Chief Investigator: Dr Allison Cowin Funding Amount: $74,470 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Burns are one of the most painful injuries a child can sustain and survive. Unfortunately current
Chief Investigator: Dr Danny Wilson Funding Amount: $74,662 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: P. vivax causes ~80 million malaria cases annually, with children in Australia’s neighbouring countries badly affected. In
Chief Investigator: Dr Timothy Sadlon Funding Amount: $74,915 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells. There
Chief Investigator: Dr Kate Fairweather Funding Amount: $74,906 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: This project will provide crucial information of eating disorder risk during its greatest incidence period of adolescence, both
Discipline: Gene Therapy Chief Investigator: Dr Martin Donnelley Funding Amount: $74,213 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: Treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) have improved in recent years, enhancing survival
Chief Investigator: Dr Roger Yazbek Funding Amount: $74,931 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Existing technologies for detection and monitoring of intestinal damage and repair in children are costly and invasive, leading
Chief Investigator: Dr Qian Tang Funding Amount: $34,995 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Glucocorticoids are commonly used in children and cause bone defects, for which mechanisms are unclear and
Chief Investigator: Dr Billy Tao Funding Amount: $73,155 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Peanut allergy affects 3% of Australian children. It affects family lifestyle, is dangerous for those allergic, and constant
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Mark Nottle Funding Amount: $74,882 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: The directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to insulin producing cells is seen as
Chief Investigator: Dr Rhiannon Pilkington Funding Amount: $69,574 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: In 2012-13 there were 19,120 child protection notifications in South Australia (AIHW, 2014). By the age
