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The Raine Medical Research Foundation has awarded seven Priming Grants for the two year period 2012-2013, with a funding allocation of $920,340 to:

• Dr Estabelle Ang, $174,000 for Tissue regeneration in oral health;
• Dr Vanessa Fear, $164,000 for Type I Interferon subtypes modulate dendritic cell function in the airway response to allergen and the development of asthma;
• Dr Brendan Kennedy, $162,340 for High-resolution imaging to advance cancer staging using optical coherence tomography;
• Dr Josh Lewis, $110,000 for An investigation into the determinants of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality:  An analysis of the 10 year data from the Calcium Intervention Fracture Outcome Study;
• Dr Cecilia Prele, $110,000 for Regulation of SOCS1 gene expression in lung fibrosis;
• Dr Gina Ravenscroft, $100,000 for The genetics and pathobiology of excessive muscle growth with compartment syndrome;
• Dr Robert White, $100,000 for The neuroprotective function of the transcription factor Pax.

The 2012 Raine Research Prize was awarded to Associate Professor Neil Boudville for his article Meta-analysis:  Risk of hypertension in living kidney donors.  Professor Boudville will receive a $5,000 travel grant.

The Raine Medical Research Foundation was established in 1957 by Mary Raine, who bequeathed her property empire to The University of Western Australia for the purpose of funding medical research.

Since it was set up, the Raine Foundation has made a distinguished contribution to medical research.  It has supported several major research projects, funded two Centres of Excellence, established fellowships and scholarships, sponsored visits by international scholars, participated in major joint ventures and fostered medical research at undergraduate level.

The Raine Priming Grants are awarded to medical research scientists at an early stage in their career and provide funding for research into the nature, origin and cause of human disease; and the prevention, cure, alleviation and treatment of disease.

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Michael Sinclair-Jones (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 3229  /  (+61 4) 00 700 783