Career Development Fellowships for funding commencing in 2013
The information presented on this page is provided to the research community as advice about the outcomes of the competitive peer review
process for this scheme.
In accordance with the Funding Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Institution in respect of NHMRC research funding
schemes, the Institution must ensure that all relevant reporting requirements are met and that relevant approvals for the research are obtained and
maintained for the duration of the Fellowship.
NHMRC will contact researchers and their Research Administration Officers in relation to meeting requirements, including eligibility, before the
commencement of funding. Funding will not commence until all relevant requirements have been met.
Application
ID
Applicant Name
Type
APP1044969 Doctor Rebecca Robker R.D. Wright Biomedical
Administering
Institute
The University of
Adelaide
Level
Simplified Title
Level 2
A good quality egg at the right time
The University of
Queensland
$397,724
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
Doctor Kerry-Ann
APP1045157
O'Grady
Population Health
Level 1
Acute respiratory illness in Indigenous
and Non-Indigenous Australian
children and the pathways to chronic
lung disease
APP1045205 Doctor Linda Wakim
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Long lived, virus resistant immune
cells
Amount
$439,920
APP1045235 Doctor Kate Seib
APP1045237
Doctor Geoffrey
Faulkner
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Investigating variable protein
expression in human pathogens as a
means to understand disease processes
and to optimise the selection of vaccine
antigens
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Mobile DNA in human development
and disease
Mater Medical
Research Institute Ltd
$397,724
University of
Tasmania
$439,920
Griffith University
$397,724
APP1045240 Doctor Kaylene Young
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
Adding new cells to the mature central
nervous system: investigating their
normal function and potential for
repair.
APP1045373 Doctor James Sharman
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
Central blood pressure: Physiology and
clinical application
University of
Tasmania
$439,920
Population Health
Level 2
The prevention and control of sexually
transmitted infections in Australia
University of
Melbourne
$439,920
Population Health
Level 2
Decreasing social inequalities in
obesity
Baker IDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute
$439,920
APP1045427
Associate Professor
Jane Hocking
APP1045456 Doctor Anna Peeters
APP1045511
Associate Professor
Sandra Hodge
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
Career Development Fellowship
The University of
Adelaide
$439,920
APP1045617
Doctor Amy
Brodtmann
Clinical
Level 1
Do strokes cause dementia?
University of
Melbourne
$278,407
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
Gene-Environment Interactions in
Brain Disorders
University of New
South Wales
$439,920
Population Health
Level 2
Associations between diabetes and
periodontal disease among Indigenous
Australian adults
The University of
Adelaide
$439,920
APP1045643 Doctor Tim Karl
APP1045800
Associate Professor
Lisa Jamieson
APP1045902 Doctor Adrian Lowe
Population Health
Level 1
Causes and consequences of eczema in
Australian children
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
APP1045978
Professor Y C Gary
Lee
Clinical
Level 2
Translational Research on Malignant
Pleural Effusion and Pleural Infection
University of Western
Australia
$307,944
APP1046372
Doctor Rohit
Ramchandra
NHMRC/National Heart
Foundation Fellowship
Level 1
Control of heart function by the
sympathetic nerves
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
Level 1
Developing a common approach for
targeting chronic inflammatory
diseases
University of Western
Australia
$397,724
Level 2
Reducing harms from substance misuse
in remote Indigenous Communities
James Cook
requires interventions delivered as
University
promised with measurable impacts?
$439,920
Level 2
Developing novel gene-based
interventions to understand and treat
muscle diseases
Baker IDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute
$439,920
University of
Melbourne
$439,920
APP1046507 Doctor Juliana Hamzah
Associate Professor
APP1046773
Alan Clough
APP1046782 Doctor Paul Gregorevic
NHMRC/National Heart
Foundation Fellowship
Population Health
R.D. Wright Biomedical
APP1047025 Doctor Martha Lappas
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
Understanding what triggers birth New opportunities for prevention of
early delivery
APP1047630 Doctor Stephen Ting
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Investigation of haematopoietic and
leukemia stem cell self-renewal.
Monash University
$397,724
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Connectomics in health and disease
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Understanding how hospital-acquired
pathogens cause human disease
Monash University
$397,724
APP1047648
Doctor Andrew
Zalesky
APP1047916 Doctor Anton Peleg
APP1048652 Doctor Jason Roberts
Clinical
Level 1
Improving antibiotic dosing for
patients in the intensive care unit
The University of
Queensland
$278,407
The University of
Newcastle
$439,920
APP1048666
Associate Professor
Kypros Kypri
Population Health
Level 2
Reducing hazardous alcohol
consumption
APP1048731
Associate Professor
Belinda Gabbe
Population Health
Level 2
Improving outcomes of non-fatal injury Monash University
$439,920
APP1048816 Doctor Sandra Cooper
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
Dysferlin coordinates membrane repair
for skeletal and cardiac injury
University of Sydney
$439,920
APP1048921 Doctor David Brown
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
MIC-1/GDF15, CEBPD and
neuroinflamamtion
University of New
South Wales
$439,920
Population Health
Level 1
Developing an evidence base for the
psychological care of children and
families affected by congenital heart
disease.
University of New
South Wales
$397,724
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Fighting mental disorders
University of New
South Wales
$397,724
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
The effects of sedatives in sleep apnoea
University of New
- physiological mechanisms and
South Wales
therapeutic utility
$397,724
NHMRC/National Heart
Foundation Fellowship
Level 1
Unravelling gene networks in heart
development and congenital heart
disease
Victor Chang Cardiac
Research Institute Ltd
$397,724
Regulation of oocyte quality
Prince Henry's
Institute of Medical
Research
$397,724
APP1049238
Doctor Nadine
Kasparian
APP1049596 Doctor Joel Pearson
APP1049814 Doctor Danny Eckert
APP1049980
Doctor Mirana
Ramialison
APP1050130 Doctor Karla Hutt
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
APP1050146 Doctor Daniel Christ
APP1050524
Professor Stephanie
Watson
APP1050684 Doctor David Nisbet
Industry
Level 2
Development of monoclonal antibody
therapy
The Garvan Institute
of Medical Research
$439,920
Clinical
Level 1
Novel therapies to treat blinding
corneal disease
University of Sydney
$159,090
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Using biomaterials and stem cells to
promote brain regeneration
Australian National
University
$397,724
APP1050765
Associate Professor
Stephen Tong
Clinical
Level 2
Developing treatments and diagnostics
for pregnancy complications
University of
Melbourne
$307,944
APP1050830
Associate Professor
Marie Pirotta*
Clinical
Level 1
Cancer and evidence for
complementary therapies
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
APP1051348
Doctor Alexander
Swarbrick
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
The Hedgehog gene as a new drug
target for breast cancer
The Garvan Institute
of Medical Research
$439,920
Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute
$397,724
APP1051481 Doctor Alicia Oshlack
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Understanding gene regulation in
disease using high throughput
sequencing
APP1051858 Doctor Paul Anderson
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 2
Actions of Vitamin D in Bone
University of South
Australia
$439,920
APP1051859 Doctor Gail Matthews
Clinical
Level 1
Strategies for the management of
recently acquired hepatitis C
University of New
South Wales
$397,724
Clinical
Level 2
Functional Recovery in First Episode
Psychosis
University of
Melbourne
$439,920
Population Health
Level 1
Prevention of sexually transmissible
infections in Australia
University of New
South Wales
$397,724
Clinical
Level 2
Cancer and evidence for
complementary therapies
University of
Melbourne
$439,920
APP1051891
Associate Professor
Eoin Killackey
APP1051958 Doctor Rebecca Guy
APP1052119
Associate Professor
Marie Pirotta*
APP1052152 Doctor Andrew Steer
NHMRC/National Heart
Foundation Fellowship
Level 1
Global control of group A
streptococcal disease
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
APP1052304 Doctor Jonathan Lane
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Targeting GPCRs towards improved
treatments of schizophrenia
Monash University
$397,724
APP1052340 Doctor Stuart Brierley
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Determining mechanisms and
treatments for chronic visceral pain
The University of
Adelaide
$397,724
Population Health
Level 1
Understanding the development of
dental fear among Australian children
and adults
The University of
Adelaide
$397,724
Doctor Robert LeeYoung
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Understanding how muscle and liver
defects contribute to insulin resistance
Baker IDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute
$397,724
APP1052598 Doctor James Vince
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
The role of cell death pathways in
inflammation and pathogen infection
The Walter and Eliza
Hall Institute of
Medical Research
$397,724
APP1052684 Doctor Jian Yang
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Genetic dissection of complex diseases
The University of
Queensland
$397,724
Level 1
Understanding how to combat drug
resistance in the malaria parasite:
Examination of two proteins that are
key to the parasite’s ability to evade
the toxic effects of antimalarial drugs
Australian National
University
$397,724
Industry
Level 1
Developing effective and
implementable solutions to reduce
traffic injury risk
University of New
South Wales
$397,724
Clinical
Level 1
Translational studies in viral hepatitis
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
APP1052541 Doctor Jason Armfield
APP1052573
APP1053082 Doctor Rowena Martin
APP1053099 Doctor Julie Brown*
APP1053344
Doctor Alexander
Thompson
R.D. Wright Biomedical
APP1053488
Doctor Luke
Wolfenden
APP1053521 Doctor Adam Bryant
APP1053609 Doctor Katherine Lee
Population Health
Level 1
Preventing chronic disease in Australia
through applied intervention research
The University of
Newcastle
$397,724
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
Why young people develop old knees
University of
Melbourne
$397,724
Level 1
A program of methodological and
collaborative research in biostatistics
and population health
Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute
$238,634
Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute
$397,724
Population Health
APP1053756 Doctor Stephen Leslie
R.D. Wright Biomedical
Level 1
High-throughput, Inexpensive Methods
for Typing Immune System Genes and
Assessing Their Role in Human
Disease Worldwide
APP1053889 Doctor David Tingay
Clinical
Level 1
Optimising lung protective mechanical
ventilation in the newborn
Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute
$238,634
Level 1
Developing effective and
implementable solutions to reduce
traffic injury risk
University of New
South Wales
$397,724
Level 1
Tuberculosis transmission and drug
resistance in Australia and the Asian
Pacific region
University of Sydney
$278,407
APP1053902 Doctor Julie Brown*
Associate Professor
APP1053911
Barend Marais
Population Health
Clinical
* This applicant has been recommended for funding in two categories/levels of this scheme. In accordance with the Funding Rules they can only accept one offer of award