Bold Futures - Early Career Medical Research

Dr Jing Wang

Dr Jing Wang

Program: Medical

Years: 2023

Grant: $74,904 for year 1 and $37,798 for year 2

Organisation: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

A comprehensive framework to address the pressing population issue of hearing loss

Dr Tayla Penny

Dr Tayla Penny

Program: Medical

Years: 2023

Grant: $75,000 for 1 year

Organisation: Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Expanded umbilical cord blood cell therapy for perinatal brain injury.

Dr Erica Plummer

Dr Erica Plummer

Program: Medical

Years: 2023

Grant: $144,013 for two years

Organisation: Monash University

Identifying novel infectious causes of urethritis to improve clinical management and antimicrobial stewardship

Dr Miles Horton

Dr Miles Horton

Program: Medical

Years: 2023

Grant: $74,272 for year 1 and $74,522 for year 2

Organisation: The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Gene Therapy for Immune Disease – Prime Editing in the Investigation and Treatment of Inborn Errors of Immunity

Dr Ebony Monson

Dr Ebony Monson

Program: Medical

Years: 2023

Grant: $73,172 for one year

Organisation: La Trobe University

Lipid droplets as a novel antiviral strategy in the brain.

Md. Ataur Rahman

Md. Ataur Rahman

Program: Medical

Years: 2023

Grant: $75,000 a year for 2 years

Organisation: RMIT

Miniaturised biosignals monitoring system for battery-free, wireless, and skin mountable operation

Dr Cara Timpani

Dr Cara Timpani

Program: Medical

Years: 2023

Grant: $74,994 for year 1 and $74,830 for year 2

Organisation: Institute for Sport & Health

Targeting the gut as a novel therapeutic intervention for fatal inherited muscular dystrophy

Dr Aaron Elbourne

Dr Aaron Elbourne

Program: Medical

Years: 2019

Grant: $36,628 for Year 1 and $55,719 for Year 2

Organisation: RMIT

Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Microbial Infections Using Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Metals

Dr Leigh Walker

Dr Leigh Walker

Program: Medical

Years: 2019

Grant: $46,053 for Year 1 and $68,804 for Year 2

Organisation: The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Understanding sex differences in the role of cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) in adolescent onset binge alcohol consumption.

Dr Aowen Zhuang

Dr Aowen Zhuang

Program: Medical

Years: 2019

Grant: $69,541 for Year 1

Organisation: Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute Holdings Ltd

A novel gene therapy approach to prevent heart failure

Dr. Thomas Angelovich

Dr. Thomas Angelovich

Program: Medical

Years: 2018

Grant: $92,800 over two years

Organisation: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Defining HIV Reservoirs In The Central Nervous System

Dr Brendan Ansell

Dr Brendan Ansell

Program: Medical

Years: 2018

Grant: $95,000 over two years provided by The Marian and E.H. Flack Trust

Organisation: The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Systems biology to understand drug-resistant childhood epilepsy