{"id":8081,"date":"2021-11-24T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wahtn.org\/?p=8081"},"modified":"2021-11-24T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T04:00:47","slug":"congratulations-to-raine-medical-research-foundation-funding-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/2021\/11\/24\/congratulations-to-raine-medical-research-foundation-funding-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Raine Medical Research Foundation funding recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WAHTN congratulates the recipients of Raine Foundation research grants.<\/p>\n<h2>Raine Priming Grants<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Qi Fang<\/strong>: <em>Raine Robson Fellow<\/em>, BRITElab, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\n<em>Low-cost and wireless imaging for cancer detection during surgery<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Nelly Amenyogbe<\/strong>: <em>Raine BrightSpark Fellow, <\/em>Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\n<em>Harnessing innate immune metabolism to save newborns from infectious death<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Rachael Zemek<\/strong>: <em>Raine BrightSpark Fellow, <\/em>Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\n<em>Leveraging the surgical wound healing immune response to stimulate local cancer eradication<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Penelope Strauss<\/strong>: <em>Raine Cockell Fellow, <\/em>Youth Mental Health, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\n<em>Enhancing suicide prevention for LGBTQA+ young people<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Virginie Lam<\/strong>, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University<br \/>\n<em>Restoration of myelin genesis with dietary-derived bioactive lipids: An opportunity to improve disease outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Clinician Research Fellowships<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Charlie McLeod<\/strong>, Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children\u2019s Hospital<br \/>\n<em>Validation of a model for predicting bacterial (co)infection in bronchiolitis<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Pamela Laird<\/strong>, Department of Physiotherapy, Child and Adolescent Health Service<br \/>\n<em>Improved respiratory health for Aboriginal children through knowledge and translation\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Wee Loong Chin<\/strong>, Department of Medical Oncology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital<br \/>\n<em>Designing a prediction framework for mesothelioma response to chemoimmunotherapy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Michael O&#8217;Sullivan<\/strong>, Department of Immunology, Perth Children\u2019s Hospital<br \/>\n<em>Establishing an adaptive platform trial for food oral immunotherapy (ADAPT-OIT)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Collaborations Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Jonathan Chee<\/strong>, <em>Healy Research Collaboration Award<\/em>, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\nCollaborating Institutions: The University of Melbourne and St Vincent\u2019s Institute<br \/>\n<em>Can inhibition of JAK-STAT signalling prevent autoimmunity and improve anti-tumour immunity?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Mohamed Estai<\/strong>, <em>Healy Research Collaboration Award, <\/em>CSIRO<br \/>\nCollaborating Institutions: Western Sydney University, The University of Melbourne, Edith Cowan University and the WA Health Translational Network<br \/>\n<em>Enablers and barriers to accessing digital oral health resources: caregivers and health providers\u2019 perspectives<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Julian Basanovic<\/strong>, <em>Cockell Research Collaboration Award<\/em>, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\nCollaborating Institutions: The University of Sydney and Western Kids Health<br \/>\n<em>Creating tools to help clinicians protect the mental health of children with chronic pain<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Lynden Miles<\/strong>, <em>Cockell Research Collaboration Award<\/em>, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\nCollaborating Institutions: Macquarie University and Wise Realities Institute for Healthcare Emerging Technologies Research<br \/>\n<em>Investigating the negative relationship between social anxiety and interpersonal coordination: identifying mechanisms and developing interventions<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Raine BrightSpark Research Collaborations Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Henry Hui<\/strong>, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\nCollaborating Institution: The National University of Malaysia<br \/>\n<em>Improving survival in childhood leukaemia<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Akila Rekima<\/strong>, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\nCollaborating Institution: Amsterdam University Medical Center<br \/>\n<em>Influence of early life diet on intestinal epithelial cell development and function<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Publication Prizes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr Lakshini Herat<\/strong>, <em>Raine Research Prize, <\/em>School of Biomedical Sciences and Dobny Hypertension Centre, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\nPublication: SGLT2 Inhibitor\u2013Induced Sympathoinhibition: A Novel Mechanism for Cardiorenal Protection. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Basic to Translational Science. 2020 February; 5(2), 169-79.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr Michelle Olaithe<\/strong>, <em>Strachan Memorial Prize<\/em>, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia<br \/>\nPublication: Cognitive deficits in obstructive sleep apnea: Insights from a metareview and comparison with deficits observed in COPD, insomnia, and sleep deprivation, Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2018; 38, 39-49.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Raine BrightSpark Research Prizes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A\/Prof Christopher Brennan-Jones<\/strong>, Telethon Kids Institute, Curtin University<br \/>\nPublication: Topical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020; Issue 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gbsgrT\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to keep up-to-date with WAHTN news, events, and funding opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WAHTN Media and Communications<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:hannah.vu@uwa.edu.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hannah Vu<\/a>\u00a0(08 6151 0919)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAHTN congratulates the recipients of Raine Foundation research grants. Raine Priming Grants Dr Qi Fang: Raine Robson Fellow, BRITElab, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, The University of Western Australia Low-cost and wireless imaging for cancer detection during surgery Dr Nelly Amenyogbe: Raine BrightSpark Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Harnessing innate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081","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=8081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old-website.retprogram.org\/wahtn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}