Telethon Institute Researchers Win National Funding
Researchers from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research have been awarded more than $4 million in competitive grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
The grants were announced today by the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, the Hon Mark Butler MP.
Institute Director Professor Fiona Stanley said the NHMRC grants were crucial in funding research into child health issues ranging from asthma to nutrition to childhood brain tumours.
"These successful applicants again reflect the high quality of research being undertaken here at the Institute," Professor Stanley said.
"We will continue to make the case to governments at all levels of the value to the community of investing in Australian researchers and science that reflects our local conditions and needs."
The successful funding applications include:
Project Grants
Predicating asthma in young adults
Chief Investigator A: Graham Hall
Nutrition, obesity and mental health from infancy to adulthood
Chief Investigator A: Wendy Oddy
Metabolomics, melioidosis and sepsis
Chief Investigator A: Jenefer Blackwell
Developmental abnormalities in immune mechanisms that protect against respiratory infections and risk for development of asthma
Chief Investigator A: Patrick Holt
Does abnormal epithelial function facilitate aero-allergen sensitization?
Chief Investigator A: Stephen Stick
Airway smooth muscle and asthma
Chief Investigator A: Peter Noble
Testing new drugs using childhood brain tumour models
Chief Investigator A: Nicholas Gottardo
Australian - European Union Collaborative Research Grants
Long-term influence of early nutrition on metabolic health
Chief Investigator A: Wendy Oddy
Career Development Fellowship
Graham Hall
Early Career Fellowship
Hannah Moore
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