Minister of Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt, announced the successful National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) priority projects today.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Duncan Ivison congratulated the researchers awarded funding and noted the importance of continuing investment in health and medical research.
"Research conducted in universities and institutes not only advances knowledge but helps communities respond to challenges and improves the lives of Australians and many around the world," said Professor Ivison. "It's never been more important to support excellence in health and medical research."
"Our researchers should be proud of this outstanding result which reflects the University's strength in these disciplines," he said, adding that the University was recently ranked first in Australia and second in the world in the Times Higher Education's Impact Rankings, which assesses the impact universities are having in addressing some of the world's greatest challenges.
"As the NHMRC's flagship scheme, it's pleasing to see our strong success rate with the University being awarded the second highest number of Investigator Grants of any single institution nationally."
Highlights of Investigator Grants awarded to Sydney researchers in this round include:
- Professor Simon Lewis was awarded $3.7 million for research into predicting, diagnosing and treating Parkinson's, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Multiple System Atrophy.
- Professor Allison Tong was awarded $3.2 million for a research project in chronic kidney disease which hopes to partner with patients to transform practice and policy for improved patient-centred outcomes.
- Professor Tony Weiss was awarded $2.9 million to explore the hypothesis that biomaterials based on tropoelastin have the potential to harmonise with surrounding tissue and promote repair.
- Professor Maree Teesson was awarded $2.5 million for a project which will include a longitudinal study to identify causes and risks for multiple disorder development and develop new unified prevention programs that harness advances in technology.
- Associate Professor James Chong was awarded $1.5 million to develop innovative cardiac regenerative therapies through the MRFF Priority Round.
- Professor Tom Snelling was awarded $1 million through the MRFF Priority Round for policy-driven research to improve the immunisation program for young children.
A full list of grant recipients is available on the NHMRC website.
University of Sydney grants recipients
- Associate Professor James Chong
- Professor Tom Snelling
- Doctor Michael Doyle
- Professor Russell Dale
- Doctor James Shine
- Associate Professor Chung-Wei Christine Lin
- Professor Paul Keall
- Doctor Joshua Zadro
- Doctor Brooke Nickel
- Professor Ruth Hall
- Professor Chris Maher
- Doctor Sudarshan Paramsothy
- Professor Nehmat Houssami
- Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis
- Associate Professor Rachael Morton
- Professor David Hunter
- Associate Professor Steven Kamper
- Doctor Tegan Cheng
- Professor Mark Gillies
- Professor Alexandra Martiniuk
- Professor Maree Teesson
- Professor Clara Chow
- Associate Professor Germaine Wong
- Professor David Harris
- Professor Anthony Weiss
- Professor Simon Lewis
- Doctor Emma Barrett
- Professor Markus Seibel
- Doctor Justin Beardsley
- Professor Lisa Horvath
- Doctor Ulf Schmitz
- Professor Jacob George
- Doctor Rose Cairns
- Doctor Rick Wassing
- Doctor Karice Hyun
- Doctor Caitlin Cowan
- Doctor Stephanie Wong
- Professor Allison Tong
- Doctor Phoebe Williams
- Mr David Tunnicliffe
- Professor Ronald Grunstein
- Professor Jonathan Iredell
- Professor Natasha Nassar
