Health Minister Greg Hunt announced 22 Medical Research Future Fund grants yesterday. The bucks are not big, at least by NHMRC standards, ranging from $274 000 to $577 000, but the MRFF is but young and the capital base is not yet generating a strong income stream. The University of Melbourne, with four grants and Monash U with six, lead the list. Recipients are:
Elizabeth Elliott (Uni Sydney) $577: health outcomes for disadvantaged children
Christopher Levi (Uni Newcastle) $577: acute stroke therapies
Y C Gary Lee (UWA) $481: translation research on pleural effusion and infection
Jacqueline Centre (Garvan Institute) $343: outcomes in osteoporosis and bone health
Helena Teede (Monash U) $494: prevention, diagnosis, management of obesity in women
Peter Cameron (Monash U) $412: emergency and trauma care systems
Andrew Wei (Monash U) $412: translational research on acute myeloid leukaemia
Paul McCrory (Florey Institute) $577: mild traumatic brain injury
Alexander Thompson (Uni Melbourne) $481: elimination of Hepatitis C Virus
Bala Venkatesh (George Institute) $274: sepsis outcomes
Lianne Schmaal (Uni Melbourne) $431: neuroimaging in mental health
Antonio Verdejo-Garcia (Monash U) $476: treating methamphetamine addiction
David Godler (Murdoch Children’s Institute) $476: diagnosis and intervention for children with intellectual disability and autism
Christopher Davey (Uni Melbourne) $333: biomarkers for youth with severe depression
Donna Urquhart (Monash U) $429: lower back pain
Louise Corben (Murdoch Children’s Institute) $431: upper limb function for people with Hereditary Cerebellar Ataxia
Steven Tong (Uni Melbourne) $333: Managing bloodstream and skin infections leading to kidney and heart disease
Jill Newby (UNSW) $431: Internet delivered therapies for anxiety and depression
Saurabh Kumar (Western Sydney Local Health District) $431: identifying risk of arrhythmias and consequent sudden cardiac arrest
Dawn Aitken (UniTas) $431: new therapy options for osteoarthritis and chronic low back pain
Dominic Linz (Uni Adelaide) $431: sleep apnea
Meg Jardine (UNSW) $476: care of chronic cardiovascular disease