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Research Grants Awarded Between 3 March and 20 April 2015

ILUKA RESOURCES LIMITED

Professor Ladislav Mucina , School of Plant Biology:  'Improving vegetation restoration of outcomes by using insights from trait-based community assembly mechanisms'—$60,000 (2014)


INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ACCOUNTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Associate Professor Marvin Ge Way Wee, Professor Ann Tarca, Professor Greg Clinch , UWA Business School, University of Melbourne:  'Presentation and Disclosure of IFRS Earnings, Adjusted Earnings and Subtotals: Relevance to Market Participants and Implications for Standard Setters'—$31,250 (2015-16)


INTERNATIONAL MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE EX AUSAID
Professor Caroline Baillie , School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering:  'Development of Pedagogical Teaching Material for IM4DC Workshop on Distributive Justice to be Held in June 2013'—$34,000 (2013)

Associate Professor Pietro Guj , School of Earth and Environment:  'Improving Mining Tax Administration Frameworks in West Africa'—$23,000 (2015)


MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
Professor David Smith , Associate Professor Bruce Gardiner, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering—$29,261 (2015)

Dr John Walsh , School of Medicine and Pharmacology—$21,115 (2015)

Professor Martyn French , School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine—$34,450 (2015)

Professor Barry Marshall , School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine—$16,992 (2015)

Professor Richard Prince , School of Medicine and Pharmacology—$22,768 (2015)

Associate Professor Bu Yeap , School of Medicine and Pharmacology—$19,301 (2015)

Professor Michael Stacey , School of Surgery—$28,639 (2015)

Frank Sanfilippo , School of Population Health—$16,569 (2015)


MONASH UNIVERSITY EX NHMRC CENTRES OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
Professor Helena Teede, Professor Robert Norman, Professor Roger Hart, Professor David Handelsman, Professor Elizabeth Sullivan, Professor George Patton, ANZAC Research Institute , Monash University, School of Women's and Infants' Health, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney:  'CRE in the evaluation, management and health care needs of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and related health implications'—$61,000 (2014-18)


NEUROTRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM (NRP)
Dr Stuart Hodgetts, Professor Alan Harvey, Associate Professor Corinna Van Den Heuvel , School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, University of Adelaide:  'Assessing APP96-110 -a novel neuroprotective agent against traumatic spinal cord injury'—$131,651 (2015)

Vanessa Bowden, Dr Troy Visser, Dr Shayne Loft , School of Psychology:  'Reducing speeding by improving driver prospective memory'—$65,510 (2015)

Professor Sarah Dunlop, Dr Peter Batchelor, Associate Professor John Buchanan, Professor Garry Allison, Dr Ian Mosley , Austin Health, Curtin University of Technology, Royal Perth Hospital, School of Animal Biology:  'ICED (Immediate Cooling and Emergency Decompression):  Determining the Reliability and Validity of a Brief Paramedic Assessment'—$59,350 (2014)


NHMRC EQUIPMENT GRANTS
Associate Professor Desiree Silva, Professor Susan Prescott, Dr Miles Beaman, Dr Christopher Blyth, Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Dr Kim Carter, Dr Lynette Colvin, Professor Peter Eastwood, Dr Lisa Gibson, Dr Rebecca Glauert, Adjunct Associate Professor Graham Hall, Dr Aveni Haynes, Dr Rae-Chi Huang, Dr Bradley Jongeling, Winthrop Professor Jeffrey Keelan, Professor Timo Lassmann, Professor Eric Moses, Nicholas Northcott, Dr Debra Palmer, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, Professor Karen Simmer, Associate Professor Alistair Vickery, Andrew Whitehouse , Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, School of Women's and Infants' Health, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Body Composition PEA POD'—$50,000 (2014)


PHYLOGICA LIMITED
Dr Pilar Blancafort , UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'Assessing the Therapeutic Potential of Interference Peptides for C-MYC'—$4,173 (2014)


PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
Dr Kajal Hirani, Associate Professor Donald Payne, Dr Sarah Cherian, Dr Raewyn Mutch , School of Paediatrics and Child Health, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Identification of health risk behaviours among adolescent refugees resettling in Western Australia'—$20,000 (2015-16)

Dr Deepa Vineet, Dr Jason Tan, Dr Steven Resnick, Dr Shripada Rao , King Edward Memorial Hospital KEMH, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'Observational study of salivary and serum cortisol levels in transported infants presenting with respiratory distress in the first few days of life'—$15,263 (2015)

Dr Britta Regli-von Ungern , School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'REACT: Reducing Anaesthetic Complications in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomies'—$80,491 (2015-16)

Chun Cheung, Professor Lee-Yong Lim, Dr Britta Regli-von Ungern , School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Development and Clinical Evaluation of Palatable Chocolate-based Drug Formulations to Achieve Optimised Health Outcomes for Paediatric Population'—$79,909 (2015-16)