Making friends with Minecraft: Determining optimal intensity and modality for a game-based intervention.
Chief Investigator: Dr Abirami Thirumanickam [Early Career Researcher] Funding Amount: $39,995 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: We will use Minecraft®, a popular, off-the-shelf digital game as an accessible intervention platform
Investigating proof-of-concept for genetic therapy of PCDH19-Clustering Epilepsy using preclinical mouse models.
Chief Investigator: Prof Paul Thomas Funding Amount: $99,988 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: This project investigates the potential rescue of PCDH19-Clustering Epilepsy neuropathology through annulment of Pcdh19 in the brain.
Responding to the needs of kinship carers in South Australia.
Chief Investigator: Dr Fatin Shabbar [Early Career Researcher] Funding Amount: $40,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: This study explores success factors and characteristics of kinship care that promote safety, stability
Using gene editing and single cell RNA-seq to investigate FOSL transcription factors involvement in the breakdown in Treg-mediated immunological tolerance in type 1 diabetes.
Chief Investigator: Dr Timothy Sadlon Funding Amount: $100,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a common and serious autoimmune disease in children caused by immune cell
Brighter with books: co-designing a reading intervention to improve emotional wellbeing in children with cancer.
Chief Investigator: A/Prof Amanda Hutchinson Funding Amount: $97,389 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Bibliotherapy has been a successful adjunct therapy to support adults with cancer and promises to be similarly
A novel prophylactic for the prevention of ventilator induced lung injury in preterm infants.
Chief Investigator: Dr Jack Darby Funding Amount: $99,987 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: To survive being born too soon, preterm babies sometimes require ventilation or supplemental oxygen to help them
A new personalised immunotherapy for the deadly paediatric cancer neuroblastoma.
Chief Investigator: Dr Veronika Bandara Funding Amount : $100,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Neuroblastoma is a deadly paediatric cancer. We will test a new personalised immunotherapy, made by modifying the
New strategies to improve breastfeeding outcomes in preterm infants.
Chief Investigator: A/Prof Alice Rumbold Funding Amount : $94,292 Recipient: SAHMRI Overview: We aim to improve breastfeeding outcomes in preterm infants by: (a) understanding current gaps in lactation care; and (b) co-designing
Using Single Cell Sequencing to Elucidate the Clonal Evolution of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia to Prevent Relapse in Children and Improve Outcomes.
Chief Investigator: Dr Susan Heatley Funding Amount : $99,838 Recipient: SAHMRI Overview: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is a devastating disease and we have reached the limit of what chemotherapy alone can achieve. It