Successful NHMRC awards 2009
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| CI Full Name | Host Faculty | Host Dept/School | Investigator ALL(alpha) | Project Title | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hala Zreiqat | Faculty of Engineering | Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering | Dunstan, Colin Robert~Zreiqat, Hala~ | Novel coatings for orthopaedic implants | $430,125.00 |
| Jennifer A Alison | Health Sciences | Health Sciences | Eastwood, Peter~Hillman, David~Jenkins, Christine~Jenkins, Sue~McKeough, Zoe Jane~Alison, Jennifer Ailsey~ | Optimising outcomes for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Evaluation of Walking Training | $421,500.00 |
| Anita C Bundy | Health Sciences | Health Sciences | Baur, Louise Alison~Naughton, Geraldine~Schiller, Wendy~Tranter, Paul~Wyver, Shirley~Bundy, Anita Constance~ | Cluster randomised controlled trial of an innovative intervention to increase children's physical activity | $486,250.00 |
| Robert D Herbert | The George Institute | Bilston, Lynne~Gandevia, Simon~Harvey, Lisa Anne~Herbert, Robert Dale~ | Passive mechanical properties of muscle fascicles and tendons of people with contracture and healthy controls | $179,398.00 | |
| Jane Latimer | The George Institute | Cooper, Christopher William~Day, Richard~Hancock, Mark Jonathan~Maher, Christopher Gerard~McLachlan, Andrew John~Latimer, Jane~ | The first placebo-controlled trial of paracetamol for back pain | $602,625.00 | |
| Christopher G Maher | The George Institute | Connelly, Luke~Jull, Gwen~Latimer, Jane~Sterling, Michael~Maher, Christopher Gerard~ | A randomised controlled trial of a promising new treatment for chronic whiplash | $598,025.00 | |
| Mark Onslow | Health Sciences | Health Sciences | Jones, Mark~Lincoln, Michelle Anne~O'Brian, Susan Elizabeth~Packman, Ann~Reilly, Sheena~Onslow, Mark Hillary~ | Randomised trial of an innovative treatment for early Stuttering | $462,350.00 |
| Allison D Abendroth | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Arvin, Ann~Abendroth, Allison Denise~ | Neuropathogenesis of Varicella Zoster Virus Infection | $491,250.00 |
| Barbara D Fazekas de St. Groth | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Alexander, Stephen~Levidiotis, Vicki~Fazekas, Barbara Denise~ | The role of primed T cells in graft rejection | $521,250.00 |
| Matthew J Grimshaw | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Grimshaw, Matthew~ | Definition of the role of senescence in tumour-associated endothelial cells | $561,500.00 |
| Clare L Hawkins | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Davies, Michael~Hawkins, Clare Louise~ | Does oxidation of lipoproteins by thiocyanate-derived oxidants produced by myeloperoxidase contribute to atherosclerosis | $343,250.00 |
| Mika K Jormakka | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Jormakka, Mika Kristian~ | Molecular basis of Fluoroquinolone resistance | $520,500.00 |
| Alexander Klistorner | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Graham, Stuart~Srinivasan, Hemamalini~Klistorner, Alexander Sasha~ | Optimising the detection of early glaucoma- targeting specific visual pathways in combination with structural measures | $456,750.00 |
| Jillian J Kril | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Goetz, Jurgen Martin~Halliday, Glenda Margaret~Ittner, Lars~Kril, Jillian June~ | Pathogenic mechanisms common to all subtypes of frontotemporal dementia | $491,250.00 |
| Nicholas Lintzeris | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Haber, Paul Steven~Lenne, Michael~Leung, Stefanie Yuzee~Lintzeris, Nicholas~ | The effects of mixing alcohol with presciption drugs upon driving performance: a randomised simulator study | $476,914.00 |
| Guy B Marks | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Almqvist, Catarina~Cowell, Christopher~Leeder, Stephen Ross~Toelle, Brett Gregory~Tovey, Euan Roger~Marks, Guy Barrington~ | Sex-related changes in asthma during the transition through puberty in the CAPS birth cohort | $783,875.00 |
| John D Pollard | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Wang, Min-Xia~Pollard, John David~ | The Mechanism of Action of IVIg in Inflammatory Neuropathy | $434,700.00 |
| Helen K Reddel | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Sawyer, Susan~Smith, Lorraine Dorothy~Usherwood, Timothy Paul~Reddel, Helen~ | Improving asthma control: general practice strategies to optimise medication adherence | $443,433.00 |
| Bernadette M Saunders | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Britton, Warwick John~Grau, Georges~Saunders, Bernadette Mary~ | Cytokine and macrophage determinants of pulmonary inflammation during tuberculosis | $438,000.00 |
| Elena Shklovskaya | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Shklovskaya, Elena~ | Role of dentritic cell subsets in the generation of CD4 T cell memory | $1,624,500.00 |
| Colin E Sullivan | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Giles, Warwick Bruce~Hennessy, Annemarie~Sullivan, Colin Edward~ | Sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy: Frequency and impact | $583,250.00 |
| James A Triccas | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Britton, Warwick John~Triccas, James Anthony~ | Chronic bacterial infection and thye generation of T cell memory: implication for vaccination against tuberculosis | $526,500.00 |
| Janette Vardy | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Courneya, Kerry~Dhillon, Haryana Mary~Meyer, Ralph~Van Der Ploeg, Hidde Pieter~Zalcberg, John~Vardy, Janette~ | Phase III Study of the impact of a physical activity program on disease-free survival for early colon cancer | $2,418,375.00 |
| Miriam S Welgampola | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Welgampola, Miriam~ | A Clinical Test of Vestibulo-spinal Pathways | $239,250.00 |
| Wolfgang Weninger | Medicine | Central Clinical School | Ng, Lai Guan~Weninger, Wolfgang Peter~ | Real-time visualisation of dentritic cell responses during cutaneous Leishmania infection | $491,250.00 |
| Patrina H Caldwell | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | Caldwell, Patrina Ha Yuen~ | A randomised controlled trial of a code game alarm compared with a standard alarm for treating nocturnal enuresis | $339,250.00 |
| John J Christodoulou | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | Tam, Patrick Ping Leung~Christodoulou, John~ | Identification and Characterisation of Novel Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-like 5 Targets: Implications for Rett Syndrome and Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders | $405,375.00 |
| Nigel F Clarke | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | Clarke, Nigel Forsythe~ | Congenital Fibre Type Disproportion (CFTD): Disease patterns and pathogenesis of muscle weakness. | $254,250.00 |
| Sandra T Cooper | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | North, Kathryn Nance~Cooper, Sandra~ | The role of dysferlin in muscular dystrophy and membrane repair | $304,250.00 |
| CI Full Name | Host Faculty | Host Dept/School | Investigator ALL(alpha) | Project Title | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter W Gunning | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | Hardeman, Edna~Kee, Anthony John~Gunning, Peter~ | A novel actin filament population regulates glucose transport in skeletal muscle | $523,500.00 |
| Cheryl A Jones | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | Weninger, Wolfgang Peter~Jones, Cheryl Anne~ | In vivo studies of HSV infection of the skin | $402,750.00 |
| Peter B McIntyre | Medicine | Children's Hospital Westmead | Marshall, Helen~Nolan, Terence Michael~Rowe, Julie~Wood, Nicholas~McIntyre, Bruce Peter~ | Immunogenicity and safety of birth pertussis vaccination | $1,456,300.00 |
| Tracy M Bryan | Medicine | Children's Medical Research Institute | Cohen, Scott Bradley~Bryan, Tracy Mary~ | Structure, assembly, and inhibition of the human telomerase enzyme complex | $618,500.00 |
| Phillip J Robinson | Medicine | Children's Medical Research Institute | Robinson, Phillip James~ | Development of Dynamin Inhibitors as novel therapies for epilepsy | $868,000.00 |
| Phillip J Robinson | Medicine | Children's Medical Research Institute | Robinson, Phillip James~ | Mechanisms of synaptic vesicle endocytosis revealed by its regulatory phosphoproteome | $523,500.00 |
| Ian P Blair | Medicine | Concord Clinical School | Hawke, Simon Hugh Binney~Nicholson, Garth Alexander~Blair, Ian Phillip~ | The role of mutant TDP-43 in ALS. | $455,375.00 |
| David G Le Couteur | Medicine | Concord Clinical School | Cogger, Victoria Carroll~Hilmer, Sarah Nicole~Lebel, Michel~McCuskey, Robert~Quinn, Ronald~Le Couteur, David George~ | Ageing, Werner syndrome and Pseudocapillarization | $783,500.00 |
| Hong Zhou | Medicine | Concord Clinical School | Chen, Di~Dunstan, Colin Robert~Seibel, Markus Joachim Henry~Zhou, Hong~ | Osteoblast Control of Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Differentiation: The Role of Glucocorticoids and Wnt Signalling | $425,875.00 |
| Alan Cass | Medicine | George Institute | Cass, Alan~ | Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents Trialists' Collaboration | $104,750.00 |
| Alan Cass | Medicine | George Institute | Agar, John~Hawley, Carmel~Howard, Kirsten~Kerr, Peter~Perkovic, Vlado~Cass, Alan~ | ACTIVE Dialysis: a clinical trial of intensive dialysis | $1,248,176.00 |
| Rebecca Q Ivers | Medicine | George Institute | Bilston, Lynne~Brown, Julie~Fitzharris, Michael~Simpson, Judith Margaret~Stevenson, Mark~Ivers, Rebecca Quentin~ | Buckle up safely: Interventions to increase use of appropriate child restraints | $703,200.00 |
| Cathie Sherrington | Medicine | George Institute | Clemson, Lindy Maxted~Howard, Kirsten~Lord, Stephen~Moseley, Anne Marjorie~Vogler, Constance Michelle~Sherrington, Cathie~ | Exercise self management to improve long term functioning and prevent falls after hip fracture | $809,875.00 |
| Anthony W Ashton | Medicine | Northern Clinical School | Ashton, Anthony Wayne~ | Connexin Isoform Switching Regulates Angiogenesis | $449,500.00 |
| Sarah N Hilmer | Medicine | Northern Clinical School | Cogger, Victoria Carroll~De Cabo, Raphael~Jones, Brett E~Hilmer, Sarah Nicole~ | Effects of aging on Hepatic Drug Clearance and Mechanisms of Drug Induced Liver Disease | $558,750.00 |
| Janet R Keast | Medicine | Northern Clinical School | Nangle, Matthew Robert~Keast, Janet Ruth~ | Modulation of autonomic nerve growth by guidance factors | $304,500.00 |
| Christopher B Little | Medicine | Northern Clinical School | Jackson, Christopher John~Little, Christopher Bond~ | Novel pathways involving APC and PAR-2 in cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis | $431,000.00 |
| Christopher B Little | Medicine | Northern Clinical School | Appleyard, Richard Charles~Hunyor, Stephen Nicholas~Melrose, James~Smith, Margaret Ann~Sonnabend, David Harry~Little, Christopher Bond~ | Stem Cell treatment for tendon degeneration | $659,500.00 |
| Jonathan M Morris | Medicine | Northern Clinical School | Ashton, Anthony Wayne~Gallery, Eileen Dolores Mary~Morris, Jonathan Mark~ | The role of oxygen sensing in regulation of trophoblast invasion | $388,350.00 |
| Carolyn Sue | Medicine | Northern Clinical School | Mackay_Sim, Alan~Thorburn, David~Sue, Carolyn Mary~ | Neurologic effects of mutational load in MELAS syndrome | $486,000.00 |
| Janette K Burgess | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Oliver, Brian Gregory George~Weckmann, Markus~Burgess, Janette Kay~ | The anti-inflammatory role of collagen VI in asthma | $304,500.00 |
| Rachel Codd | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Codd, Rachel Stow~ | Affinity-based profiling of bacterial Fe(III)-siderophore receptors: design strategies for antibiotics and iron overload | $264,250.00 |
| Roger A. L. Dampney | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Horiuchi, Jouji~Dampney, Roger Alan Loftus~ | Cardiovascular responses to stress and arousal: hypothalmic and brainstem mechanisms | $543,750.00 |
| Jurgen M Goetz | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Ittner, Lars~Goetz, Jurgen Martin~ | Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease and related Disorders: Mechanism of Tau Pathology | $284,250.00 |
| Georges E Grau | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Sanchez-Perez, Angeles~Grau, Georges~ | Pathophysiological alterations of brain microvascular endothelial cells in cerebral malaria | $344,250.00 |
| Adam J Guastella | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Einfeld, Stewart Lloyd~Gray, Kylie~Lambert, Timothy John Robert~Reinhart, Nicole~Tonge, Bruce~Guastella, Adam~ | The effects of oxytocin nasal spray on mechanisms of social-communication in young people with autism | $185,400.00 |
| R. M. Damian Holsinger | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Holsinger, Ramsworth Michael Damian~ | in vivo regulation of the Alzheimer’s disease beta-secretase, BACE1 | $277,000.00 |
| Nicholas H Hunt | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Ball, Helen Jenifer~Jones, Cheryl Anne~McGregor, Iain~Hunt, Nicholas Henry~ | Mechanisms of disease in Bacterial meningitis | $453,000.00 |
| Yue-Kun Ju | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Allen, David Grant~Cannell, Markus~Ju, Yue-Kun~ | Therole of calcium and TRPC channels in sinoatrial node ageing | $370,125.00 |
| Nicholas J. C. King | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Thomas, Shane~King, Nicholas Jonathan Cole~ | Interaction of anti-viral IDO and NOS2 in vivo in a novel murine STD model | $551,250.00 |
| William D Phillips | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Noakes, Peter~Reddel, Stephen William~Phillips, William Donald~ | Postsynaptic signalling systems that sustain the nerve-muscle synapse | $576,000.00 |
| Desi R Richardson | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Suryo Rahmanto, Yohan~Richardson, Desi Raymond~ | The Role of Melanoma Tumour Antigen p97 (Melanotransferrin) in Melanoma Tumourenesis | $541,250.00 |
| CI Full Name | Host Faculty | Host Dept/School | Investigator ALL(alpha) | Project Title | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desi R Richardson | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Bernhardt, Paul~Kalinowski, Danuta Sandra~Lovejoy, David~Richardson, Desi Raymond~ | Pharmacology of Potential Anti-Tumour Agents: Iron Chelators of the BpT Class | $563,500.00 |
| Roland O Stocker | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Sobey, Christopher~Stocker, Roland~ | Regulation of vascular tone by kynurenine | $639,000.00 |
| Robert J Vandenberg | Medicine | School of Medical Sciences | Ryan, Renae Monique~Vandenberg, Robert John~ | Drug binding Sites on Glycine Transporters | $478,500.00 |
| Timothy A Brighton | Medicine | School of Public Health | Brighton, Timothy Andrew~ | An international randomised trial of low-dose aspirin to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism (INSPIRE) | $1,916,600.00 |
| Simon F Chapman | Medicine | School of Public Health | Freeman, Rebecca~Kolandai, Mary Assunta~Chapman, Simon Fenton~ | The use of Web 2.0 internet sites to undermine tobacco advertising bans and to mobilise tobacco control advocates | $351,000.00 |
| Simon F Chapman | Medicine | School of Public Health | Gillespie, James Andrew~Hall, Wayne~Leeder, Stephen Ross~Redman, Sally~Chapman, Simon Fenton~ | What characterises influential population orientated public health policy research in Australia? | $433,500.00 |
| Jane B Ford | Medicine | School of Public Health | Algert, Charles Shepler~Herbert, Robert Dale~Morris, Jonathan Mark~Raynes-Greenow, Camille Helen~Roberts, Christine Louise~Ford, Jane Belinda~ | Is infection an acute trigger for preeclampsia? A case-crossover study. | $199,500.00 |
| Michael L Friedlander | Medicine | School of Public Health | FitzGerald, Patrick~Gainford, Mary Corona~King, Madeleine~Oza, Amit~Friedlander, Michael Leonard~ | Does Palliative Chemotherapy Improve Symptoms in Women with Recurrent Ovarian Cancer? | $502,250.00 |
| Sarah J Lord | Medicine | School of Public Health | Chen, Robert~Lord, Sarah Jane~ | Methods for evaluating the therapeutic impact of diagnosis tests - development of guidelines | $128,638.00 |
| Michael A Quinn | Medicine | School of Public Health | Creutzberg, Carien~Friedlander, Michael~Gainford, Mary Corona~Khaw, Pearly~Mileshkin, Linda~Quinn, Michael~ | Chemoradiation and adjuvant chemotherapy versus radiation alone in high risk and advanced endometrial cancer | $443,125.00 |
| Christine L Clarke | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Graham, Justine Dinny~Clarke, Christine Louise~ | Progesterone signalling in normal and malignant breast relies on chromosomal positioning of progesterone receptor | $546,750.00 |
| Anthony L Cunningham | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Cunningham, Anthony Lawrence~ | Transport, assembly and egress of Herpes Simplex virus in neurones | $615,000.00 |
| David C Harris | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Alexander, Stephen~Wang, Yiping~Wang, Yuan Min~Harris, David Charles Hamlyn~ | DNA vaccination using chemokine and costimulatory pathways as a treatment for chronic kidney disease | $432,750.00 |
| Beric R Henderson | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Henderson, Beric Ross Anthony~ | Regulated shuttling of beta-catenin and IQGAP1 between nucleus and plasma membrane in migrating cells | $491,500.00 |
| Paul Mitchell | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Constable, Ian~McCaskie, Pamela~Rochtchina, Elena~Mitchell, Ronald Paul~ | Genes and Environment in Late AMD: Pooling a State and Population Resource | $678,238.00 |
| Paul Mitchell | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Kovoor, Pramesh~Liew, Gerald~Rochtchina, Elena~Thiagalingam, Aravinda~Mitchell, Ronald Paul~ | The Australian Heart Eye Study (AHES) | $605,200.00 |
| Barry Slobedman | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Slobedman, Barry~ | Human cytomegalovirus gene expression and functions during latent infection & reactivation | $758,750.00 |
| William O Tarnow-Mordi | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Evans, Nick~Isaacs, David~Newnham, John~Osborn, David Andrew~Simmer, Karen~Tarnow-Mordi, William Odita~ | Should very premature babies receive a placental transfusion at birth? A randomised controlled trial. | $2,696,700.00 |
| Aravinda Thiagalingam | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Thiagalingam, Aravinda~ | Utility of direct endocardial visualization to characterise scar morphology and ablation lesion formation | $405,125.00 |
| Stuart G Turville | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Turville, Stuart Grant~ | HIV assembly, transport, egress and transfer fron infected dendritic cells | $426,990.00 |
| John R Wheatley | Medicine | Western Clinical School | Amis, Terry~Witting, Paul Kenneth~Wheatley, John Robert~ | The Role of Snoring Vibrations in the Pathogenesis of Early Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis | $570,075.00 |
| Alaina Ammit | Pharmacy | Pharmacy | Hibbs, David Edward~Ammit, Alaina~ | MKP-1 as a novel anti-inflammatory strategy in asthma and airway remodelling | $442,250.00 |
| Andrew J McLachlan | Pharmacy | Pharmacy | Gibson, Stephen~Hilmer, Sarah Nicole~Le Couteur, David George~Naganathan, Vasikaran~McLachlan, Andrew John~ | Optimising pain management in frail older people | $393,750.00 |
| Michael Murray | Pharmacy | Pharmacy | Murray, Michael~ | Cytochrome P450-mediated epoxides of polyunsaturated fatty acids that regulate cell death and survival | $476,250.00 |
| Neville Firth | Science | Biological Sciences | Cordwell, Stuart James~Kwong, Stephen~Firth, Neville Bruce Cameron~ | Identification and analysis of novel replication initiation factors in Staphlylococcus aureus | $299,500.00 |
| Neville Firth | Science | Biological Sciences | Jensen, Slade Owen~Schumacher, Maria A~Skurray, Ronald Anthony~Firth, Neville Bruce Cameron~ | DNA segregation in multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus | $294,500.00 |
| Stephen J Simpson | Science | Biological Sciences | Ballard, J.William~Le Couteur, David George~Raubenheimer, David~Simpson, Stephen James~ | The Nutritional geometry of ageing in a rodent model | $939,050.00 |
| Katrina A Jolliffe | Science | Chemistry | Jolliffe, Katrina Anne~ | Targeting Fungal Phospholipid Metabolism for Antifungal Drug Discovery | $785,750.00 |
| Deidre A Carter | Science | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | Harry, Elizabeth~Herbert, Benjamin~Krockenberger, Mark Bruno~Carter, Deidre Anne~ | Elucidation of proteins expressed by pathogenic fungi during animal infection | $536,500.00 |
| Stuart J Cordwell | Science | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | Hambly, Brett David~Cordwell, Stuart James~ | A temporal profile of signalling via phosphorylation during myocardial ischemia / reperfusion injury | $355,050.00 |
| David Gell | Science | Molecular & Microbial Biosciences | Weiss, Mitchell~Gell, David Anthony~ | Protein engineering of alpha-haemoglobin stabilising protein (AHSP) for the development of therapeutic agents | $254,250.00 |
| Phyllis N Butow | Science | Psychology | Clayton, Josephine Midwood~Davidson, Patricia~Epstein, Ronald~Tattersall, Martin Henry Norman~Young, Jane Margaret~Butow, Phyllis Noemi~ | Improving QOL at the end of life: A randomised controlled trial of a doctor/nurse/patient intervention | $660,800.00 |
| Colin W.G. Clifford | Science | Psychology | Breakspear, Michael~Spehar, Branka~Clifford, Colin W.G.~ | Orientation-specific contextual modulation in human visual cortex | $279,250.00 |