Grant success

Members of the School of Public Health and its constituent and affiliated centres continue to enjoy impressive success rates with grants and fellowships and 2008.

2008 grant successes are listed below.

• A/Prof J Craig, Dr E Hodson, Prof D Lyle, Ms D Yarnold, Prof P Roy, Dr L Hayson.
  $1,568, 125
  Antecedents of Renal Disease in Aboriginal children and young adults - 12 year follow-up
• Prof R Cumming, Prof D Le Couteur, Dr M Kennerson, Dr R de Cabo, Dr V Naganathan, Prof P Sambrook.
  $468,000
  Sirtuins and the molecular eipdemiology of frailty in older men.
• A/Prof A Barratt, Prof M Tattersall, Dr L Askie, Mrs S Crossing, Prof P Butow, Prof D Currow, Mr K McGeechan.
  $505,675
  Cancer Trials Australia-OnLine: A tool for cancer patients to find open clinical trials and consider trial participation.
• Dr P Clarke, Prof A Gray, Prof T Davis, Dr A Patel
  $358,455
  Development and validation of an Australian Diabetes Health Policy Simulation Model.

• Dr C Roberts, Dr J Ford, Ass Prof J Simpson, Prof W Giles, Dr L Taylor, Ms C Raynes-Greenow.
  *through the Kolling Institute at Northern Clinical School*
  $564,000
  Identifying risk for second and subsequent pregnancies: a longitudinal record linkage study.
• Prof G Gill, Dr N Wetzig, A/Prof O Ung, A/Prof M Bilous, Dr I Campbell, A/Prof J Collins, Dr W Hague, Ms A Kirby
  *through the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre*
  $1,272,850
  SNAC1: A randomised trial of sentinel node based management versus axillary clearnace for women with small breast cancers.
• Dr N Wetzig, Dr I Campbell, Prof G Gill, A/Prof O Ung, A/Prof J Collins, A/Prof M Bilous, Dr W Hague, Ms A Kirby
  *through NHMRC Clinical trials centre*
  $1,185,213
  SNAC2: A randomised trial of extending sentinel node based management to women with larger or multifocal breast cancers.
• Prof J Simes, A/Prof A Keech, A/Prof V Gebski, Dr M Stockler
  *through the NHMRC Clinical trials centre*
  $7,560,000
  Clinical trials advances for better health outcomes
• Prof S Eades (Sax Institute), Prof P McIntyre, Prof K Oates, Dr J Daniels, Dr S Woolfenden
  *through the Faculty of Medicine*
  $430,750
  Ear health, hearing, speech and language development in urban Aboriginal children.
• Prof A Smith, Prof M Pitts, Dr J Shelley, Dr J Richters, A/Prof J Simpson
  * through LaTrobe University*
  $1,575,250
  The Australian Logitudinal study of health and relationship
• Prof C Anderson, Prof J Chalmers, Prof J Wang, Prof R Lindley
  *through the George Institute for International Health*
  $2,550,000
  INTERACT: a randomised trial of intensive blood pressure lowering in acute intracerebral haemorrhage
• Dr M Hackett, Dr N Glozier, A/Pro S Jan, Prof R Lindley
  *through the George Institute for International Health*
  $490,725
  Psychosocial disability and return to work in younger stroke survivors
• Dr F Turnbull, Dr V Perkovic, Dr F Barzi
  *through the George Institute for International Health*
  $246,800
  Blood pressure lowering in patients with chronic kidney disease: evidence from prospectively planned overview analyses

• Prof Paul Haber
  Practitioner Fellowship
  $288,750
• Prof Craig Anderson
  Research Fellowship
  $651,250

Dr L Trevena, Dr K McCaffery, A/Prof Alexandra Barratt, Dr J Leask, Dr J Brotherton, Dr T Dobbins
A randomised trial of a web-based toolkit for applying evidence in the general practice cervical cancer prevention visit -doing your homework on the evidence about cervical cancer prevention: a toolkit for young women
$245,500 over 3 years