byles Julie Ellen, Parkinson Lynne, Nair Balakrishnan R, Watson Jane Felicity, Valentine Megan Ellen, ’Determining priorities for research in ageing: A community survey’, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 26 71-76 (2007) [C1]

Browne W L, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’The hyponatremic hypertensive syndrome in renal artery stenosis: An infrequent cause of hyponatremia’, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 53 41-43 (2007) [C3]

Attia John Richard, Nair Balakrishnan R, Sibbritt David William, Ewald Benjamin David, Paget Neil S, Wellard Rod F, Patterson Lesley, Heller Richard Frederick, ’Generating pre-test probabilities: a neglected area in clinical decision making’, Medical Journal of Australia, 180 449-454 (2004) [C1]

Attia John Richard, Nair Balakrishnan R, Mears Stephen R, Hitchcock Karen, ’Patient-oxygen dissociation curves: surveying the spectrum of oxygen-delivery methods’, MJA, 181 677-678 (2004) [C1]

Byles Julie Ellen, Tavener Meredith Anne, O'Connell Rachel Leigh, Nair Balakrishnan R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Jackson Claire L, McKernon Mary E, Francis Lyn Marie, Heller Richard Frederick, Newbury Jonathon W, Marley John Ernest, Goodger Brendan Guy, ’Randomised controlled trial of health assessments for older Australian veterans and war widows’, Medical Journal of Australia, 181 186-190 (2004) [C1]

Heim Christian, Nair Balakrishnan R, Mowbray Denise, Tavender Janelle, ’Effects of ambient baroque music on patients with dementia’, Australian Journal of Ageing, 22 211-212 (2003) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Attia John Richard, Bowe Steven J, Mears Stephen R, Hitchcock Karen, ’Interns are from Venus, consultants are from Mars: differential perception among clinicians’, Medical Journal of Australia, 179 659-661 (2003) [C1]

Byles Julie Ellen, Heinze R, Nair Balakrishnan R, Parkinson Lynne, ’Medication use among older Australian veterans & war widows’, Internal Medicine Journal, 33 388-391 (2003) [C4]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Finucane Paul Michael, ’Reforming medical education to enhance the management of chronic disease’, Medical Journal of Australia, 179 257-259 (2003) [C1]

Byles Julie Ellen, Mishra Gita Devi, Harris Margaret Anne, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’The problems of sleep for older women: changes in health outcomes’, Age and Ageing, 32 154-163 (2003) [C1]

Byles Julie Ellen, Tavener Meredith Anne, Fitzgerald Patrick Emilio, Nair Balakrishnan R, Higginbotham Howard Nicholas, Jackson Cl, Heller Richard Frederick, Newbury Jw, ’A checklist for comprehensive health assessment for the over 70's’, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 21 14-20 (2002) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Evidence based medicine for older people: available, accessible, acceptable, adaptable?’, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 21(2) 58-60 (2002) [C4]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Attia John Richard, Mears Sr, Hitchcock Karen, ’Evidence-based physicians' dressing: a crossover trial’, Medical Journal of Australia, 177(2) 681-682 (2002) [C1]

Finucane P, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Is there a problem with the problems in problem-based learning?’, Medical Education, 36 279-281 (2002) [C1]

Levi Christopher Royce, Magin Parker John, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Primary stroke prevention: refining the "high risk" approach’, The Medical Journal of Australia, 176 303-304 (2002) [C4]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Heller R, Sales M, ’Impact of Written Materials from Opinion Leaders on Continuing Medical Education of Family Doctors’, Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal, 3 59-65 (2001) [C3]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Kerridge I, Dobson A, McPhee J, Saul P, ’Advance care planning in residential care’, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 30 339-343 (2000) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Treloar Cj, Harris G, ’Do we need a new word for patients?’, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 30 716-717 (2000) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Byles J, Tavener M, Heinze R, ’Immunisation Rates in Older Veterans and War Widows’, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 19 No 3 136-138 (2000) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Byles Julie Ellen, Tavener Meredith Anne, Heinze Robin, ’Immunisation rates in older veterans and war widows’, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 19 136-138 (2000) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Perkins J, Sanson-Fisher R, ’Multidisciplinary learning: a unit in Newcastle, Australia’, Focus on Health Professional Education:A Multi-Disciplinary Journal, 2, No 2. 53-58 (2000) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, O'Dea I, Lim L, Thakkinstian A, ’Prevalence of Geriatric 'Syndromes' in a Tertiary Hospital’, Australasian Journal on Ageing, 19 No 2 81-84 (2000) [C1]

Smith P, Karlson N, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Quality use of Allopurinol in the elderly’, The Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice, 20 42-43 (2000) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Older people and medications: what is the right prescription’, Australian Prescriber, 22 130-131 (1999) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Finucane P, ’Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: The Australian experience’, ANZAME Bulletin, 26(1) 6-8 (1999) [C1]

Nair Balakrishnan R, Coughlan J L, Hensley Michael John, ’Impediments to bed-side teaching. ’, Medical Education, 32 159-162 (1998) [C1]

Book

Nair Balakrishnan R, Clinical Examination: A Problem Based Approach, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 376 (2011) [A3]

Chapter in Book

Nair Balakrishnan R, Kinlay Scott, Browne William, ’Cardiovascular examination’, Clinical Examination: A Problem Based Approach, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 41-91 (2011) [B2]

Lowe Michael, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Histories, note taking and clinical reasoning’, Clinical Examination: A Problem Based Approach, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1-16 (2011) [B2]

Koch Susan, Hunter Peter, Nair Balakrishnan R, ’Older people in acute care’, Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care, Churchill Livingston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 153-167 (2009) [B1]

Conference Publication

Wilkinson Tim, Nair Balakrishnan R, D'Orsogna Lloyd, Judd Steve, ’Combining results from workplace assessments with results from high stakes exams. Apples and oranges?’, ANZAME Conference 2008. Conference Program, Abstracts and Papers, Sydney, NSW (2008) [E3]

Oakley P W, Nair Balakrishnan R, Attia John Richard, ’Teaching hospital based formative assessment can predict Trainee performance in RACP written examination’, ANZAME Conference 2008. Conference Program, Abstracts and Papers, Sydney, NSW (2008) [E3]

Page Gordon, Alexander Heather, Frank Ian, McGrath Barry, Nair Balakrishnan R, Pachev George, Hatala R, Sidhu Ravi, Spike Neil, ’The use of the mini-cex as a summative assessment’, 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence. Abstracts, Melbourne, VIC (2008) [E3]

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