2020 Research Awards
The PA Research Foundation's annual Research Awards have been awarded to a total of 10 research projects at the PA Hospital Campus for the 2020 calendar year. Five research teams were awarded $100,000 in funding to support their first year of research and five research teams received continuation of funding from their 2019 project grant. In total, $1,000,000 has been awarded to innovative research projects and a further $350,000 in donor directed funding committed to additional research projects and initiatives in 2020 including the Dermatology Research Centre, Breast Cancer Institute and Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre Queensland.
The research grants were awarded to clinically led, collaborative teams in four specific research categories as directed by PARF donors. The donor directed model for distributing grants introduced in 2017 allows the funds to support the most innovative research projects focused on translation, leading to improved patient care in preferred areas. Research project applications were reviewed and ranked as part of the wider Metro South Health Research Support Scheme 2020 grant round. PARF would like to thank and acknowledge the MSH RSS team for their ongoing support and assistance with our Research Awards.
PARF would also like to acknowledge our donors, partners and supporters for enabling our distribution of funds.
2020 Funded projects
Other Cancer Project Award
Project: Cancer Evolution Biobank
Collaborative team: Prof A Barbour, Prof M Smithers, A/Prof V Atkinson, Dr L Aoude, Dr V Banazzi.
Other Health Project Award
Project: Evaluation of the Adverse Inpatient Medication Event Model
Collaborative Team: A/Prof I Scott, M Barras, N Falconer, C Morris, C Snoswell, N Cottrell, A Abdel-Hafez
Cheryl Lynette Backwell Memorial Award
Project: A Telehealth Cancer-Related Fatigue Clinic Model for Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (The TCRF Trial)
Collaborative Team: Dr R Ladwa, Prof R Chan, Ms E Pinkham, Dr B Brown, Prof S McPhail, Prof C Escalante, Dis Prof P Yates
In Vitro Technologies Award
Project: Highly Multiplexed, Digital Spatial Profiling of Tumor Tissue to Predict Response to Immunotherapy
Collaborative Team: Prof K O'Byrne, Dr A Kulasinghe, Dr C O'Leary, A/Prof C Punyadeera, Dr R Ladwa, I McPherson, P Davidson
MANDATE Prostate Cancer Project Award
Project: Effects of Exercise Training on Erectile and Cardiovascular Function in Men with Prostate Cancer
Collaborative Team: A/Prof E Chung, Dr H Rhee, A McCarthy, S McAllister, Dr T Skinner, Prof J Coombes
Winifred Merle Allen Memorial Award
Continuation of PA Research Foundation funding:
Project: Towards Improving Patient-important outcomes in Haemodialysis: Pilot, Validation and Implementation of Standardised Core Outcome Measures in Haemodialysis
Collaborative Team: A Viecelli, D Johnson, C Hawley, V Oliver, R Morton
Donor Directed Bladder Cancer Award
Continuation of PA Research Foundation funding:
Project: Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative (QBCI)
Collaborative Team: I Vela, E Williams, A Tariq, M Trau, K O'Byrne, P Morrison, P Thomas, S Khan
Project Pink Breast Cancer Project Awards
Project: Translation of the Pathology and Portable, MRI-based Quantification of Mammographic Density (MD) for Improved Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Collaborative Team: EW Thompson, T Lloyd, H Hugo, C Snell, K Momo, T Hickey, W Tilley, A Redfern, D Radisky, X Huang, T Blick
Project: Increasing the Number of Breast Cancer Therapeutic Antibody Possibilities, Patient Choices and Success Rates
Collaborative Team: S Joseph, B Banushi, F Simpson, B Panizza, K Cuff, E Walpole
MANDATE Prostate Cancer Project Award
Project: A Multifaceted Precision Approach to High Risk Prostate Cancer
Collaborative Team: E Williams, I Vela, D Humacher, B Shepherd, K Miles, M Brown, N Boock, S Alinhezhad