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Michael Reade

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Michael Reade

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1570-0707
1999 …2026

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Professor Reade is Director of the Greater Brisbane Clinical School and Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery at the University of Queensland, and Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the ANZIC Research Centre at Monash University. A specialist intensive care physician, anaesthetist and clinician-researcher, he also leads a program of research relevant to military trauma medicine and surgery that holds equal promise for severely injured civilian trauma patients.

After clinical training in anaesthetics and intensive care medicine in Sydney, Melbourne, Oxford and Pittsburgh, a doctorate in the molecular pathogenesis of nitric oxide production in human septic shock from the University of Oxford and a postdoctoral research fellowship in clinical trials and epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh, Michael returned to Australia as Associate Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the Austin Hospital & the University of Melbourne in 2007. Michael held faculty appointments at the University of Oxford (where he taught physiology), the University of Pittsburgh (where he was an Instructor in critical care), and currently holds adjunct or honorary appointments at the University of London, the US Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the University of Melbourne and Monash University. He has supervised postgraduate students in basic, applied and clinical research, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom.

In parallel with his academic and clinical work, Michael served in the Australian Army Reserve until his appointment as the full-time ADF Professor of Military Medcine and Surgery at Joint Health Command and UQ in 2011. He was commissioned as a General Service Officer in the Australian Army in 1990, and prior to his appointment to UQ had deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo (on attachment to the British Airborne Brigade), Timor, the Solomon Islands and Afghanistan. In 2013 he commanded the Australian Specialist Health Group at the NATO ISAF Role 3 Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and in 2015 in Iraq he was the first Director of Clinical Services of the ADF hospital deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He deployed again to Iraq in 2016 and 2017. From 2015-2018 he was the Director of Clinical Services of the Australian Regular Army's only field hospital. In 2017 he led this unit to become the first ever ADF hospital accredited by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Trauma Verification Program. He was recognised for this service by appointment as a Member in the Military Division of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours List. From 2019-2022 on promotion to Brigadier he was appointed Director General Health Reserve - Army, responsible for technical regulation of specialist medical, nursing and allied health support. He remains a senior clinical advisor to Joint Health Command of the Australian Defence Force.

Professor Reade's clinical research focusses on treatments for exsanguinating haemorrhage, improving trauma systems, and preventing and treating acute cognitive impairment (such as that which results from traumatic brain injury). He is the Chief Investigator in an NHMRC-funded clinical trial of cyropreserved (frozen) platelets, a technology which holds equal promise to military and civilian trauma patients, particularly those in smaller hospitals. He is also a Chief Investigator in NHMRC-funded multicentre clinical trials of tranexamic acid and fibrinogen concentrate (drugs thought to reduce mortality from traumatic bleeding), the effect of erythropoietin on inflammation and mortality after severe trauma, a novel anti-delirium strategy for use in critically ill patients, and an advanced MRI/biomarker study in traumatic brain injury. He has active research collaborations with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, the National Trauma Research Institute, the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre at Monash University, the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group and the ANZCA Clinical Trials Network.

Professor Reade is also developing a research programme focussed on trauma systems design, in collaboration with colleagues at the Jamieson Trauma Institute on the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital campus, Australian state ambulance services and the US and UK armed forces, aiming (for example) to optimise the allocation of prehospital and hospital resources in the management of life-threatening trauma.

Professor Reade currently supervises 12 postgraduate students (including 4 PhD students) and one postdoctoral research fellow, most of whom are Defence Force officers. He holds or has held research grants totalling >A$40M, has published >220 peer-reviewed papers and delivered >450 lectures at national and international conferences. From 2019-2021, Professor Reade was President of the Australasian Trauma Society.

External positions

Defence Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery, Joint Health Command, Australian Defence Force

1 Nov 2011 → …

Research area keywords

  • Blood transfusion
  • Trauma
  • intensive 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):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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  • A pilot randomised controlled trial of pre-hospital whole blood versus standard care for resuscitation of critical bleeding after trauma

    Mitra, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Meadley, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nehme, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Anderson, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reade, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wood, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McQuilten, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bourke, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Haeusler, M. N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Daly, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Casey, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & McManamny, T. (Associate Investigator (AI))

    24/06/26 → 30/06/28

    Project: Research

  • STRENGTHENING INTENSIVE CARE CLINICAL TRIALS CAPACITY IN AUSTRALIA

    Udy, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Ali Abdelhamid, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Andersen, C. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bailey, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bates, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Betteridge, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bihari, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Buhr, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burrell, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Campbell, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chaba, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clay, F. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cohen, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooper, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Deane, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Delaney, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Eastwood, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Finfer, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gantner, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gibbons, K. S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Haines, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hammond, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hodgson, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Litton, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), MacLeod-Smith, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McAllister, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McArthur, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McGuinness, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Milford, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Myburgh, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Orford, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Parke, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Peake, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pilcher, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Plummer, M. P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rai, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ramanan, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reade, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ridley, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Saxena, M. K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Secombe, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), See, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Semler, M. W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Seppelt, I. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Serpa Neto, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Venkatesh, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), White, K. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wood, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Young, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Trapani, T. (Project Manager)

    15/06/26 → 15/12/33

    Project: Research

  • TRANSFORM Trauma: TRial using an Adaptive platform to evaluate Novel Strategies in Fluid and haemostatic Optimisation to improve Recovery following Major Trauma

    McQuilten, Z. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mitra, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Winearls, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reade, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Higgins, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Daly, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burns, B. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wood, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Moore, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), George, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Le, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lewis, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Martin, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Weber, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fraser, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Trapani, T. (Project Manager)

    15/06/26 → 15/12/32

    Project: Research

  • Connect-TBI: Connect-TBI: A National Informatics and Data-Driven Approach to Improve Care for Moderate to Severe TBI

    Gabbe, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Udy, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hellewell, S. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Powell, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Vallmuur, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fitzgerald, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lannin, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ryder, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cameron, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Holland, A. J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kwan, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ponsford, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kilkenny, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Law, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jeffree, R. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Balogh, Z. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Caeyenberghs, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ge, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooper, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barlow, K. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nasrallah, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McNamara, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Plummer, M. P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bellomo, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Brien, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Curtis, K. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reade, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dipnall, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Parizel, P. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Teague, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jeffcote, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Newcombe, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Reilly, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Scheinberg, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Battistuzzo, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Honeybul, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Keeves, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Young, J. T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Secombe, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Litton, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Williams, G. P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hassett, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reeder, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Singh, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Alexander, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Powell, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burns, B. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Farquharson, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Campbell, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hansen, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Delaney, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Read, D. J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Parr, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ellis, D. Y. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Moore, J. W. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ownsworth, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)), King, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Higgins, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Nehme, Z. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Anstey, J. R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Weeden, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wake, E. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Noonan, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), To, M.-S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Taylor, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wagland , J. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Clavisi, O. (Project Manager)

    Australian National Imaging Facility (NIF), Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia Limited, Transport Accident Commission (TAC), Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS)

    1/07/25 → 30/06/30

    Project: Research

  • Making better use of blood: new knowledge to improve stewardship of Australia’s national blood supplies and outcomes for transfused patients

    Wood, E. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), McQuilten, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reade, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Trotman, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), French, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stanworth, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Petrie, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Le, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Daly, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cameron, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mo, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Irving, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Flint, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Mitra, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Winearls, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Weinkove, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wilson, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ryan, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Callum, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & George, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))

    1/01/25 → 31/12/29

    Project: Research

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