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The University of Western Australia has been awarded $19.7 million in grants for medical research, through the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Forty projects awarded funding by the NHMRC included research into gestational diabetes, coronary heart disease, neuropsychiatric outcomes for children of mothers with psychosis, prostate cancer, neurosurgery, men's health, asthma, malaria, bone disease, management of Rett syndrome, risk factors for autism spectrum disorders, and cognitive development.

Project grants ranged from $138,000 for a study of the screening of abdominal aortic aneurysms to $840,000 for research into the effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on long-term cardiovascular risk.

The research will be carried out by staff of the University and affiliated institutes such as the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research.

UWA Vice-Chancellor Professor Alan Robson said the grants enabled the University and Institutes to pursue research that would benefit people around the world.

"Health and medical research funding through the NHMRC is crucial in supporting our efforts to tackle the pressing health and medical issues of our time," Professor Robson said.

"The world-leading research being carried out through the University and Institutes will help us to determine the genesis of disease, the management of health and sickness, and cures for medical conditions that decrease life expectancy or harm quality of life."

Further information about the funding may be found on the NHMRC website.

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Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 5563  /  (+61 4) 32 637 716