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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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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

Predicting a child's respiratory trajectory in early life

Dr David Hancock

Raine Priming Grant

$247,542.60

2024

The University of Western Australia

Co-funded by the BrightSpark Foundation and the Raine Foundation

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

Co-funded by the BrightSpark Foundation, Charter Hall and the Raine Foundation

Optimizing hepatocellular cancer surveillance in metabolic associated fatty liver disease

Dr Luis Calzadilla Bertot

Raine Priming Grant

$248,390.00

2024

The University of Western Australia

Raine Robson Fellow

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

Co-funded by the Cockell Bequest and the Raine Foundation

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

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

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

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

Co-funded by the Raine Foundation, the Cockell Bequest and the BrightSpark Foundation

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

Dr David Preece

Raine Priming Grant

$237,164.63

2023

Curtin University, Curtin enAble Institute & School of Population Health

Raine Robson Fellow, Co-funded by the Raine Foundation, Charter Hall, the Cockell Bequest and the BrightSpark Foundation

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

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

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

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

Dr Archita Mishra

Raine Priming Grant

$229,653.00

2022

Telethon Kids Institute

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

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

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

Dr Syed Zulqarnain Gilani

Raine Priming Grant

$248,913.00

2022

Edith Cowan University

Raine Robson Fellow

UWA Developing effective RNA-based cancer immunotherapy

Dr Tao Wang

Raine Priming Grant

$229,943.00

2022

Telethon Kids Institute

Harnessing innate immune metabolism to save newborns from infectious death

Dr Nelly Amenyogbe

Raine Priming Grant

$242,793.00

2021

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia

Raine BrightSpark Fellow

Enhancing suicide prevention for LGBTQA+ young people

Dr Penelope Strauss

Raine Priming Grant

$242,886.00

2021

Embrace; Youth Mental Health, Telethon Kids Institute

Raine Cockell Fellow

Low-cost and wireless imaging for cancer detection during surgery

Dr Qi Fang

Raine Priming Grant

$236,720.00

2021

BRITElab, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Raine Robson Fellow

When is the Best Time to Have Cancer Surgery?

Dr Rachael Zemek

Raine Priming Grant

$244,360.00

2021

Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia

Raine BrightSpark Fellow

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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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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

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

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

Dr Julie Ji

Raine Priming Grant

$227,542.00

2020

School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia

Raine/BrightSpark/Cockell Fellow

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

Dr Nicola Bondonno

Raine Priming Grant

$10,000.00

2020

School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University

Raine/Robson Fellow

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

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

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

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

Dr Emma de Jong

Raine Priming Grant

2019

UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Telethon Kids Institute

Raine/BrightSpark Fellow

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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Bacteriophage exposure in utero: Implications for health and disease

Dr Lucy Furfaro

Raine Priming Grant

2019

Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Australia

Raine/Robson Fellow

Helping adults with hearing loss manage their mental health

Dr Rebecca Bennett

Raine Priming Grant

2019

Clinical Research, Ear Science Institute Australia

Raine/Cockell Fellow

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

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

Finding biomarkers for blood cancer progression

Dr Belinda Guo

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2018

School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia

View Research

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

Dr Chris Brennan-Jones

Raine Priming Grant

2018

Wesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute

Raine/Robson Fellow

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

View Research

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

Dr Edward Fysh

Raine Priming Grant

2018

Royal Perth Hospital

Postburn growth and coping: Resources to reframe

Dr Lisa Martin

Raine Priming Grant

2018

Burn Injury Research Unit, University of Western Australia

Raine/Cockell Fellow

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

Dr Naomi Scott

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2018

Telethon Kids Institute

Stewart/BrightSpark Fellow

View Research

Improving survival from sepsis

Dr Stephen Macdonald

Raine Priming Grant

$150,000

2018

Royal Perth Hospital

View Research

Improving diabetic retinopathy management through early detection of microvascular changes

Dr Chandrakumar Balaratnasingam

Raine Priming Grant

2017

Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia

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

Analysis of T cell receptor diversity in animal models of cancer

Dr Jonathan Chee

Raine Priming Grant

2017

University of Western Australia

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

Modelling mitochondrial dysfunction in disease

Dr Tara Richman

Raine Priming Grant

2017

Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia

BrightSpark/Raine Fellow

Enhancing Current Ovarian Cancer Response by Inhibiting SYK

Dr Yu Yu

Raine Priming Grant

2017

Curtin University

Raine/Robson Fellow

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

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

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

Dr Katrina Ellis

Raine Priming Grant

2016

University of Western Australia

Better management of childhood malaria in areas with multiple Plasmodium species

Dr Laurens Manning

Raine Priming Grant

2016

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

Honorary Stewart/BrightSpark/Raine Fellow

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

Raine Priming Grant

$197,128

2016

Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia

Stewart/BrightSpark/Raine Project

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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

Raine Priming Grant

2016

The University of Western Australia

Honorary Raine/Robson Fellow

Identifying immune biomarkers of response to chemotherapy in thoracic cancers

Dr Alison McDonnell

Raine Priming Grant

2015

School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA

Mechanisms that facilitate the metastatic potential in oral carcinomas

Dr Annette Lim

Raine Priming Grant

2015

Sir Charles Gairdner 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

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

Nanoparticle delivery for the treatment of scarring

Dr Tristan Clemons

Raine Priming Grant

2015

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neural connectivity in the developing and adult brain

Dr Jennifer Rodger

Raine Priming Grant

2008

School of Animal 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 D 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

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

Professor David Ravine

Raine Priming Grant

2003

WA Institute of Medical Research

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

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

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

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

Cytomegalovirus-mediated inhibition of apoptosis in dendritic cells

Dr Christopher E Andoniou

Raine Priming Grant

$150,848

2001

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

Action of neural input to the cochlea on auditory processing

Dr Wilhelmina Helmy Mulders

Raine Priming Grant

$150,848

2001

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

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

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

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

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

Associate Professor Matthew Thomas Martin-Iverson

Raine Priming Grant

1997

University of Western Australia

Dr James S McCarthy

Raine Priming Grant

1997

Fremantle Hospital

Professor Darryl Andrew Knight

Raine Priming Grant

1997

University of Western Australia

Professor Gary Peter Jeffrey

Raine Priming Grant

1997

University of Western Australia

Professor Julie Anne Quinlivan

Raine Priming Grant

1997

University of Western Australia & University of Notre Dame Australia

Professor Matthew Charles James Wilce

Raine Priming Grant

1997

University of Western Australia & Monash University

Professor Melanie Ruth Ziman

Raine Priming Grant

1997

University of Western Australia

Winthrop Professor Daniel John Green

Raine Priming Grant

1997

University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Deborah Trinder

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Elizabeth A Quail

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Dr Alan W Everett

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Dr Alexander Charles Le Dain

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Dr Christopher Johnson Pudney

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Dr Gavin Robert Turbett

Raine Priming Grant

1996

Royal Perth Hospital

Emeritus Professor Arunasalam Dharmarajan

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Professor Wendy Naomi Erber

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Winthrop Professor Marc Tennant

Raine Priming Grant

1996

University of Western Australia

Dr H E Farrell

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Western Australia

Dr John C L Mamo

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Notre Dame Australia

Dr John Kevin Olynyk

Raine Priming Grant

1995

Fremantle Hospital & Edith Cowan University

Dr P C McMinn

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Western Australia

Dr Peter G Arthur

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Western Australia

Dr R B Ashman

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Notre Dame Australia

Emeritus Professor Patricia T Michie

Raine Priming Grant

1995

The University of Newcastle & University of Western Australia

Ms Deborah Kerr

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Western Australia

Ms Kathryn Amanda Heel

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Notre Dame Australia

Professor Fiona Wood

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Western Australia

Professor Peter J Leedman

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Western Australia

Professor Pirosky E Rakoczy

Raine Priming Grant

1995

University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Michael Conway Stacey

Raine Priming Grant

1994

Fremantle Hospital

Associate Professor Peter James Henry

Raine Priming Grant

1994

University of Western Australia

Dr Geoffrey Alexander Stewart

Raine Priming Grant

1994

University of Western Australia

Dr Lawrence J Abraham

Raine Priming Grant

1994

University of Western Australia

Winthrop Professor Gerald Francis Watts

Raine Priming Grant

1994

University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Peter Neils Le Souef

Raine Priming Grant

1993

University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Philip J Thompson

Raine Priming Grant

1993

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Dr A McWilliam

Raine Priming Grant

1993

Dr Boris Martinac

Raine Priming Grant

1993

University of Western Australia

Dr Fiona Ruth Lake

Raine Priming Grant

1993

University of Western Australia

Dr G Turbett

Raine Priming Grant

1993

Dr Hugh John Stewart Dawkins

Raine Priming Grant

1993

University of Western Australia

Dr J E Allan

Raine Priming Grant

1993

Dr M Everard

Raine Priming Grant

1993

Dr W H Morgan

Raine Priming Grant

1993

Dr W Y Langdon

Raine Priming Grant

1993

Professor Svend Peter Klinken

Raine Priming Grant

1993

University of Western Australia

Professor William Daly Reed

Raine Priming Grant

1993

University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Malcolm P Sparrow

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Notre Dame Australia

Associate Professor Robert Vandongen

Raine Priming Grant

1991

Royal Perth Hospital

Dr Lisa Bee-Gek Tee

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Dr Meir Cain

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Dr Peter Hamilton Kay

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Dr R F Minchin

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Mr Jerzy Marian Sikorski

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Professor Evan Huxley Morgan

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Professor Lawrence Joseph Beilin

Raine Priming Grant

1991

Royal Perth Hospital

Professor Lyn D Beazley

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Professor Miranda D Grounds

Raine Priming Grant

1991

The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre

Professor T Norman Palmer

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Professor Timothy Mark Earls Davis

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Professor Trevor G Redgrave

Raine Priming Grant

1991

University of Western Australia

Professor A K (Tony) House

Raine Priming Grant

1988

Professor C E Oxnard

Raine Priming Grant

1988

University of Western Australia

Professor E H Morgan

Raine Priming Grant

1988

Professor G R Shellam

Raine Priming Grant

1988

Professor J P Newnham

Raine Priming Grant

1988

Professor K F Ilett

Raine Priming Grant

1988

Professor T G Redgrave

Raine Priming Grant

1988