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Personal profile
Biography
Grant Russell is a primary care clinician and health services researcher. He is the Professor of Primary Care Research and Director of the Southern Academic Primary Care Research Unit (SAPCRU) within the Department of General Practice at Monash University.
He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and completed GP training with the Familiy Medicine Program in 1989. he subsequently worked as a GP in Perth, setting up a small, independent general practice with colleagues prior to leaving for Canada in 2005 to work as an academic family physician and clinician investigator at the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
His research program is directed towards understanding and measuring the impact of primary care reform on patients, clinicians and general practices. He has been responsible for over 100 peer reviewed publications and over $8,000,000 of research funding as a principal investigator. While in Canada he received a President's Award from the North American Primaty Care Research Group for leadership in several national investigations of research capacity in primary care.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Associate Professor , University of Ottawa
2009 → 2020
Research area keywords
- Canadian Health Care
- Health Care Reform
- Health Planning/Policy
- Health Services Delivery
- Primary Care
- Primary health care
- Research Capacity Development
- Refugee Health
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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National Multidisciplinary Primary Care Research, Policy and Advocacy Consortium
Kidd, M., Sanci, L. A., Mazza, D., Gordon, S., Edelman, A., Zwar, N. A., Halcomb, E., Dennis, S., Taylor, S., Russell, D., Cass, A., Sitas, F., Barr, M., Agostino, J., Assifi, A., Ball, L. E., Bilton, R., Botfield, J., Bradfield, Z., Camoes-Costa, V., Chen, T., Christian, B., Desborough, J. L., Dineen-Griffin, S., Emery, J. D., Glasziou, P. P., Dykgraaf, S. H., Hanson, I., Heal, C., Hegarty, K. L., Deveny, E., James, S., Johnson, C. L., Keay, L., Kirkegaard, A., Larkins, S., Lau, P. M. Y., Makeham, M., McMorrow, R., O'Donnell, D., Peiris, D. P., Radford, J., Randall, S., Rhee, J. J., Russell, G., Stocks, N. P., Sturgiss, L., Wallis, K., Walters, L., Wright, M., Abbott, P., Baghbanian, A., Barnes, K., Boffa, J., Borges, N., Tegen, S., Calma, K., Chen, W., Kneipp, E., Heard, S., Crawford, S., Dai, L., Davidson, S. K., Gardiner, F., George, S., Guppy, M., Harris-Roxas, B., Hespe, C., Hills, D., Huang-Lung, J., Kang, M. S., Kensington, L., Hui, A., Lim, R., Matenge, S., Marles, E., Mavaddat, N., Kirke, A. B., Miller, C., Morris-Donovan, B., Munindradasa, A., Peterson, G., Pond, C. D., Reed, R. L., Sharma, A., Sim, T. F., Srinivasan, S., Stewart, R., Sunjaya, A., Ivers, R., Toukhsati, S., Tracy, M., Veginadu, P., Venning, B., Webster, A., Manger, S., van Kemenade, C., McCallum, J., Taylor, S. & O'Shea, P.
6/01/25 → 2/12/29
Project: Research
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The CONSEP trial: Implementing screening for a hidden cause of hypertension
Yang, J., Russell, G., Stocks, N. P., Nelson, M. R., Skouteris, H., Gwini, S. M., Chen, G., Reid, C. M., Stowasser, M., Fuller, P., Melder, A., Malios, J., Wyatt, D., Sikaris, K., Burgess, J. R. & Torpy, D. J.
1/02/23 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
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Primary Breathe AUS: A primary care technology-enabled intervention to improve symptom self-management for people with chronic respiratory illness
Smallwood, N., Sanci, L. A., Philip, J. A. M., Russell, G., Mant, J., Chondros, P., Bosnic-Anticevich, S. Z., Manski-Nankervis, J. A., Spathis, A., Steinfort, D. P., Khor, Y., Osadnik, C., Disler, R., Hancock, K. & Holland, A.
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia), Windermere Foundation Ltd
1/01/23 → 30/06/29
Project: Research
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A-PRECISE: Implementing consumer and workforce empowerment and engagement strategies to enhance safety and quality by building capacity to prevent and manage infections in residential aged care homes
Rawson, H., Russo, P., Morphet, J., Griffiths, D., Brand, G., Dix, S., Shimoinaba, K., Team, V., Sevenhuysen, S., Mitchell, B., Stewardson, A., Long, K., Russell, G. & Lynch, C.
3/10/22 → 28/03/25
Project: Research
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The right to rehabilitation for people with dementia: tackling stigma and implementing evidence-based interventions
Callisaya, M., Hill, K., Swaffer, K., Russell, G., Mc O'Connor, C., Layton, N., Petersen, A., de Graaff, B., Collyer, T., Haines, T., Srikanth, V., Laver, K. E., Low, L., Skouteris, H., Cations, M. & Barbosa Neves, B.
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
1/06/22 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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A longitudinal qualitative exploration of victorian healthcare workers’ and organisations’ evolving views and experiences during COVID-19
McGuinness, S. L., Eades, O., Zhong, S., Clifford, S., Fisher, J., Kelsall, H. L., Kirkman, M., Russell, G., Skouteris, H. & Leder, K., 7 May 2024, In: BMC Health Services Research. 24, 1, 11 p., 596.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Associations between corporate ownership of primary care providers and doctor wellbeing, workload, access, organizational efficiency, and service quality
Scott, A., Taylor, T., Russell, G. & Sutton, M., Apr 2024, In: Health Policy. 142, 8 p., 105028.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
Diagnostic Delay and Disease Burden in Primary Aldosteronism: An International Patient Survey
Ananda, R. A., Gwini, S. M., Long, K. M., Lai, J. H., Chen, G., Russell, G. M., Stowasser, M., Fuller, P. J. & Yang, J., 1 Feb 2024, In: Hypertension. 81, 2, p. 348-360 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Evolving through multiple, co-existing pressures to change: a case study of self-organization in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
Thille, P., Tobin, A., Evans, J. M., Katz, A. & Russell, G. M., 5 Aug 2024, In: BMC Primary Care. 25, 1, 13 p., 285.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Farewell to a true generalist
Russell, G., 2024, In: Australian Journal of General Practice. 53, 4, p. 167 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Prizes
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2014 Highly Commended, Sir Richard Stawell Prize from the Medical Journal of Australia
Russell, Grant (Recipient), 1 Jun 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AAAPC North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Prize
Russell, Grant (Recipient), 1 Sept 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AAAPC North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Prize
Russell, Grant (Recipient), 1 Jun 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AAAPC North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Prize
Russell, Grant (Recipient), 1 Jun 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care Distinguished Paper Award
Russell, Grant (Recipient), 1 Aug 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Contribution to conference
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International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology
Joanne Enticott (Speaker), Danielle Mazza (Speaker), Grant Russell (Speaker), Lisa Mary Brophy (Organiser), Frances Shawyer (Speaker), Elisabeth Wilson-Evered (Speaker), Vrinda Edan (Speaker), Mike Slade (Organiser) & Graham Meadows (Speaker)
10 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference