2005 Grant Recipients
The Brain Foundation awarded the following research grants on 28th November 2005.
They were presented in the Darling Park Tower, Darling Harbour, Sydney, at a special function sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Research into Migraine
Funded by a direct grant from Janssen-Cilag
Chief Investigator: Prof. Lyn Griffiths, Director, Genomics Research Centre, Griffith University
Co-Investigators: Dr. Rodney Lea, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington; Assoc. Prof. John MacMillan, Director, Queensland Genetics Service, Royal Children’s Hospital Health Service, Brisbane
Research: The interaction of genotype, vitamin status and homocysteine level migraine severity
Research into Neurosurgery
Toy Bequest
Chief Investigator: Dr. Celia Bradford, Intensive Care Unit, Hornsby Hospital
Co-Investigators: Assoc. Prof. Simon Finfer, Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital; Prof. Michael Morgan, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgeon, Royal North Shore Hospital; and Dr. Naresh Ramakrishnan, Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital
Research: A randomised controlled trial of two serum magnesium concentration targets in the management of intensive care patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Toy Bequest & North-West Golden Bowl
Chief Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Marcus Stoodley, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Research: Vascular targeting enhancement of radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations
Research into Parkinson’s Disease
Hennessy, Keller, Smith, & Vacher Bequests and Mercedes Car Group
Chief Investigator: Dr. Sandra Brauer, Division of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland
Co-Investigators: Prof. Meg Morris and Dr. Hylton Menz, School of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University
Research: To determine if immediate transfer of dual task training during gait occurs independently of added task type
Chief Investigator: Dr. John Burne, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney
Co-Investigators: Prof. Bruce Walmsley, Head, Division of Neuroscience, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, and Dr. Richard Leao, ANU James Rice International Scholar
Research: The potential for therapeutic manipulation of spinal inhibitory mechanisms in Huntington’s Disease
Chief Investigator: Dr. Justin Rubio, RD Wright Fellow, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne
Co-Investigators: Prof. Malcolm Horne, Deputy Director (Research), Howard Florey Institute, and Dr. Alison Venn, Deputy Director, The Menzies Research Institute, Hobart
Research: The genetic analysis of Parkinson’s Disease in Tasmania: a pilot study
Chief Investigator: Dr. Rogan Tinsley, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne
Co-Investigator: Prof. Malcolm Horne, Deputy Director (Research), Howard Florey Institute
Research: Development of dopamine D2 receptor knockout mouse as a new animal model of Parkinson’s Disease
Research into Perinatal Brain Development
Coulson & Heidenreich Bequests
Chief Investigator: Dr. Kathryn Buller, Perinatal Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
Co-Investigator: Prof. Paul Colditz, Director, Perinatal Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
Research: Long-term neuroprotection in the preterm brain: Targeting neuroinflammatory mediators to reduce white matter damage induced by a hypoxic-ischemic episode
Research into Schizophrenia
Toy Bequest
Chief Investigator: Dr. Darryl Eyles, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland
Co-Investigator: Dr. Tom Burne, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Griffith University
Research: The impact of low maternal vitamin D on learning and memory in adult offspring: An animal model of Schizophrenia
Research into Stroke
Young and Strachan Bequests
Chief Investigator: Dr. Michael Garry, School of Psychology, University of Tasmania
Co-Investigator: Andrea Loftus, School of Psychology, University of Tasmania
Research: The effect of combined lateral therapy and mirror-viewing on neuroplasticity and motor function on post-stroke hemiparesis
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