Springboard Grant Program
Dr Chi Le-Ha, Medical School, UWA - $20,000
Relationships of androgens in cord blood at birth and of age at menarche with cardiovascular risk factors in early adulthood
Dr Dino Bee Aik Tan, Mr Bi Lam Centre for Respiratory Health, School of Biomedical Sciences UWA - $20,000
Down-regulation of inflammation by nebulised factors from MSC-conditioned media
Dr Julie Proudfoot, School of Biomedical Sciences, UWA - $20,016
Effect of oxidized lipids on macrophage function
Dr Stephen Macdonald, Emergency Department, RPH - $20,000
The effect of fluid volume on inflammation during sepsis resuscitation
Dr Nina McCarthy, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease - $20,000
Using genetics to shed light on the shared biological basis of common psychiatric disorders
Dr Abbie Francis, Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine - $20,000
Confirming a unique genetic signature during anaphylaxis
Dr Ho-Wing (Arthur) Yau, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
Exercise as Medicine for advanced heart failure
Associate Professor Michelle Kelly, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Curtin University - $20,000
Improving the hospital discharge process to minimise patient readmission: a partnership with consumers
Dr Andrew Toner, Anaesthesia Department, RPH - $20,000
Lidocaine infusions to prevent chronic pain after breast cancer surgery
Dr Omar Azzam, Acute Medical Unit, RPH - $20,000.00
Unravelling the role of the immune system in human hypertension
Dr Olufemi Oshin, Vascular Surgery, RPH - $19,672
3D Printing of Bone for Diabetic Feet Damian Jolly Vascular Surgery
Dr Ruohan Li, Cell and Tissue Therapies WA, RPH - $20,000
An “Off-the-Shelf” Genetically-Modified Cell Therapy for Cancer
Dr Sing Ching Lee, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
Is physical activity level associated with the rate of atherosclerotic plaque progression and vascular dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus without prior cardiovascular events.
Dr Jason Dyke, Pathwest, RPH - $20,000
Identification of a Novel Form of Brain Damage in Epilepsy Patients
Dr Nicola Bondonno, School of Biomedical Sciences, Edith Cowan University - $19,930
Validating the use of gamma-valerolactone as a marker of flavan-3-ol intake
Naked Scientist Internship
2019 Dr Nicola Bondonno, Edith Cowan University.
Innovation and Impact Grants
Not finalised.
Seeding Grant Program
Dr Jamie Bellinge, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
Validating the use of 18F-Sodium Fluoride positron emission tomography as a marker of calcification activity within the coronary arteries in asymptomatic individuals with diabetes mellitus
Mr Leon Brownrigg, Cell & Tissue Therapies WA, RPH - $14,300
Establishment, Manufacture and Pre-clinical Evaluation of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells for Immunotherapy
Dr Riti Chetty, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
The Quadruple UltrA-low-dose tReaTment for hypErTension (QUARTET) trial cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiographic sub-study
Dr David Chieng, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
The incremental utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in presentations with Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructed Coronary Arteries (MINOCA)
Dr Hun Chuah, Department of Haematology, RPH - $19,920
Molecular monitoring of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia using plasma and urine cell-free DNA
Dr Jason Dyke, Department of Neuropathology, RPH -$20,000
Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of glioneuronal Tumours
Dr Alan Kop, Department of Medical Engineering & Physics, RPH - $15,000
Mesenchymal stem cell spheroids on collagen scaffolds to accelerate wound healing
Dr Anton Leonard, Intensive Care Medicine, RPH - $19,785
Consumers’ experiences of goals of patient care: An exploratory study
Dr David McCutcheon, Department of Emergency Medicine, RPH - $19, 653
Western Australian Illicit Substance Evaluation (WISE)
Professor David Nolan, Department of Immunology, RPH - $20,000
Immunological biomarkers of inflammation as independent risk factors of future cardiovascular events in the population
Dr Adil Rajwani, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
Exploring the mechanisms underlying incident heart failure in survivors of pneumonia
Professor Carl Schultz, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
Potential of 68Gallium Dotatate PET for detecting high risk atherosclerosis in mice and humans
Dr Cara Winnall, Department of Cardiology, RPH - $20,000
The UtiLitY of cardiac myosin binding protein C in the Early Triage of low risk patients with Suspected acute coronary syndromes (ULYCES)
Dr Kevin Yuen, Department of Palliative Care, RPH - $19,997
Mindfulness-based compassion training for health professionals providing end of life: Is it effective, feasible and acceptable?
Professor Anne Barden, University Department of Medicine, UWA - $20,000
Resolution of inflammation in pregnancies complicated by diabetes and pre-eclampsia
Dr Dick Chan, University Department of Medicine, UWA -$19,700
Molecular imaging of arterial inflammation in patients with elevated lipoprotein(a): A novel approach for assessing the impact of a new risk factor in atherosclerosis
Dr Stephen Macdonald, Department of Emergency Medicine, RPH -$20,000
The role of Resistin in endothelial cell activation in human sepsis
Dr Vance Matthews, School of Biomedical Sciences, UWA - $20,000
Investigating the role of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 in diabetic retinopathy
Professor Markus Schlaich, Dobney Hypertension Centre, UWA - $20,000
Sympatho-inhibition as a preferred second line treatment of obesity related hypertension
Dr Dino Bee Aik Tan, School of Biomedical Sciences, UWA - $20,000
Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived exosomes as cell-free anti-inflammatory therapy in COPD
Dr Natalie Ward, School of Biomedical Sciences, UWA - $20,000
The cardio-protective effects of dietary nitrate
Dr Marc Sim, School of Medical and Health Sciences, ECU - $19,064
Developing a national database for vitamin K1 and K2 content in food