2021/22 WA Child Research Fund recipients
2021/22 WA Child Research Fund recipients
The request for applications in April 2022 generated a great amount of interest and resulted in 62 applications being received for the 2021/22 WA Child Research Fund (WACRF).
Following a panel review process, a total of $6.14 million was awarded for eleven projects with grants ranging from $330,000 to $600,000.
The recipients and their project titles are listed below, together with the administering institution.
| Coordinating Principal Investigator |
Institution |
Project |
|
Dr Mark Cruickshank |
University of Western Australia |
Redox imbalance as a driver and therapeutic target for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
|
Dr Raelene Endersby |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia |
Kids are not small adults; identifying age-dependent drug targets in paediatric oncology |
| A/Professor Lea-Ann Kirkham |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
|
A novel otitis media vaccine; optimising manufacture and dosing strategies for human trials |
| Professor Peter Le Souef |
University of Western Australia |
Reducing the impact of climate change on the health and well-being of children in WA |
| A/Professor Laurens Manning |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
|
"Good paths for healthy hearts": bringing choice and flexibility to long-acting penicillins for rheumatic heart disease |
| Dr Debra Palmer |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
|
SYMBA Study child 5-year-old follow-up |
| Dr Janessa Pickering |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
|
Harnessing natural protection to improve Group A Streptococcus vaccine design and primary prevention of Acute Rheumatic Fever |
| Professor Stephen Stick |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
|
Close encounters of the nasal mucosa: identifying mechanisms that determine host responses to infection in children following "first contact" with respiratory viral pathogens |
|
Dr Ruth Thornton |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia |
Advancing a Western Australian-led clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of an anti-biofilm therapy in children with recurrent otitis media |
| Dr Jason Waithman |
University of Western Australia |
New treatment strategies for childhood and adolescent sarcoma |
| Professor Fiona Wood |
Telethon Kids Institute on behalf of the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia
|
Understanding the lifelong impact of paediatric burns on health |
Last reviewed: 18-10-2022
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