


Explore the research we fund and the outcomes achieved
2023 Research Grants


Can cognitive function be improved in childhood cancer survivors with the use of a custom cognitive gaming suite?
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Lyndsey Collins-Praino Funding Amount : $99,926 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment (CRCI) can negatively
A new therapy to mature preterm lungs without damaging the brain
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Kathryn Gatford Funding Amount : $100,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS), such as betamethasone,
Reversing fetal growth restriction for better pregnancy and infancy health.
Chief Investigator: Dr Macarena Gonzalez Funding Amount : $100,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Fetal growth restriction causes 5.4% of perinatal2022 Research Grants

Targeting regulatory T cells to protect against preterm birth
Chief Investigator: Dr Ella Green [Early Career Researcher] Funding Amount: $39,775 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Preterm birth (PTB)
Psychotropic medications in children and adolescents: investigating longitudinal trends and determinants of use, persistence, and outcomes
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Luke Grzeskowiak Funding Amount: $99,983 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Considerable debate surrounds the widespread prescribing of psychotropic medications in
Out-of-home care is not one thing: effects of complex care patterns on health, development and welfare outcomes
Chief Investigator: Dr Dandara Haag Funding Amount: $99,789 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Out-of-home care (OOHC) experiences have significant implications on life
Human umbilical cord-derived haemangioblasts: discovery of a robust stem cell population for skin wound healing in children
Chief Investigator: Dr Mohammadhossein Hassanshahi [Early Career Researcher] Funding Amount: $39,800 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Paediatric patients generally have much more2021 Research Grants

Optimising the early detection of ear disease and hearing impairment among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 8-years
Chief Investigator: Dr Jacqueline Stephens Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development Community Based Study Funding
A randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in children on the autism spectrum
Chief Investigator: DR Michelle Short Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Clinical Study Funding
Linking homeless children and their families to community health and wellbeing services: Using a Nurse Practitioner model of care to improve child health outcomes
Chief Investigator: Dr Yvonne Parry Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community Based Study Funding
Does maternal obesity drive childhood obesity through interactions between the gut microbiome and gut endocrine cells?
Chief Investigator: Professor Damien Keating Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impacts. Basic Science. Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount:2020 Research Grants
Early in life outcomes of children of mothers with child protection system involvement. What factors are protective and what factors predict poorer infant outcomes?
Chief Investigator: Professor Leonie Segal Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study. Funding Amount: $99,997 Recipient:Overcoming drug resistance in childhood seizure and psychiatric disorders caused by potassium channels
Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Funding Amount: $100,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Children with a defective potassium channelMaternal immunisation with a novel Zika vaccine to protect offspring from congenital Zika syndrome
Chief Investigator: Dr Branka Grubor-Bauk Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science FundingNeighbourhood life and social determinants of health for children and young people from refugee backgrounds
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anna Ziersch Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community Based Study2019 Research Grants
How does boiled / roasted peanut oral immunotherapy protect children from allergic reactions?
Chief Investigator: Dr Tim Chataway Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $ 75,000 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Peanut allergy affectsCan neonatal exposure improve the effectiveness of cystic fibrosis gene therapy re-dosing?
Chief Investigator: Dr Nigel Farrow Funding Amount: $34,624 Recipient: University of Adelaide Overview: The lung grows and its cells turnMixed Reality and Holographic technologies (iHealth) to deliver cognitive and behavioural therapy for treatment of anxiety among teenagers with asthma
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Kristin Carson-Chahhoud Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: This study will establish theEarly life adversity: trajectories to mental health and drug use
Chief Investigator: Dr Femke Buisman-Pijlman Funding Amount: $ 60,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Early life adversity can leave2018 Research Grants
Chimeric Antigen Receptor Tregulatory cells (CAR-Treg) as a treatment for Type 1 Diabetes (TID)
Chief Investigator: Dr Timothy Sadlon Funding Amount: $74,915 Recipient: Women’s and Children’s Health Network Overview: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) isAn investigation into eating and anxiety disorder risk factors and genetic architecture in adolescent twin girls
Chief Investigator: Dr Kate Fairweather Funding Amount: $74,906 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: This project will provide crucial information of eatingRole of parental age on offspring health.
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Rebecca Robker Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Evidence linking advanced age ofCharacterization of beta cell-like cells converted from human urine stem cells
Chief Investigator: Professor Xin-Fu Zhou Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a2017 Research Grants
Parenting as an investment in child development: what matters and when?
Chief Investigator: Dr Angela Gialamas Funding Amount: $69,574 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Parents “invest” in their children’s healthComplement Receptor Immunoglobulin and therapy for type 1 diabetes
Chief Investigator: Professor Antonio Ferrante Funding Amount: $74,833 Recipient: SA Pathology Overview: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a life-long diseaseIdentification and development of inhibitors of the Zika virus NS2B/3 protease.
Chief Investigator: Dr Nicholas Eyre Funding Amount: $71,386 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: The recent outbreak of Zika virusUsing in vivo modelling to investigate therapeutic approaches to reverse/prevent disease resistance in children with high-risk Ph-like B-ALL and T-ALL treated with targeted therapies.
Chief Investigator: Dr Laura Eadie Funding Amount: $75,000 Recipient: SAHMRI Overview: Relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the leading cause2016 Research Grants
A randomised controlled trial on the impact of the Paediatric WalkAide (a drop-foot stimulator) on advanced motor skills and physical activity participation in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
Chief Investigator: Ms Kerry Evans Funding Amount: $74,920 Recipient: Novita Children’s Services Overview: Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) oftenPI16-CD26 interaction: A new mechanism for immune tolerance in humans?
Chief Investigator: Dr Cheryl Brown Funding Amount: $68,000 Recipient: Women’s & Children’s Health Research Institute Overview: Specialised cells called regulatoryGenetic and early life determinants of childhood obesity
Chief Investigator: Dr Prabha Andraweera Funding Amount: $35,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: 25% of South Australian 4 yearReducing inflammation to improve burn injury repair
Chief Investigator: Professor Allison Cowin Funding Amount: $65,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Burns are one of the most
Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Honorary Chair for the Prevention of Childhood Disability
Based in Adelaide, and led by International Human Genetics expert, Professor Jozef Gécz, this five-year tenure (2016 -2021) was a comprehensive multi-disciplinary research program focused on defining the origins and early diagnosis of childhood disability.
It was created to help understand more about the genetic basis of early childhood learning and movement disabilities, intellectual disabilities, early onset epilepsies, and autism.