The Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, has announced details of funding for the National Health and Medical Research Council and Medical Research Future Fund Investigator schemes. We would like to congratulate the following researchers on their successful applications:
NHMRC Investigator Grants
Duration: 5 years
Tipping the balance – improving response rates to cancer immunotherapy
Emerging Leadership 2
Dr Willem Lesterhuis, Centre for Child Health Research/Telethon Kids Institute
Total Funded: $1,562,250.00
Improving patient outcomes in familial hypercholesterolaemia across the continuum of care
Emerging Leadership 1
Dr Jing Pang, UWA Medical School
Total Funded: $645,205.00
Reducing global mortality and severity of disease in newborn infants through innovation and holistic interventions
Leadership 2
Professor Jane Pillow, School of Human Sciences
Total Funded: $2,060,520.00
MRFF Investigator Grants
Duration: 5 years
Better penicillin, better hearts: improving secondary prevention of rheumatic heart disease
Emerging Leadership 2
Doctor Laurens Manning, Centre for Child Health Research/Telethon Kids Institute
Total Funded: $1,281,125.00
Preventing bronchiectasis in Indigenous people
Emerging Leadership 2
Doctor Andre Schultz, Centre for Child Health Research/Telethon Kids Institute
Total Funded: $1,131,125.00