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2011 Grants

 

1. Private Practice Trust Fund Grants

  • Research Support Grants awarded $75,000 to projects of significant merit and clinical relevance with a track record of research.

Recipient Clinical Department Project Title
Associate Professor Andrew Barbour Department of Surgery Biomarkers for Stage III Melanoma Recurrence.
Dr Katrina Campbell Department of Nutrition and Dietetics The effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure and cardiovascular rick in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Associate Professor Carmel Hawley Department of Nephrology The utility of serial NT-proBNP Monitoring for predicting Cardia outcomes in the dialysis population.
Dr Ali Naderi Oncology, Division of Cancer Services A pre-clinical study of combined Androgen Receptor and MEK inhibition as a targeted therapy in Oestrogen Receptor negavtive Bre.
Dr Trish O'Moore-Sullivan Departments of Diabetics and Endocrinology Use of aldosterone blockade to improve myocardial fibrosis in obesity.
Associate Professor Benedict Panizaa Queensland Skull Base Unit Development of Neurotropism in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Dr Elizabeth Powell Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Non-invasive assessment of liver injury in subjects with fatty liver disease.
Associate Professor Ian Scott Department of Internal Medicine A new prescribing technology for older patients.

 

2. Project Grants

  • $75,000 in funding awarded to projects from the PA Research Foundation.

Recipient Clinical Department Project Title
Dr Catherine Cheung Haematology, Division of Cancer Services Expression of novel growth factors in Bone Marrow or Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia.
Ms Marion Mitchell Nursing Practice Development Unit Delirium and long-term cognitive impairment in ICU patients.


3. Nursing and Allied Health Grants

  • $25,000 funding from PA Research Foundation

Recipient Clinical Department Project Title
Ms Veronique Chachay Nutrition and Dietetics Department The role of resveratrol in the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Associate Professor Jennifer Fleming Occupational Therapy Evaluation of the utility of a newly developed virtual reality prospective memory task in individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Associate Professor Pim Kuipers Centre for Functioning and Health Research Efficacy-orientated care: An intervention with brain injured patients, family members, nurses and allied health professionals.


4. New Appointment Grant

  • $75,000 funded by the PA Research Foundation

Recipient Clinical Department Project Title
Dr Eduardo Pimenta Hypertension Unit Effect of adrenalectomy and spironolactone on the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with primary aldosteronism.

 
 

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