RACP Foundation supporting RACP specialists
Date published:
23 Feb 2017
Over 50 fellowships, scholarships and grants have been awarded for 2017 to support RACP Fellows and trainees pursuing careers in medical research.
Congratulations to all the recipients of these awards, which are offered annually through the RACP Foundation.
Applications for 2018 will open in April 2017.
| Award |
Award recipient |
Award value |
Project |
Institution |
Jacquot Career Development Fellowship
|
Associate Professor Wai Lim |
$100,000 |
Extended immunological risk profile: The key to improved kidney transplant outcomes. |
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia |
| RACP Fellows Career Development Fellowship |
Professor David Burgner |
$100,000 |
A mechanistic investigation of the adverse effects of acute childhood infections on cardiovascular risk: The VASCFIND study. |
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute |
| Award |
Award recipient |
Award value |
Project |
Institution |
| AstraZeneca Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Andrew Guirguis |
$60,000 |
Application of a novel ‘degron’-based approach of protein degradation to study mechanisms of oncogene addiction in myeloid malignancy. |
Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| Bayer Australia Medical Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Anna Ralph |
$40,000 |
Active case finding of streptococcal infections for rheumatic fever prevention: A school-based community program using novel diagnostics (‘Finding acute rheumatic fever and strep’). |
Menzies School of Health Research |
| Cottrell Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Valerie Sung |
$75,000 |
Improving treatment and outcomes of congenital hearing loss at the population level. |
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute |
| Diabetes Australia Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Chinmay Marathe |
$50,000 |
Gastric emptying in non-diabetic Afro-Caribbean’s (AfC) – implications for the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. |
King’s College London |
| Miriam Greenfield Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Andrew Neal |
$52,000 |
Factors predisposing to post-operative epilepsy in patients with supratentorial gliomas. |
University of Melbourne |
| RACP AFRM Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Pearl Chung |
$50,000 |
Serial polysomnography with electroencephalography in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. |
Royal Rehab |
| RACP Fellows Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Daniel Worthley |
$75,000 |
Colorectal cancer chemoprevention by high throughput in vitro analysis of polyp organoids. |
University of Adelaide |
| RACP/FHBP Research Establishment Fellowship |
Associate Professor Barbora de Courten |
$50,000 |
The potential of carnosine supplementation to reduce cardiometabolic risk: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. |
Monash University |
| Robert Maple-Brown Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Christopher Wong |
$60,000 |
Characterising the impact of epicardial, abdominal and overall adiposity on atrial fibrillation. |
University of Adelaide |
| The Robert Maple-Brown Research Establishment Fellowship on Haematology for 2017 |
Dr Phillip Wong |
$50,000 |
Thalassaemia and deferasirox – investigation of the renal bone axis. |
Hudson Institute of Medical Research |
| The Servier Staff "Barry Young" Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Arun Azad |
$50,000 |
Delivering personalised medicine in advanced prostate cancer using circulating tumour DNA (CTDNA). |
Monash University |
| The Sir Roy McCaughey Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Chris Grainge |
$75,000 |
Does bronchoconstriction in asthma impair anti-viral immunity and promote airway inflammation? |
University of Newcastle |
| Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Rebekah Ahmed |
$60,000 |
Characterisation of eating behaviour and metabolic phenotypes across neurodegenerative diseases: Insights for survival and progression. |
The University of Sydney |
| Award |
Award recipients |
Award valued at |
Project |
Institution |
| Jacquot Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Thomas Barbour |
$90,000 |
A novel approach to functional complement assessment in C3 glomerulopathy. |
The Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| Jacquot Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Michael Collins |
$90,000 |
The BEST Fluids study: Better Evidence for Selecting Transplant Fluids. |
Auckland District Health Board |
| Jacquot Research Establishment Fellowship |
Dr Katherine Barraclough |
$90,000 |
Pharmacogenetic and pharmacodynamic monitoring of immunosuppression in Indigenous kidney transplantation. |
Menzies School of Health Research |
| RACP Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship in Nephrology |
Dr Anna Francis |
$45,000 |
Improving the long term outcomes for children with chronic kidney disease. |
University of Sydney |
| RACP Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship in Nephrology |
Dr Susan Wan |
$45,000 |
A prospective study of cellular and humoral components of the renal allograft immune response and their correlation with therapeutic outcomes. |
University of Sydney |
| RACP Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship in Nephrology |
Dr Amali Mallawaarachchi |
$45,000 |
Molecular pathogenesis of inherited kidney disease. |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
| RACP Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship in Nephrology |
Dr Karen Keung |
$45,000 |
Identification of urinary markers predictive of chronic allograft injury. |
University of Sydney |
| Award |
Award recipient |
Award value |
Project |
Institution |
| AChSHM Research Entry Scholarship |
Dr Janet Towns |
$30,000 |
Epidemic syphilis in Victoria 2015: Where to from here? |
Monash University |
| Arnott Research Entry Scholarship in Cancer Research |
Dr Grace Gifford |
$45,000 |
Molecular classification of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Translating gene expression profiling technology into clinical practice. |
University of Sydney |
| New Zealand Fellows Research Entry Scholarship |
Dr Ngai Man Annie Wong |
$45,000 |
Novel biomarkers for melanoma immunotherapy. |
University of Melbourne |
| Osteoporosis Australia RACP Research Entry Scholarship |
Dr Angela Sheu |
$45,000 |
The relationship between osteoporosis and diabetes: Exploring the bone-metabolism interface. |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
| RACP Fellows Research Entry Scholarship |
Dr Andrew Yam |
$20,000 |
Investigating the function of tumour egressing CD8+ T cells in anti-tumour response. |
Garvan Institute of Medical Research |
| ResMed Foundation/SHF Research Entry Scholarship |
Dr Jasneek Chawla |
$35,000 |
Evaluation of the impact of treatment for sleep disorders in children with Down syndrome. |
Children’s Health Research Institute, University of Queensland |
| Shields Research Entry Scholarship |
Dr Melissa Lee |
$45,000 |
Closed loop insulin delivery and islet cell transplantation in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus and severe hypoglycaemia: An evaluation of glycaemia, counter-regulatory. |
University of Melbourne |
| Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Research Entry Scholarship |
Dr Emma Scott |
$30,000 |
Comparison of vascular health status in people with type 1 diabetes treated by multiple daily insulin injections or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusions (CSII) therapy. |
University of Sydney |
| Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation Research Entry Scholarship in Rural Health |
Dr Rosalie Schultz |
$30,000 |
Investing in land management and culture to enhance Aboriginal health and wellbeing. |
Centre for Remote Health |
| Award |
Award recipient |
Award value |
Project |
Institution |
| RACP Jacquot NHMRC Award for Excellence |
Dr Titi Chen |
$10,000 |
Defining the role of kidney CD103+ dendritic cells in kidney disease for potential therapies. |
The University of Sydney |
| RACP Jacquot NHMRC Award for Excellence |
Dr Mardiana Lee |
$10,000 |
Energy metabolism in renal fibrosis. |
University of Melbourne |
| RACP NHMRC JJ Billings Scholarship |
Dr Hariharan Sugumar |
$10,000 |
CAPLA study: Catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: a multicentre randomised study of pulmonary vein antral isolation (PVAI) alone vs PVAI with posterior left atrial wall isolation (PWI). |
The Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Research Institute |
| RACP NHMRC CRB Blackburn Scholarship |
Dr Jeremy Rajanayagam |
$10,000 |
The role of mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells and gut micro-biota in the pathogenesis of paediatric autoimmune liver disease (AILD). |
University of Melbourne |
| RACP NHMRC Kincaid-Smith Scholarship |
Dr Lousia Lo |
$10,000 |
Circulating tumour DNA as a personalised biomarker in ER positive metastatic breast cancer. |
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre |
| RACP NHMRC Woolcock Scholarship |
Dr Yuan Lim |
$10,000 |
Does metformin have a disease modifying effect in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis? A multicentre randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. |
Monash University |
| RACP P&CHD NHMRC Scholarship |
Dr Bianca Middleton |
$10,000 |
Strategies to reduce the burden of gastroenteritis in Aboriginal children. |
University of Western Australia |
| Award |
Award recipient |
Award value |
Project |
Institution |
| Queensland State Committee Research Development Grant |
Dr Friederike Beker |
$10,000 |
Smell and taste to improve body composition in very preterm infants: A randomised controlled trial. |
Mater Research, University of Queensland |
| New Zealand Research Development Scholarship |
Dr Maria Saito Benz |
$20,000 |
Neonatal neurocritical care: Near infrared spectroscopy for monitoring brain oxygenation in preterm infants (NIMO). |
University of Otago, Wellington |
| RACP AFOEM Research Development Scholarship |
Dr Claire Hollo |
Up to $30,000 |
A comparison of absenteeism, disability and occupational profile in patients suffering chronic musculoskeletal pain. |
Musculoskeletal Initiatives (a private musculoskeletal pain practice) |
| Award |
Award recipient |
Award value |
Project |
Institution |
| Margorie Hooper Scholarship |
Dr Joanna Tieu |
$10,000 |
Optimising therapy in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitis. |
University of Adelaide |
| Bushell Travelling Fellowship in Medicine or the Allied Sciences |
Dr Hamish Philpott |
$25,000 |
Antigen presentation and the significance of barrier integrity in esophageal eosinophilia. |
Monash University |
| Robert and Elizabeth Albert Travel Grant |
Dr Om Narayan |
$5,000 |
Long term outcomes with percutaneous atrial septal defect closure. |
Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network |
| Richard Kemp Memorial (Travelling) Fellowship |
Dr Bradley Gardiner |
$5,000 |
Role of secondary prophylaxis with valganciclovir in the prevention of recurrent CMV disease in solid organ transplant recipients. |
Tufts University/Tufts Medical Centre |
| Rowden White Travelling Fellowship |
Dr Sally Abell |
$5,000 |
Optimising risk prediction, antenatal interventions and treatment targets in diabetes in pregnancy. |
Monash University |
| Award recipient |
Award |
| Dr Lisa Bichard |
College Indigenous Health Scholarship |
| Dr Ngaree Blow |
Indigenous Health Scholarship for Paediatrics and Child Health |
| Dr Matthew Wheeler |
New Zealand Indigenous Health Scholarship |
Dr Prerna Sehgal
|
Pacific Islander Health Scholarship (residents of New Zealand) |