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 perinatal deaths in Australia and a 3-fold increase in offspring chronic
Does the presence of lung infection impact the efficacy of cystic fibrosis airway gene therapy?
Chief Investigator: Dr Alexandra McCarron (Early Career Researcher) Funding Amount : $40,060 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: This project will evaluate a novel treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, progressive,
Using Genetic Models to Tackle Epilepsy
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Cheryl Shoubridge Funding Amount : $93,488 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) are a severe form of epilepsy which presents in early childhood.
Plasma activated hydrogel therapy as a novel treatment for paediatric burns
Chief Investigator: Dr Ainslie Derrick-Roberts Funding Amount : $99,946 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Paediatric burns are common in children under the age of 5. Treatment of burns is complicated by
Establishing a Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) biobank
Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Funding Amount : $90,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Approximately 100 babies die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Australia each year. The cause(s) of Development of the next-generation antimicrobial dermal matrix for the management of deep burn injury
Chief Investigator: Dr Zlatko Kopecki Funding Amount : $100,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Burns are one of the most common injuries suffered by Australians and one of the top three
Optimising a synthetic scaffold for the in vitro bioengineering of bi-layered skin as a therapy for burn injuries and chronic wounds in children
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Marcus Wagstaff Funding Amount: $100,000 Recipient: CALHN – Central Adelaide Local Health Network Overview: Poor burns scars and their associated joint contractures are disabling in children. The Skin Engineering Testing combined therapies as a powerful tool for controlling paediatric Glioblastoma multiforme invasiveness.
Chief Investigator: Dr Sunita Ramesh Funding Amount : $91,816 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a common cause of cancer-related deaths in children. Current treatments focus on disrupting single signalling