Friday, 26 February 2016

CANCER AUSTRALIA

Dr Nicholas Gottardo, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'Improving the cure rates of childhood brain cancer'—$193,688  (2016-17)

CANCER COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Dr Juliana Hamzah, Ms Meenu Chopra, Professor Erkki Ruoslahti, Dr Kirk Feindel, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Breaking the tumour stiffness to improve anti-cancer therapy'—$100,000  (2016)

Dr Andrew Woo, Dr Pilar Blancafort, Doctor Jonghwan Kim, Associate Professor Jianlong Wang, Dr Ramesh Ram, Harvard Medical School, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research, University of Texas, Austin, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute Of Medical Research, 'Reprogramming metastatic tumours: Investigating the role of the ZBP family of transcription factors'—$100,000  (2016)

Associate Professor Oliver Rackham, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Manipulating oncogenic non-coding RNAs to understand and treat cancer'—$100,000  (2016)

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY EX QUT EX ARC SPECIAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES

Professor Pat Dudgeon, School of Indigenous Studies, 'National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network NIRAKN - Developing Knowledge about Indigenous Mental Health and Psychology from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective'—$10,000  (2015)

CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY EX ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Dr Michael Douglas, School of Earth and Environment, 'Forecasting fish resilience to environmental change in northern Australia'—$30,000  (2016-18)

COCKELL RESEARCH COLLABORATION AWARDS

Assistant Professor Anna Waterreus, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 'Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ) - An international validation study'—$10,585  (2016)

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION US

Dr Stephen Stick, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'AREST CF Core Funding Project'—$1,292,479  (2016-18)

DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GROUP DSTG

Mrs Karina Jorritsma, School of Psychology, 'Submariner Endurance: Mechanisms to Facilitate Circadian Entrainment'—$99,600  (2016)

Mrs Karina Jorritsma, School of Psychology, 'Submariner Endurance: Fatigue Protection for Future Human Work and Sustainment Systems'—$78,800  (2016)

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, MINISTRY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND

Dr Sandra Occhipinti, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET, 'Integrated Geological - Geophysical Mapping Techniques in Remote Access Areas'—$60,620  (2016)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Professor Jane Heyworth, Miss Chloe Thomson, School of Population Health, 'Travel Health Risks Study'—$27,000  (2016-17)

GRAINS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Dr Kenneth Flower, School of Plant Biology, 'A Long-term Study to Increase Water Use Efficiency, Grain Yield and the Profit of Growers in the Western Region in a No-till System'—$1,133,602  (2016-18)

HEALY RESEARCH COLLABORATION AWARDS

Ms Jiawen Li, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, 'Smart needles for better lung cancer assessment'—$10,000  (2016)

Dr Jessica Terrill, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 'Investigating the role of taurine in disease pathology of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) using the GRMD dog model'—$9,900  (2016)

Ms Aleksandra Debowski, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 'Development of an inducible Helicobacter pylori cag-T4SS system for in vitro and in vivo studies'—$8,500  (2016)

LIVER FOUNDATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Associate Professor Leon Adams, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'Visiting Fellow - Dr Luis Calzadilla Bertot - Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Burden and Prediction'—$70,000  (2015-16)

MEDICAL & HEALTH RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Associate Professor Romola Bucks, School of Psychology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Romola Bucks'—$22,623  (2016)

Associate Professor Murray Maybery, School of Psychology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Murray Maybery'—$19,566  (2016)

Winthrop Professor Karol Miller, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Karol Miller'—$20,148  (2016)

Professor Gillian Rhodes, School of Psychology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Gillian Rhodes'—$62,823  (2016)

Professor Michael Stacey, School of Surgery, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Michael Stacey'—$15,283  (2016)

Winthrop Professor Jiake Xu, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Jiake Xu'—$20,699  (2016)

Dr Peter Noble, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Peter Noble'—$15,857  (2016)

Professor Colin MacLeod, School of Psychology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Colin Macleod'—$16,681  (2016)

Emeritus Professor Cashel Holman, School of Population Health, 'MHRIF Round 19 - D'arcy Holman'—$28,433  (2016)

Professor Christobel Saunders, School of Surgery, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Christobel Saunders'—$18,374  (2016)

Associate Professor Bu Yeap, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Bu Yeap'—$28,631  (2016)

Clinical Professor Graeme Hankey, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Graeme Hankey'—$46,836  (2016)

Professor Peter Barrett, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Hugh Barrett'—$32,821  (2016)

Professor Sarah Dunlop, School of Animal Biology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Sarah Dunlop'—$27,463  (2016)

Professor Peter Le Souef, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Peter LeSouef'—$32,182  (2016)

Professor Fiona Bull, School of Earth and Environment, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Fiona Bull'—$15,386  (2016)

Professor Richard Prince, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'MHRIF Round 19 - Richard Prince'—$19,284  (2016)

MONADELPHOUS GROUP LIMITED

Dr Laura Fruhen, Mrs Karina Jorritsma, Mr Joseph Carpini, School of Psychology, UWA Business School, 'An Investigation of Shared Understanding in Roster Handovers'—$14,960  (2016)

MONASH UNIVERSITY EX DIISR AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DATA SERVICE

Professor Andrew Millar, Dr Cornelia Hooper, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, 'The Compendium of cropPAL'—$80,000  (2015)

NEUROTRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM (NRP)

Associate Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, Professor Daniel Fatovich, Associate Professor Carmela Pestell, School of Animal Biology, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, School of Psychology, 'Identification of biomarkers that correlate with clinical features and outcomes following concussion'—$38,925  (2016)

NHMRC EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS

Ms Lee Nedkoff, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, School of Population Health, University of Oxford, 'Advancing the epidemiology of coronary heart disease: reliable monitoring, secondary prevention and future projections'—  (2016-19)

NHMRC EQUIPMENT GRANTS

Professor Ryan Lister, Professor Alistair Forrest, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Dolomite  Single Cell Encapsulation System'—$34,255  (2015)

Associate Professor Paul Rigby, Professor David Sampson, Dr Nikolajs Zeps, Professor Peter Leedman, Professor Bruce Robinson, Professor George Yeoh, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (00012), School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Surgery, 'Nikon TiE inverted epifluorescence microscope and components.'—$21,704  (2015)

Dr Shelley Gorman, Dr Kristen Nowak, Associate Professor Rae-chi Huang, Dr Vance Matthews, Dr Caitlin Wyrwoll, Dr Jennifer Rodger, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Animal Biology, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, UWA Centre for Medical Research, 'Wireless Running Wheels'—$26,890  (2015)

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Professor Susan Prescott, Dr Debra Palmer, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 'The influence of infant outdoor time on early immune health'—$18,890  (2016)

Professor Wai Chen, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 'Adolescents with ADHD in CAMHS: Is personal recovery based on adult models relevant?'—$80,589  (2016)

PROJECT MATCH AUSTRALIA PTY LTD EX AUSINDUSTRY

Dr Elena Mamouni Limnios, Professor John Watson, UWA Business School, 'Process Innovation Analysis in HR for Shutdowns and Capital Projects'—$15,000  (2015)

RAINE PRIMING GRANTS

Mr Grand Joldes, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 'Towards translating the benefits of patient specific biomechanics into clinical practice'—$200,000  (2016-17)

Ms Alison McDonnell, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, 'Identifying immune biomarkers of response to chemotherapy in thoracic cancers'—$150,330  (2016-17)

ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

Dr Annette Lim, Miss Katie Meehan, Professor Wendy Erber, Dr Anitha Thomas, Dr Joanna Dewar, Professor Michael Millward, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, 'GlaxoSmithKline Research Establishment Fellowship - Mechanisms that facilitate metastatic potential in oral carcinomas'—  (2016)

ST JOHN OF GOD HEALTH CARE

Dr Christina Davies, School of Population Health, 'The Impact of the 2016 St John of God Health Care Music-in-Residence Pilot Project  '—$7,794  (2016)

TELETHON KIDS INSTITUTE

Winthrop Professor Florian Zepf, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 'Using neurofeedback (NF as a non-pharmacological intervention strategy in young patients with psychiatric disorders: Targeting tic symptoms and Tourettes syndrome'—$20,000  (2016)

WA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Mr Oron Catts, Dr Ionat Zurr, Mr Christopher Cobilis, Mr Guy Ben-Ary, Dr Stuart Hodgetts, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, 'SymbioticA Agreement - Organisations Investment Program'—$300,000  (2016-18)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX WOODSIDE R2D3

Associate Professor Zachary Aman, Professor Eric May, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, 'Synergistic Injection Chemistry Desktop Study'—$24,300  (2016)

WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD

Professor Gregory Ivey, Ms Nicole Jones, Dr Matthew Rayson, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, 'Scott Reef SUNTANS Hydrodynamic Modelling'—$101,901  (2015)

YITPI FOUNDATION PTY LTD

Professor Guijun Yan, Dr Hui Liu, Professor Kadambot Siddique, School of Plant Biology, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA), 'Genetic Analysis of Seed Dormancy for Pre Harvest Sprouting Resistance in Wheat'—$9,083  (2015)

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