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The Research Led by Our Recipients

Since 1957, we have supported over 700 researchers dedicated to finding solutions for a wide range of illnesses. Through our funding programs, we have helped advance the careers of some of the world’s leading researchers, including Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Professor Peter Klinken AC, Professor John Newnham AM, and Professor Fiona Wood AO, as well as many other emerging researchers.

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Fragmentomic features of cell-free DNA predict late-stage melanoma treatment benefit and survival

Dr Aaron Beasley

Research Collaboration Award

$29,914.00

2024

Edith Cowan University, in collaboration with Medical University of Graz, Austria

Finding novel targets to prevent transplanted organ rejection

Dr Amy Prosser

Research Collaboration Award

$29,990.00

2024

The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia

Devising a novel stop and kill strategy to promote transplant tolerance

Dr Amy Prosser

Raine Priming Grant

$247,804.63

2024

The University of Western Australia

Moorditj Marp (strong skin) – SHARE Program for Aboriginal Children

Dr Bernadette Ricciardo

Clinician Research Fellowship

$422,105.31

2024

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Reidentification with Birth-Registered Sex in a Western Australian Pediatric Gender Clinic – Inter-state extensions to inform a registered audit

Dr Blake Cavve

Research Collaboration Award

$13,078.00

2024

Publication: Reidentification With Birth-Registered Sex in a Western Australian Pediatric Gender Clinic Cohort. JAMA Pediatrics. 2024.

Dr Blake Cavve (Raine BrightSpark Research Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2024

The Kids Research Institute Australia & The University of Western Australia

Nurse-led study reporting outcomes of combination intravesical therapy for bladder cancer

Dr Cynthia Hawks

Clinician Research Fellowship

$104,272.25

2024

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Cost-Effectiveness and Enhanced Co-Design of a Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Yoga and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Improve Mental Health in Australians

Dr Danielle Mathersul

Research Collaboration Award

$29,964.00

2024

Predicting a child's respiratory trajectory in early life

Dr David Hancock

Raine Priming Grant

$247,542.60

2024

The University of Western Australia

The airway epithelium: A treatable trait of preterm lung disease?

Dr Denby Evans

Raine Priming Grant

$247,855.60

2024

The Kids Research Institute Australia

From prematurity to adult lung disease: harmonising data analysis to provide novel insights into chronic lung disease following preterm birth

Dr Denby Evans

Research Collaboration Award

$29,340.00

2024

The Kids Research Institute Australia & Curtin University, in collaboration with the University of Barcelona, Spain

Publication: A surgically optimized intraoperative poly (I:C)-releasing hydrogel prevents cancer recurrence. Cell Reports Medicine. 2023.

Dr Francois Xavier Rwandamuriye

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2024

The Kids Research Institute Australia & The University of Western Australia

Unravelling the mysteries of neonatal lung clocks to improve lifelong health and well-being of premature babies

Dr Jane Choi

Research Collaboration Award

$28,593.00

2024

The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

Optimizing hepatocellular cancer surveillance in metabolic associated fatty liver disease

Dr Luis Calzadilla Bertot: Raine Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$248,390.00

2024

The University of Western Australia

Changing the focus of musculoskeletal pain to strengths-based pain protection

Dr Martin Rabey

Clinician Research Fellowship

$303,652.04

2024

Royal Perth Hospital

Publication: Effect of Graded Sensorimotor Retraining on Pain Intensity in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain. A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022.

Dr Matthew Bagg (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2024

University of Notre Dame Australia

Leveraging daily life physiology and behaviours to detect and prevent suicide risk

Dr Michael Kyron

Raine Priming Grant

$193,790.63

2024

The University of Western Australia

From Coding to Cryptic - Exploring the RNA World of Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)

Dr Mridul Johari

Raine Priming Grant

$247,815.63

2024

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research & The University of Western Australia

Treating Melanoma Resistant to Conventional Immunotherapy with Cell Therapy

Dr Peter Lau

Clinician Research Fellowship

$445,562.00

2024

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Improving diagnosis and genomic profiling in lung cancer using a novel EBUS biopsy technique

A/Prof Rajesh Thomas

Raine Priming Grant

$95,728.00

2023

Center for Respiratory Health, The University of Western Australia

Patient-Specific CT-Derived Computational Modelling to Optimise Outcomes in Aortic Stenosis

Dr Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid

Research Collaboration Award

$23,420.00

2023

Fiona Stanley Hospital, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Curtin University, in collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Developing next generation cell therapies for enhancing skin regeneration after injury

Dr Andrew Stevenson

Raine Priming Grant

$241,479.00

2023

The University of Western Australia

Echocardiographic and clinical determinants of outcome in rheumatic heart disease

Dr Bradley MacDonald

Clinician Research Fellowship

$212,943.86

2023

Perth Children's Hospital

Goodnight, Poor Sleep: Evaluating a Low-Barrier Solution for Youth Sleep and Mental Health

Dr Cele Richardson

Raine Priming Grant

$233,731.50

2023

The University of Western Australia

Clinical applications of place-of-care manufactured CAR T-cell therapy in cancer

Dr Collin Chin

Clinician Research Fellowship

$440,440.00

2023

Royal Perth Hospital

Optimising diagnosis of pulmonary invasive fungal disease in immunocompromised children

Dr Daniel Yeoh

Clinician Research Fellowship

$448,563.00

2023

Perth Children's Hospital

Addressing the Loneliness Epidemic in Young People: Bridging Affective and Clinical Science

Dr David Preece: Raine Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$237,164.63

2023

Curtin University, Curtin enAble Institute & School of Population Health

Publication: Slow or fast: Implications of myofibre type and associated differences for manifestation of neuromuscular disorders. Acta Physiologica. 2023 Aug;238(4):e14012

Dr Erin Lloyd

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2023

The University of Western Australia

Publication: Interpregnancy interval and adverse pregnancy outcomes among pregnancies following miscarriages or induced abortions in Norway (2008–2016): A cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 2022 Nov 22;19(11):e1004129

Dr Gizachew Tessema (Raine BrightSpark Research Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2023

Curtin University

Comparing genetic variance with environmental risk factors in early-onset myopia.

Dr Jessica Mountford

Research Collaboration Award

$30,000.00

2023

The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with Umea Centre for Molecular Medicine, Sweden

Advancing single-cell technologies for skeletal biology and diseases

Dr Kai Chen

Research Collaboration Award

$29,212.00

2023

The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

Personalised precision pathology for bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections

Dr Kieran Mulroney

Raine Priming Grant

$193,954.00

2023

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Breathe Up

Dr Lisa van der lee

Clinician Research Fellowship

$263,030.00

2023

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Assessment and Modification of Biased Expectancies to Predict and Optimize Emotional Wellbeing Across the Perinatal Period

Dr Mahdi Mazidi Sharafabadi

Research Collaboration Award

$26,047.00

2023

The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with University of Western Australia, University of New South Wales, Black Dog Institute (Australia) and University of Exeter (UK)

A Cross-Cultural Validation of an Inpatient Self-Harm Prediction Algorithm

Dr Michael Kyron

Research Collaboration Award

$25,618.00

2023

The University of Western Australia, in collaboration with The University of Sheffield, UK

Harnessing 'brainpower' to reduce the burden of hip osteoarthritis

Dr Myles Murphy

Raine Priming Grant

$238,852.00

2023

Edith Cowan University, Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute

Publication: Evaluation of Stable Chest Pain Following Emergency Department Presentation: Impact of First-Line Cardiac CT Diagnostic Strategy In An Australian Setting. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2023 Aug 18

Dr Nick Si Rui Lan (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2023

The University of Western Australia

Diesel and dust: Do current mining exposures impact the long-term health of workers?

Dr Renee Carey

Raine Priming Grant

$242,598.17

2023

The University of Western Australia

Language difficulties and child mental health: Priority-setting for development of a global research agenda

Associate Professor Mark Boyes

Research Collaboration Award

$20,075.00

2022

Curtin University, collaborating with University College London, Macquarie University, Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation

Promoting gut health with prebiotic fibre as a novel allergy prevention strategy

Clinical Associate Professor Kristina Rueter

Clinician Research Fellowship

$449,551.00

2022

Perth Children's Hospital

Development of a New DNA Methylation-based Maternal Epigenetic Age Estimator as a Predictor for Perinatal Morbidity

Dr Amanuel Gebremedhin

Research Collaboration Award

$29,607.00

2022

Curtin University, collaborating with Norwegian Institute of Public Health

SNAP-PY: Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial for Paediatrics and Youth

Dr Anita Campbell

Clinician Research Fellowship

$442,351.00

2022

Perth Children's Hospital

Microbial-immune priming in early life: Implications in pre-term infections

Dr Archita Mishra

Raine Priming Grant

$229,653.00

2022

Telethon Kids Institute

A Review on the COVID-19 Pandemic & Healthcare Systems in Africa

Dr Gizachew Tessema

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2022

Curtin University

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Next-Generation Single Cell Diagnostics of Blood Cancers

Dr Henry Hui

Raine Priming Grant

$224,649.00

2022

The University of Western Australia

Defining the nutrient substrates for bone remodelling

Dr Kai Chen

Raine Priming Grant

$224,788.00

2022

The University of Western Australia

Improving Outcomes for Tuberculosis Patients

Dr Kefyalew Alene

Research Collaboration Award

$30,000.00

2022

Curtin University, collaborating with Harvard Medical School, Harvard University

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Publication: Same-day confirmation of infection and antimicrobial susceptibility profiling using flow cytometry. The Lancet eBiomedicine. 2022 Aug;82:104145.

Dr Kieran Mulroney (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2022

The University of Western Australia

Short chain fatty acids in human milk: Implications for infant health

Dr Lisa Stinson

Research Collaboration Award

$27,039.00

2022

The University of Western Australia, collaborating with Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Circulating Biomarkers of Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Dr Lydia Warburton

Clinician Research Fellowship

$323,836.00

2022

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Publication: Effect of a Hybrid Closed-Loop System on Glycemic and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes—A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatrics. 2021 Dec 1;175(12):1227-1235

Dr Mary Abraham (Raine BrightSpark Research Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2022

Perth Children's Hospital

Exploring Novel Macrophage Markers & Inhibitors of Migration in Melanoma to Enhance Immunotherapy

Dr Peter Lau

Raine Priming Grant

$227,054.00

2022

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Ultrahigh-resolution and rapid breast tumour margin assessment using full-field optical coherence elastography

Dr Qi Fang

Research Collaboration Award

$28,668.00

2022

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia, collaborating with Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

Blended pain care: A novel hybrid service model for chronic pain and mental health support

Dr Robert Schutze

Clinician Research Fellowship

$212,824.00

2022

Royal Perth Hospital

Explainable AI Frameworks for Automatic Detection and Localisation of Abdominal Aortic Calcification

Dr Syed Zulqarnain Gilani: Raine Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$248,913.00

2022

Edith Cowan University

UWA Developing effective RNA-based cancer immunotherapy

Dr Tao Wang

Raine Priming Grant

$229,943.00

2022

Telethon Kids Institute

Publication: Topical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, Issue 1

Associate Professor Christopher Brennan-Jones (Raine BrightSpark Research Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2021

Telethon Kids Institute and Curtin University

Influence of early life diet on intestinal epithelial cell development and function

Dr Akila Rekima

Research Collaboration Award

$29,986.00

2021

Telethon Kids Institute and The University of Western Australia, collaborating with Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC)

Validation of a model for predicting bacterial (co)infection in bronchiolitis

Dr Charlie McLeod

Clinician Research Fellowship

$397,089.00

2021

Perth Children's Hospital

An innovative diagnostic tool for children with high-risk leukaemia

Dr Henry Hui

Research Collaboration Award

$29,864.00

2021

The University of Western Australia, collaborating with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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Reducing the Side-Effects of Cancer Immunotherapy

Dr Jonathan Chee

Research Collaboration Award

$27,812.00

2021

The University of Western Australia, collaborating with University of Melbourne/St Vincent's Institute

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Creating tools to help clinicians protect the mental health of children with chronic pain

Dr Julian Basanovic

Research Collaboration Award

$12,768.00

2021

The University of Western Australia, collaborating with The University of Western Australia, University of Sydney, Western Kids Health

Publication: SGLT2 Inhibitor–Induced Sympathoinhibition: A Novel Mechanism for Cardiorenal Protection. JACC: Basic to Translational Science. 2020 Feb;5(2):169-79

Dr Lakshini Herat

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2021

The University of Western Australia

Investigating the negative relationship between social anxiety and interpersonal coordination: Identifying mechanisms and developing interventions

Dr Lynden Miles

Research Collaboration Award

$17,208.00

2021

The University of Western Australia, collaborating with Macquarie University, Wise Realities, Institute for Healthcare Emerging Technologies Research, UWA

Establishing an adaptive platform trial for food oral immunotherapy (ADAPT-OIT)

Dr Michael O’Sullivan

Clinician Research Fellowship

$375,000.00

2021

Perth Children's Hospital

Cognitive deficits in obstructive sleep apnea: insights from a meta-review and comparison with deficits observed in COPD, insomnia, and sleep deprivation

Dr Michelle Olaithe (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2021

The University of Western Australia

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Enablers and barriers to accessing digital oral health resources: caregivers and health providers’ perspectives

Dr Mohamed Estai

Research Collaboration Award

$29,915.00

2021

Harnessing innate immune metabolism to save newborns from infectious death

Dr Nelly Amenyogbe: Raine BrightSpark Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$242,793.00

2021

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia

Improved respiratory health for Aboriginal children through knowledge translation

Dr Pamela Laird

Clinician Research Fellowship

$215,760.00

2021

Child and Adolescent Health Service

Enhancing suicide prevention for LGBTQA+ young people

Dr Penelope Strauss: Raine Cockell Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$242,886.00

2021

Embrace; Youth Mental Health, Telethon Kids Institute

Low-cost and wireless imaging for cancer detection during surgery

Dr Qi Fang: Raine Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$236,720.00

2021

BRITElab, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

When is the Best Time to Have Cancer Surgery?

Dr Rachael Zemek: Raine BrightSpark Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$244,360.00

2021

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia

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A Dietary Pathway for Improving Disease Outcomes for People with MS

Dr Virginie Lam

Raine Priming Grant

$208,060.00

2021

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University

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Designing a prediction framework for mesothelioma response to chemo-immunotherapy

Dr Wee Loong Chin

Clinician Research Fellowship

$429,259.30

2021

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Publication: A role for early exposure to house dust mite allergens through breast milk in IgE-mediated food allergy susceptibility. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2020 Jan 17;145(5):1416-1429

Dr Akila Rekima (Raine BrightSpark Research Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2020

School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia

Developing novel treatments for stroke

Dr Alexander Tang

Research Collaboration Award

2020

School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, collaborating with University of Otago (New Zealand)

Bright light therapy to improve sleep and mental health outcomes for young people with depression

Dr Cele Richardson

Research Collaboration Award

2020

Centre for Sleep Science and School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, collaborating with Flinders University (Adelaide), University of Reading (UK)

Advancing epigenome editing to understand hepatocellular carcinoma progression

Dr Christian Pflueger

Raine Priming Grant

$234,288.00

2020

Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia

Publication: Evolutionary and Genomic Insights into Clostridioides difficile Sequence Type 11: A Diverse Zoonotic and Antimicrobial-Resistant Lineage of Global One Health Importance. mBio. 2019 Apr 16;10(2)

Dr Daniel Knight

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2020

Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University

Why does pain spread? An investigation of inhibition in the human brain

Dr Flavia Di Pietro

Raine Priming Grant

$160,000.00

2020

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University

Challenging the core autism phenotype - investigating motor impairments in children on the autism spectrum using whole genome sequencing

Dr Jess Reynolds

Research Collaboration Award

2020

Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, collaborating with Garvan Institute of Medical Research (NSW)

Predicting self-injurious behaviour in young people - a novel cognitive approach

Dr Julie Ji: Raine/BrightSpark/Cockell Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$227,542.00

2020

School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia

Dietary nitrate intake and its associations with cardiometabolic, cognitive and mental health outcomes

Dr Lauren Blekkenhorst

Research Collaboration Award

2020

School of Health and Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, collaborating with Erasmus University (The Netherlands), Deakin University (Melbourne)

Publication: Association of dietary nitrate with atherosclerotic vascular disease mortality: A prospective cohort study of older adult women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2017 May 31;106(1):207-216

Dr Lauren Blekkenhorst (KY Wong Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

2020

School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University

Publication: Differences in stroke risk and cardiovascular mortality for Aboriginal and other Australian patients with atrial fibrillation. Medical Journal of Australia. 2020 Feb 6;212(5):215-221

Dr Lee Nedkoff

Publication Prize

2020

School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia

Does lack of colostrum feeding in neonates lead to impaired growth and immune development, and enhanced disease susceptibility in later life

Dr Lieke van den Elsen

Research Collaboration Award

2020

School of Molecular Science, The University of Western Australia, collaborating with South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (Adelaide)

Detecting Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children

Dr Mon Ohn

Clinician Research Fellowship

$422,315.98

2020

Perth Children's Hospital

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Is the source of dietary nitrate a determinant of its impact on cancer risk?

Dr Nicola Bondonno: Raine/Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$10,000.00

2020

School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University

Mapping muscle gene enhancers: An approach to improving genetic diagnosis for neuromuscular disorders

Dr Rhonda Taylor

Raine Priming Grant

$224,806.00

2020

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research/Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia

Reducing the rate of myopia progression in school-aged children

Dr Samantha Lee (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000.00

2020

Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Lions Eye Institute, The University of Western Australia

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Improving survival from sepsis: A translational research platform for the future

Dr Stephen Macdonald

Clinician Research Fellowship

2020

Royal Perth Hospital

Computational modelling of the neural deficits in schizophrenia

Dr Zachary Howard

Research Collaboration Award

$16,500

2020

School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, collaborating with The University of Newcastle (NSW), Australian National University (Canberra)

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Determining best-practice rehabilitation for lateropulsion after stroke

Ms Jessica Nolan

Clinician Research Fellowship

2020

Osborne Park Hospital

The role of emotion regulation in mental illness

Professor Penelope Hasking

Research Collaboration Award

2020

School of Psychology, Curtin University, collaborating with Stanford University (USA)

Harnessing neuroplasticity in the young and old brain with brain stimulation

Dr Alexander Tang

Raine Priming Grant

2019

School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia

Identifying early life physical health factors to improve mental health outcomes in children

Dr Amy Finlay-Jones

Research Collaboration Award

$29,433

2019

Mental Health and Youth, Telethon Kids Institute/CCHR, University of Western Australia, collaborating with Brain and Body Lab (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

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Informing T1D prevention strategies by identifying early dysglycaemia in children at risk

Dr Aveni Haynes

Raine Priming Grant

2019

Child Health Research, Telethon Kids Institute

Publication: Decreasing trends in mean HbA1c are not associated with increasing rates of severe hypoglycemia in children. Diabetes Care. 2019 Jun 18;42(9):1630-1636

Dr Aveni Haynes (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

2019

Children’s Diabetes Centre, Telethon Kids Institute

A tool to evaluate and guide the programming of hearing implants

Dr Dayse Tavora-Vieira

Clinician Research Fellowship

$198,134

2019

Fiona Stanley Hospital

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Predicting asthma disease trajectories through systems-level analyses of immune memory

Dr Emma de Jong: Raine/BrightSpark Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2019

UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Kids Institute

Improving outcomes for patient’s with diabetes-related foot disease

Dr Emma Hamilton

Clinician Research Fellowship

2019

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Adverse birth outcomes and interpregnancy interval in Australia and Norway: A new international collaboration on the influence of pregnancy loss

Dr Gizachew Tessema

Research Collaboration Award

2019

Public Health, Curtin University, collaborating with Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Investigating “flashforward” mental imagery of self-injury as a proximal risk barometer and modifiable treatment target

Dr Julie Ji

Research Collaboration Award

2019

School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, collaborating with Uppsala University (Sweden)

A drug to treat complications in diabetes

Dr Lakshini Herat

Raine Priming Grant

$99,865

2019

School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia and the Dobney Hypertension Centre

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Efficacy of a novel self-appraisal induction in Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Dr Laura Dondzilo

Research Collaboration Award

2019

School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, collaborating with University of Münster (Germany)

Bacteriophage exposure in utero: Implications for health and disease

Dr Lucy Furfaro: Raine/Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2019

Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Australia

Closing the loop for those with sub-optimal glycaemic control

Dr Mary Abraham

Clinician Research Fellowship

$344,264

2019

Perth Children's Hospital

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The role of dietary nitrate and vitamin K in improving cardiovascular outcomes

Dr Nicola Bondonno

Research Collaboration Award

$29,722

2019

School of Health and Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, collaborating with The University of Western Australia, Gentofte Hospital (Copenhagen, Denmark)

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Unravelling the (epi)genomic regulatory mechanisms governing memory to understand cognitive decline in aging

Dr Olivier Clement

Research Collaboration Award

2019

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, collaborating with Trinity College (Dublin), Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Publication: Sensitization to immune checkpoint blockade through activation of a STAT1/NK axis in the tumor microenvironment. Science Translational Medicine. 2019 Jul 17;11:eaav7816

Dr Rachael Zemek

Publication Prize

2019

Cancer Centre, Telethon Kids Institute

Helping adults with hearing loss manage their mental health

Dr Rebecca Bennett: Raine/Cockell Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2019

Clinical Research, Ear Science Institute Australia

Investigating a novel class of peptide as a therapeutic for neurodegenerative disorders

Dr Ryan Anderton

Raine Priming Grant

2019

School of Health Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences

Prevention of maternal morbidity and deaths due to obstetric emergencies in Gaborone, Botswana

Dr Tina Lavin

Research Collaboration Award

2019

School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, collaborating with University of Botswana, University of Pretoria (South Africa), Burnet Institute (Melbourne)

Date of Visit: 2020

Professor Chris Hammond

Visiting Professor Award

2019

Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences / Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia

Date of Visit: 2019

Professor David Armstrong

Visiting Professor Award

2019

Mr Olufemi Oshin, Medical School, Curtin University

Date of Visit: 2020

Professor Erwei Song

Visiting Professor Award

2019

Professor Ruth Ganss, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Date of Visit: 2020

Professor Michael Riddell

Visiting Professor Award

2019

Professor Elizabeth Davis, Children’s Diabetes Centre, Telethon Kids Institute

Date of Visit: 2020

Professor Ornit Chiba-Faleck

Visiting Professor Award

2019

Professor Patrick Akkari, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science

Date of Visit: 2020

Professor Wickliffe Abraham

Visiting Professor Award

2019

Dr Alexander Tang, Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, University of Western Australia

Predictive biomarkers of response and resistance to immunotherapy in cancer

A/Prof Muhammad Adnan Khattak

Clinician Research Fellowship

2018

Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and the development of cardiovascular disease

A/Prof Nigel McArdle

Clinician Research Fellowship

2018

Synthesis and characterisation of cutting-edge magnetic nanoparticles for anti-cancer treatment

Dr Anabel Sorolla Bardaji

Research Collaboration Award

2018

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, collaborating with Spanish National Research Council

A novel therapeutic approach to treat triple negative breast cancers

Dr Anabel Sorolla Bardaji

Raine Priming Grant

2018

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia

Lidocaine infusions to treat postoperative pain

Dr Andrew Toner

Clinician Research Fellowship

$342,625

2018

Royal Perth Hospital

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Finding biomarkers for blood cancer progression

Dr Belinda Guo

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2018

School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia

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Ear Portal: An ear health telehealth portal for Aboriginal children in metropolitan areas

Dr Chris Brennan-Jones: Raine/Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2018

Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute

Using genomic techniques to better understand infectious diseases

Dr Daniel Knight

Raine Priming Grant

$199,950

2018

School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University

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Facial features as a potential biomarker to assist early identification and intervention of autism

Dr Diana Tan

Research Collaboration Award

$7,600

2018

School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, collaborating with University of Cambridge (UK)

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Improving management of pleural effusions in intensive care patients- the ESO-DICE Trial

Dr Edward Fysh

Raine Priming Grant

2018

Royal Perth Hospital

The CABIN Fever trial

Dr Edward Raby

Clinician Research Fellowship

2018

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Developing new methods for the mechanical ventilation of babies with respiratory distress

Dr Emmanuela Zannin

Charter Hall Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar Award

$4,200

2018

School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Professor Jane Pillow

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Increased stress precedes increased blood glucose levels in adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Dr Keely Bebbington

Research Collaboration Award

$14,911.80

2018

Children’s Diabetes Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, collaborating with The Interdisciplinary Center of Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, University Medical Centre of Groningen (Netherlands)

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Developing health coding analyses in efforts to track and improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease

Dr Lee Nedkoff

Research Collaboration Award

$15,972

2018

School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, collaborating with University of Auckland (NZ)

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Postburn growth and coping: Resources to reframe

Dr Lisa Martin: Raine/Cockell Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2018

Burn Injury Research Unit, University of Western Australia

A new animal model for investigating the mechanisms underlying poor child health outcomes following maternal infections in pregnancy

Dr Naomi Scott: Stewart/BrightSpark Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2018

Telethon Kids Institute

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Improved kidney transplantation outcomes for WA children

Dr Nicholas Larkins

Clinician Research Fellowship

$401,802

2018

Child and Adolescent Health Service

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Latest brain-based interventions for young people with psychiatric disorders

Dr Paul Croarkin

Visiting Professor Award

$1,180

2018

The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Dr Jennifer Rodger

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New strategies to improve outcomes for lung disease

Dr Rajesh Thomas

Publication Prize

$5,000

2018

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

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Publication: Transient and permanent reconfiguration of chromatin and transcription factor occupancy drive reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell. 2017 Dec 7;21(6):834-845.e6

Dr Sam Buckberry

Publication Prize

2018

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, UWA

Improving survival from sepsis

Dr Stephen Macdonald

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2018

Royal Perth Hospital

View Research

Targeted suicide prevention for LGBTIQ young people

Dr Yael Perry

Research Collaboration Award

2018

Youth Mental Health, Telethon Kids Institute, collaborating with Orygen (Melbourne)

Overcoming treatment resistant cancers

Professor Des Richardson

Visiting Professor Award

$3,790

2018

School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University

View Research

Date of Visit: March/April 2019

Professor John O’Brien

Visiting Professor Award

2018

WA Centre for Health & Ageing, University of Western Australia, Professor Osvaldo Almeida

Date of Visit: 2019

Professor Mary Wlodek

Visiting Professor Award

2018

Associate Professor Geddes, School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia

Date of Visit: September 2019

Professor Thomas Erren

Visiting Professor Award

2018

Professor Lin Fritschi, School of Public Health, Curtin University

Date of Visit: Sept/Oct 2019

Professor Timothy Philip Atkins

Visiting Professor Award

2018

Dr Mitali Sarkar-Tyson, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia

Why is the impact of urban birth on risk for schizophrenia reversed in Western Australia compared to Denmark? A proof-of-concept collaboration

Professor Vera Morgan

Research Collaboration Award

2018

Medical School, Population Health, University of Western Australia, collaborating with Aarhus University (Denmark)

A new approach for early identification of inherited hypercholesterolaemia

Dr Andrew Martin

Clinician Research Fellowship

$206,698

2017

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

View Research

How does maternal immunisation affect childhood health?

Dr Annette Regan

Research Collaboration Award

2017

Curtin University

View Research

Establishing cell culture models for fibrotic progression in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms

Dr Belinda Guo

Research Collaboration Award

2017

University of Western Australia

Improving diabetic retinopathy management through early detection of microvascular changes

Dr Chandrakumar Balaratnasingam

Raine Priming Grant

2017

Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia

Mental health issues affecting doctors working in intensive care units

Dr Diane Dennis

Research Collaboration Award

$13,650

2017

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

View Research

Publication: Intravenous iron or placebo for anaemia in intensive care: the IRONMAN multicentre randomized blinded trial. Intensive Care Medicine. 2016 Nov;42(11):1715–1722

Dr Edward Litton (Rigby Research Prize)

Publication Prize

2017

University of Western Australia, Fiona Stanley Hospital

Childhood indicators of adult outcomes: A longitudinal follow-up of the WA Autism

Dr Gail Alvares

Raine Priming Grant

2017

Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia

Novel methods to understand cholesterol balance

Dr Haibo Jiang

Research Collaboration Award

$10,000

2017

University of Western Australia

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Healthcare for people experiencing homelessness

Dr Jim O’Connell (Raine/Forrest Fellow)

Visiting Professor Award

$5,112.48

2017

School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Associate Professor Lisa Wood

View Research

Analysis of T cell receptor diversity in animal models of cancer

Dr Jonathan Chee

Raine Priming Grant

2017

University of Western Australia

Lymphovascular Invasion of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Renal Transplant Patients

Dr Nathan Harvey

Clinician Research Fellowship

2017

QEII Medical Centre 

Developing Preterm Infant Nutrition Research Capacity

Dr Nathanael Yates

Research Collaboration Award

2017

University of Western Australia

The Epidemiology, Origins and Associations of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adolescents

Dr Oyekoya Ayonrinde

Clinician Research Fellowship

2017

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Seeking to predict and improve outcomes for WA kids with asthma

Dr Rachel Foong

Raine Priming Grant

$93,397

2017

Telethon Kids Institute, Curtin University

View Research

Western Australia Atropine for the Treatment of Myopia (WA ATOM) study

Dr Samantha Lee

Research Collaboration Award

$5,000

2017

Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia

New treatments to improve cancer patient survival

Dr Samuel Taylor

Publication Prize

$5,000

2017

University of Western Australia

View Research

Modelling mitochondrial dysfunction in disease

Dr Tara Richman: BrightSpark/Raine Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2017

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia

Heart research has never been “cooler” – efforts to improve organ preservation procedures for better heart transplant outcomes

Dr Warren Pavey

Clinician Research Fellowship

$204,932

2017

Fiona Stanley Hospital

View Research

Enhancing Current Ovarian Cancer Response by Inhibiting SYK

Dr Yu Yu: Raine/Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2017

Curtin University

Date of Visit: 29 March – 14 April 2018, Email: girish.dwivedi@perkins.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0700

Professor Benjamin Chow

Visiting Professor Award

2017

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research / Fiona Stanley Hospital / School of Computer Science & Software Engineering, UWA, Professor Girish Dwivedi

Date of Visit: November/December 2018, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6457 3213

Professor David Findlay

Visiting Professor Award

2017

Medical School, University of Western Australia, Professor Minghao Zheng

A collaborative approach to the management of sport-related injuries

Professor Freddie Fu

Visiting Professor Award

$5,700

2017

Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, UWA, Professor Minghao Zheng

View Research

Date of Visit: March – June 2018, Email: wendy.erber@perkins.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6457 2325

Professor John Crispino

Visiting Professor Award

2017

School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Professor Wendy Erber

Date of Visit: July/August 2018, Email: donna.geddes@uwa.edu.au

Professor Mary Wlodek

Visiting Professor Award

2017

School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Associate Professor Geddes

Date of Visit: October 2018, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6457 3213

Professor Xu Cao

Visiting Professor Award

2017

Medical School, University of Western Australia, Professor Minghao Zheng

Date of Visit: October 2018, Email: shane.maloney@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3394

Professor Yamanaka Akihiro (Raine/Forrest Fellow)

Visiting Professor Award

2017

School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Professor Shane Maloney

Prevalence of Mental Illness and Treatment Pathways among people who are homeless in Perth, Western Australia

Associate Professor Lisa Wood

Research Collaboration Award

2016

University of Western Australia

Improving survival rates and reducing disability in preterm infants

Associate Professor Tobias Strunk

Clinician Research Fellowship

$412,154

2016

King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women 

View Research

Improving health outcomes of kidney transplant recipients

Associate Professor Wai Lim

Clinician Research Fellowship

$429,400

2016

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

View Research

Understanding the physical and mental health outcomes of gender affirming intervention

Dr Ashleigh Lin

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2016

Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia

View Research

Publication: Outcomes of non-transitioned cases in a sample at ultra-high risk for psychosis: a medium to long-term follow-up study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;172(3):249-58

Dr Ashleigh Lin (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

2016

Telethon Kids Institute, UWA

Enhancing the treatment of depression through the delivery of attentional bias modification procedures

Dr Ben Grafton

Research Collaboration Award

2016

University of Western Australia

Mental health outcomes of adolescents with ASD as they transition to adulthood

Dr Benjamain Milbourn

Research Collaboration Award

2016

Curtin University

Addressing the challenges of diagnostic genomics applications for short stature

Dr Dimitar Azmanov

Clinician Research Fellowship

$190,650

2016

QEII Medical Centre 

View Research

Impact of heatwave exposure on pregnancy outcomes

Dr Gavin Pereira

Research Collaboration Award

$9,868

2016

Curtin University

View Research

Identification of a preventative treatment for the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in the young

Dr Helena Viola

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2016

University of Western Australia

View Research

Characterizing innate lymphoid cells in steady state and infection

Dr Iona Schuster

Research Collaboration Award

2016

Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia

Novel aspects of the role of Lipoprotein(a) in premature heart disease

Dr Katrina Ellis

Raine Priming Grant

2016

University of Western Australia

Identification of novel drug combinations to cure high-risk infant leukaemia

Dr Laurence Cheung

Research Collaboration Award

2016

Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia

Better management of childhood malaria in areas with multiple Plasmodium species

Dr Laurens Manning: Honorary Stewart/BrightSpark/Raine Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2016

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Fiona Stanley Hospital, University of Western Australia

Structural characterization of the Wnt signalling pathway

Dr Mark Agostino

Raine Priming Grant

2016

Curtin University

Alcohol-related harm in young people

Dr Melissa O’Donnell: Stewart/BrightSpark/Raine Project

Raine Priming Grant

$197,128

2016

Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia

View Research

Publication: Active DNA demethylation at enhancers during the vertebrate phylotypic period. Nature Genetics. 2016 Apr;48(4):417-26

Dr Ozren Bogdanović

Publication Prize

2016

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, UWA

Optical imaging of conjunctival lymphatics for better glaucoma treatment

Dr Peijun Gong

Research Collaboration Award

2016

University of Western Australia

Modelling mitochondrial dysfunction in disease

Dr Tara Richman (Rigby Research Prize)

Publication Prize

$5,000

2016

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, UWA

View Research

Novel treatment strategies for heart failure associated with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Dr Vicky Johnstone

Raine Priming Grant

2016

University of Western Australia

Unveiling novel small molecule virulence factors from a human fungal pathogen

Dr Yit Heng Chooi: Honorary Raine/Robson Fellow

Raine Priming Grant

2016

The University of Western Australia

Date of Visit: 17 February – 4 March 2017, Email: leon.flicker@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 2750

Professor Carol Brayne

Visiting Professor Award

2016

WA Centre for Health and Ageing, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Professor Leon Flicker

Date of Visit: 1 May – 10 May 2017, Email: jiake.xu@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2739

Professor Duanqing Pei

Visiting Professor Award

2016

UWA School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor Jiake Xu

Date of Visit: October – December 2017, Email: aron.chakera@health.wa.gov.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6457 2799

Professor Nicholas Topley

Visiting Professor Award

2016

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA, Dr Aron Chakera

Date of Visit: 28 June – 18 July 2017, Email: george.yeoh@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0939

Professor Shulamit Levenberg

Visiting Professor Award

2016

Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, UWA, Professor George Yeoh

Development of an inducible Helicobacter pylori cag-T4SS system for in vitro and in vivo studies

Dr Aleksandra Debowski

Research Collaboration Award

2015

School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA

Identifying immune biomarkers of response to chemotherapy in thoracic cancers

Dr Alison McDonnell

Raine Priming Grant

2015

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ)L and international validation study

Dr Anna Waterreus

Research Collaboration Award

2015

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, UWA

Identification of biomarkers associated with cancer spread

Dr Annette Lim

Clinician Research Fellowship

$179,390

2015

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

View Research

Mechanisms that facilitate the metastatic potential in oral carcinomas

Dr Annette Lim

Raine Priming Grant

2015

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Project 1 – IronNOF & Project 2 – PADDI

Dr Edmond O’Loughlin

Clinician Research Fellowship

2015

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Genetic Analysis of Circulating Tumour Cells and Circulating Tumour DNA for Prognosis of Uveal Melanoma

Dr Elin Gray

Raine Priming Grant

2015

School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University

How does obstructive sleep apnoea affect your health?

Dr Gemma Cadby

Raine Priming Grant

$168,000

2015

Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease, UWA

View Research

Date of Visit: 9 July – 7 October 2016, Email: david.sampson@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2317

Dr Gijs van Soest

Visiting Professor Award

2015

UWA School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering, Professor David Sampson

Improved imaging to help surgeons perform complicated procedures

Dr Grand Roman Joldes

Raine Priming Grant

$200,000

2015

School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, UWA

View Research

Publication: Impaired functional communication between the L-type calcium channel and mitochondria contributes to metabolic inhibition in the mdx heart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014;111(28):9977-9982

Dr Helena Viola

Publication Prize

2015

School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, UWA

Investigating the role of taurine in disease pathology of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) using the GRMD dog model

Dr Jessica Terrill

Research Collaboration Award

2015

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

Smart needles for better lung cancer assessment

Dr Jiawen Li

Research Collaboration Award

2015

School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, UWA

Social Reward and Impulsivity in Disruptive Behaviour Problems: The Roles of Oxytocin and Serotonin

Dr Kevin Runions

Research Collaboration Award

2015

Centre for Child Health Research, UWA

Closed loop insulin delivery for patients with type 1 diabetes in free living conditions

Dr Martin de Bock

Clinician Research Fellowship

2015

Princess Margaret Hospital

Combinatorial therapeutics in high-risk infant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Dr Rishi Kotecha

Clinician Research Fellowship

2015

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

Publication: Meningiomas in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Lancet Oncology. 2011;12:1229-39

Dr Rishi Kotecha (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

2015

School of Paediatrics and Child Health, UWA

Nanoparticle delivery for the treatment of scarring

Dr Tristan Clemons

Raine Priming Grant

2015

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

Light therapy in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Dr Wayne Davies

Research Collaboration Award

2015

School of Animal Biology, UWA

Very early intervention in infants at risk of autism: Bringing a novel therapy to Australia

Professor Andrew Whitehouse

Research Collaboration Award

2015

Centre for Child Health Research, UWA

Date of Visit: 1 September – 1 December 2016, Email: ryan.lister@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 4407

Professor José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta

Visiting Professor Award

2015

UWA Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute, Professor Ryan Lister

Date of Visit: 1 June – 31 August 2016, Email: jane.pillow@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9340 1456

Professor Raffaele Dellacà

Visiting Professor Award

2015

UWA School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, Professor Jane Pillow

Date of Visit: October 2016, Email: kevin.croft@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0275

Professor Ro Osawa

Visiting Professor Award

2015

UWA School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Professor Kevin Croft

Date of Visit: 3 December 2016, Email: cctrm-smp@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0974

Professor Shulamit Levenberg

Visiting Professor Award

2015

The Centre for Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine, UWA, Professor Geoffrey Laurent

Date of Visit: April 2016, Email: kevin.pfleger@perkins.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0734

Professor Stephen Hill

Visiting Professor Award

2015

UWA Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger

Date of Visit: 1 August – 31 October 2016, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Xiang Gao

Visiting Professor Award

2015

UWA School of Surgery, Professor Minghao Zheng

Preventing migration of blood clots after major injury

Clinical Associate Professor Kwok-ming Ho

Clinician Research Fellowship

$419,013

2014

Royal Perth Hospital

View Research

Exploiting the synergistic potential of chemo- and immunotherapy to treat melanoma

Dr Andrea Khong

Raine Priming Grant

2014

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

Protein signalling networks in NUT Midline Carcinoma (NMC)

Dr Anja Stirnweiss

Raine Priming Grant

2014

Telethon Kids Institute

Using support vector machine-based learning techniques to explore medical, developmental and psychiatric disorders

Dr Ashleigh Lin

Research Collaboration Award

2014

Telethon Kids Institute

Role of genetic copy number variation in osteoporosis

Dr Benjamin Mullin

Raine Priming Grant

2014

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

Enhancing NK cell mediated anti-tumour responses

Dr Bree Foley

Raine Priming Grant

2014

Telethon Kids Institute

Stimulation of HIV-specific cytolytic effector function using allogeneic cell immunotherapy

Dr Coral-Ann Almeida

Raine Priming Grant

2014

School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA

Pleural Effusions in Intensive Care Patients: The Physiological Changes and Clinical Effects of Drainage Procedures

Dr Edward Fysh

Clinician Research Fellowship

2014

Royal Perth Hospital

Environmental dust and the lung: impact in remote Aboriginal Australian communities

Dr Holly Clifford

Raine Priming Grant

2014

Raine Foundation / Alan Robson Fellow / Telethon Kids Institute

Publication: TRAIL +NH Cells Control CD4+ T cell Responses during Chronic Viral Infection to Limit Autoimmunity. Immunity. 41:1-11, 2014

Dr Iona Schuster

Publication Prize

2014

Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, UWA

Understanding how genetic mutations to gene regulatory proteins cause childhood brain disorder

Dr Julian Heng

Research Collaboration Award

2014

Centre for Medical Research, UWA

How does repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation affect the brain? A cellular and systems approach

Dr Kristyn Bates

Research Collaboration Award

2014

School of Animal Biology, UWA

Date of Visit: 21 November – 27 November 2015, Email: gjloffice-smp@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0957

Dr Magdalena Götz

Visiting Professor Award

2014

Centre for Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine, Professors Geoff Laurent & Norman Palmer

Targeting epigenetic markers to modulate G-quadruplex DNA topology as a novel therapeutic strategy for cancer

Dr Nicole Smith

Research Collaboration Award

2014

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

The effect of Fibroblast Growth Factor 9 on anti-tumour immunity in malignant mesothelioma

Dr Sally Lansley

Raine Priming Grant

2014

Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory, UWA / Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Improving the West Australian Immunisation Program

Dr Thomas Snelling

Clinician Research Fellowship

2014

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

Publication: Infection-induced inflammation and cerebral injury in pre-term infants. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2014

Dr Tobias Strunk (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

2014

Centre of Neonatal Research and Education/School of Paediatrics and Child Health, UWA

Multifunctional targeted nanoparticles for the effective delivery of therapeutics in models of colorectal cancer

Dr Tristan Clemons

Research Collaboration Award

2014

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

Do ultrasound measurements of the inferior vena cava (IVC-US) by nursing staff improve assessment of intravascular volume status in the satellite haemodialysis clinic settings

Dr Ulrich Steinwandel

Clinician Research Fellowship

2014

Fremantle Hospital

Date of Visit: Feb–Mar 2015, Email: sean.hood@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2393

Professor Anthony Levitt

Visiting Professor Award

2014

Professor Sean Hood, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Neuroinflammation in Type 2 diabetes: A PET study using (18F)p FEEPPA

Professor David Bruce

Research Collaboration Award

2014

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

Date of Visit: 2 April – 29 April 2015, Email: geoffrey.laurent@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0957

Professor Dr Heiko Lickert

Visiting Professor Award

2014

Winthrop Professor Geoffrey Laurent, Centre for Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine

Studying the role of serotonin in anxiety in adolescence – An iterative translational research approach

Professor Florian Zepf

Research Collaboration Award

2014

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, UWA

Date of Visit: March 2015, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Hiroshi Takayangi

Visiting Professor Award

2014

Winthrop Professor Ming-hao Zheng, Centre for Orthopaedic Research

Preclinical optimization of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for youth with treatment refractory depression

Professor Jenny Rodger

Research Collaboration Award

2014

School of Animal Biology, UWA

Date of Visit: 12–19 September 2015, Email: sergio.starkstein@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9431 2013

Professor Joseph Piven

Visiting Professor Award

2014

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Professor Sergio Starkstein

Date of Visit: Feb–Mar & Oct–Nov 2015, Email: rod.dilley@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0727

Professor Magnus von Unge

Visiting Professor Award

2014

Associate Professor Rod Dilley, Ear Science Centre (UWA)

Autism Spectrum Disorder in middle to late adulthood: Phenomenology, behavioural correlates and societal costs

Professor Sergio Starkstein

Research Collaboration Award

2014

School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, UWA

Date of Visit: November – December 2015, Email: gjloffice-smp@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0957

Professor Stephen Hill

Visiting Professor Award

2014

Centre for Medical Research, Perkins Institute, Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger

Date of Visit: 30 October – 7 November 2015, Email: gjloffice-smp@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6151 0957

Professor William Cookson

Visiting Professor Award

2014

Centre for Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine, Professors Geoff Laurent & Norman Palmer

Stimulation of HIV-specific cytolytic effector function using allogeneic cell immunotherapy

Assistant Professor Coral-Ann Almeida

Research Collaboration Award

2013

School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

1 in 12: Translational Research for Rare Diseases

Clinical Associate Professor Gareth Baynam

Clinician Research Fellowship

2013

Date of Visit: October 2014, Email: cecilia.prele@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2839

Dr Adam Giangreco

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Associate Professor Cecilia Prele, Centre for Cell Therapy & Regenerative Medicine

The influence of multi-strain cytomegalovirus infections on the immune repertoire: Implications for organ transplantation

Dr Aron Chakera

Clinician Research Fellowship

2013

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

The role of sensory parameters in predicting clinical outcome after lumbar discectomy

Dr Brigitte Tampin

Clinician Research Fellowship

2013

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Preventing influenza morbidity and mortality in West Australian children through vaccination

Dr Christopher Blyth

Clinician Research Fellowship

2013

Princess Margaret Hospital

Does exercise training improve muscle strength and function after burn injury?

Dr Dale Edgar

Clinician Research Fellowship

2013

An investigation of the relationship between traumatic brain injury, mental illness and subsequent criminal offending

Dr Eva Malacova

Research Collaboration Award

2013

Emergency Medicine/School of Population Health

Identifying genetic risk factors for cardiovascular disease in extended pedigrees in the Busselton Health Study

Dr Gemma Cadby

Research Collaboration Award

2013

Centre for the Genetic Origins of Health and Disease

Publication: Mutations in KLHL40 Are a Frequent Cause of Severe Autosomal-Recessive Nemaline Myopathy. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2013;93:6-18

Dr Gianina Ravenscroft (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

2013

Centre for Medical Research

Does zoledronic acid decrease back pain and slow spinal radiographic progression in those with radiographic osteoarthritis?

Dr Helen Keen

Research Collaboration Award

2013

School of Medicine and Pharmacology

The F.L.U.I.D. study (Forecasting Level of Ultrafiltration and Intensity of Dialysis)

Dr Hugh Davies

Clinician Research Fellowship

2013

Royal Perth Hospital

The role of Bcl2 S24P mutation in bone homeostasis

Dr Jennifer Tickner

Raine Priming Grant

2013

School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA

Helping the brain to heal itself: controlling cell function to improve repair after injury

Dr Kristyn Bates

Raine Priming Grant

2013

School of Animal Biology, UWA

Publication: Stratified Meta-Analysis of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression of the Lower Limbs to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients. Circulation. 2013;128:1003-1020

Dr Kwok-ming Ho

Publication Prize

2013

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

Predicting response to neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer

Dr Melanie McCoy

Raine Priming Grant

2013

Raine Foundation / Alan Robson Fellow, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

Front to Back: Retinal Pigment Epithelium from Limbal Stem Cells

Dr Samuel McLenachan

Raine Priming Grant

2013

Centre for Ophthalmological and Visual Sciences, UWA

The effects of IFN-α on T and B cell homeostasis in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy

Dr Sonia Fernandez

Raine Priming Grant

2013

School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA

Date of Visit: 1 September – 30 December 2014, Email: miranda.grounds@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3486

Professor Andrew Pelling

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Professor Miranda Grounds, School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology

Date of Visit: 16–20 June 2014, Email: david.wood@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3486

Professor David Thomas

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor David Wood, Perth Orthopaedic Institute

Date of Visit: July–Aug 2013 & Dec 2013–Jan 2014, Email: gerald.watts@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0246

Professor Dr Eric J G Sijbrands

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor Gerald Watts, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: Late 2014, Email: norman.palmer@anri.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1706

Professor Giles Plant

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Professor Norman Palmer, Centre for Neuromuscular & Neurological Disorders

Date of Visit: 27 July – 8 August 2014, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Hui Yao Lan

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor Ming-hao Zheng

Date of Visit: Late 2014, Email: David.Mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor John Fingert

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Date of Visit: Late 2014, Email: David.Mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor Mingguang He

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Date of Visit: December 2014, Email: danny.green@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 1039

Professor Philip Ainslie

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor Danny Green, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health

Date of Visit: 2 – 12 November 2014, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Richard C Oreffo

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor Ming-hao Zheng

Date of Visit: 20 September – 3 October 2014, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Rocky Tuan

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor Ming-hao Zheng

Date of Visit: 22 September – 26 October 2014, Email: tim.perkins@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9287 6214

Professor Stephan Christoph Schuster

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Dr Tim Perkins, School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Date of Visit: November–December 2013, March–April 2014, Email: Kevin.Pfleger@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1980

Professor Stephen Hill

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, Centre for Medical Research

Date of Visit: Late 2014, Email: David.Mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor W Lee Alward

Visiting Professor Award

2013

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Population based health outcomes after burn injury hospitalisation in Western Australia

Associate Professor Janine Duke

Raine Priming Grant

2012

Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Surgery, UWA

Rates and predictors of complications in spinal surgery

Associate Professor Markus Melloh

Raine Priming Grant

2012

Centre for Medical Research, UWA / Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Dr Alexander Gout

Research Collaboration Award

2012

UWA Centre for Child Health Research/Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

The airway surface liquid micro environment in children with cystic fibrosis

Dr André Schultz

Clinician Research Fellowship

2012

Stress hormone excess in pregnancy impairs placental haemodynamics with novel implications for fetal cardiac function

Dr Caitlin Wyrwoll

Raine Priming Grant

2012

School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, UWA

Publication: Calcium supplementation and risks of atherosclerotic vascular disease in older women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2011;26(1):35-41

Dr Joshua Lewis (Strachan Memorial Prize)

Publication Prize

2012

School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Targeting inflammation-associated macrophages in chronic inflammatory diseases

Dr Juliana Hamzah

Raine Priming Grant

2012

Raine Foundation / Alan Robson Fellow, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

Testing novel therapies using paediatric brain tumour models

Dr Nicholas Gottardo

Clinician Research Fellowship

2012

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

Neuraxial magnesium and analgesia: animal and human studies

Dr Nolan McDonnell

Clinician Research Fellowship

2012

King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women 

Characterization of H.pylori specific-CD4 T cell responses

Dr Senta Walton

Raine Priming Grant

2012

School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA

Dysregulation of prostaglandin E2 receptor expression leads to severe asthma

Dr Svetlana Baltic

Raine Priming Grant

2012

Centre for Asthma Allergy and Respiratory Research, UWA/Lung Institute of Western Australia

Three-dimensional modelling and analysis of soft-tissue and hard-tissue facial features for Craniofacial Surgery

Dr Syed Islam

Research Collaboration Award

2012

School of Dentistry/Oral Health Centre of Western Australia

The Critical Illness Journal – prehospital to rehabilitation: A data linkage project

Dr Teresa Williams

Research Collaboration Award

2012

Emergency Medicine/School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care

Publication: Physical activity and the risks of proximal and distal colon cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2012;104(20):1548-61

Dr Terry Boyle

Publication Prize

2012

Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

Project 1: REstrictive vs LibEral Fluid therapy [RELIEF] & Project 2: The influence of anaesthetic depth [BALANCED]

Dr Tomas Corcoran

Clinician Research Fellowship

2012

Date of Visit: October 2012, Email: miranda.grounds@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3486

Professor Avan Aihie Sayer

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Professor Miranda Grounds, School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology

Date of Visit: May 2013, Email: alan.bryant@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 4523

Professor David G Armstrong

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Professor Alan Bryant, Head of Unit – Podiatric Medicine

Date of Visit: July–Aug 2013 & Dec 2013–Jan 2014, Email: gerald.watts@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0246

Professor Dr Eric J G Sijbrands

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Winthrop Professor Gerald Watts, School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Date of Visit: April 2013, Email: David.Mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor Elizabeth C Engle

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Lions Eye Institute

Date of Visit: April – July 2013

Professor Heather McKay

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Winthrop Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2313

Date of Visit: April – July 2013, Email: leon.flicker@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 2750

Professor Karim Khan

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Winthrop Professor Leon Flicker, Western Australian Centre for Health & Ageing

Date of Visit: August 2013, Email: lloyd.dorsogna@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 2899

Professor Ronald Bontrop

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Dr Lloyd D’Orsogna, School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Genome-wide elucidation of causal mechanisms in reading and writing the DNA methylome

Professor Ryan Lister

Raine Priming Grant

2012

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

Date of Visit: November – December 2013, March – April 2014, Email: Kevin.Pfleger@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1980

Professor Stephen Hill

Visiting Professor Award

2012

Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, Centre for Medical Research

High-resolution imaging to advance cancer staging using optical coherence tomography

Assistant Professor Brendan Kennedy

Raine Priming Grant

2011

School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Optical and Biomedical Engineering Laboratory

The genetics of excessive muscle growth and compartment syndrome

Assistant Professor Gina Ravenscroft

Raine Priming Grant

2011

Centre for Medical Research and the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

Regulation of SOCS1 gene expression in lung fibrosis

Associate Professor Cecilia Prele

Raine Priming Grant

2011

The Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research

Tissue regeneration in oral health

Dr Estabelle Ang

Raine Priming Grant

2011

Oral Health Centre of Western Australia

An investigation into the determinants of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: An analysis of the 10-year data from the Calcium Intervention Fracture Outcome Study

Dr Joshua Lewis

Raine Priming Grant

2011

Inaugural Raine Foundation / Alan Robson Fellow, School of Medicine and Pharmacology

The neuroprotective function of the transcription factor Pax6

Dr Robert White

Raine Priming Grant

2011

Vario Wellness Institute, Edith Cowan University

Type 1 IFN subtypes modulate dendritic cell (C) function in the airway responses to allergen and the development of asthma

Dr Vanessa Fear

Raine Priming Grant

2011

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Date of Visit: October 2012, Email: miranda.grounds@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3486

Professor Avan Aihie Sayer

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Professor Miranda Grounds, School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology

Date of Visit: 10 – 29 September 2012, Email: David.Mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor Christopher J Hammond

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Lions Eye Institute

Date of Visit: 18 November – 8 December 2012, Email: peter.eastwood@health.wa.gov.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1706

Professor D.C. Mathangi

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Winthrop Professor Peter Eastwood, School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology

Date of Visit: November 2012, Email: David.Mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor Elizabeth C Engle

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Winthrop Professor Lin Fritschi, WAIMR Epidemiology Group

Date of Visit: 16 July – 30 July 2012, Email: Aleksandar.Janca@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Marc Diederich

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Professor Arunasalam Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology

Publication: Meta-analysis: Risk of hypertension in living kidney donors. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2006;145(3):186

Professor Neil Boudville

Publication Prize

2011

School of Medicine and Pharmacology (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Unit)

Date of Visit: March – May 2012, Email: Aleksandar.Janca@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0293

Professor Oluwafemi (Femi) Oyebode

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Professor Aleksandar Janca

Date of Visit: 3–21 December 2012, Email: lyn.fritschi@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1061

Professor Roel Vermeulen

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Winthrop Professor Lin Fritschi, WA Institute for Medical Research (Epidemiology)

Date of Visit: September 2012, Email: Alison.Reid@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 7258

Professor Seeromanie Harding

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Associate Professor Alison Reid, School of Population Health

Date of Visit: September 2012, Email: David.Mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor Terri L Young

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Lions Eye Institute

Date of Visit: September 2012, Email: jiake.xu@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2739

Vicki Rosen

Visiting Professor Award

2011

Professor Jiake Xu, School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Age-related health profiles of people with Down syndrome: Survival, hospitalisation and mortality

Assistant Professor Emma Glasson

Raine Priming Grant

2010

School of Population Health

Ceccular mechanisms underlying the cardiovascular benefits of tea

Assistant Professor Natalie Ward

Raine Priming Grant

2010

School of Medicine and Pharmacology (Royal Perth Hospital Unit)

The relationship between clinical phenotype and kinin bioregulation in arthritis

Associate Professor Helen Keen

Raine Priming Grant

2010

School of Medicine and Pharmacology / Lung Institute of Western Australia

Phenotype and function of the suppressive CD4 T cells that limit anti-PDL1 tumour therapy

Dr Amanda Cleaver

Raine Priming Grant

2010

School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Paget’s disease of bone associated Sequestosome 1/p62 mutations in autophagy processes

Dr Sarah Rea

Raine Priming Grant

2010

Centre for Medical Research, The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

Date of Visit: September 2011, Email: geoff.riley@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9842 0820

Emeritus Professor Eric Cassell

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Winthrop Professor Geoff Riley, Rural Clinical School of Western Australia

Date of Visit: 2011, Email: minghao-zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Chuxia Deng

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, School of Surgery

Winthrop Professor Marcus Atlas, Ear Sciences Centre, Email: marcus.atlas@earscience.org.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6380 4900, Date of Visit: March – June 2011

Professor Daniel de Wet Swanepoel

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Professor Peter Friedland, Email: peter.friedland@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6380 4900

Date of Visit: March 2011, Email: admin@hpylori.com.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4815

Professor Dr Rainer Haas

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Winthrop Professor Barry Marshall, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences

Date of Visit: November 2011, Email: David.Mackey@lei.org.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor Elizabeth C Engle

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Lions Eye Institute

Professor Hans Stampfer, School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, Email: hans.stampfer@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9406 7281, Date of Visit: August 2011

Professor Florian Zepf

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Professor Peter Le Souef, School of Paediatrics & Child Health, Email: plesouef@meddent.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9340 8173

Date of Visit: February 2011, Email: jiake.xu@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4051

Professor Gerald R Crabtree

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Professor Jiake Xu, School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Date of Visit: November 2011, Email: sergio.starkstein@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9431 2013

Professor Helen Mayberg

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Professor Sergio Starkstein, School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences

Date of Visit: October 2011, Email: kevin.singer@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0204

Professor Karim Khan

Visiting Professor Award

2010

Professor Kevin Singer, Director, Centre for Musculoskeletal Studies

Characterising the role of bone marrow-derived cells in scar formation after burn injury

Professor Suzanne Rea

Raine Priming Grant

2010

Burn Injury Research Unit, School of Surgery

Exploring the role of nerve growth factor in osteoarthritis pain

Research Assistant Professor Julia Inglis

Raine Priming Grant

2010

School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Publication: Risk assessment for respiratory complications in paediatric anaesthesia: A prospective cohort study. The Lancet. 2010;376:773-83

Winthrop Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg

Publication Prize

2010

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Anaesthesiology Unit

Economic consequences of living kidney donation in Australia: The donor perspective

Associate Professor Neil Boudville

Raine Priming Grant

2009

School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Preterm birth, postnatal lung disease and lung structure and function in childhood

Dr Andrew Wilson

Raine Priming Grant

2009

School of Paediatrics and Child Health

The effects of haem on the development of colorectal cancer

Dr Anita Chua

Raine Priming Grant

2009

School of Medicine and Pharmacology

The effects of vitamin D deficiency in utero and early childhood on asthma severity

Dr Shelley Gorman

Raine Priming Grant

2009

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

TNF-like core domain of RANKL is critical for therapeutic target of osteoporosis

Dr Tak S Cheng

Raine Priming Grant

2009

Centre for Orthopaedic Research

Date of Visit: December 2010, Email: tres.hansen@ctec.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 8044

Professor Dr Marc Noppen

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Professor Jeffrey Hamdorf, Clinical Training & Education Centre

Date of Visit: March – June 2010, Email: colin@psy.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3274

Professor Edward Watkins

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Professor Colin Macleod, School of Psychology

Date of Visit: March – April 2010

Professor Greg Whyte

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Professor Danny Green, Email: D.J.Green@ljmu.ac.uk, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 1039

Date of Visit: April 2010, Email: minghao-zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Hiroshi Takayanagi

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, School of Surgery

Date of Visit: October – December 2010, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3170

Professor John Gordon

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Dr Matthew Piggott, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences

Date of Visit: January 2010, Email: fritschi@wamr.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 3473

Professor Kristan Aronson

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Professor Lin Fritschi, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research

Date of Visit: November 2010, Email: fiona@ichr.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9489 7967

Professor Michael J Chandler

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Professor Fiona Stanley, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Date of Visit: December 2010, Email: david.joyce@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2569

Professor Richard Pestell

Visiting Professor Award

2009

Winthrop Professor David Joyce

Antagonizing transforming growth factor-ß activity in the management of pleural infection

Professor YC Gary Lee

Raine Priming Grant

2009

School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Molecular mechanisms of human anaphylaxis: Role of Interleukin-10

Research Assistant Professor Shelley Stone

Raine Priming Grant

2009

Centre for Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine

Investigation of novel mutations in vasopressin V2 receptor linked with kidney disorders

Research Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger

Raine Priming Grant

2009

Centre for Medical Research

The ABCs of placental cell death and differentiation

Associate Professor Jeffrey Keelan

Raine Priming Grant

2008

School of Women’s and Infants’ Health

Date of Visit: February 2009, Email: lawrie.abraham@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3041

Dr Eric Moses

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Lawrie Abraham, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences

Neural connectivity in the developing and adult brain

Dr Jennifer Rodger

Raine Priming Grant

2008

School of Animal Biology

Date of Visit: February 2009, Email: lawrie.abraham@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3041

Dr John Blangero

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Lawrie Abraham, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences

Date of Visit: October 2009, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Dr Med. Henning Schneider

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

A mouse model for congenital human cytomegalovirus infection

Dr Megan Lloyd

Raine Priming Grant

2008

School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences

HCV-specific T-cell responses against multiple genotypes associated with viral clearance

Dr Michaela Lucas

Raine Priming Grant

2008

Department of Gastroenterology, Centre for Clinical Immunology and Biomedical Sciences, Royal Perth Hospital

Botulinum toxin-A use in children with cerebral palsy: Long-term neuromuscular implications

Dr Siobhán Reid

Raine Priming Grant

2008

School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health

Date of Visit: October 2009, Email: jeffrey.hamdorf@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 8044

Professor Felix Herth

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Jeffrey Hamdorf, Clinical Training & Education Centre

Date of Visit: October 2009, Email: david.mackey@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0841

Professor John Forrester

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor David Mackey, Centre for Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Date of Visit: March 2009, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Lars Lidgren

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, Centre for Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Surgery

Date of Visit: July – August 2009, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Malini Laloraya

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: Mid 2009, Email: mgrounds@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3486

Professor Michael Raghunath

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Miranda Grounds, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: July 2009, Email: fiona@ichr.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9489 7968

Professor Ruth Gilbert

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Fiona Stanley, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Date of Visit: June – August 2009, Email: anowak@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1222

Professor Samuel G Armato III

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Anna Nowak, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Professor Brett Kirk, School of Mechanical Engineering, Email: kirk@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Date of Visit: March – June 2009

Professor Scott L Delp

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Dr David Lloyd, School of Sport Science, Exercise & Health, Email: dlloyd@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Date of Visit: November – December 2008, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Shiro Ikegawa

Visiting Professor Award

2008

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, Centre for Orthopaedic Surgery

A study of trauma patients transferred from rural and remote Western Australia

Associate Professor Daniel Fatovich

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care

Date of Visit: June 2008, Email: johann.claassen@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2394

Associate Professor Jodi Lofchy

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Dr Johann Classen, School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences

Structural studies of the Transcription Elongation Factor Complex Spt4-Spt5

Dr Alice Vrielink

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences

The frequency, mechanism and predictive value of apathy after stroke

Dr Brian Power

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

A systems biology approach to study the coordinated regulation and function of apolipoprotein C-III in the metabolic syndrome

Dr Esther Ooi

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Medicine and Pharmacology

Functional analysis of anti-inflammatory treatment in dystrophic skeletal muscle that over-express insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)

Dr Gavin Pinniger

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences

The effects of antenatal inflammation on cardiopulmonary haemodynamics in preterm lambs

Dr Graeme Polglase

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Women’s and Infants’ Health

Dynamic modulation of airflow and upper airway properties during polysomnography

Dr Jason Kirkness

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Anatomy and Human Biology

Screening FDA-approved drugs for possible treatment of skeletal muscle actin diseases

Dr Kristen Nowak

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Centre for Medical Research

Immunological requirements for improved viral vaccine design

Dr Marie Estcourt

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science

The characterisation of deregulated microRNA expression in paediatric brain tumours

Dr Peter Dallas

Raine Priming Grant

2007

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Professor Lyle Palmer, Email: lyle@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Date of Visit: Jan – May 2008

Professor Bernard Brais

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Centre for Medical Research, Professor Nigel Laing, Email: nigel.laing@uwa.edu.au

Date of Visit: Jan – Mar 2008, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2632

Professor David Hunt

Visiting Professor Award

2007

School of Animal Biology, Professor Lyn Beazley, Email: lynb@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Date of Visit: 2006–2007 approx., Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Douglas Green

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Professor Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: September 2008, Email: jeffrey.hamdorf@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 8044

Professor Henri Colt

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Associate Professor Jeff Hamdorf, Clinical Training & Education Centre (CTEC)

Date of Visit: Feb – Mar 2008, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Jerry (Jian) Feng

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, Centre for Orthopaedic Research

Date of Visit: October – November 2008, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Malini Laloraya

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Professor Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: May 2008, Email: moira.maley@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 346 7508

Professor Max Price

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Dr Moira Maley, School of Primary, Aboriginal & Rural Health Care

Date of Visit: November 2008, Email: mcmenamin@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9381 0711

Professor Simon C Watkins

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Professor Paul McMenamin, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: May 2008, Email: dsampson@ee.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 7122

Professor Stephen Boppart

Visiting Professor Award

2007

David Sampson, School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering

Date of Visit: , Email: geoff.shellam@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2050

Professor Stipan Jonjic

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Professor Geoffrey Shellam, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences

UWA Contact(s) Dr Mark Cregan, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences. Date of Visit: Jan – Feb 2008, Email: mark.cregan@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 1107

Professor Thomas Hale

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Date of Visit: October 2008, Email: bdawson@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2276

Professor Tim Cable

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Professor Brain Dawson, School of Sport Science, Exercise & Health

Date of Visit: November – December 2008, Email: Minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Ya-Jun Guo

Visiting Professor Award

2007

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, School of Surgery & Pathology

Rapid analysis of small volumes of human breast milk using microfluidic technologies

Dr Adrian Keating

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

The role of stem cells in the repair of the airway epithelium

Dr Anthony Kicic

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Paediatrics and Child Health

Adult outcomes of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Dr Daniel Chambers

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: January – April 2007, Email: marcus.atlas@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 3633

Dr David M Baguley

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor Marcus Atlas, Ear Science Institute

Prospective memory impairment in substance abuse and its relationship to treatment outcome

Dr Michael Weinborn

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Psychology

Airway adaptation to Chronic Mechanical Strain

Dr Peter Noble

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences

Using the CD28/B7 family to boost anti-cancer immune responses by blocking antibodies or adenovirus immuno-gene therapy

Dr Robbert van der Most

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Medicine & Pharmacology

Bringing Optical Imaging into clinical practice for breast cancer and breathing disorders

Dr Robert McLaughlin

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

The genetics of Otitis Media in Western Australian Children

Dr Sarra Jamieson

Raine Priming Grant

2006

Paediatrics and Child Health

Date of Visit: October 2007, Email: jolynk@meddent.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9431 3774

Professor Bruce R Bacon

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor John Olynyk, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences

Date of Visit: November 2007, Email: john.newnham@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9340 1331

Professor Cesar G Victora

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor John Newnham, School of Women’s & Infants’ Health

Date of Visit: March 2007, Email: admin@hpylori.com.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4815

Professor Douglass E Berg

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor Barry Marshall, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences

Date of Visit: November 2007, Email: lyle@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor George Davey Smith

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor Lyle Palmer, Centre for Medical Research

Date of Visit: November 2007, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Kerong Dai

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, School of Surgery & Pathology

Date of Visit: May – June 2007, Email: kimberly.vanniel@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2707

Professor Mark Gahegan

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Dr Kimberly Van Niel, School of Earth & Geographical Sciences

Date of Visit: November 2007

Professor Mats Lundstrom

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Associate Professor James Semmens, Centre for Health Services Research

Date of Visit: 2007, Email: marieb@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 1348

Professor Michael Karin

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Dr Marie Bogoyevitch, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Sciences

Date of Visit: August 2007, Email: minghao.zheng@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 4050

Professor Ren-Xiang Tan

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor Ming-Hao Zheng, School of Surgery & Pathology

Date of Visit: November 2007, Email: mathew.martin-iverson@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2812

Professor Richard Beninger

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Associate Professor Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: November 2006 – February 2007, Email: lyle@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1801

Professor Robin Bunton

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor Lyle Palmer, Centre for Medical Research

Date of Visit: , Email: jshand@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3960

Professor Russell Foster

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Dr Julia Shand, Experimental & Regenerative Neuroscience, School of Animal Biology

Date of Visit: October 2007, Email: valerie.perks@ctec.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 8044

Professor Stephen B Lewis

Visiting Professor Award

2006

Professor Jeffrey Hamdorf, Clinical Training & Education Centre

Chemo-immunotherapy: characterising and exploiting the immune response

Dr Anna Nowak

Raine Priming Grant

2005

Medicine & Pharmacology

The role of PPARg signalling in liver injury, fibrosis and carcinogenesis

Dr Belinda Knight

Raine Priming Grant

2005

Medicine & Pharmacology

Identifying genetic markers of periodontal disease-associated pre-term birth

Dr Craig Pennell

Raine Priming Grant

2005

Women’s and Infants’ Health

Date of Visit: Late 2006, Email: piggott@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3170

Dr Jonathan Brotchie

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Dr Matthew Piggott, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular & Chemical Science

Innate and induced tolerance to Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil in Gram-positive bacteria

Dr Kate Hammer

Raine Priming Grant

2005

Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences

Tctex-1 regulates Rab3D-mediated vesicle transport during bone resorption

Dr Nathan Pavlos

Raine Priming Grant

2005

Surgery and Pathology

Targeted functional proteomics: Identifying histone H4 histidine kinases in liver cancer

Dr Paul Besant

Raine Priming Grant

2005

Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences

Effect of Rosiglitazone on vascular function in patients with advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

Dr Sharan Dogra

Raine Priming Grant

2005

Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: Feb – Apr 2006, Email: peters@ichr.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9489 7810

Professor Brian Hall

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Professor Brendan Waddell, Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: October – December 2006, Email: ceking@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2632

Professor David Hunt

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Lyn Beazley & Dr Carolyn King, School of Animal Biology

Date of Visit: August 2006, Email: sean@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2323

Professor David Nutt

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Dr Sean Hood, Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences

Date of Visit: Jun – Jul 2006, Email: cherylk@ichr.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9489 7713

Professor Deborah Johnson

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Dr Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Date of Visit: 2006, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Douglas Green

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: Mar – Apr 2006, Email: kps@cms.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0200

Professor Gerbrand Groen

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Assoc Prof Kevin Singer, Centre for Musculoskeletal Studies

Date of Visit: Feb – Apr 2006, Email: peters@ichr.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9489 7810

Professor Janet Stocks

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Professor Peter Sly, Centre for Child Health Research

Date of Visit: Jan – Jun 2006, Email: Bruce.Elliott@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2374

Professor Jerry Thomas

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Bruce Elliott, School of Human Movement & Exercise Science

Date of Visit: June – July 2006, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Malini Laloraya

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: Feb – Apr 2006, Email: ses@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9341 2013

Professor Marshal Folstein

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Sergio Starkstein, School of Psychiatry & Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: Mar – Apr 2006, Email: frank.christiansen@health.wa.gov.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 2899

Professor Paul Klenerman

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Frank Christiansen, School of Pathology & Surgery

Date of Visit: Oct – Nov 2006, Email: pjthomps@aari.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2954

Professor Peter Wagner

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Philip Thompson, Centre for Asthma, Allergy & Respiratory Research

Date of Visit: Feb 2006, Email: gfwatts@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0248

Professor Phillipa Talmud

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Gerald Watts, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: March 2006, Email: bwaddell@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3298

Professor Rebecca German

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Brendan Waddell, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: November 2006, Email: Zheng@meddent.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 3213

Professor Reinhard Jahn

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Professor Ming Hao Zheng, Surgery & Pathology

Date of Visit: January 2006, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Robert Friis

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Professor Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: September – December 2006, Email: lyle@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1061

Professor Robin Bunton

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Lyle Palmer, Laboratory for Genetic Epidemiology, UWA CMR

Date of Visit: Apr – Jun 2006, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2981

Professor Shazib Pervaiz

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: December 2006, Email: pklinken@waimr.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0334

Professor Stephan W Morris

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Professor Peter Klinken, WA Institute for Medical Research

Date of Visit: Feb 2006, Email: gfwatts@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0248

Professor Steve Humphries

Visiting Professor Award

2005

School of Medicine & Pharmacology, Prof Gerald Watts

Date of Visit: Feb – Apr 2006, Email: millward@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 2098

Professor Steven Skates

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Michael Millward, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: Feb – Apr 2006, Email: ses@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9341 2013

Professor Susan Folstein

Visiting Professor Award

2005

Prof Sergio Starkstein / Prof Dieter Wildernauer, School of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences

The role of Caspase 14 in the placenta

Dr Adrian Charles

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Pathology

An RCT examining the role of Dysport as an adjunct to patello-femoral joint pain rehabilitation

Dr Barby Singer

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Centre for Musculoskeletal Studies

Antiviral T cell responses: How are they elicited, do they differ with age and are they driven by the virus of the host?

Dr Dan Andrews

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Modification of intestinal fibrosis in the SPARC-null mouse

Dr Ian Lawrance

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Medicine & Pharmacology

Laying the foundations for a clinical lung function service in newborn intensive care

Dr Jane Pillow

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Women’s and Infants’ Health

Molecular evolution of murine cytomegalovirus, a model of human pathogen evolution

Dr Lee Smith

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Microbiology

Tryptophan depletion in patients with SSRI-remitted anxiety disorders

Dr Sean Hood

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences

Fourier holographic optical scatter imaging for diagnosis of early-stage cancers

Dr Sergey Alexandrov

Raine Priming Grant

2004

Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering

Date of Visit: March 2005, Phone: (+61 8) 9431 3227 / 6488 2986

Professor Alastair Strain

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Prof John Olynyk / Prof George Yeoh, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: October 2005, Email: max.bulsara@cyllene.ua.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 1267

Professor Andrew Lawson

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Mr Max Bulsara, School of Population Health

Date of Visit: November 2005, Email: paul@physics.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2734

Professor Bart M ter Haar Romeny

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Dr Paul Abbott, School of Physics

Date of Visit: September 2005, Email: lyle@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 1061

Professor Christopher Lange

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Prof Lyle Palmer, The WA Institute for Medical Research

Date of Visit: August 2005, Email: lynb@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Professor Dennis Orgill

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Professor Lyn Beazley, School of Zoology

Date of Visit: January 2005, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au

Professor Diane Keeney

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Professor Arun Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: November 2005, Email: peterl@cyllene.uwa.edu.ai, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 0323

Professor Ken Korach

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Prof Peter Leedman, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: March 2005, Email: heyworth@dph.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 7370

Professor Mark Nieuwenhuijsen

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Dr Jane Heyworth, School of Population Health

Date of Visit: November 2005, Email: rlprince@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Professor Rajesh Thakker

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Prof Richard Prince, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: May 2005, Email: ses@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9431 2013

Professor Robert G Robinson

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Prof Sergio Starkstein, School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences

Date of Visit: November 2005, Email: darcy@sph.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 1251

Professor Xing Xie

Visiting Professor Award

2004

Prof D’Arcy Holman, School of Population Health

Date of Visit: Feb – May 2004, Email: mcmenamin@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3293

Associate Professor Eric Pearlman

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Prof Paul McMenamin, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Role of the glitazones, HODE’s and HETE’s as PPAR gamma ligands in macrophage lipid metabolism

Dr Bu Yeap

Raine Priming Grant

2003

Medicine and Pharmacology

Central control of the circulation, nitric oxide and hypertension: How is the spinal cord involved?

Dr Jacqueline Phillips

Raine Priming Grant

2003

Division of Health Sciences (Murdoch)

The role of Pax7 in myogenesis and stem recruitment to the myogenic lineage

Dr Jason White

Raine Priming Grant

2003

Anatomy and Human Biology

Defining the role of transferrin receptor 2: Effect of mutations on iron homeostasis

Dr Ross Graham

Raine Priming Grant

2003

Medicine and Pharmacology

Factors influencing the persistence of childhood obesity

Dr Susan Byrne

Raine Priming Grant

2003

Psychology

Role of HSP70 polymorphisms in the differential production of TNFa after bacterial infection

Dr Suzanna Temple

Raine Priming Grant

2003

Medicine and Pharmacology

Date of Visit: July 2004, Email: billie@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 1257

Professor Alan Sheill

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Billie Giles-Corti, School of Population Health

Date of Visit: July 2004, Email: matlas@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 3633

Professor Clough Shelton

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Prof Marcus Atlas, Lions Ear & Hearing Institute, School of Surgery & Pathology

Improved understanding of Rett syndrome: Other mutations, other genes.

Professor David Ravine

Raine Priming Grant

2003

WA Institute of Medical Research

Date of Visit: Mar – Apr 2004, Email: leon.flicker@health.wa.gov.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9224 3992

Professor Felicia Huppert

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Prof Leon Flicker, Geriatric Medicine Unit, School of Medicine & Pharmacology

Date of Visit: November 2004, Email: pjthomps@aari@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9346 3822

Professor Jack Gauldie

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Prof Philip Thompson, Asthma & Allergy Research Institute

Date of Visit: February 2004, Email: Markus.Kuster@health.wa.gov.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9431 2313

Professor John O’Connor

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Prof Markus Kuster, School of Surgery & Pathology

Date of Visit: July – September 2004, Email: gplant@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 8642

Professor Joost Verhaagen

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Dr Giles Plant, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: Feb – Apr 2004, Email: beklund@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3887

Professor Kerry Courneya

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Assoc Prof Robert Eklund, School of Human Movement & Exercise Science

Date of Visit: Nov – Dec 2004, Email: forensic@science.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 7286

Professor Murray Marks

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Assoc Prof Ian Dadour, Centre for Forensic Science

Date of Visit: Dec 2004 – Jan 2005, Email: mike@psy.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 6488 3264

Professor Sergio Della Sala

Visiting Professor Award

2003

Assoc Prof Mike Anderson, School of Psychology

Disruption of awareness in patients with cerebro-vascular lesions

Professor Sergio Starkstein

Raine Priming Grant

2003

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Transcriptional profile of human vascular tissues in patients with atherosclerotic disease

Dr Brendan McQuillan

Raine Priming Grant

2002

Medicine and Pharmacology

The Carboxy-terminal Tail as a signalling module for the Calcium-sensing Receptor

Dr Bryan Ward

Raine Priming Grant

2002

WA Institute for Medical Research

The regulation of map-making molecules in the goldfish brain

Dr Carolyn King

Raine Priming Grant

2002

Animal Biology

Genetic and epidemiological determinants of susceptibility and outcome in Kawasaki disease

Dr David Burgner

Raine Priming Grant

2002

Paediatrics and Child Health

Fetal pancreatic development, prenatal glucocorticoids and the programming of Type 2 Diabetes.

Dr Deborah Sloboda

Raine Priming Grant

2002

Women’s and Infants’ Health

Date of Visit: November 2003, Email: smbunt@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 2983

Dr John McLachlan

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Dr Stuart Bunt, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

A prospective study to determine the efficacy and acceptability of etonogestrel contraceptive implants (Implanon) in adolescent post-natal population

Dr Rachel Skinner

Raine Priming Grant

2002

Paediatrics and Child Health

Date of Visit: November 2003, Email: dharma@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 2981

Professor Chris Hutchison

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Prof A Dharmarajan, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: Oct – Nov 2003, Email: lynb@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 2632

Professor Douglas Frost

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Prof Lyn Beazley, School of Animal Biology

Date of Visit: Sep – Dec 2003, Email: lin.fritschi@uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 1308

Professor Erich Kliewer

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Dr Lin Fritschi, School of Population Health

Date of Visit: July – October 2003, Email: drobed@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 3291

Professor Geoffrey Manley

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Prof Donald Robertson, Physiology, School of Biomedical & Chemical Sciences

Date of Visit: Nov 2003 – Feb 2004, Email: david@paed.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9340 8122

Professor John O Warner

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Assoc Prof David Forbes, School of Paediatrics & Child Health

Date of Visit: September 2003, Email: darcy@dph.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 1257

Professor Jon Wakefield

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Prof D Holman, School of Population Health

Development and use of a fortifier from mother’s milk to supplement breast milk expressed for pre-term infants

Professor Karen Simmer

Raine Priming Grant

2002

Women’s and Infants’ Health

Spinal sympathetic tone: the role of synaptic plasticity nitric oxide and cGMP

Professor Leonard Arnolda

Raine Priming Grant

2002

Medicine and Pharmacology

Date of Visit: September 2003, Email: jnewnham@obsgyn.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9430 1331

Professor Mark Hanson

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Prof John Newnham, School of Women’s & Infants’ Health

Date of Visit: Nov – Dec 2003, Email: pattwood@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 3329

Professor Michael A Geeves

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Assoc Prof Attwood, School of Biomedical & Chemical Sciences

Date of Visit: Feb 2003, Email: mgrounds@anhb.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 3486

Professor Reinhard Faessler

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Prof Miranda Grounds, School of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: Feb – May 2003, Email: blanksby@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, Phone: (+61 8) 9380 2658

Professor Thomas S Buchanan

Visiting Professor Award

2002

Prof Brian Blanksby, School of Human Movement & Exercise Science

Gestational breast cancer project

Associate Professor C M Saunders

Raine Priming Grant

2001

Surgery

Vision after migraine: Time course and localisation of deficits

Dr A McKendrick

Raine Priming Grant

2001

Psychology

The influence of cytokine gene polymorphisms on community-acquired pneumonia

Dr G W Waterer

Raine Priming Grant

2001

Medicine

Lipoprotein metabolism and defects of the apolipoprotein B gene: Molecular and metabolic studies in familial hypobetalipoproteinaemia

Dr J R Burnett

Raine Priming Grant

2001

Pathology

The influence of psychosocial factors on the success of assisted reproductive technology

Dr K A Sanders

Raine Priming Grant

2001

Anatomy and Human Biology

Date of Visit: July 2002

Professor Alan Faden

Visiting Professor Award

2001

Neurotrauma Research Program

Date of Visit: December 2002

Professor Fred Gage

Visiting Professor Award

2001

Departments of Zoology; Psychiatry & Behavioural Science; Pathology

Date of Visit: Aug – Oct 2002

Professor Geoffrey Manley

Visiting Professor Award

2001

Department of Physiology

Date of Visit: August 2002

Professor Jack Martin, AO

Visiting Professor Award

2001

Department of Surgery (Orthopaedics)

Date of Visit: July – Sep 2002

Professor John Trowsdale

Visiting Professor Award

2001

Department of Pathology, Royal Perth Hospital

Tele-otology as a screening and diagnostic tool for ear disease in Aboriginal children

Professor M D Atlas

Raine Priming Grant

2001

Surgery

Control of androgen receptor expression in prostate cancer

Dr A M Thomson

Raine Priming Grant

2000

Medicine

Date of Visit: Aug – Nov 2001

Dr Carole Cull

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Medicine

Structure/activity studies of novel toxins from native venomous organisms

Dr J A Wilce

Raine Priming Grant

2000

Biochemistry

Investigating the neural mediation of long-term memory using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Dr J K Foster

Raine Priming Grant

2000

Psychology

Regulation of malignant tumour growth by inhibition of extracellular matrix production

Dr S E Mutsaers

Raine Priming Grant

2000

Surgery

The influence of inflammatory derived proteases on dendritic cell biology

Dr T Koppi

Raine Priming Grant

2000

Microbiology

Raine 40th Anniversary Plenary Oration. Date of Visit: March 2001

Professor Alfred Gilman

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern

Date of Visit: June 2001

Professor Allan Williams

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Public Health

Date of Visit: July – Sep 2001

Professor Chris Leaver

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

Cyclical changes associated with violence and suicide in the mentally ill and non-mentally ill

Professor D M Greenberg

Raine Priming Grant

2000

Psychiatry & Behavioural Science

Date of Visit: November 2001

Professor Doug Stocco

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: September 2001

Professor Newman Stephens

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Physiology

Date of Visit: Jan – Apr 2001

Professor Owen Hamill

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Pharmacology

Date of Visit: Jan – Mar 2001

Professor Robert Kendell

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Science, Royal Perth Hospital

Date of Visit: Oct – Nov 2001

Professor Steven Teitelbaum

Visiting Professor Award

2000

Department of Pathology

Effects of testosterone on mood and cognition: Impact of androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer and testosterone replacement therapy in hypogonadal patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Associate Professor O P Almeida

Raine Priming Grant

1999

Psychiatry & Behavioural Science

The effects of the calmodulin, an intracellular signalling molecule activated by Ca2+, on the force responses and sarcoplasmic reticulum function in skinned skeletal muscle fibres

Dr A Bakker

Raine Priming Grant

1999

Physiology

Immune recognition of multiple tumour antigens

Dr D J Nelson

Raine Priming Grant

1999

Medicine

Novel mRNA-binding proteins involved in inhibition of cancer cell growth

Dr J M Daly

Raine Priming Grant

1999

Medicine

Effects of dust mite allergens on antigen presenting cells from blood and lung

Dr J W Upham

Raine Priming Grant

1999

Medicine

The pharmacogenetics of the leukotriene pathway in asthma

Dr M A Kedda

Raine Priming Grant

1999

Medicine

Date of Visit: October 2000

Professor Donald Acheson, KBE

Visiting Professor Award

1999

Department of Public Health

Date of Visit: October 2000

Professor Joseph P Vacanti

Visiting Professor Award

1999

Department of Anatomy & Human Biology and Institute of Advanced Studies

Date of Visit: April 2000

Professor Paul Fletcher

Visiting Professor Award

1999

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Science

Date of Visit: Aug – Oct 2000

Professor Sam Gandy

Visiting Professor Award

1999

Department of Surgery, Hollywood Private Hospital

DNA methylation, microsatellite instability and the response of cancers to adjuvant therapies

Dr B Iacopetta

Raine Priming Grant

1998

Surgery

The influence of enteral nutrition on peritoneal defence mechanisms

Dr C F E Platell

Raine Priming Grant

1998

Surgery

Metabolism of postprandial lipoproteins in obesity and diabetes as assessed by a 13CO2 breath test

Dr I J Martins

Raine Priming Grant

1998

Physiology

Control of prostate cancer growth

Dr J M Bentel

Raine Priming Grant

1998

Department of Pathology, Royal Perth Hospital

Maternal dietary fatty acids: Role in neonatal immune responses and the protection from atopic disease

Dr S L Prescott

Raine Priming Grant

1998

TVW Institute for Child Health Research

Genetic epidemiology of personality traits and vulnerability factors in mental disorders

Professor A Janca

Raine Priming Grant

1998

Psychiatry & Behavioural Science

Date of Visit: September 1999

Professor Cecil H Rorabeck

Visiting Professor Award

1998

Department of Surgery (Orthopaedic Unit)

Date of Visit: March 1999

Professor Mary Bartlett Bunge

Visiting Professor Award

1998

Department of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: March 1999

Professor Mary Weiss

Visiting Professor Award

1998

Department of Biochemistry

Date of Visit: February 1999

Professor Michael J Klag

Visiting Professor Award

1998

Department of Medicine

Date of Visit: March 1999

Professor Simon C Watkins

Visiting Professor Award

1998

Department of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: August 1999

Professor Tony Minson

Visiting Professor Award

1998

Department of Microbiology

Date of Visit: September 1998

Emeritus Professor John E Cooper

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Science

Date of Visit: December 1998

Professor Carol Worthman

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Anatomy & Human Biology

Date of Visit: Nov 1997 – Jul 1998

Professor Hugh Barrett

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Medicine

Date of Visit: August 1998

Professor John A C Buckels

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Surgery

Date of Visit: November 1998

Professor Kian Fan Chung

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Medicine

Date of Visit: March 1998

Professor Malcolm Peaker, FRS

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Biochemistry

Date of Visit: Feb – Mar 1998

Professor Premsyl Ponka

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Biochemistry

Date of Visit: January 1998

Professor Ralph Kirsch

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Medicine

Date of Visit: July 1998

Professor Stephen Walter

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Public Health

Date of Visit: February 1998

Professor W F Enneking

Visiting Professor Award

1997

Department of Surgery (Orthopaedic Unit)