Congratulations to our NHMRC & MRFF Fellows for 2018!

Congratulations to all our National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowship recipients in Central Clinical School (CCS) starting in 2018! We will write separate features on the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) recipients, Karen Alt and Patrick Kwan. 

In addition to the CCS based recipients listed below, we would also like to congratulate Patrick Kwan who is in the process of transferring his grants to CCS.

	Fellowship  Name	Grant Title	TOTAL
	Dr Karen Alt Australian Centre for Blood Diseases) Career Development	Novel targeted Onco-theranostic nanoparticles for personalised therapy and real-time monitoring	$431,000 MRFF
	Prof Patrick Kwan Department of Neuroscience Practitioner		MRFF
	Dr Trisha Peel Department of Infectious Diseases Career Development	Optimising patient outcomes following surgery: bridging the fields of antimicrobial stewardship, microbiology and infection prevention	$431,000
	Dr Isaak Quast Department of Immunology and Pathology) Early Career	The role of IL21 in integrating proliferation, migration and differentiation following B cell activation.	$322,952
	Dr Danika Hill Department of Immunology and Pathology Early Career	Discovering molecular signatures of human T follicular helper cells and antibody-producing B cells to improve vaccine efficacy and transplantation.	$412,952
	Dr Andrew Stewardson Department of Infectious Diseases Early Career	Defining burden and drivers of antibiotic resistant bacteria and healthcare infections to plan cost-effective interventions	$290,657
	Dr Gerard O’Reilly Department of Surgery) Early Career	Maximising the usefulness and timeliness of trauma and emergency registry data for improving patient outcomes	$161,476
	Prof Paul Myles Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Practitioner	Improving the impact of perioperative clinical trials	$494,733
	Prof Velandai Srikanth Department of Medicine Practitioner	Brain ageing - studying causes and developing interventions	$481,156
	A/Prof David Curtis Australian Centre for Blood Diseases Research	Curing blood cancers: rapid translation from target to drug to clinic	$640,210
	Dr Jane Muir Department of Gastroenterology Research	Changing therapeutic paradigms for intestinal health:  Diet as a therapeutic strategy in Gastroenterology.	$640,210
	Prof Nicola Harris Department of Immunology and Pathology Research	Type 2 immunity: a regulator of physiology, tissue repair and metabolism	$640,210
	A/Prof Kate Hoy Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre Boosting Dementia Research Leadership	Investigating tailored brain stimulation approaches for dementia prevention and treatment.	$719,681