STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Cliff Da Costa
Position:
Honorary Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
School of Science
Phone:
99256114
Email:
cliff.dacosta@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Chen, Y.,Lin, L.,Wu, L.,Xu, Y.,Planche, J.,Zhang, T.,Wen, Z.,Worsnop, C.,Da Costa, C.,Thien, F.,Xue, C. (2020). Effect of panax ginseng (G115) capsules versus placebo on acute exacerbations in patients with moderate to very severe copd: A randomized controlled trial In: International Journal of COPD, 15, 671 - 680
- Alhaiti, A.,Senitan, M.,Dator, W.,Sankarapandian, C.,Baghdadi, N.,Jones, L.,Da Costa, C.,Lenon, G. (2020). Adherence of Type 2 Diabetic Patients to Self-Care Activity: Tertiary Care Setting in Saudi Arabia In: Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020, 1 - 7
- Zheng, Z.,Gibson, S.,Helme, R.,Wang, Y.,Lu, D.,Arnold, C.,Hogg, M.,Somogyi, A.,Da Costa, C.,Xue, C. (2019). Effects of electroacupuncture on opioid consumption in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: A multicenter randomized controlled trial In: Pain Medicine, 20, 397 - 410
- Shergis, J.,Thien, F.,Worsnop, C.,Lin, L.,Zhang, T.,Wu, L.,Chen, Y.,Xu, Y.,Langton, D.,Da Costa, C.,Fong, H.,Wu, D.,Story, D.,Xue, C. (2019). 12-month randomised controlled trial of ginseng extract for moderate COPD In: Thorax, 74, 539 - 545
- Alhaiti, A.,Senitan, M.,Shanmuganathan, S.,Da Costa, C.,Jones, L.,Lenon, G. (2019). Nurses' Attitudes towards Diabetes in Tertiary Care: A Cross- Sectional Study In: Nursing Open, 6, 1381 - 1387
- Jamshidi, N.,Da Costa, C.,Cohen, M. (2018). Holybasil (tulsi) lowers fasting glucose and improved lipid profile in adults with metabolic disease: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials In: Journal of Functional Foods, 45, 47 - 57
- Zhang, S.,Zhang, C.,Tan, H.,Wang, Y.,Da Costa, C.,Zhang, T.,Xue, C.,Xie, M. (2018). Systematic review of acupuncture placebo devices with a focus on the credibility of blinding of healthy participants and/or acupuncturists In: Acupuncture in Medicine, 36, 204 - 214
- Alhaiti, A.,Jones, L.,Da Costa, C.,Alotaibi, A.,Lenon, G. (2016). Psychometric evaluation of the revised michigan diabetes knowledge test (V.2016) in Arabic: Translation and validation In: Journal of Diabetes Research, , 1 - 20
- Wang, Y.,Xue, C.,Helme, R.,Da Costa, C.,Zheng, Z. (2015). Acupuncture for frequent migraine: A randomized, patient/assessor blinded, controlled trial with one-year follow-up In: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, , 1 - 14
- Xue, C.,Zhang, A.,Zhang, S.,DaCosta, C.,Story, D.,Thien, F. (2015). Acupuncture for seasonal allergic rhinitis: A randomized controlled trial In: Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 115, 317 - 324
- Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association LTD (AACMA) Research Grants. Funded by: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association Project Contract from (2007 to 2007)
- Improving Breast Feeding Outcomes: A Research-Based Intervention for Nurses. Funded by: VicHealth Contract from (1996 to 1999)
12 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions
Statistics and operations research, surveys, sampling, program evaluation, biostatistics, meta-analysis, statistical methods in meta-analysis and hierarchical linear modelling, clinical trials in Chinese Medicine and Complementary Medicine.