Adam Deane

Adam Deane

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


A/Prof Adam Deane MBBS PhD FCICM FRACP
Adam commenced his PhD program in 2007 under the supervision of Marianne Chapman, Robert Fraser and Michael Horowitz. His PhD was conferred in 2012. During his PhD and for the 5 years afterwards he worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and held an honorary appointment with the Discipline of Acute Care Medicine

In 2016 he was appointed Head of Research and Deputy Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is also employed as Principal Research Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Melbourne.

He continues supervision and collaboration with the University of Adelaide via the Discipline of Acute Care Medicine and the Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health

A/Prof Adam Deane MBBS PhD FCICM FRACP
He completed his MBBS at the University of Melbourne before commencing clinical training in Internal Medicine and then Intensive Care Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Adam subsequently completed a clinical fellowship at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (UK), before moving to Adelaide in 2007 to pursue a PhD, which was conferred in 2012. Adam is an Intensive Care Clinician/Scientist who migrated to Adelaide to undertake his PhD programme through the University of Adelaide/Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has a particular interest in glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), which are secreted by the small intestine and are pivotal in regulating glucose metabolism.
Adam has received numerous grants and awards and has a track record for publishing innovative research (publications). He also frequently presents at national and international meetings (presentations).
He is passionate about informing medical students and intensive care trainees about the joys of clinical research. His research interests are broad-based but predominately clinical and focus on critical illness, diabetes, nutrition and gastrointestinal function.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2018 - ongoing Principal Research Fellow in Intensive Care Medicine University of Melbourne
    2016 - ongoing Head of Research and Deputy Director Royal Melbourne Hospital
    2014 - ongoing Clinical Associate Professor University of Adelaide
    2008 - 2016 Intensive Care Physician Royal Adelaide Hospital
    2008 - 2013 Clinical Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2006 - ongoing Fellow St. Vincent's Hospital
    2005 - ongoing Fellow John Radcliffe Hospital
    2004 - ongoing Registrar St. Vincent's Hospital
    2000 - 2002 Registrar St Vincent's Hospital
    1999 - ongoing Intern St Vincent's Hospital
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2015 Award Executive Dean's Award University of Adelaide, Faculty of Health Sciences Australia -
    2015 Recognition Best Medical Paper Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting Australia -
    2013 Award South Australian Science Excellence Award for Early Career Professional in Health and Medical Sciences Government of South Australia, Department of State Development Australia -
    2011 Recognition Research Citation Finalists, Society of Critical Care Medicine United States -
    2011 Recognition Best Presentation Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group Research Development Day Australia -
    2011 Recognition Best Medical Paper Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting Australia -
    2009 Award Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship University of Adelaide Australia -
    2009 Recognition Best Free Paper Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting - -
    2009 Recognition Young Investigator Award Finalist Australian Diabetes Society Australia -
    2008 Award Bob MacMahon Prize Australian Society of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Australia -
    2008 Recognition Best Medical Paper Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Annual Scientific Meeting Australia -
    1998 Recognition Honours First Class University of Melbourne Australia -
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2007 - 2012 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    1993 - 1998 University of Melbourne Australia MB BS
  • Postgraduate Training

    Date Title Institution Country
    FCICM College of Intensive Care Medicine Australia
    FRACP Royal Australian College of Physicians Australia
  • Research Interests

2016:               Deane AM. Royal Adelaide Hospital NHMRC ‘Near Miss’ Grant Glucose metabolism in survivors of ICU ($50,000)

2016:               Phillips LK, Horowitz M, Shaw JE, Deane AM and Plummer MP. Diabetes Australia Research Trust General Project Grant: Glycaemia in the critically ill - dysglycaemia as a predictor for incident type 2 diabetes and the effect of pre-existing type 2 diabetes on outcomes in survivors of critical illness ($59,915)

2016:               Deane AM, Cook DJ, Finfer S, Guyatt G, Poole A and Alhazzani W. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund: REVISE: Re-Evaluating the Inhibition of Stress Erosions: Gastrointestinal Bleeding Prophylaxis In ICU ($48,696)

2016:               Costello L, Chapman MJ and Deane AM. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund: Quantification of muscle size and function in response to a randomised nutritional intervention in critically ill patients ($46,197)

2016:               Chapman MJ, Deane AM, Soenen S, Van Loon L and Costello L. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund: The effect of protein hydrolysis on the rate and extent of protein absorption and muscle uptake in critically ill patients ($49,560)

2016:               Gluck S, Deane AM, Choo R and Iwashyna TJ. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund: The feasibility and validity of obtaining pre-illness activity data in critically ill patients using 'smart-phone' technology: a validation study ($49,990)

2016                Ali Abdelhamid Y, Phillips L, Horowitz M and Deane AM. Intensive Care Foundation: Survivors of ICU with type 2 diabetes and the effect of shared care follow up clinics: The SWEET-AS feasibility study ($35,000)

2015-19:          Chapman MJ, Peake S, Bellomo R, Horowitz M, Davies AR and Deane AM. NHMRC Project Grant: The Augmented versus Routine approach to Giving Energy Trial (TARGET) ($3,534,236)

2015:               Plummer MP, Deane AM, Jones KL and Hausken T. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund: The effect of critical illness on gallbladder motility, lipid absorption and plasma cholecystokinin concentrations ($49,565)

2015:               Yandell R, Yaxley A, Hodges C and Deane AM. AusPEN Project Grant. Nutritional status, nutritional intake and energy requirements in non-invasively mechanically ventilated critically ill adult patients – A pilot study.  ($20,000)

2015:               Plummer MP, Deane AM, Finnis ME, Shaw JE, Moodie S and Biradar V. The Maurice Sando Chair of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Foundation Sponsorship Scheme Project Grant: A state-wide study to determine whether hyperglycaemia during critical illness identifies survivors at risk of subsequently developing diabetes ($10,000)  

2015:               Plummer MP, Deane AM, Chapman MJ, Horowitz M, Jones KL. Intensive Care Foundation Trainee Project Grant. Gallbladder motility in critical illness ($5000)

2014-17:           NHMRC Early Career Fellowship The effects of acute and chronic hyperglycaemia on short and long-term outcomes in the critically ill ($255,217)

2014:               Young RL and Deane AM. Intensive Care Foundation: Intestinal GLP-2 as novel target in critical illness-induced malabsorption ($30,900)

2014:               Plummer MP, Deane AM, Chapman MJ and Rayner C. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Foundation: The effect of routine pantoprazole administration when compared to placebo on gastrointestinal bleeding, ventilator-associated pneumonia and Clostridium difficile infection in enterally-fed mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. ($49,139)

2013:               Deane AM, Bellomo R, Jenkins A and Horowitz M. Diabetes Australia Research Trust General Grant: Optimal glucose targets in critically ill patients with pre-existing type-2 diabetes and chronic hyperglycaemia ($60,000)

2013:               Chapman MJ, Peake SL, Davies AR and Deane AM. Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Research Grant: The Augmented versus Routine approach to Giving Energy Trial (TARGET) in Intensive Care: A feasibility study ($34,300)

2012:               Young RL and Deane AM. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Fund: Protein determinants of intestinal carbohydrate malabsorption in critical illness ($30,000)

2012-15:          Deane AM. NHMRC Project Grant: Causes and management of abnormally elevated blood glucose concentrations in the critically ill ($416,175)

2012-15:          Chapman MJ, Nguyen NQ, Horowitz M, Rayner CK, Jones K and Deane AM.

                        NHMRC Project Grant: Optimising nutrient delivery and absorption in critically ill patients ($542,500)

2011:               Deane AM. Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Establishment Grant for Clinical Investigators: Mechanisms and management of disordered glucose metabolism in the critically ill ($60,000)

2011:               Deane AM, Young RL, Chapman MJ, O’Connor S, Rayner C and Horowitz M Intensive Care Foundation: Sweet taste receptors and critical illness ($45,000)

2011:               Chapman MJ and Deane AM. Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists        Research Grant: The effect of exogenous glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on glucose absorption in critically ill patients ($29,000)

2011:               Deane AM. Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Committee Mary Overton Project Grant: The effect of calorie goal on outcome in critically ill patients. A feasibility study ($50,000)

2011:               Deane AM and Young RL. Medvet Laboratories’ 2011 Round for Special Research Projects: The intestinal glucose transporter SGLT-1 as a novel therapeutic target in critical illness ($95,000)

2011:               Horowitz M, Rayner CK, Jones KL and Deane AM. Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Grant: Measurement of gastrointestinal hormones in patients with diabetes and critical illness-induced hyperglycaemia ($22,000)

2007-10:                  Dawes Scholarship University of Adelaide ($87,000)

2013-current:     Lecturer and Teacher on BASIC

2013-2015:        Supervising author: Emedici cases Intensive Care Medicine

2012-2015:        Lecturer Intern Orientation Programme (fluids and electrolytes)

2012-2015:        Lecturer Year 6 Core Skills Programme (End of Life Care)

2012-2015:        Lecturer Year 6 Core Skills Programme (IV fluids)

2011-2013:        ProfessChrisor Derek Frewin Citation for Excellence in Clinical Teaching (University of Adelaide)

2010-current:     Supervisor MBBS Research Project Programme

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 Co-Supervisor Enteral protein delivery in the critically ill Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Matthew Summers
    2021 Principal Supervisor Optimising end-of-life care during critical illness Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Nikki Yeok Kee Yeo
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2018 - 2023 Principal Supervisor MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD GLUCOSE IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH PRE-EXISTING TYPE 2 DIABETES Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alexis Paul Poole
    2015 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Long-Term Outcomes in Survivors of Critical Illness and Interaction with Glucose Metabolism Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid
    2014 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Hyperglycaemia in the Critically Ill Patient - Ideal Treatment and Impact of the Condition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Palash Kar
    2014 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Nutrition in Survivors of Critical Illness: An exploration of the effect of nutrition therapy on muscle mass, nutritional status and clinical outcomes after critical illness with a focus on patients with a traumatic brain injury Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time APrf Lee-anne Chapple
    2013 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Glycaemia and upper gastrointestinal function in health and critical illness Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time APrf Mark Plummer
  • Committee Memberships

    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2017 - ongoing Member 3rd Intensive Care Forum Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Society Singapore
    2016 - ongoing Member Adult Medical Division Stream Working Group Royal Australian College of Physicians Congress Australia
    2016 - ongoing Member Faculty of Health Sciences Research Committee University of Adelaide Australia
    2015 - ongoing Member Fellowships and Scholarships Committee Royal Adelaide Hospital Australia
    2015 - ongoing Member Scientific Review Committee Intensive Care Foundation -
    2015 - ongoing Member Singapore Intensive Care Medicine Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Society Singapore
    2014 - ongoing Member Member Abstract Review Committee European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) Annual Congress - Metabolism, endocrinology and nutrition monitoring Australia
    2013 - ongoing Founder Australian New Zealand Intensice Care Society Global Rising Star Programme - -
    2013 - ongoing Member Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group - Australia
    2013 - ongoing Member Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Society 38th Annual Scientific Meeting - Australia
    2011 - ongoing Member Abstract Review Committee Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Society -
    2011 - ongoing Member Formal Project Assessment Panel College of Intensive Care Medicine - -

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