Bold Futures - Early Career Medical Research

Dr Amie Hayley

Dr Amie Hayley

Program: Medical

Years: 2017

Grant: $55,500 provided by The Marian and E.H. Flack Trust

Organisation: Swinburne University

Characterising the effect of methamphetamine and alcohol on driving behaviour and performance

Dr Flora Hui

Dr Flora Hui

Program: Medical

Years: 2017

Grant: $69,500 provided by The Marian and E.H. Flack Trust

Organisation: Centre for Eye Research

Reducing the time to detect short-term improvement in glaucoma after vitamin B3 supplementation

Dr Amy Loughman

Dr Amy Loughman

Program: Medical

Years: 2017

Grant: $120,000 over two years

Organisation: Deakin University

A novel approach to modifying the risk of Alzeimer’s disease: the gut microbiome

Dr Anushi Rajapaksa

Dr Anushi Rajapaksa

Program: Medical

Years: 2017

Grant: $90,000 over two years

Organisation: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Inhaled Palivizumab- A novel delivery platform to effectively prevent and treat severe respiratory syncytial virus infections in preterm babies.

Dr Christina Vrahnas

Dr Christina Vrahnas

Program: Medical

Years: 2017

Grant: $100,000 over two years

Organisation: St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research

Identifying mechanisms by which autophagy in osteocytes controls bone strength