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Research Grants

ANU Medical School Grants 2008

Funding Body

Grant Title

Chief Investigator

ACT Government

Sessional general practitioners in the ACT: What are the facilitators and barriers for part-time clinical general practice?

Kirsty Douglas

ACT Health

Riboflavin utilisation by malaria parasites as an antimalarial drug target.

Kevin Saliba
(administered through BAMBI)

ACT Health Medical Research Council Project Development Grant

Regulation of cutaneous mast cell-mediated inflammation. 

Cook MC, Bertram EM. 

ACT Health Medical research Support Program

The Anticoagulation in Cardio-Embolic Stroke (ACES) Trial

Christian Lueck
(administered through TCH)

AGPT

The assessment of outcome and goal oriented monitoring of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma within the general practice setting

James Turton

AIS-CSIRO Joint Research Fund

Butyrylated starch supplementation, gut health and immunity

David Pyne, David Topping
(administered through AIS)

ANU 

Major Equipment Grant 

Geoff Farrell

ANU Connect

Efficacy studies of MDD in asthma and other allergic responses

David Linares

AOA

Heparanase stimulates human osteoblasts via regulation of osteogenic genes

Paul Smith

ARC

Improving safety and costeffectiveness regulation of nanomedicine in Australia

Thomas Faunce
(administered through Faculty of Law)

ARC

The effect of physical activity and a structured exercise program on the psychological and physical development of Australian primary school children

Dick Telford
(administered through School of Psychology)

ARC

Supporting documentation from participating organisations in the action research project to strengthen inter professional learning and practice across the ACT health system

Marc Budge
(administered through University of New South Wales)

ARC Linkage

Approved Evaluation of the EG95 vaccine against hydatid infection in macropodid marsupials 

MW Lightowlers, LA Hinds DJ Jenkins
(administered through University of Melbourne)

Arnott Fellowship, RACP

DNA repair mechanisms in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma*

Narci Teoh

Australian Institute of Sport 

Detection of gene polymorphisms for illness-prone athletes

Amanda Cox, David Pyne
(administered through University of Newcastle)

Australian Institute of Sport 

Comparison of heat acclimation and acclimatization in cricketers

Carl Petersen, David Pyne
(administered through AIS)

Australian Institute of Sport, and University of Bayreuth (Germany)

Comparison of live-high train-low with real altitude in swimming

Philo Saunders, David Pyne
(administered through AIS)

Australian Primary Healthcare Research Institute: Thirteen Stream

Improving Quality through Clinical Governence in Primary Health Care

Christine Phillips

Australian Rotary Health Research Fund

Evaluation of a triaging protocol for non-clinical staff in general practice - prioritisation of patients: a guide to urgency for non-clinical staff (POPGUNS)

Christine Phillips

Bone Growth Foundation

Does A New Formula, Combination of Heparanase and OP-1, Synergistically Promote Bone Growth? Running Title: Synergistic effect of heparanase and OP-1

Paul Smith

Bushell Foundation

Why does cirrhosis occur in diabetes, and hoe can it be prevented

Geoff Farrell

Canberra Hospital Private Practice Fund

Study of Indomethacin, Ibuprofen and Gentamicin on glomerular development in a neonatal animal model (SING II study)

Alison Kent
(administered through TCH)

CCCT

Acedemic GP Registrar Training

Katrina Anderson

Christian Hansen (Denmark)

Probiotic administration in elite athletes

Allan Cripps, David Pyne
(administered through Griffith University)

DoHA

Australian Practice Nursing Study: A multicentre, qualitative study examining nurses' workplace roles and activities with nested change implementation

Dr Christine Phillips

DoHA

Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development – Research Capacity Building Initiative

Marjan Kljakovic

DoHA

Dementia collaborative Research Centre

Marc Budge

Cricket Australia

GPS analysis of movement patterns in cricket

Carl Petersen, David Pyne
(administered through AIS)

DoHA

Indigenous Health program

Amanda Barnard

DoHA

The Australian Child Trauma, Loss and Grief Network Program

Beverley Raphael

DoHA

DHA - Peer review assessments in junior doctors - development and pilot

Cathy Owen

DoHA

Rural Program, Capital funding

Amanda Barnard

DoHA

Rural Clinical School

Amanda Barnard

DoHA

RUSC

Amanda Barnard

Go8-DAAD

Vitamin B1 acquisition by the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum

Kevin Saliba & Carsten Wrenger
(administered through BaMBi)

Local Government of Lombardia, Italy.

Malaria Proton Pump Inhibitors

Kevin J Saliba, with a consortium of 5 biotech companies and academia
(administered through BaMBi)

NHMRC

PhD Scholarship

Paul Dugdale

NHMRC

Aspirin for Prevention of Cognitive Decline in the Elderly: a NeuroVascular Imaging Study (ENVISion) from ASPREE

Marc Budge

NHMRC

Reducing Deaths from Pesticide Poisoning – Establishing a Regional Toxicology Research.

Nick Buckley

NHMRC

Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis of Liver Disease

Geoff Farrell

NHMRC

Preventing Gestational Diabetes

Chris Nolan

NHMRC

Slowing the Process of Neurodegenerative Disease

David Linares

NHMRC

Mechanisms of Disordered Hepatic Lipid Partitioning In NonAlcoholic Steatohepatitis

Geoff Farrell & Chris Nolan

NHMRC

Improving Screening and Treatment of Liver Cancer

Narci Toeh

NHMRC

Glutathione Transferase deficient mice to probe for adverse drug reactions

Jane Dahlstrom
(administered through JCSMR)

NHMRC

The third international stroke trial

Christian Lueck
(administered through University of Sydney)

NHMRC

Genetic pathology of Roquin in human immune disease

Vinuesa CG, Cook MC, Manolios N,Goodnow CC, Huttley GA
(administered through JCSMR)

NHMRC

Characterizing novel therapeutic interventions in a new model of focal retinopathy

David Pow, Jan Provis, SteveTaylor, Nigel Barnett, Trent Woodruff and Anthony Kwan
(administered through RSBS)

NHMRC 

Goblet cell stress and intestinal inflammation. 

McGuckin M, Florin T, Radford-Smith G, Eri R, Cook MC
(administered through Mater Medical Research Institute) 

NHMRC (led by Garvan)

NHMRC - B-cell Mass and Function in Type 1 Diabetes mellitus and Islet Transplantation 

Chris Nolan 

NHMRC (led by Menzies)

Multicentre evaluation of a clinical pathway for chronic cough in children-can its use improve clinical outcomes 

Nicholas Glasgow

NHMRC

Genetic pathology of Roquin in human immune disease

Vinuesa CG, Cook MC, Goodnow CC, Hutley G, Manolios N
(administered through JCSMR)

NHMRC

Goblet cell stress and intestinal inflammation

McGuckin M, Florin T, RadfordSmith G, Eri, R, Cook MC
(administered through MMRI)

NHMRC

A Randomised Controlled Trial of Factor Replacement Therapy in Snake Bite Coagulopathy.

Isbister G, Brown S, Buckley NA, Seldon M
(administered through Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin)

Novartis Animal Health

A national survey of hydatid tapeworm infection in rural domestic dogs

David Jenkins

NRMA ACT Road Safety Trust

Accident Care Evaluation

Paul Smith

ORIA 

Complement proteins and photoreceptor death in light-induced retinal degeneration

Krisztina Valter, Jan Provis and Michele Madigan
(administered through RSBS)

Probiotec Pty Ltd

Prebiotic and probiotic enhancement of immunity

Allan Cripps, David Pyne
(administered through Griffith University)

Royal Australian College of Surgery Foundation Fellowship

Intramedullary Suction System: Prevention of Fat Embolism in Reaming in a Sheep Worst Case Model

Paul Smith

TCH Private Practice Fund

Efficacy of an Intramedullary Suction System in Long Reaming – a Sheep Femoral Fracture Study

Damian McMahon, Paul Smith, Rachel Li, Bruessel Thomas
(administered through TCH)

TCH Private Practice Fund

Staphylococcus aureus PantonValentine Leucocidin (PVL) Pore Forming Toxin: Mechanism of Action Study

Peter Collingnon
(administered through TCH)

The Canberra Hospital Radiation Oncology Private Practice Fund

Installation and Implementation of Bio21:MMIM (BioGrid) server in the ACT

 Desmond Yip
(administered through TCH)

The Cancer Council ACT

A Cancer Clinical Trials Program in the ACT

Desmond Yip
(administered through TCH)

The Commonwealth Institute, UK

The Lifestyle of our Kids (LOOK) study

Dick Telford

The Wellcome Trust

Reducing Deaths from Pesticide Poisoning – Establishing a Regional Toxicology Research

Nick Buckley

WHO

Study on the Management Strategy of Rural Nursing Workforce 

 Nicholas Glasgow

WHO - Special Programme for Research and Training Tropical Diseases (TDR).

P. falciparum pantothenate kinase high throughput screening assay

Kevin Saliba

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