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Successful Grants
Round 1, 2010
Full details of successful grants are available here.
Research Grants
Awarded: $6,843,960.00.
| ID Number | CI | First Name | Surname | Administering Institution | Application Title | Funding |
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| 10/CRF/1-01 | Prof | Andrew | Biankin | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative |
$749,022 |
| 10/CRF/1-07 | Dr | Sandra | O'Toole | Sydney South West Area Health Service | Personalised medicine in lung and breast cancer |
$745,553 |
| 10/CRF/1-09 | Prof | Richard Anthony | Scolyer | Sydney South West Area Health Service | Identification and validation of biomarkers of prognosis and treatment response in melanoma to effect change in clinical care and patient outcome |
$749,202 |
Total: |
$2,243,777
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Top| ID Number | CI | First Name | Surname | Administering Institution | Application Title | Funding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/RSA/1-03 | Mr | Dimitri | Conomos | Children’s Medical Research Institute | Telomere Structural Abnormalities in Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres |
$57,916 |
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| 10/RSA/1-05 | Dr | Bo | Gao | University of Sydney | Genetic Basis of Chemotherapy Response in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer |
$33,334 |
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| 10/RSA/1-06 | Mr | Thomas | Guy | Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology | Strategies to enhance CD4 T cell-mediated anti-tumour immunity |
$60,416 |
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| 10/RSA/1-07 | Mr | David | Hancock | Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology | Targeting dendritic cells for cancer immunotherapy |
$31,250 |
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| 10/RSA/1-10 | Mrs | Judy | Jobling | University of Newcastle | Mammographic density as a biomarker for the efficacy of treatment of endocrine therapies used to prevent breast cancer events in randomised controlled clinical trials |
$55,016 |
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| 10/RSA/1-12 | Dr | Steven | Kao | University of Sydney | The Role of Excision Repair Cross Complementation Group 1 and Thymidylate Synthase Expression in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma |
$28,013 |
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| 10/RSA/1-16 | Dr | Kevin | London | The Children`s Hospital at Westmead - Kids Research Institute | The application of F18FDG PET/CT in Paediatric Primary Central Nervous System Tumours |
$23,990 |
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| 10/RSA/1-21 | Miss | Danielle | Park | University of New South Wales | A small, synthetic imaging agent for dying and dead tumour cells |
$22,916 |
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| 10/RSA/1-23 | Miss | Emma Eliza | Ramsay | University of New South Wales | Investigation of a tumour enzyme as a predictor of patient response to an Australian anti-cancer drug |
$58,034 |
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| 10/RSA/1-27 | Ms | Camille | Short | University of Newcastle | Move More for Life: A tailored physical activity program for Australian breast cancer survivors |
$49,849 |
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| 10/RSA/1-28 | Miss | Emily | Stoddart | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Characterisation of kinase signaling networks in pancreatic cancer (PC). |
$37,500 |
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| 10/RSA/1-29 | Miss | Carole Mitch | Tactacan | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Novel tyrosine kinase signaling pathways in pancreatic cancer |
$60,416 |
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| 10/RSA/1-31 | Ms | Nicole | Tom | University of Sydney | Oxytocin Signalling and Inhibition of Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer |
$50,000 |
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| 10/RSA/1-34 | Dr | Craig | Wallington-Beddoe | University of Sydney | New Therapeutic Strategies for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Combining PP2A activation with mTOR inhibition. |
$58,334 |
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| 10/RSA/1-37 | Ms | Jessie | Zhong | The Children`s Hospital at Westmead | The Role of NEDD9 in Glioblastoma Infiltration. |
$33,334 |
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| 10/RSA/1-38 | Mr | Jerry | Zhou | University of Sydney | Discovery of novel protein biomarkers in colorectal cancer (CRC) with potential application for prognosis or therapeutic targeting |
$45,833 |
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| 10/RSA/1-39 | Miss | Katherine | Zyner | Children’s Medical Research Institute | Characterisation and targeting of four-stranded structures at cancer cell telomeres |
$47,832 |
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Total: |
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| ID Number | CI | First Name | Surname | Administering Institution | Application Title | Funding | |
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| 10/REG/1-02 | Prof | Richard | Christopherson | University of Sydney | A mass spectrometer for multiple reaction monitoring to validate cancer biomarkers |
$492,177 |
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| 10/REG/1-03 | Prof | Christine | Clarke | University of Sydney | Facilities for cryogenic storage and transport of tissue bank materials |
$105,501 |
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| 10/REG/1-05 | Dr | Peter | Greer | Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) | Equipment to assess the accuracy of image-guided and advanced technology used in multi-centre radiotherapy clinical trials |
$94,058 |
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| 10/REG/1-09 | Dr | Warren | Kaplan | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | High-performance computing and data storage for the empowerment of Cancer Researchers in NSW |
$237,986 |
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| 10/REG/1-10 | Dr | Kuncic | Zdenka | University of Sydney | The NSW Advanced Computing Facility for Cancer Research |
$165,000 |
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| 10/REG/1-11 | Dr | Deborah | Marsh | University of Sydney | In-Vivo Multispectral Imaging FX System: small animal imaging for multi-modal molecular signal localisation in live animals |
$250,000 |
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| 10/REG/1-12 | Dr | Kerrie | McDonald | University of New South Wales | Real-time monitoring of cancer cell invasion and migration |
$102,456 |
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| 10/REG/1-13 | A/Prof | Mark | Molloy | Macquarie University | A mass spectrometer for cancer biomarker research |
$500,000 |
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| 10/REG/1-14 | Prof | Tri | Phan | University of New South Wales | Molecular imaging using fluorescent laser scanning confocal endomicroscopy for cancer surveillance in Barrett's esophagus and ulcerative colitis. |
$148,260 |
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| 10/REG/1-16 | A/Prof | Des | Richardson | University of Sydney (USYD) | GenomeLab GeXP Genetic Analysis System for the Multi-Disciplinary Sydney Cancer Gene Expression Facility |
$97,438 |
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| 10/REG/1-17 | Dr | Freddy | Sitas | Cancer Council NSW | Freezers and laboratory information system for Cancer Council NSW Biobank. |
$247,000 |
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| 10/REG/1-18 | Prof | Stuart | Tangye | Garvan Institute of Medical Research | An Influx Cell Sorter to upgrade the Garvan Institute/St Vincent's research precinct flow cytometry facility |
$500,000 |
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| 10/REG/1-19 | Dr | Nico | van Zandwijk | Bernie Banton Asbestos Research Centre, Concord | Malignant Mesothelioma Biobank |
$89,899 |
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| 10/REG/1-20 | Prof | Philip | Vial | Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS) | Making radiotherapy safer and more accurate: Developing detector technology for the next generation in treatment verification systems |
$198,000 |
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| 10/REG/1-21 | Dr | Wolfgang | Weninger | University of Sydney | High speed 3D live cell imaging of cancer genesis, growth, metastasis and death. |
$328,425 |
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| 10/REG/1-23 | Dr | Geraldine | O'Neill | Childrens Hospital at Westmead | Westmead Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) Suite |
$290,000 |
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Total: |
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Cancer Services and Education Grants
Awarded: $930,808.00.
| ID Number | CI | First Name | Surname | Administering Institution | Application Title | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/INS/1-02 | Dr | Lois | Holloway | Sydney South West Area Health Service | Visit to Stanford University/Hospital and clinics to learn about the use of MRI in a radiation oncology environment and the implementation of cutting edge research in the clinic |
$20,000 |
Total: |
$ 20,000 |
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| ID Number | CI | First Name | Surname | Administering Institution | Application Title | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/RGS/1-02 | Dr | Tony | Bonaventura | Hunter New England Area Health Service (HNEAHS) | Registrar Advanced Trainee Program Grants 2011-2012 |
$225,236 |
| 10/RGS/1-03 | Dr | John | Cavenagh | Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital | NSW Cancer Institute Advanced Trainee in Palliative Medicine at the Calvary Mater Newcastle |
$143,008 |
| 10/RGS/1-04 | Prof | C Soon | Lee | Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS) | Investigation of biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of common cancers in the community such as breast, colorectal, prostate and head and neck cancers. |
$227,921 |
Total: |
$596,165 |
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| ID Number | CI | First Name | Surname | Administering Institution | Application Title | Funding |
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| 10/TRG/1-01 | Mrs | Natalie | Coburn | Sydney West Area Health Service (SWAHS) | Attendance at the 16th ISRRT (International Society of radiographers and Radiological Technologists) ISRRT, Gold Coast, Australia |
$1,279 |
| 10/TRG/1-07 | Mrs | Kellie | Stalgis-Bilinski | Sydney West Area Health Service (SWAHS) | Attendance at the Cancer and Obesity Conference, Valencia, Spain, 12-13 September 2010 |
$4,475 |
| 10/TRG/1-08 | Dr | Wei | Chua | Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS) | Molecular markers predicting chemotherapy response and survival in colorectal cancer - ESMO, Milan |
$4,991 |
| 10/TRG/1-09 | Dr | Victoria | Bray | Sydney South West Area Health Service (SSWAHS) | Self Reported Cognitive Symptoms in Cancer Patients attending Out-Patient Medical Oncology Clinics - ESMO, Milan |
$4,976 |
Total: |
$15,721 |
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| ID Number | CI | First Name | Surname | Administering Institution | Application Title | Funding |
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| 10/SCM/1-03 | Dr | Christopher | Steer | Greater Southern Area Health Service | Establishing a best practice, shared care model of chemotherapy service at Deniliquin Hospital with mentoring provided by Albury Base Hospital and VMO medical oncologists. |
$298,922 |
Total: |
$298,922 |
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