News Archive

Grants awarded between 5 October and 4 November 2013

ANZ PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS HOLSWORTH WILDLIFE

Associate Professor Roberta Bencini, Veronica Phillips, School of Animal Biology: 'The impacts of rainfall and vegetation type on the demographics of the Rottnest Island quokka (Setonix brachyurus)'-         $7,500 (2013)

ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Dr Jason Bell, School of Psychology: 'Decoding the Process of Holistic Shape Encoding in the Human Visual System'- $51,764 (2013)

ASTRONOMY AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Professor Andreas Wicenec, Associate Professor Chen Wu, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research: 'ICRAR SKA/SDP Australia China Astronomy Collaboration Award'             $15,000 (2013)

AUSTRALIAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Assistant Professor Jacqueline Hutchinson, Professor Elizabeth Walker, Professor Fiona McKenzie, UWA Business School, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University of Technology:  'Factors Affecting the Appointment of CEOs in Local Government'-            $10,000 (2013)

BLACKHAM RESOURCES LTD

Dr Nicolas Thebaud, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET: 'Blackham Resources Pilot Study'-          $67,100 (2013)

CARNEGIE WAVE ENERGY LTD

Scott Draper, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems, Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education: 'Researcher in Business RiB - Carnegie Wave Energy - CETO 5 Virtualisation - Leo Hyde'-     $82,682 (2014)

CITY OF SUBIACO

Assistant Professor Wei Tian, UWA Business School, 'Performance Management in the Western Australian Public Service'-           $52,363 (2013)

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY INNOVATION SCIENCE RESEARCH AND TERTIARY EDUCATION DIISRTE

Dr Merran Smith, UWA Centre for Child Health Research: 'Population Health Research Network'-     $4,915,000 (2013-15)

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Dr Alan Aitken, Winthrop Professor Michael Dentith, Associate Professor Eun‑Jung Holden, Professor Thompson McCuaig, School of Earth and Environment, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET: 'Second Generation Regional Targeting Products - Data Generation and Integration'-            $2,950,000 (2013-15)

LINEAR CLINICAL RESEARCH EX CLINICAL NETWORK SERVICES

Professor Grant Morahan, UWA Centre for Medical Research: 'Contract for Linear ‑ A Phase 1, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Ascending Single and Repeat-Dose Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Orally Administered PRN473'-$265,697 (2013-14)

MINERALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF WA

Winthrop Professor Yves Potvin, Australian Centre for Geomechanics: 'Ground Support Systems Optimisation (GSSO)'-$1,500,000 (2013-16)

MONASH UNIVERSITY EX COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEME CRIS

Professor Mariusz Martyniuk, Winthrop Professor Lorenzo Faraone, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering: 'Australian National Fabrication Facility ANFF'- $543,000 (2013-14)

NHMRC CENTRES OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Professor Jennifer Pillow, Winthrop Professor Karen Simmer, Dr Sanjay Patole, Dr Tobias Strunk, Associate Professor Timothy Moss, Associate Professor David Burgner, Associate Professor Andrew Whitehouse, Professor Susan Prescott, Dr David Tingay, Dr Andrew Gill, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Women's and Infants' Health, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Monash Institute of Medical Research: 'Improving the Immediate and Longer-Term Health Outcomes of Preterm Infants'-        $2,499,203 (2013-18)

NHMRC EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS

Associate Professor Barbara Nattabi, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care:  'Uptake of a Sexual Health Clinical Audit Tool and its Impact on Sexual Health Service Delivery in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Services'-            (2014-17)

Terry Boyle, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR):  'Physical Activity Sedentary Behaviour and Cancer'-        (2014-17)

Carrington Shepherd, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research: 'Identifying Social Pathways to Enhanced Life Outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children'-           (2014-17)

Tristan Clemons, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology: 'Assessing Efficacy of Polyfunctional Nanoparticles Engineered for the Delivery of Multiple Therapeutics in Reduction of Cardiac Ischemia Reperfusion Injury'-         (2014-17)

Dr Shannon Simpson, UWA Centre for Child Health Research: 'The Identification of Thoracic Targets for Prevention and Intervention in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia'-            (2014-17)

Suzanne Abimosleh, School of Medicine and Pharmacology: 'Emu Oil and Protection from Experimentally Induced Ulcerative Colitis and Crohns Disease'- (2014-17)

Dr Ashleigh Lin, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences: 'Identifying Endophenotypes for Schizophrenia and Autism - A Support Vector Machine Learning Approach'-   (2014-17)

Georgina Trapp, School of Population Health, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research:  'Neighbourhood Food Environments - Are they Associated with Adolescent Dietary Intake and Weight Status'- (2014-17)

Aleksandra Debowski, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: 'Using Genetic Tools to Study Helicobacter Pylori and Persistence'-        (2014-17)

Carrington Shepherd, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research:  'Identifying Social Pathways to Enhances Life Outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children'-           (2014-17)

NHMRC PRACTITIONER FELLOWSHIPS

Professor Susan Prescott, School of Paediatrics and Child Health-         (2014-18)

Winthrop Professor Timothy Davis, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-    (2014-18)

NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Professor Jennifer Pillow, Associate Professor Dominique Blache, Professor Kurt Albertine, Associate Professor Peter Noble, Dr Andrew Gill, Associate Professor Mary Black, Assistant Professor Jonas Rubenson, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Women's and Infants' Health, School of Animal Biology, Monash University, University of Utah: 'Separating the adverse neurodevelopmental consequences of mechanical ventilation and postnatal steroids in preterm lambs'- $1,689,652 (2014-17)

Professor Wallace Langdon, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: 'Targeting FLT3 kinase activity to treat haematopoietic neoplasms'- $650,892 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Peter Leedman, UWA Centre for Medical Research: 'Small RNAs and Prostate Cancer'-      $870,744 (2014-17)

Dr Juliana Hamzah, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR): 'Targeting inflammatory macrophages and blood vessels in atherosclerotic plagues for imaging and therapy'- $438,447 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor Peter Leedman, Professor Israel Vlodavsky, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Technion Israel Institute of Technology: 'Role of SLIRP in colorectal cancer'-         $524,170 (2014-16)

Assistant Professor Brendan Kennedy, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering: 'Micro Elastography - A New Microscopic Probe to Improve Breast Cancer Surgery'-      $190,962 (2014-15)

Professor Ryan Lister, Dr Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, Dr Pilar Blancafort,

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology: 'Repair of Epigenetic Abnormalities in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Targeted Epigenome Engineering'-    $783,664 (2014-16)

Dr Thomas Snelling, Associate Professor Peter Morris, Dr Asha Bowen, Associate Professor Mark Naunton, Mark Chatfield, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Menzies School of Health Research, University of Canberra: 'To assess the benefit of oral nitazoxanide versus placebo for reducing the duration of symptoms among Australian Indigenous children hospitalised for acute gastroenteritis'-           $1,273,415 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Esther Ooi, Professor Peter Barrett, Winthrop Professor Gerald Watts, Professor Klaus Parhofer, Professor Russell Scott, Dr Dick Chan, Dr Theodore Ng, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Otago, University of Munich: 'Lipoprotein(a) metabolism in subjects at high risk of cardiovascular disease'-   $668,434 (2014-16)

Dr Susan Peters, Associate Professor Alison Reid, Winthrop Professor Jacqueline Fritschi, Professor Arthur Musk, Dr Roel Vermeulen, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research: 'Exposure to diesel exhaust and lung cancer risk in Australia'-     $563,353 (2014-16)

Professor Ruth Ganss, Professor Leonard Arnolda, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Australian National University:  'Molecular Mechanisms of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension'-         $628,894 (2014-16)

Clinical Professor Graeme Hankey, Associate Professor Maree Hackett, Winthrop Professor Osvaldo Almeida, Winthrop Professor Leon Flicker, Professor Gillian Mead, Professor Martin Dennis, Professor Christopher Etherton-Beer, Associate Professor Andrew Ford, Laurent Billot, Associate Professor Stephen Jan, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Edinburgh, The George Institute for Global Health: 'An Australasian, multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of fluoxetine in improving functional recovery after acute stroke / Assessment of FluoxetINe In sTroke recoverY (AFFINITY)'-      $2,212,237 (2014-18)

Winthrop Professor Jacqueline Fritschi, Dr Warwick Williams, Professor Jane Heyworth, Dr Adrian Fuente, Assistant Professor Weijie Li, UWA Centre for Medical Research, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, National Acoustic Laboratories: 'Work-related hearing loss in Australia'- $673,328 (2014-16)

Dr Rae-Chi Huang, Associate Professor Karen Lillycrop, Associate Professor Graham Burdge, Dr Jeff Craig, Emeritus Professor Lawrence Beilin, Professor Trevor Mori, Associate Professor Wendy Oddy, Professor Keith Godfrey, Dr Joanna Holbrook, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Southampton, Singapore Institute for Clinical Science: 'Multi-generational study of the obesity epidemic'-  $1,086,101 (2014-16)

Professor Bu Yeap, Winthrop Professor Leon Flicker, Associate Professor Kieran McCaul, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research: 'Trajectories of circulating testosterone and estradiol and implications for the health of ageing men'- $230,604 (2014-15)

Dr Pilar Blancafort, Winthrop Professor Ryan Lister, Dr Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology: 'Epigenetic reprogramming of malignant breast cancer'-$828,632 (2014-17)

Associate Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, Winthrop Professor Sarah Dunlop, Professor Livia Hool, Dr Stuart Hodgetts, Professor Matthew Kilburn, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Animal Biology: 'Optimising combinations of calcium channel inhibitors for treatment of secondary degeneration after neurotrauma'-  $657,562 (2014-16)

Professor Grant Morahan, Dr Janet Van Eersel, UWA Centre for Medical Research, University of Sydney:  'Discovery of genes that protect against Tau-induced neuropathologies'-  $891,304 (2014-16)

Dr Stephen Stick, Dr Anthony Kicic, Professor Robert Hancock, Associate Professor Stuart Turvey, Dr Emily Hart, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of British Columbia, University of Melbourne:  'New therapies to prevent airway inflammation in cystic fibroses'-  $922,614 (2014-17)

Professor Livia Hool, Professor Susan Fletcher, Professor Stephen Wilton, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (00015):  'The L-type calcium channel as a reporter of successful morpholino oligomer therapy in treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy cardiomyopathy'- $575,558 (2014-16)

Dr Jenette Creaney, Professor Steve Skates, Winthrop Professor Bruce Robinson, Professor Anna Nowak, Clinical Professor Arthur Musk, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital: 'Improving treatment outcomes for malignant mesothelioma patients using biomarkers'-$769,086 (2014-16)

Clinical Professor Alan James, Associate Professor Gregory King, Associate Professor Peter Noble, Dr Peter McFawn, Dr Brent McParland, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sydney, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research Limited:  'Airway Extracellular Matrix and Smooth Muscle in COPD'- $791,677 (2014-16)

Dr Barry Doyle, Professor David Newby, Professor Peter Hoskins, Winthrop Professor Karol Miller, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh:  'Engineering better clinical outcomes:  Improving abdominal aortic aneurysm risk assessment through patient-specific computational modelling'-  $411,148 (2014-17)

Winthrop Professor Jonathan Emery, Professor Danielle Mazza, Dr Neil Campbell, Dr Peter Murchie, Doctor Andrew Martin, Dr Fiona Walter, Associate Professor David Barnes, Associate Professor Stephen Goodall, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Monash University, University of Technology Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Aberdeen, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research: 'CHEST Australia:  reducing time to consult with symptoms of lung cancer'-  $880,425 (2014-17)

Winthrop Professor Assen Jablensky, Winthrop Professor Eric Moses, Dr Nina McCarthy, Dr Phillip Melton, Professor Vera Morgan, Dr Johanna Badcock, Associate Professor Flavie Waters, School of Psychology, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease: 'Schizophrenia under the genomic lens:  next generation sequencing of Western Australian families with schizophrenia'-$960,311 (2014-16)

Dr Nicholas De Klerk, Associate Professor David Burgner, Dr Kim Carter, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute: 'Familial Effects on Childhood Diseases'-$444,981 (2014-16)

Professor Patricia Price, Associate Professor Campbell Witt, Dr Ashley Irish, Associate Professor Richard Allcock, Silvia Lee, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Royal Perth Hospital: 'Do NK cells limit the long term burden of CMV in older Australians and transplant recipients?'-$401,446 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Peter Arthur, Professor Miranda Grounds, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology: 'Preclinical testing of 3 cysteine-related drugs for reducing dystropathology in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy'-$366,174 (2014-16)

Professor Mariapia Degli‑Esposti, Assistant Professor Christopher Andoniou, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science: 'Understanding the role of CD4 T cells in viral infection:  a means of improving anti-viral immunotherapy'-$649,890 (2014-16)

Professor Jonathan Hodgson, Professor Kevin Croft, Associate Professor Richard Woodman, Assistant Professor Natalie Ward, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Flinders University:  'Nitrate: studies of metabolism and effects on blood pressure'-  $392,843 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Frank Sanfilippo, Winthrop Professor Matthew Knuiman, Professor Elizabeth Geelhoed, Emeritus Professor Michael Hobbs, Dr Judith Katzenellenbogen, Winthrop Professor Joseph Hung, Dr Jamie Rankin, Lee Nedkoff, Associate Professor Tom Briffa, Associate Professor Michael Ortiz, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Population Health, Royal Perth Hospital, National Prescribing Service Limited: 'Long Term Use and Cost Effectiveness of Secondary Prevention Medications for Heart Disease in Western Australian Seniors'-  $729,513 (2014-17)

Adjunct Professor Richard Lake, Dr Willem Lesterhuis, Dr Andrea Khong, Professor Anna Nowak, Winthrop Professor Bruce Robinson, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Amsterdam:  'Cancer Chemo Immunotherapy - Exploiting the Immunogenic Momentum of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy'-$886,226 (2014-16)

Adjunct Professor Prudence Hart, Associate Professor David Booth, Professor Allan Kermode, Dr David Nolan, Associate Professor Robyn Lucas, Dr William Carroll, Dr Judith Cole, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Murdoch University, University of Sydney, Australian National University, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, St John of God Health Care, Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute ANRI: 'Narrow band UVB phototherapy for patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome:  A phase 1 trial'-$660,558 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Steven Mutsaers, Professor Darryl Knight, Associate Professor Cecilia Prele, Robert O'Donoghue, Associate Professor Gerald Hoyne, Professor Geoff Laurent, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Newcastle, University of Notre Dame Australia: 'STAT3 Regulation of Cell Responses in IPF'-$650,558 (2014-16)

NHMRC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, UWA Centre for Medical Research: 'NHMRC Research Fellowships - Aleksandra Filipovska'-  (2014-18)

ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Dr Dino Tan, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, CRC for Asthma and CAARR (Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research): 'Dino Bee Aik Tan - Immunological characterisation of bacterial-associated exacerbations of COPD'-(2014-16)

SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY

Professor Ryan Lowe, Anne-Christine Pequignet, School of Earth and Environment: 'Wave transformation and coastal processes in Krirbati - Bonriki Inundation Vulnerability Assessment BIVA Project'- $25,000 (2013-13)

TERAVIEW LTD

Associate Professor Vincent Wallace, School of Physics, Kings College London: 'The Development of Software for Analysis and Classification of Terahertz Data to aid Determination of Tumour Margins during Breast Cancer Surgery'-  $18,605 (2013-13)

UWA RESEARCH COLLABORATION AWARDS

Dr Cyril Donnelly, Dr Mark Robinson, Professor Scott Delp, Dr Jos Vanregrenton, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, Stanford University, Liverpool John Moores University: 'An open-source data base and modelling standards for the open-source modelling framework OpenSim'-  $18,000 (2014-14)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE EX GRDC

Dr Christian Nansen, School of Animal Biology, WA Department of Agriculture and Food, CSIRO, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA), Cesar Pty Ltd: 'Management of Insecticide Resistance in RLEM and Screening New MoA Chemistry'-$88,304 (2013-14)

WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Associate Professor Christopher Blyth, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, Professor David Smith, Dr Paul Effler, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, WA Department of Health: 'Telethon New Childrens Hospital Research Fund - Preventing Influenza Morbidity and Mortality in Western Australian Children through Vaccination'- $153,000 (2013-14)

Assistant Professor Ruth Thornton, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, Professor Harvey Coates, Clinical Associate Professor Shyan Vijayasekaran, Dr Anthony Keil, Dr Belinda Hales, Assistant Professor Lea-Ann Kirkham, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, 'Telethon New Childrens Hospital Research Fund - Infection or Allergy - Understanding the Pathogenesis of Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy'- $200,000 (2013-14)

WA ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, Scott Draper, Hongwei An, Professor David White, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems: 'R2D3 - STABLEpipe JIP Phase 3 - Collate and Review Data on Known Pipeline Movements'-$4,888 (2013)

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, Mr Scott Draper, Mr Hongwei An, Professor David White, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems:  'R2D3 - STABLEpipe JIP Phase 3 - Collate Survey Data - Woodside'-  $62,071 (2013)

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, Scott Draper, Hongwei An, Professor David White, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems: 'R2D3 - STABLEpipe JIP Phase 3 - O Tube Test Facility Improvements'-$157,406 (2013)

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems: 'R2D3 - STABLEpipe JIP Phase 3 - Test Program - Other Facilities'- $17,595 (2013-13)

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, Scott Draper, Hongwei An, Professor David White, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems: 'R2D3 - STABLEpipe JIP Phase 3 - Design Method Development' $42,033 (2013)

Winthrop Professor Liang Cheng, Scott Draper, Hongwei An, Professor David White, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems: 'R2D3 - STABLEpipe JIP Phase 3 - O Tube Test Program'-$182,683 (2013)