Basic Science – Children's Research Foundation

2021 Research Grant January 13, 2021

Defining endotypes in infant bronchiolitis: the first step toward personalised treatment

Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Dani Dixon Research Area: Basic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $93,493 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Bronchiolitis is the most common severe respiratory tract illness in

News November 12, 2020

CRF funds research into cutting-edge treatment to help children and young adults who are battling brain cancer

A new study by University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers will explore this question over the next two years, using data from a US hospital to model patient outcomes based

2021 Research Grant October 31, 2020

Identifying therapies that reduce transmission of mitochondrial heteroplasmy from mother to child.

Chief Investigator: Professor Rebecca Robker Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $92,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide

2021 Research Grant October 31, 2020

A new therapeutic target for childhood medulloblastoma

Chief Investigator: Professor Stuart Pitson Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $97,986 Recipient: University of South Australia

2021 Research Grant October 31, 2020

Promoting child and adolescent gut health through supplementation of novel fibre-clay hybrid biomaterials

Chief Investigator: Dr Paul Joyce [Early Career Researcher] Research Area: Reducing childhood obesity and its impacts. Basic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $39,990 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview:

2021 Research Grant October 31, 2020

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 impactBasic Science Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $91,237 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: There is clear evidence that children

2020 Research Grant October 31, 2019

Testing the first treatment to protect babies of asthmatic women from lung disease – a pilot study

Chief Investigator: Dr Kathryn Gatford Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $85,000 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Babies of mothers who have asthma are more likely to have problems

2020 Research Grant October 31, 2019

Protein Misfolding in Pregnancy

Chief Investigator: Dr Amy Wyatt Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $98,038 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: There is evidence that the accumulation of damaged (i.e. misfolded) proteins in the body

2020 Research Grant October 31, 2019

Development of a Photo-Antibody Therapeutic platform for the treatment of infected burns in children

Chief Investigator: Professor Allison Cowin Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $99,852 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Burns are one of the most common injuries suffered by children and

2020 Research Grant October 31, 2019

Overcoming drug resistance in childhood seizure and psychiatric disorders caused by potassium channels

Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Basic Science Funding Amount: $100,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Children with