Nine Griffith University projects have been successful in gaining more than $12 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Griffith University's successful grant recipients are:
Professor Katherine Andrews, Associate Professor Danielle Stanisic and Associate Professor Rohan Davis from Griffith's Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics will receive $3 million to fund their Centre of Research Excellence in Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery and Development (CRE-Vaccine-ADD).
The team, comprising 20 researchers from seven organisations, will use the grant to improve human health in Australia and globally by discovering novel adjuvants to enhance vaccine efficacy and safety.
Professor Andrea Marshall, from Griffith's School of Nursing and Midwifery, is part of a team led by Monash University which will receive $3 million for the project – Centre of Research Excellence for Value-based Care in Critically Ill Patients (CRE-VALUE-ICU).
Professors Robert Ware and Joshua Byrnes from the Centre for Applied Health Economics are part of a team led by The University of Queensland which will receive $1,320,116.20 for the project – Midlines Across Paediatrics (MAP): An implementation project across regional and tertiary paediatrics.
Dr Tim Piatkowski from the School of Applied Psychology will receive $688,405.00 for the project – ROIDCheck: Reducing illicit steROID harms through drug checking services
Associate Professor Thomas Ve from the Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics will receive $2,818,905 for the project – Proteins and nucleotides in programmed axon death: molecular characterisation and therapeutic targeting.
Distinguished Professor Mark von Itzstein from the Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics will receive $3,014,025 for the project – Antiviral drug discovery using an interdisciplinary approach.
Professor Joshua Byrnes from the Centre for Applied Health Economics is part of a team lead by The University of Queensland which will receive $999,040.80 for the project – REBUILD: Reducing the Burden of Healthcare Associated Infection Using a Learning Health Systems Approach.
Professor Paula Brough from the School of Applied Psychology will receive $999,023 for the project – Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging: Ensuring sustainable implementation.
Professor Simon Broadley from the School of Medicine and Dentistry is part of a team led by La Trobe University which will receive $3 million for the project – Centre of Research Excellence PAVING: Post-Acute Viral Infection Diseases Group, the way to novel therapeutics.
