NHMRC Project Grants 2006

Listed below are the details of successful NHMRC Project Grants commencing in 2006.

ID
CIA
College
Faculty
School/Dept
Project Title (Scientific Title)
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Total received
402466 Associate Professor Wendall Evans CHS Dentistry Westmead Centre for Oral Health Is non-invasive management of dental caries in private practice cost-effective? A randomized controlled trial $119,625.00 $99,625.00 $99,625.00     $318,875.00
402687 Dr Leanne Togher CHS Health Sciences Communication Sciences and Disorders Improving the communication of people with severe traumatic brain injury: a clinical trial $150,000.00 $155,000.00 $135,000.00     $440,000.00
402682 Dr Lindy Clemson CHS Health Sciences Occupation & Leisure Sciences Lifestyle (LIFE) versus structured balance and strength training to reduce falls in the elderly: a randomized trial $261,650.00 $258,625.00 $120,825.00     $641,100.00
402686 Professor Kathryn Refshauge CHS Health Sciences Physiotherapy The efficacy of manipulation for recent onset neck pain $134,250.00 $149,250.00 $103,000.00     $386,500.00
402679 Dr Louise Ada CHS Health Sciences Physiotherapy Supported treadmill training to establish walking in non-ambulatory patients early after stroke $113,375.00 $113,375.00 $108,375.00     $335,125.00
402596 Professor Jurgen Gotz CHS Medicine Brain & Mind Institute Alzheimer's disease and related disorders: Mechanism of tau pathology in established and novel transgenic animal models $138,250.00 $138,250.00 $138,250.00     $414,750.00
402539 Associate Professor Steve Chadban CHS Medicine Central Clinical School Interplay between innate and adaptive immunity in kidney allograft rejection $131,350.00 $131,350.00 $131,350.00     $394,050.00
402548 Professor Gary Halliday CHS Medicine Central Clinical School Role of brm in skin tumour progression from benign to malignant $149,250.00 $149,250.00 $149,250.00     $447,750.00
402559 Dr Stephen Twigg CHS Medicine Central Clinical School Role and mechanism of connective tissue growth factor in daibetic cardiomyopathy $124,950.00 $124,950.00 $124,950.00     $374,850.00
402516 Professor David Handelsman CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (ANZAC Research Institute) Pharmacogenetics of Tissue Androgen Activation $161,625.00 $146,625.00 $136,625.00     $444,875.00
402462 Professor Markus Seibel CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (ANZAC Research Institute) Glucocorticoid effects on bone: the role of the osteoblast $151,750.00 $151,750.00 $151,750.00     $455,250.00
402730 Professor John Rasko CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (Centenary Institute) Diseases of amino acid transport: genetic, molecular and biochemical studies $135,200.00 $125,200.00 $125,200.00     $385,600.00
402726 Dr Bernadette Saunders CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (Centenary Institute) Genetic modulation of the host response to pulmonary TB $176,250.00 $176,250.00 $176,250.00     $528,750.00
402727 Dr Pablo Silveira CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (Centenary Institute) Identifying the underlying mechanisms responsible for the generation of pathogenic B cells in Type 1 Diabetes $10,000.00 $65,313.00 $83,750.00     $159,063.00
402725 Professor Jonathon Sprent CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (Centenary Institute) Immunoregulation of subsets of memory CD8+ T cells $186,250.00 $186,250.00 $186,250.00     $558,750.00
402728 Dr James Triccas CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (Centenary Institute) Manipulating immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis with novel vaccines and immunotherapeutics $171,250.00 $171,250.00 $171,250.00     $513,750.00
402609 Dr Clare Hawkins CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (Heart Research Institute) Identifying the targets of myeloperoxidase-derived oxidants in plasma and cells $77,500.00 $77,500.00 $77,500.00     $232,500.00
402573 Associate Professor Mark Gillies CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (Save Sight Institute) An open-label extension of a randomised clinical trial of intravitreal triamcinolone for diabetic macular oedema $57,600.00 $57,600.00 $49,088.00     $164,288.00
402521 Dr Kathleen Clapham CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (The George Institute) Safe Koori Kids: community based approaches to Indigenous injury prevention $151,550.00 $286,550.00 $141,550.00     $579,650.00
402511 Dr Marlene Fransen CHS Medicine Central Clinical School (The George Institute) The effect of glucosamine sulphate on structural disease progression in knee osteoarthritis $343,800.00 $315,475.00 $280,475.00 $195,475.00 $53,960.00 $1,189,185.00
402715 Dr Elisabeth Hodson CHS Medicine Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School ARDAC (Antecedents of Renal Disease in Aboriginal Children) Follow-up Study $124,825.00 $169,888.00       $294,713.00
402714 Dr David Little CHS Medicine Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School Role of the Osteoclast in Endochondral Fracture Repair $104,625.00 $99,625.00 $99,625.00     $303,875.00
402710 Dr David Winlaw CHS Medicine Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School The role of Aquaporins in Stunned Myocardium $156,050.00 $128,100.00 $120,150.00     $404,300.00
402643 Dr Gordon Doig CHS Medicine Northern Clinical School Early parenteral nutrition versus standard care in the critically ill patient: A Level 1 randomised controlled trial $778,000.00 $728,000.00 $306,750.00     $1,812,750.00
402627 Dr Janet Keast CHS Medicine Northern Clinical School Regernation of pelvic autonomic axons after injury $149,250.00 $149,250.00 $149,250.00     $447,750.00
402626 Dr Christopher Little CHS Medicine Northern Clinical School Proteoglycan metabolism in tendon degeneration $213,650.00 $123,650.00 $123,650.00     $460,950.00
402642 Professor Helge Rasmussen CHS Medicine Northern Clinical School Regulation of the sarcolemmal Na-K pump by FXYD proteins associated with it $87,500.00 $87,500.00 $87,500.00     $262,500.00
402639 Dr Phillip Sambrook CHS Medicine Northern Clinical School The FREEDOM Study: A RCT of sunlight and calcium to reduce vitamin D deficiency in older people in residential care $283,300.00 $286,000.00 $251,000.00     $820,300.00
402443 Professor Carol Pollock CHS Medicine Northern Clinical School (Kolling Institute) Epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in diabetic nephropathy: Role of oxidative streess and KLF transcription factors $182,000.00 $182,000.00 $182,000.00     $546,000.00
402450 Professor Nick Hunt CHS Medicine Pathology Pathophysiology of malaria-associated lung disease $137,875.00 $137,875.00 $137,875.00     $413,625.00
402520 Professor Graham Johnston CHS Medicine Pharmacology Positive modulation of ionotropic GABA receptors $176,250.00 $176,250.00 $176,250.00     $528,750.00
402564 Dr Robert Vandenberg CHS Medicine Pharmacology Molecular and cellular basis for the analgesic properties of N-arachidynyl amino acids $166,250.00 $166,250.00 $166,250.00     $498,750.00
402553 Professor Roger Dampney CHS Medicine Physiology Hypothalamic regulation of cardiovasacular function in hypertension and stress $205,860.00 $177,000.00 $177,000.00     $559,860.00
402498 Dr Christine Roberts CHS Medicine Public Health Regionalised maternity care - is there room for improvement? $161,250.00 $147,500.00       $308,750.00
402654 Dr Terence Amis CHS Medicine Western Clinical School Surface Tension of Upper Airway Lining Liquid :Role in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Hypopnoea Syndrome $125,875.00 $181,750.00 $176,750.00     $484,375.00
402577 Associate Professor Jacob George CHS Medicine Western Clinical School Host factors affecting of Hepatitis C-associated liver disease $211,700.00 $211,700.00 $174,250.00     $597,650.00
402435 Professor David Harris CHS Medicine Western Clinical School E-Cadherin as the key molecule in renal epithelial-mesenchymal transition and fibrosis $103,750.00 $103,750.00 $103,750.00     $311,250.00
402659 Dr Graham Jones CHS Medicine Western Clinical School Functional and Genetic Analysis of PHF11, a new gene associated with human atopic dermatitis and asthma $161,250.00 $156,250.00 $156,250.00     $473,750.00
402669 Dr Pramesh Kovoor CHS Medicine Western Clinical School Noncontact biventricular mapping and intramural ablation in a chronic ovine model of septal ventricular tachycardia $169,250.00 $169,250.00 $169,250.00     $507,750.00
402493 Associate Professor Chris Liddle CHS Medicine Western Clinical School Role of nuclear receptors in haptic injury and fibrogenesis $148,250.00 $143,250.00 $143,250.00     $434,750.00
402425 Professor Paul Mitchell CHS Medicine Western Clinical School Sydney Paediatric Eye Disease and Hearing Loss Study. $275,477.00 $300,888.00 $249,675.00     $826,040.00
402657 Associate Professor Donald McLean CHS Medicine Western Clinical School Accurate calculation of patient dose from CT examinations for paediatric patients $93,750.00 $93,750.00 $93,750.00     $281,250.00
402656 Associate Professor John Wheatley CHS Medicine Western Clinical School The Baroreflex in Snoring and the Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Hypopnoea Syndrome $149,250.00 $139,250.00 $139,250.00     $427,750.00
402601 Associate Professor Paul Harnett CHS Medicine Western Clinical School (Westmead Millennium Institute) Certain death in uncertain time: a qualitative study of the experience of advanced overian cancer $72,500.00 $72,500.00 $72,500.00     $217,500.00
402565 Associate Professor Christine Clarke CHS Medicine Western Clinical School (Westmead Millennium Institute) Impact of progesterone receptor submuclear localisation on progesterone action in endocrine target cells $150,250.00 $150,250.00 $150,250.00     $450,750.00
402457 Professor Tony Cunningham CHS Medicine Western Clinical School (Westmead Millennium Institute) Transport and egress of herpes simplex virus in neurones $193,250.00 $193,250.00 $193,250.00     $579,750.00
402531 Dr Beric Henderson CHS Medicine Western Clinical School (Westmead Millennium Institute) Regulation of beta-catenin localisation and its role in tumour cell migration $88,750.00 $88,750.00 $88,750.00     $266,250.00
402423 Dr Alaina Ammit CHS Pharmacy   Understanding corticosteroid-sensitive and -insensitive pathways in airway remodelling $97,500.00 $97,500.00 $97,500.00     $292,500.00
402496 Professor Michael Murray CHS Pharmacy   Novel omega-3 fatty acid epoxides and the activation of cellular pathways $149,250.00 $149,250.00 $149,250.00     $447,750.00
402413 Dr Katrina Jolliffe CST Science Chemistry Fungal Phospholipases: A Novel Target for Drug Discovery $191,950.00 $191,950.00 $191,950.00     $575,850.00
402510 Dr Lilian Soon CST Science Electron Microscope Unit Mechanisms of motility and metastasis in breast cancer $71,750.00 $66,750.00 $66,750.00     $205,250.00
402587 Associate Professor Arthur Conigrave CST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences Molecular determinants of amino acid-dependent signalling by the
calcium-sensing receptor
$148,250.00 $148,250.00 $148,250.00     $444,750.00
402584 Professor Ruth Hall CST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences Molecular Epidemiology of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella enterica Strains Causing Human Disease $185,750.00 $149,250.00 $149,250.00     $484,250.00
402750 Professor Tim Hirst CST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences Cholera toxin co-receptor interaction in the prevention of inflammatory autoimmune disorders $115,875.00 $115,875.00 $115,875.00     $347,625.00
402433 Dr Joel Mackay CST Science Molecular and Microbial Biosciences Structure-function analysis of the splicing factor ZNF265 $166,250.00 $166,250.00 $166,250.00     $498,750.00
402589 Associate Professor Iain McGregor CST Science Psychology Cannabis "re-intoxication": the cvauses and consequences of THC release from fat stores into blood $91,750.00 $81,750.00 $81,750.00     $255,250.00
402524 Dr Louise Sharpe CST Science Psychology Hypervigilance in the development of chronic pain $80,450.00 $80,025.00 $80,025.00     $240,500.00