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MSRA funded projects - started in 2010
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PROJECT GRANTS
Understanding the events that control myelination in the brain and spinal cord
Dr Ben Emery, University of Melbourne
Total Funding Awarded: $150,000
Duration: 2 years
Working out why lesions occur where they do in MS
Dr Judith Greer, University of Queensland
Total Funding Awarded: $270,000
Duration: 3 years
Understanding mechanisms of brain and spinal damage in MS
A/Prof Helmut Butzkueven, Florey Neuroscience Institutes
Total Funding Awarded: $90,000
Duration: 2 years
The role of immunity to Epstein-Barr virus in the development of MS
Prof Michael Pender, University of Queensland
Total Funding Awarded: $390,000
Duration: 3 years
IN-DEEP - High quality health information and decision tools to help people with MS manage their health: Integrating and deriving evidence, experiences and preferences
Dr Sophie Hill, La Trobe University
Total Funding Awarded: $195,000
Duration: 3 years
Abnormal venous drainage of the brain and spinal cord in patients with MS
A/Prof Brian Chambers, University of Melbourne
Total Funding Awarded: $35,000
Duration: 1 year
Proteomics of MS
Prof Shaun McColl, The University of Adelaide, Prof Claude Bernard, Monash University, Dr Bill Carroll, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Dr Judith Greer, The University of Queensland, Dr Peter Hoffmann, The University of Adelaide, Prof Ian Smith, Monash University
Total Funding Awarded: $675,000 (inc $375,000 from ARC) over 2010 - 2013
Duration: 4 years
INCUBATOR "SEEDING" GRANTS
Biomarkers in early paediatric CNS demyelination, and risk of progression to multiple sclerosis
Dr Fabienne Brilot-Turville, The Children's Hospital, Westmead
Total Funding Awarded: $26,000
Duration: 1 year
FELLOWSHIPS
Identifying What Causes an MS lesion
Dr John Parratt, The University of Sydney
Total Funding Awarded: $320,000 - Neil & Norma Hill MS Clinical Research Fellowship
Duration: 4 years
Multiple Sclerosis Functional Genomics
A/Prof David Booth, Westmead Millenium Institute
Total Funding Awarded: $650,000
Duration: 5 years
Functional and health service outcomes for persons with MS and other neurological conditions: Evaluation of an Australian Rehabilitation Dataset
Dr Fary Khan, University of Melbourne
Total Funding Awarded: $35,000 for the Ian Ballard Travelling Fellowship
Duration: 1 year
Understanding the role of white blood cell signalling in MS
Dr Iain Comerford, University of Adelaide
Supervisor: Prof Shaun McColl, University of Adelaide
Total Funding Awarded: $240,000
Duration: 3 years
Can MRI at presentation predict permanent vision loss after optic neuritis?
Dr Scott Kolbe, Florey Neuroscience Institutes
Supervisor: Prof Gary Egan, Florey Neuroscience Institutes
Total Funding Awarded: $75,000
Duration: 1 years