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Grants Awarded Between 7 October and 4 November 2014

ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Associate Professor Julian Heng, Dr Matilda Haas, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Monash University:  'Subcellular Recruitment of a RhoA Ubiquitination Complex by Rnd Proteins'-$137,514 (2014-15)

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS

Dr Britta Regli-von Ungern, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'New Evidence-based Ventilation Guidelines for Children'-$99,753 (2015)

Dr Britta Regli-von Ungern, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Obesity:  Alterations in Lung Mechanics ‑ Impact on the Incidence of Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events (OPRAE)'-$30,000 (2015)

BANKWEST FOUNDATION

Professor Paul Flatau, Dr Kaylene Zaretzky, Professor Jo Barraket, Professor Roger Simnet, UWA Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, University of New South Wales:  'A Research Program Supporting Development and Growth in the Community Sector in Western Australia'-$909,090 (2014-19)

BENTHIC USA LLC/FUGRO ENGINEERS B.V./SHELL DEVELOPMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD/UTEC GEOMARINE LIMITED/WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD

Professor David White, Professor Mark Randolph, Professor Liang Cheng, Dr Conleth O'Loughlin, Samuel Stanier, Scott Draper, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering:  'RIGSS J IP - Offshore Geotechnical Engineering with Remote Intelligent Geotechnical Seabed Surveys'-$975,000 (2014-16)

ECR FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM

Dr Ashleigh Lin, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, 'Identifying endophenotypes for schizophrenia and autism:  a support vector machine learning approach'-$29,545 (2014)

MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND

Professor Simon Brown, Emergency Medicine:  'A Randomised Controlled Trial of Interventional Versus Conservative Treatment of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax ‑ PSP Study'-$44,520 (2014)

NHMRC CAREER DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS

Dr Lindy Fitzgerald, School of Animal Biology:  'Innovative and multi-disciplinary treatment strategies for secondary degeneration following neurotrauma'-(2015 -18)

Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'The molecular pharmacology of receptor complexes'-(2015-18)

Dr Barry Doyle, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  'Patient-specific modelling of cardiovascular disease'-(2015-18)

NHMRC CENTRES OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Professor Jonathan Carapetis, Professor Bart Currie, Associate Professor Graeme Maguire, Associate Professor Dawn Bessarab, Dr Daniel McAullay, Heather D'Antoine, Professor Alex Brown, Professor Karen Edmond, Dr Nicholas De Klerk, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Curtin University of Technology, Menzies School of Health Research, James Cook University, Telethon Kids Institute, University of South Australia:  'The END RHD CRE ‑ Developing an Endgame for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia'-$2,496,816 (2015-19)

Dr Timothy Jones, Dr Elizabeth Davis, Professor Paul Fournier, Professor Desmond Keenan, Professor Margaret Grey, Professor Stuart Weinzimer, Professor Elizabeth Geelhoed, Professor Donna Cross, Professor William Tamborlane, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Edith Cowan University, Yale University, Medtronic:  'Jones Improving the Lives of Young People with Type 1 Diabetes using State of the Art Therapies'-$2,490,790 (2015-19)

NHMRC EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIPS

Dr Sally Brinkman, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Early Human Capability ‑ Measurement, Intervention, Results'-(2015-18)

Dr Kimberley Wang, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Role of airway smooth muscle on the development of asthma'-(2015-18)

Dr Kathryn Ramsey, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Mucous in heterogeneous and progressive early cystic fibrosis lung disease'-(2015-18)

Dr Michele Hansen, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Kids Institute:  'Population-based data linkage to investigate the health and development of children born after IVF'-(2015-18)

Dr Asha Bowen, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Menzies School of Health Research:  'Evidence-driven strategies to reduce the burden of infections among Indigenous children'-(2015-18)

Dr Carl White, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR):  'Molecular pharmacology of chemokine receptor signalling in cancer'-(2015-18)

Assistant Professor Ivan Lin, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care:  'Taking control again':  better care for Aboriginal people with persistent musculoskeletal pain'-(2015-18)

NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Professor Simon Brown, Doctor Gerben Keijzers, Professor Julian Smith, Professor Yun Lee, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Monash University, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport:  'A randomised controlled trial of interventional versus conservative treatment of primary spontaneous pneumothorax'-        $401,143 (2015-17)

Professor Peter Le Souef, Professor William Busse, Assistant Professor Ingrid Laing, Anthony Bosco, Doctor Andrew Currie, Professor David Smith, Joelene Bizzintino, Dr Guicheng Zhang, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Curtin University of Technology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison:  'Effect of anti-IgE on immune system responses and short-term outcome in acute asthma in children'-$547,648 (2015-17)

Associate Professor Peter Richmond, William Pomat, Dr Deborah Lehmann, Assistant Professor Lea‑Ann Kirkham, Peter Jacoby, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research:  'Comparing pneumococcal vaccines in a high risk population: a randomised controlled trial of immunogenicity, safety and impact on carriage of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines'-$1,009,611 (2015-17)

Professor Ryan Lister, Associate Professor Ernst Wolvetang, Dr Ozren Bogdanovich, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, University of Queensland:  'Deciphering the role of atypical DNA methylation in neural genome regulation and neurological disorders'-$751,116 (2015-17)

Professor Deborah Trinder, Professor John Olynyk, Dr Anita Chua, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Fremantle Hospital:  'Role of non-transferrin bound iron in iron overload disease'-$648,475 (2015-17)

Assistant Professor Peter Noble, Associate Professor Jennifer Pillow, Associate Professor Alan James, John Elliot, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital:  'Ontogeny of the airway smooth muscle layer'-$519,830 (20150-17)

Dr Lindy Fitzgerald, Professor Sarah Dunlop, Professor Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, Nicole Smith, School of Animal Biology:  'Targeted nanoparticles to deliver combinations of calcium channel inhibitors to prevent myelin damage during secondary degeneration after neurotrauma'-$861,300 (2015-18)

Professor Karen Edmond, Professor David Atkinson, Professor Rhonda Marriott, Associate Professor Julia Marley, Dr Stephanie Trust, Professor Karen Simmer, Doctor James Fitzpatrick, Peter Jacoby, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Murdoch University, Telethon Kids Institute, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council (KAMSC), Rural Clinical School:  'Improving primary care for Aboriginal mothers in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia:  A population based cluster randomised trial driven by local health service providers'-$1,969,771 (2015-19)

Professor Alice Vrielink, Dr Keith Stubbs, Associate Professor Martin Scanlon, Associate Professor Charlene Kahler, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Monash University:  'Structure-based design of novel therapeutics for multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae'-$648,201 (2015-17)

Clinical Professor Peter Thompson, Dr Stefan Nidorf, Associate Professor John Eikelboom, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, McMaster University:  'LoDoCo2 Low Dose Colchicine for secondary prevention in Stable Coronary Heart Disease (the LoDoCo2 Trial)'-$2,300,629 (2015-19)

Dr Claire Waddington, Dr Thomas Snelling, Professor Ross Andrews, Associate Professor Carl Kirkwood, Doctor Margaret Danchin, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Menzies School of Health Research, Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute:  'Optimising rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in Aboriginal children'-$2,333,318 (2015-19)

Assistant Professor Lea‑Ann Kirkham, Assistant Professor Ruth Thornton, Professor Matthew Bellgard, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Murdoch University:  'Evaluation of Haemophilus haemolyticus as a preventative therapy for NTHi disease'-$431,830 (2015-17)

Professor Karen Edmond, Dr Dan McAullay, Professor Rhonda Marriott, Glenn Pearson, Peter Jacoby, Dr Chantal Ferguson, Dr Kimberley McAuley, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University, Aboriginal Health Council of WA:  'Improving access to primary care for Aboriginal babies in Western Australia.  The 'Stork' population based cluster randomised trial'-$1,250,993 (2015-18)

Associate Professor Frank Sanfilippo, Professor Matthew Knuiman, Emeritus Professor Michael Hobbs, Lee Nedkoff, Winthrop Professor Joseph Hung, Sushma Mathur, Adjunct Professor John Beilby, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Population Health, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare:  'Is the incidence of heart attack still decreasing in Australia?  Developing more reliable methods for monitoring trends in myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease'-$736,052 (2015-18)

Professor Peter Eastwood, Professor David Hillman, Professor Eric Moses, Dr Nigel McArdle, Dr Phillip Melton, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology:  'Prevalence, phenotype and genotype of common sleep disorders'-$1,419,485 (2015-17)

Dr Scott Wilson, Doctor Jordana Bell, Dr John Walsh, Dr Frank Dudbridge, Professor Timothy Spector, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Kings College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:  'Epigenetic regulation of thyroid function'-$869,046 (2015-17)

Professor Jonathan Hodgson, Emeritus Professor Lawrence Beilin, Professor Richard Prince, Associate Professor Richard Woodman, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Flinders University:  'Consumption of nitrate-rich vegetables to reduce blood pressure'-$584,492 (2015-17)

Associate Professor Nathan Pavlos, Professor Ming Zheng, Dr Tak Sum Cheng, School of Surgery:  'The role of Sorting Nexin 27 in cargo‑trafficking during skeletal homeostasis'-$603,813 (2015-17)

Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, Dr Dimitar Azmanov, Professor Luborodna Kalaydjieva, UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'Functional genomic analyses of mitochondrial disorders'-    $559,492 (2015-17)

Professor Patrick Holt, Dr Elysia Hollams, Dr Anthony Bosco, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Waxing and waning of asthma during transition from the teens to adulthood: identification of immunophenotypic markers to predict disease trajectory and guide development of treatment strategies to prevent progression to chronicity'-$713,813 (2015-17)

Professor John Newnham, Professor Jeffrey Keelan, Dr Matthew Payne, Dr Dorota Doherty, Associate Professor Richard Allcock, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Women's and Infants' Health:  'Vaginal microbial biomarkers for the prevention of preterm birth'-$563,494 (2015-17)

Dr James Fitzpatrick, Professor Karen Edmond, Professor Jane Latimer, Emeritus Professor Branko Celler, Dr Trevor Mazzucchelli, Glenn Pearson, Dr Heather Olsen, Dr Rochelle Watkins, Professor Thomas Boulton, Maureen Carter, School of Psychology, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Telethon Kids Institute, University of New South Wales, University of Washington, University of Newcastle, Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services:  'The Alert Program:  An evidence based treatment program for Aboriginal children living with FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)'-$1,150,278 (2015-18)

Dr Thomas Snelling, Professor Dianne Campbell, Dr Michael Gold, Dr Claire Waddington, Dr Sarah Sheridan, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute:  'Case-cohort analysis of the relationship between pertussis vaccination and food allergy'-$144,742 (2015-16)

Dr Martin Ebert, Dr Jason Dowling, Professor James Denham, Professor David Joseph, Professor Sarah Gulliford, Professor David Dearnaley, Associate Professor Anette Haworth, Dr Lois Holloway, Professor Tomas Kron, Professor Peter Greer, School of Physics, CSIRO, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Newcastle, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Liverpool Hospital, Institute of Cancer Research:  'Radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer ‑ a change in practice based on direct evidence for targeting and toxicity effects using real outcomes data'-$535,547 (2015-18)

Professor Nigel Laing, Dr Nigel Clarke, Dr Daniel MacArthur, Dr Kristen Nowak, Dr Gianina Ravenscroft, Associate Professor Richard Allcock, Dr Robert Bryson‑Richardson, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA Centre for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Monash University, Massachusetts General Hospital:  'Identifying disease genes for neurogenetic disorders using next generation sequencing'-$2,416,720 (2015-19)

Professor Vera Morgan, Professor Assen Jablensky, Professor Thomas McNeil, Professor Jonas Bjork, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, 'Impact of social adversity on the developmental trajectory to mental illness:  A study of a whole population cohort of children at familial high-risk for psychotic disorders'-$789,831 (2015-19)

Dr Wai Lim, Dr Germaine Wong, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sydney:  'Understanding the immunogenicity of indigenous kidney transplant candidates ‑ Can this improve transplant potential?'-$326,483 (2015-16)

Professor Peter Leedman, Professor George Yeoh, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'MicroRNAs and Liver Cancer'-$678,813 (2015-17)

Doctor Michele Hansen, Professor Roger Hart, Dr Elizabeth Milne, Lynette Colvin, Dr Adrian Charles, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Women's and Infants' Health:  'Recent changes in IVF clinical practice: data linkage to investigate their impact on fetal growth and birth defects'-$399,300 (2015-17)

NHMRC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Associate Professor Andrew Whitehouse, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Investigating Autism Spectrum Disorder ‑ Causes and Efficacious Interventions'-$675,810 (2015-19)

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

Associate Professor Jennifer Stone, Professor Christobel Saunders, Dr Liz Wylie, Dr Andrew Redfern, School of Surgery, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, BreastScreen WA:  'Think Tank ‑ How to Implement the Measurement of Mammographic Density into Clinical Practice'-$15,000 (2014)

NEUROTRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM (NRP)

Clinical Associate Professor Soumya Ghosh, Professor Gary Thickbroom, Ian Cooper, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (00015):  'Augmenting Stroke Rehabilitation with Non Invasive Brain Stimulation'-$76,245 (2014)

QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY EX ARC NATIONAL INDIGENOUS RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGES NETWORK Dr Shino Konishi, Professor Leonard Collard, School of Indigenous Studies:  'New Perspectives on Indigenous Labour History'-$4,841 (2014)

ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Professor Carl Schultz, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'A Double Blind Randomised Placebo Controlled 2x2 Factorial Trial of the Effect of Vitamin K and Colchicine on Vascular Calcification Activity in Subject with Diabetes Mellitus ‑ ViKCoVaC Diabetes Study'-$150,000 (2014)

Professor Jonathan Hodgson, Professor Trevor Mori, Emeritus Professor Lawrence Beilin,  Stuart Johnson, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Curtin University of Technology:  'Effects of Lupin Containing Foods on Glycaemic Control and Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes'-$148,630 (2014-14)

THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Dr Sharon Biermann, Associate Professor Doina Olaru, UWA Business School, School of Earth and Environment:  'Activity Centre Accessibility'-$69,400 (2014)

UWA UQ BILATERAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION AWARD

Associate Professor Nathan Pavlos, Associate Professor Rohan Teasdale, Dr Brett Collins, Pei Ng, School of Surgery, University of Queensland:  'A Trilateral UWA-UQ-A*STAR Alliance to Sort-Out Protein Trafficking in Skeletal Disease'-$18,000 (2015)

Professor Jacqueline Batley, Associate Professor Elizabeth Aitken, School of Plant Biology, University of Queensland:  'Evaluation of Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis for resistance to Fusarium wilt of banana'-$19,300 (2015)

Professor Eric May, Dr Thomas Stace, Professor Andre Luiten, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, School of Physics, University of Queensland:  'Quantitative spectroscopy for the detection of mercury and other trace contaminants in high pressure natural gas'-$18,000 (2015)

Dr Renee Firman, Dr Diana Fisher, School of Animal Biology, University of Queensland:  'Captive breeding and assisted reproductive technologies in the western pebble-mound mouse'-$6,687 (2015)

Professor David Edwards, School of Plant Biology:  'Characterising Genes for Wheat Quality'-$15,000 (2015)

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EX NHMRC PROGRAM GRANTS

Professor Ranjeny Thomas, Professor Geoff Hill, Professor Ian Frazer, Professor Matthew Brown, Professor Mariapia Degli‑Esposti, Professor Philip Hugenholtz, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Queensland, Queensland Institute of Medical Research:  'Immunological therapies for cancer, chronic infection and autoimmunity'-$1,966,255 (2015-19)

WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Professor Donna Cross, Associate Professor Rebecca Guy, Dr Shirlee-ann Knight, Dr Therese Shaw, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Edith Cowan University, University of New South Wales:  'Telethon New Childrens Hospital Research Fund ‑ Assessing the Public Health Implications of Higher Risk Online Behaviours in Young People'-$200,000 (2013-14)

WA DEPARTMENT OF WATER

Assistant Professor Sally Salmon, Dr Henning Prommer, School of Earth and Environment:  'Towards PRAMS-WQ ‑ Feasibility Opportunities and Data Requirements for Integrated Modelling of Solute and Reactive Transport Processes ‑ Work Package 4'-$129,148 (2014)

WA MAIN ROADS DEPARTMENT

Dr Sharon Biermann, School of Earth and Environment:  'Activity Centres: Making Land Use and Transport Work Phase 1:  Stations in or near freeway medians ‑ reconciling node/place conflicts'-          $105,000 (2014)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX WOODSIDE R2D3

Professor Brett Nener, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:  'New Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) Seismic Source'- $162,419 (2014)

WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD

Professor Joao Harb Carraro, Cristina Vulpe, Yaurel Guadalupe-Torres, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems:  'Vincent Geotechnical Lab