NHMRC Project Grants and Fellowships 2004
| App ID | CIA | Faculty | School/Dept | Scientific Title |
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
Total Budget
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302005 | Associate Professor Greg Murray | Dentistry | Effects of jaw muscle pain on jaw muscle activity and jaw movement in humans |
$125,860
|
$110,860
|
$95,860
|
$-
|
$-
|
$332,580
|
|
| 302013 | Associate Professor Glen Davis | Health Sciences | Rehabilitation Research Centre | Orthostatic Tolerance during FES-evoked Stepping in Paraplegia: A Safety and Viability Study |
$87,275
|
$89,938
|
$64,938
|
$-
|
$-
|
$242,150
|
| 301974 | Dr Sharon Kilbreath | Health Sciences | Physiotherapy | A RCT of power training and treadmill training to improve walking ability in sub-acute stroke patients. |
$157,666
|
$119,875
|
$119,875
|
$-
|
$-
|
$397,416
|
| 302039 | Professor David Allen | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | Regulation of the cardiac sodium/proton exchanger during ischaemia, reperfusion and preconditioning |
$100,000
|
$95,000
|
$90,000
|
$-
|
$-
|
$285,000
|
| 301926 | Professor Bogdan Dreher | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | Role of cortico-cortical connections in mediating cerebral cortex plasticity: visual cortex model |
$135,625
|
$110,625
|
$110,625
|
$-
|
$-
|
$356,875
|
| 302003 | Dr Catherine Leamey | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | Novel molecules underlying the development of corticopetal and corticofugal pathways |
$108,500
|
$88,500
|
$88,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$285,500
|
| 301939 | Dr Frank Lovicu | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | Growth-factor induced signalling pathways involved in the regulation of lens cell behaviour |
$83,250
|
$83,250
|
$83,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$249,750
|
| 307622 | Dr Dario Protti | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | The role of dopamine and other neuromodulators as light signals in the inner retina: a link to night blindness disorders |
$99,500
|
$73,500
|
$73,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$246,500
|
| 307604 | Dr Robert Vandenberg | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | Ion Permeation of Glutamate Transporters |
$88,500
|
$88,500
|
$88,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$265,500
|
| 301933 | Dr Chun Wang | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | Neuronal basis of stimulus dependent receptive field properties and the role of feedback projections |
$85,000
|
$85,000
|
$85,000
|
$-
|
$-
|
$255,000
|
| 301930 | Associate Professor Phyllis Butow | Medicine | Central | Psychosocial predictors of developing breast cancer in women from high risk breast cancer families |
$195,688
|
$195,688
|
$190,688
|
$-
|
$-
|
$582,063
|
| 302081 | Dr Diona Damian | Medicine | Central | Determination of an action spectrum for ultraviolet radiation-induced immunosuppression in humans |
$73,250
|
$68,250
|
$68,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$209,750
|
| 302021 | Professor Gary Halliday | Medicine | Central | Characterisation of the cellular changes induced by ultraviolet A radiation |
$147,000
|
$147,000
|
$147,000
|
$-
|
$-
|
$441,000
|
| 301964 | Associate Professor Jillian Kril | Medicine | Central | Understanding the variation in frontotemporal dementia |
$136,750
|
$136,750
|
$136,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$410,250
|
| 307615 | Associate Professor Roger Truscott | Medicine | Central | The molecular processes involved in age-related human nuclear cataract |
$147,500
|
$147,500
|
$147,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$442,500
|
| 302070 | Dr Charles Allan | Medicine | Central, ANZAC Institute | Hormonal Regulation of Sertoli cell function |
$153,250
|
$148,250
|
$148,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$449,750
|
| 302007 | Dr Brian O'Toole | Medicine | Central, ANZAC Institute | Australian Vietnam Veterans Health Study: Cohort Wave 2 |
$283,625
|
$283,625
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
|
$567,250
|
| 302112 | Professor Warwick Britton | Medicine | Central, Centenary Institute | Molecular approaches to developing subunit vaccines with improved efficacy against tuberculosis |
$157,500
|
$157,500
|
$157,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$472,500
|
| 301936 | Associate Professor Ronald Grunstein | Medicine | Central, Woolcock Institute | Interaction Between Sleep Apnea and Metabolic Syndrome |
$152,650
|
$131,750
|
$131,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$416,150
|
| 301946 | Professor Kathryn North | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | The role of dysferlin in skeletal muscle |
$107,875
|
$102,875
|
$102,875
|
$-
|
$-
|
$313,625
|
| 301950 | Professor Kathryn North | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | The influence of alpha actinins on human performance |
$184,125
|
$174,125
|
$174,125
|
$-
|
$-
|
$532,375
|
| 301999 | Associate Professor Paul Roy | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | A randomised placebo-controlled trial of antibiotics to prevent urinary tract infection in children |
$226,125
|
$226,125
|
$271,125
|
$-
|
$-
|
$723,375
|
| 302006 | Dr Karen Waters | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | Neuropathological consequences of intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia during early development: a piglet model versus SIDS |
$146,750
|
$146,750
|
$146,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$440,250
|
| 302087 | Professor MacDonald Christie | Medicine | Northern | Novel delta receptor expression in opioid tolerant/dependent neurons |
$121,200
|
$121,200
|
$121,200
|
$-
|
$-
|
$363,600
|
| 302002 | Dr Mark Connor | Medicine | Northern | Opioid actions on identified sensory neurons in vitro |
$144,975
|
$111,375
|
$111,375
|
$-
|
$-
|
$367,725
|
| 302165 | Associate Professor Chris O'Neill | Medicine | Northern | Characterisation of a signal transduction pathway in the early embryo |
$68,250
|
$68,250
|
$68,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$204,750
|
| 302166 | Associate Professor Carolyn Sue | Medicine | Northern | The role of mitochondrial DNA in age-related hearing loss |
$85,425
|
$85,425
|
$85,425
|
$-
|
$-
|
$256,275
|
| 302175 | Associate Professor Robyn Tate | Medicine | Northern | A clinical trial of the effect of neuropsychological treatments in increasing community participation after brain injury |
$125,083
|
$134,785
|
$100,083
|
$-
|
$-
|
$359,950
|
| 302156 | Dr Christopher Vaughan | Medicine | Northern | Cellular actions of cannabinoids within the spinal cord dorsal horn in a neuropathic pain state |
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$425,250
|
| 302161 | Dr Debbie Marsh | Medicine | Northern, Kolling Institute | Parathyroid tumorigenesis - a role for the newly identified putative tumour suppressor HRPT2 |
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$425,250
|
| 302153 | Dr Janet Martin | Medicine | Northern, Kolling Institute | Endocrine and autocrine regulation of breast cancer cell growth by IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3). |
$163,500
|
$163,500
|
$163,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$490,500
|
| 302171 | Dr Lyn Schedlich | Medicine | Northern, Kolling Institute | Role of IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and IGFBP-5 as modulators of nuclear hormone signalling |
$152,500
|
$152,500
|
$152,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$457,500
|
| 301916 | Associate Professor Robert Cumming | Medicine | Public Health | Concord Hormones and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP) |
$370,113
|
$472,275
|
$406,950
|
$290,325
|
$184,788
|
$1,724,450
|
| 301911 | Professor John Eikelboom | Medicine | Public Health | Low-dose aspirin to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism (ASPIRE) study: A multicentre randomised trial |
$224,675
|
$224,675
|
$224,675
|
$224,675
|
$181,000
|
$1,079,700
|
| 301965 | Associate Professor Richard Taylor | Medicine | Public Health | Case-control studies of completed and attempted suicide in young people in NSW |
$221,750
|
$211,750
|
$196,750
|
$171,750
|
$-
|
$802,000
|
| 302131 | Dr Terence Amis | Medicine | Western | Pressures Exerted on Upper Airway Walls by Surrounding Tissue Structures |
$143,250
|
$138,250
|
$138,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$419,750
|
| 302133 | Associate Professor Ken Bradstock | Medicine | Western | A randomized trial of Idarubicin dose escalation in consolidation therapy for adult acute myeloid leukemia |
$85,000
|
$85,000
|
$85,000
|
$85,000
|
$85,000
|
$425,000
|
| 307621 | Associate Professor David Harris | Medicine | Western | Costimulation in progressive "non-immune" tubulointerstitial renal disease. |
$117,750
|
$155,250
|
$155,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$428,250
|
| 302068 | Professor Paul Mitchell | Medicine | Western | Retinal vascular signs as predictors of systemic disease outcomes: 10-year evolution in a population-based cohort |
$134,250
|
$129,250
|
$119,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$382,750
|
| 301973 | Professor William Tarnow-Mordi | Medicine | Western | International Neonatal Immunotherapy Study (INIS): a randomised trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for neonatal sepsis |
$257,500
|
$247,500
|
$252,500
|
$252,500
|
$116,250
|
$1,126,250
|
| 302010 | Dr Jie Jin Wang | Medicine | Western | Cataract surgery and risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) |
$116,250
|
$111,250
|
$106,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$333,750
|
| 307607 | Professor Anthony Cunningham | Medicine | Western, Westmead Millenium Institute | Mechanisms of HIV binding, uptake, trafficking and infection in dendritic cells |
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$425,250
|
| 307608 | Professor Anthony Cunningham | Medicine | Western, Westmead Millenium Institute | Interactions between HIV and mycobacterial infections of macrophages mediated by changes in gene expression |
$117,750
|
$117,750
|
$117,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$353,250
|
| 302036 | Associate Professor Christopher Liddle | Medicine | Western, Westmead Millenium Institute | Molecular mechanisms of feed-forward regulation of bile acid detoxification and elimination in cholestasis |
$109,875
|
$109,875
|
$109,875
|
$-
|
$-
|
$329,625
|
| 301942 | Dr Barry Slobedman | Medicine | Western, Westmead Millenium Institute | Mechanisms of immune modulation by human cytomegalovirus during the latent phase of infection |
$163,250
|
$163,250
|
$163,250
|
$-
|
$-
|
$489,750
|
| 301943 | Dr Barry Slobedman | Medicine | Western, Westmead Millenium Institute | Viral and host cell gene expression during the establishment and maintenance phases of human cytomegalovirus latency |
$146,750
|
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$430,250
|
| 302073 | Dr Margaret Hughes | Pharmacy | Pharmacy | Airway smooth muscle - mast cell cross talk in asthma |
$173,500
|
$173,500
|
$173,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$520,500
|
| 301908 | Professor Michael Murray | Pharmacy | Pharmacy | Clozapine toxicity: Role of pharmacogenetic variation in CYP enzymes and bioactivation mechanisms in patient neutrophils |
$110,125
|
$110,125
|
$110,125
|
$-
|
$-
|
$330,375
|
| 301909 | Professor Michael Murray | Pharmacy | Pharmacy | Alternate signalling pathways regulating the human arachidonate epoxygenase CYP2J2 in response to stress stimuli |
$121,000
|
$121,000
|
$121,000
|
$-
|
$-
|
$363,000
|
| 301938 | Dr Melissa Brown | Science | Biological Sciences | QacA-mediated multidrug resistance and export in Staphylococcus aureus |
$163,500
|
$163,500
|
$163,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$490,500
|
| 307620 | Professor Ronald Skurray | Science | Biological Sciences | Molecular genetics and evolution of antibiotic resistant staphylococci |
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$141,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$425,250
|
| 301941 | Professor Ronald Skurray | Science | Biological Sciences | Multidrug resistance regulatory protein QacR from Staphylococcus aureus |
$146,750
|
$152,500
|
$152,500
|
$-
|
$-
|
$451,750
|
| 302016 | Dr Bing Wang | Science | Molecular and Microbial Biosciences | The Role of Sialic Acid in Infant Nutrition and Brain Development |
$131,750
|
$131,750
|
$131,750
|
$-
|
$-
|
$395,250
|
| 301955 | Associate Professor Emma Whitelaw | Science | Molecular and Microbial Biosciences | A random mutagenesis screen to identify modifiers of epigenetic phenomena in the mouse. |
$156,000
|
$156,000
|
$156,000
|
$98,250
|
$98,250
|
$664,500
|
| 301966 | Professor Ian Curthoys | Science | Psychology | Oculomotor Tests of Otolith Function Using Human Centrifugation |
$96,350
|
$91,350
|
$91,350
|
$-
|
$-
|
$279,050
|
|
Totals |
$7,918,334
|
$7,822,820
|
$7,409,168
|
$1,122,500
|
$665,288
|
$24,938,109
|
| Name | Faculty | School | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Mark Onslow | Health Sciences | Australian Stuttering Research Centre | PRF |
| Dr Anuwat Dinudom | Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | SRFA |
|
Dr Euan R Tovey |
Medicine | Central, Woolcock Institute | SRFB |
| Dr Joel P Mackay | Science | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | SRFA |
Career Development Awards
| Name | Faculty | School | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Christopher Semsarian | Medicine | Central, Centenary Institute | Partnership CDA |
| Dr Stuart G Tangye | Medicine | Central, Centenary Institute | RD Wright |
Training Awards
| Name | Faculty | Dept | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Scott N Byrne | CHS | Medicine | CJM |
| Dr Fadi J Charchar | CHS | Physiology | Howard Florey CRF |
| Dr Anuwat Dinudom | CHS | Physiology | SRFA |
| Mr Guy D Eslick | CHS | Public Health | Public Health PDF |
| Dr Lyndal C Hooker | CHS | Public Health | Sydney Sax Fellowship |
| Dr Christopher J Jolly | CHS | Centenary Institute | Industry Fellowship |
| Dr Chu Kong Liew | CHS | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | CJM |
| Dr Joel P Mackay | CHS | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | SRFA |
| Dr Penelope A McNulty | CHS | Medicine | Peter Doherty |
| Dr Anthea L Newton | CHS | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | CJM |
| Dr Martin KC Ng | CHS | Heart Research Institute | CJM |
| Professor Mark Onslow | CHS | Australian Stuttering Research Centre | SPR |
| Dr Sarah M Potter | CHS | Pathology | INSERM |
| Dr Vardhman Rakyan | CHS | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | CJM |
| Dr Naomi L Rogers | CHS | Woolcock Institute | Howard Florey CRF |
| Dr Christopher Semsarian | CHS | Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology | Practitioner 1 |
| Dr Christopher Semsarian | CHS | Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology | Partnership CDA |
| Dr Catherine Sherrington | CHS | CERA and Public Health | Australian RTF (P/T) |
| Dr Shameran Slewa-Younan | CHS | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | Australian CRF |
| Dr Stuart G Tangye | CHS | Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology | RD Wright |
| Dr Euan R Tovey | CHS | Woolcock Institute of Medical Research | SRFB |
| Mr Palendira Umaimainthan | CHS | Centenary Institute | CJM |
| Dr Rohan BH Williams | CHS | Infectious Diseases & Immunology | Peter Doherty |