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PA Foundation Grants 2008

The PA Foundation has announced $692,500 in funding for research exclusively on campus in 2008.

Thanks to researchers working in Princess Alexandra Hospital laboratories today, we live in a world of increasingly sophisticated health care with better and more effective treatment, life saving medical procedures and advanced rehabilitation therapies. Click on any of the boxes below to read about the projects we currently support.



Research
Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Dr Andrew Barbour
Research
Diabetic Heart Disease
Role of autonomic neuropathy in diabetic heart disease
Dr Bennett Franjic
Research
Cancer
Cancer stem cells
Prof Tom Gonda
Research
Metabolic
Adiponectin - role in modulating postprandial inflammatory, metabolic and cardiovascular stress
Liza Phillips
Research
Metabolic
Androgen Deficiency in Obese Men
Cynthia Ong
Research
Therapeutics
Therapeutics Research Unit
Prof Mike Roberts
Research
Urology
Prostate Cancer Biomarkers
Prof Colleen Nelson
Research
Heart
Centre of Clinical Research Excellence
Prof Tom Marwick
Research
Diabetes
Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology
Prof John Prins
Research
Cancer
Cancer Collaborative Group
Dr Devinder Gill
Research
Cancer
Studying the function of antigen experienced CD4+GITR+T cells
Xiaosung Liu
Research
Respiratory Medicine
Funding for Research Fellowship or PhD Scholarship
Prof John Upham
Research
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Phase I trial of autologous dendritic cells
Ranjeny Thomas
Research
Genetics of High Bone Mass
Does Bone Regulate Energy Metabolism in Humans?
Emma Duncan
Research
Cardiology
Plasma triglycerides
Dr James Sharman
Research
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Chronic Hepatitis C
Dr Elizabeth Powell
Research
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
HCV-related liver injury
Dr Stuart McPherson
Research
Metabolic
Metabolic “programming” in pregnancy
Harold David McIntyre
Research
Critical Care Nursing
Critically Ill Trauma Patients
Prof Leanne Aitken
Research
Nutrition & Dietetics
Management of patients with malnutrition
Maree Ferguson