St Vincent's Clinic Foundation 2016 Research Grants Announced
Each year, St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation provides funding and support for research with a focus on improving clinical care.The grants for 2016 were presented to recipients at the recent Sandra David Oration at St Vincent’s Clinic.
A total of 26 grants were presented to researchers and practitioners from across the St Vincent’s Campus and St Joseph’s Hospital.
The following researchers received grants:
SVPHS Ladies’ Committee Sr Mary Bernice Research Grant – $150,000
A/Prof John Moore – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
"Identification of the immune mechanisms associated with response in Haematopoietic stem cell
transplantation for Multiple Sclerosis: Eradication of autoimmune T cells and reconstitution of
tolerance”
Adult Stem Cell Research Grant – $100,000
Prof Richard Harvey – Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
“Combination therapies targeting endogenous cardiac stem cells after ischaemic injury”
Tancred Research Grant – $50,000
A/Prof Jerry Greenfield – Garvan Institute of Medical Research
“Insulin resistance and fracture risk in the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study”
K&A Collins Cancer Grant – $50,000
Prof Reginald VN Lord – St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research
"DNA methylation biomarkers: towards a diagnostic blood test for Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma”
Thelma Greig Cancer Grant – $50,000
Prof Samuel Breit – St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research
“Mechanism of action of the TGF-b superfamily cytokine MIC-1/GDF15 in treatment of obesity and cancer anorexia/cachexia”
Froulop Research Grant – $30,000
Prof Diane Fatkin – Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
"Role of truncating titin mutations in dilated cardiomyopathy”
Annual Grant 1 – $30,000
Dr Kazuo Suzuki – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“Development of a new diagnostic assay to identify active and productive infection within HIV-1 latently infected reservoir cells”
Annual Grant 2 – $30,000
Prof David Ma – St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research
“Using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells to identify the genetic drivers of trisomy 21-associated acute leukaemia for the development of novel therapies”
Annual Grant 3 – $30,000
A/Prof Catherine Suter – Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
“The role of epigenetics in high blood pressure”
Annual Grant 4 – $30,000
A/Prof Mark Danta – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“Fibrosis regression in HCV-related cirrhosis”
Annual Grant 5 – $30,000
Prof Bruce Brew – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“Expression and function of BCL 11b in multiple sclerosis patients”
Annual Grant 6 – $30,000
Dr Nicola Smith – Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
“A new cardioprotective factor in the left ventricular hypertrophy?”
Annual Grant 7 – $30,000
Dr Melissa Baysari – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“Implementation of drug-drug interaction alerts: An investigation of burden on prescribers”
Annual Grant 8 – $30,000
A/Prof Kumud Dhital – Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
“Ex Vivo Perfusion to optimise donor organ quality in multi-organ retrieval”
Multidisciplinary Patient Focused Research Grant 1 – $25,000
Dr Jed Duff and Dr Aaron Conway – St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney
“Maintaining normoTHERMIa during SEDation: The THERMISED pilot study”
Multidisciplinary Patient Focused Research Grant 2 – $25,000
Ms Julie Labra and Ms Natalie Mohr – St Joseph's Hospital
“The impact of nutrition and swallowing on patients gastrostomy / PEG decision-making in Motor Neurone Disease (MND)”
Multidisciplinary Patient Focused Research Grant 3 – $25,000
Ms Weihong Zhang – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“A transfer training program to reduce falls in cognitively impaired older adults with higher level gait disorders: A pilot study”
Multidisciplinary Patient Focused Research Grant 4 – $25,000
Miss Danielle Gately – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“A study evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the Modified Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (mKICA) to Aboriginal people attending an acute tertiary hospital”
Multidisciplinary Patient Focused Research Grant 5 – $23,000
Prof Kim Walker – St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney
“A prospective study assessing the incidence of Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) in low-risk patients with 6 weeks non-weight bearing period following elective foot or ankle surgery”
Multidisciplinary Patient Focused Research Grant 6 – $25,000
Ms Cindy Tan – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“A pilot study evaluating functional, cognitive and nutritional changes during the first 3 months post-haematopoietic stem cell transplant”
Travelling Fellowship – $10,000
Dr Gayathri Kumarasinghe – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
“Clinical Fellowship in Adult Congenital Heart Diseases/Pulmonary Hypertension at Oxford University at Oxford University Hospitals, UK”
Dr Juan Paulo Panti - 2015 Clinical Excellence Award – JMO/Registrar - $1,500
Ms Margaret Butler - 2015 Clinical Excellence Award – Nursing - $1,500
Mrs Tania Gardner - 2015 Clinical Excellence Award – Allied Health - $1,500
Dr Mark Hicks - 2015 Clinical Excellence Award – Scientist - $1,500
Mr Brendan Clifford - 2015 Clinical Excellence Award – Emerging Researcher - $1,000