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CRF Project Grants Funding to commence in 2012
The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation (CRF), via its annual Grants process, has to date allocated almost $20 million dollars to more than 750 projects that focus on the cause, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of conditions that may affect the general health, education or welfare of children in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
In 2012, $1,253,000 in funding has been allocated to support 21 projects, listed below in alphabetical order by Institution.
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
Dr Martin Caon
Paediatric Anatomy Modelling and Radiation Dose Calculation for Minimizing Radiation Dose to Children from CT Examinations
$75,000
A/Professor Bryone Kuss
Development of Localised Drug Delivery Vehicles for Human Brain Tumors
$75,000
Dr Billy Tao
Can controlled consumption of non-allergic nuts benefit children with nut allergy? A randomised controlled study (Second year funding).
$27,000
MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH
Mr Michael Binks
Vitamin D and acute lower respiratory tract infection in Indigenous children
$32,000
Ms Robyn Marsh
Investigating the infectious processes underlying chronic suppurative lung disease in Indigenous Australian children.
$35,000
NOVITA CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Dr Angela Crettenden
Juggling work and care: Experiences of parents caring for children with disabilities
$75,000
SA PATHOLOGY
A/Professor Stuart Pitson
Targeting sphingosine kinase as a therapy for a childhood leukemia
$75,000
THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL
Dr Richard D'Andrea
Molecular characterisation of Diamond Blackfan Anaemia
$73,000
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
A/Professor Leonie Heilbronn
Does IVF impair insulin sensitivity?
$75,000
Dr Stephen Kidd
NTHi and its biofilm formation
$68,000
Dr Abiodin Ogunniyi
Molecular analysis of alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase: Role in pneumococcal meningitis
$70,000
Dr Alistair Standish
The search for novel inhibitors of capsule synthesis in Streptococcus pneumonia
$35,000
Dr Megan Warin
Food stories: How children from socially disadvantaged areas engage with childhood obesity prevention programs
$75,000
Dr Linda Linyan Wu
The impact of lipotoxicity in the ovaries and oocytes of obese women on embryo health.
$48,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Dr Lorena Dieguez
Capturing Fetal Cells from Maternal Blood using Microfluidics
$35,000
Dr James Dollman
Exploring predictors of physical activity attrition and maintenance among females in early adolescence (Second year funding)
$56,000
Professor Jason White
Does Stimulant Medication Cause Brain Damage in Children?
$72,000
WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH NETWORK
Dr Taher Omari
Predicting Dysphagia in Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
$72,000
WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Dr Zlatko Kopecki
Development of novel therapy for children suffering from skin blistering diseases
$35,000
A/Professor Barry Powell
A novel treatment to prevent re-operation in craniosynostosis
$75,000
Dr Raman Sharma
Functional characterisation of a mutant STXBP5L gene that is the likely cause of a novel childhood neurodegenerative disorder
$70,000
CRF Project Grants Funding for previous years
Funding Recipients - 2011 (PDF - 481Kb)
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