Research

The TRU has continued to develop the longstanding relationship between the University of Newcastle and Central Coast Health and more recently with the wider NSCCAHS. Members of the TRU have been successful in attracting a number of grants (from $10,000 to $100,000) from the Central Coast Health Research Committee.

In terms of medical research, one of the major projects of the TRU has remained the activity of the Central Coast Centre for Vascular Health (3CVH), which aims at describing the health and welfare of residents of retirement villages and collecting information about vascular health risk factors. Another of the main areas of medical research has been the evaluation of the Rotary Club of East Gosford's annual faecal occult blood screening program for colorectal cancer on the Central Coast, North Sydney and the Blue Mountains.