Associate Professor Roy Rasalam has joined the new AusTrials site in Melbourne as the Principal Investigator. He is a clinician researcher and has a special interest in diabetes clinical care and research and co-author of the Diabetes Australia & RACGP type 2 diabetes national guidelines.
Roy brings over 25 years of clinical experience from both the public hospital and private sectors. He currently has a clinical appointment with the Endocrinology & Diabetes Department at Alfred Health, Melbourne. He is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at University of Melbourne and has extensive experience in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has also mentored students conducting medical research at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Roy has experience in Phase 2-4 clinical trials in diabetes and cardiovascular medicine. He has been involved in randomised clinical trials for diabetes (DPP4i, SGLT2i, GLP1RA), obesity (VLCD) and cardiovascular disease (statin, antiplatelet, anticoagulant). He has been involved in multi-site national/international studies as well as investigator-initiated studies. In addition to this, he has recent experience with vaccine studies.
Roy is leading an experienced team of study coordinators and research staff at AusTrials Sunshine and aiming to collaborate with industry sponsors and CRO’s to deliver high quality clinical research in northwest Melbourne.