Chief Investigator: Dr Laura Eadie Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: SAHMRI Overview: Relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the leading cause of childhood non-traumatic death (15% of T-ALL and 20% of
Chief Investigator: Dr Jillian Carr Funding Amount: $74,027 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: The world was shocked by the threat of Ebola. Now we face the more insidious ZIKV. ZIKV is
Chief Investigator: Dr Michelle Boyle Funding Amount: $72,000 Recipient: Menzies School of Health Research Overview: Malaria caused by Plasmodium results ~ 500,000 deaths annually, the majority children under five years
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anthea Magarey, Professor Michelle Miller Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Childhood obesity is a global problem with little evidence to inform practice. Our PEACH™
Chief Investigator: Paul Henning Funding Amount: $70,000 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: Renal transplantation is the optimum treatment for children with kidney failure. Unfortunately transplant requires lifelong immune
Chief Investigator: Dr Bart Eijkelkamp Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Nearly 2 billion people worldwide have a poor zinc status and in the Western world childhood
Chief Investigator: Dr Sophie Wiszniak Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Eight babies are born with a heart defect everyday in Australia, which equates to 1% of
Chief Investigator: Professor Cory Xian Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Whilst chemotherapy of major childhood cancers has a 75% cure rate, it causes chronic bone loss
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Cheryl Shoubridge Funding Amount: $65,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Intellectual disability (ID) is frequent in the population with as many as 1 in every
Chief Investigator: Dr Angela Titmuss Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: Menzies School of Health Research Overview: This project explores the child health consequences of Type 2 Diabetes in pregnancy and gestational
