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The Raine Foundation has committed in excess of $1.3m to research funding for 2016.

The Research Committee again acknowledged the excellent work being conducted in Western Australia, and extends best wishes to all candidates for the ongoing success of their research.

Congratulations go to the successful 2016 recipients:

Raine Priming Grants

The Raine Medical Research Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded six Priming Grants for the two-year period 2016-2017, with a funding allocation of $953,005:

Dr Annette Lim: The Raine Foundation/Alan Robson Fellow

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Medical Oncology

Project: Mechanisms that facilitate the metastatic potential in oral carcinomas

$219,675

Dr Grand Roman Joldes

Mechanical and Chemical Engineering UWA

Project: Towards translating the benefits of patient specific biomechanics into clinical practice

$200,000

Dr Gemma Cadby

Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease UWA

Project: The association of sleep apnoea and long-term health outcomes in Western Australian adults

$168,000

Dr Alison McDonnell

Medicine and Pharmacology UWA

Project: Identifying immune biomarkers of response to chemotherapy in thoracic cancers

$150,330

Dr Tristan Clemons

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry UWA

Project: Nanoparticle delivery for the treatment of scarring

$115,000

Dr Elin Gray

Edith Cowan University School of Medical Sciences

Project: Genetic Analysis of Circulating Tumour Cells and Circulating Tumour DNA for Prognosis of Uveal Melanoma

$100,000

Raine Research Prize

The 2016 Raine Research Prize consisting of a Travel Grant valued at $5,000 and medallion was awarded to:

Dr Helena Viola

School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology UWA

Publication: Impaired functional communication between the L-type calcium channel and mitochondria contributes to metabolic inhibition in the mdx heart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014; vol. 111 no.28. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402544111

Strachan Memorial Prize

The 2016 Strachan Memorial Prize consisting of a Travel Grant valued at $5,000 was awarded to:

Dr Rishi Kotecha

School of Paediatrics and Child Health UWA

Publication: Meningiomas in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Lancet Oncology 2011; 12: 1229–39. DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70275-3

Healy Research Collaboration Award

The 2016 Healy Research Collaboration Awards of up to $10,000 each have been awarded to three recipients:

Dr Jiawen Li

School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering UWA

Project: Smart needles for better lung cancer assessment

Dr A W Debowski

School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UWA

Project: Development of an inducible Helicobacter pylori cag-T4SS system for in vitro and in vivo studies

Dr Jessica Terrill

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry UWA

Project: Investigating the role of taurine in disease pathology of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) using the GRMD dog model

Cockell Research Collaboration Awards

The 2016 Cockell Research Collaboration Awards of up to $15,000 each have been awarded to four recipients:

Dr Wayne Davies

School of Animal Biology UWA

Project: Light therapy in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Dr Kevin Runions

Centre for Child Health Research UWA

Project: Social Reward and Impulsivity in Disruptive Behaviour Problems: The Roles of Oxytocin and Serotonin

Dr Anna Waterreus

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences UWA

Project: Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ)L and international validation study

Professor Andrew Whitehouse

Centre for Child Health Research UWA

Project: Very early intervention in infants at risk of autism: Bringing a novel therapy to Australia

Regards,

Robyn Owens

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Chair, Raine and Healy Research Committee