


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
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
HDA and CRF PhD Excellence Award 2024: Call to HDA members for applications.
Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) and Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation (CRF) PhD Excellence Award 2024 The CRF PhD Excellence Award is $5,000 per annum for up to 3 years only
Researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-slaying material that could one day be integrated into wound dressings and implants to prevent or heal bacterial infections.
Media Release : University of South Australia 13 September 2023 The innovation – which has undergone advanced pre-clinical trials – is effective against a broad range of drug-resistant bacterial cells,
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
7News I South Australian scientists believe they may have found a potential cure for childhood obesity.
EXCLUSIVE: Researchers from the University of South Australia have discovered that by swallowing tiny particles of sand, you can keep those unwanted kilos at bay – but do not go