Projects

Developing and characterising juvenile models of aggressive paediatric brain cancers for the evaluation of novel immunotherapies

Nick Raelene Terrance Gottardo Endersby Johns MBChB FRACP PhD BSc (Hons) PhD Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research team; Head of Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children’s Hospital BrainChild Fellow; Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research team Honorary Research

Using PARP inhibitors to radiosensitise medulloblastoma

Raelene Nick Endersby Gottardo BSc (Hons) PhD MBChB FRACP PhD BrainChild Fellow; Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research team Co-Head, Brain Tumour Research team; Head of Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children’s Hospital raelene.endersby@thekids.org.au

The END RHD CRE: Developing an end game for rheumatic heart disease in Australia

The END RHD CRE will undertake a number of projects across several disciplines of research including epidemiology, biomedical sciences; implementation and translation; and understanding the RHD community with a special focus on documenting the experiences of those living with the disease.

Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative (ASAVI)

The Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative (ASAVI) is an Australian-led global initiative with the goal of reducing the disease burden caused by Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) infection through effective vaccination.

Systems biology of mitochondrial diseases

Investigators: Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, Dr Stefan Siira Project description This project will focus on new and cutting-edge development of methods and technologies for data integration, visualisation, and interpretation. The project will use