{"id":4256,"date":"2019-01-31T14:47:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T06:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wahtn.org\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2019-01-31T14:47:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T06:47:39","slug":"was-future-leaders-in-health-research-recognised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/2019\/01\/31\/was-future-leaders-in-health-research-recognised\/","title":{"rendered":"WA&#8217;s future leaders in health research recognised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven of the leading Western Australian early career researchers have been awarded the inaugural WAHTN Early Career Fellowships in Translational Health Research. This means the Fellows will receive a share of a $1 million fund from the Commonwealth Government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.health.gov.au\/initiatives-and-programs\/medical-research-future-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medical Research Future Fund<\/a>, matching funding from WAHTN partner organisations and external agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Roger Cook, has congratulated the new Fellows and praised the State Government&#8217;s continual investment in health research. If you would like to read the full statement from the Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au\/Pages\/McGowan\/2018\/11\/WAs-future-leaders-in-health-research-recognised.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read on below for a full list of the successful Early Career Fellows:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style>\ntable, td, th {<br \/>  border: 1px solid black;<br \/>}<br \/>table {<br \/>  border-collapse: collapse;<br \/>  width: 100%;<br \/>}<br \/>th {<br \/>  text-align: left;<br \/>}<br \/><\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Early Career Fellow<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Project Title<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Organisation<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telethonkids.org.au\/contact-us\/our-people\/a\/gail-alvares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Gail Alvares<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Establishing an autism phenomics platform for Western Australia<\/td>\n<td>Telethon Kids Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Jodie_Armstrong2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ms Jodie Armstrong<\/a><\/td>\n<td>The Learn, Engage and Play (LEaP) Study: The Development and Evaluation of a Therapeutic Playgroup for Children with Developmental Delay<\/td>\n<td>Child and Adolescent Health Service \/ Curtin University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Fenella_Gill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associate Professor Fenella Gill<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Unifying systems for recognition and response to paediatric clinical deterioration in Western Australia<\/td>\n<td>Child and Adolescent Health Service \/ Curtin University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/scientific-contributions\/2131620415_Ariel_O_Mace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Ariel Mace<\/a><\/td>\n<td>FeBRILe3 &#8211; Fever, Blood cultures and Readiness for discharge in Infants less than 3 months old<\/td>\n<td>Child and Adolescent Health Service \/ South Metropolitan Health Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/research.curtin.edu.au\/supervisor\/dr-luke-marinovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Luke Marinovich<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Impact of consensus guidelines on margins for breast conserving surgery: translation to clinical care in WA<\/td>\n<td>Curtin University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecu.edu.au\/schools\/medical-and-health-sciences\/our-staff\/profiles\/research-staff\/mrs-ashleigh-mcevoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Ashleigh McEvoy<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Translation of &#8216;Liquid Biopsy&#8217; Research into Clinical Practice<\/td>\n<td>Edith Cowan University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Belinda_Mclean2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Belinda McLean<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Implementation of an evidence-based allied health intervention to improve functional outcomes of children with cerebral palsy<\/td>\n<td>Child and Adolescent Health Service \/ Curtin University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/research-repository.uwa.edu.au\/en\/persons\/jing-pang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Jing Pang<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Translational research for improving the care of familial hypercholesterolaemia: closing the gaps<\/td>\n<td>The University of Western Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Janessa_Pickering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Janessa Pickering<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Developing laboratory diagnostics for Strep A carriage: an essential step to progress vaccine and acute rheumatic fever primary prevention<\/td>\n<td>Telethon Kids Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/research.curtin.edu.au\/supervisor\/dr-roslyn-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Roslyn Ward<\/a><\/td>\n<td>B2: I Can Communicate<\/td>\n<td>Child and Adolescent Health Service \/ Curtin University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Yue_Wu56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Yue Wu<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Prospective evaluation of a clinical decision-support tool to guide antibiotic selection for empiric treatment of urinary infections in children<\/td>\n<td>Telethon Kids Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven of the leading Western Australian early career researchers have been awarded the inaugural WAHTN Early Career Fellowships in Translational Health Research. This means the Fellows will receive a share of a $1 million fund from the Commonwealth Government&#8217;s Medical Research Future Fund, matching funding from WAHTN partner organisations and external agencies. &nbsp; Health Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[27,43,44,25,45],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-27","tag-early-career","tag-grant","tag-mrff","tag-researcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}