FHRI Fund Programs and Initiatives

A program or initiative is a mechanism through which funding is directed to a specific purpose and contributes to achieving one or more of the priority goals.

Programs and initiatives are approved by the Minister with consideration to the recommendation of the Advisory Council.

The Department of Health is responsible for developing, implementing and managing programs and initiatives, with assistance from expert committees as appropriate. The Advisory Council oversees the programs and initiatives and assures they have been developed and implemented appropriately and align with the priority goals.

Selection processes

For each program or initiative, one of the following selection processes is utilised to determine recipients of funding:

  • Selection based on assessment criteria: eligible applications are critically evaluated through an open and competitive process that includes a panel review against defined assessment criteria with this informing the selection of funding recipients.

  • Selection based on measures of excellence: eligible applications receive funding based on an open competitive process that includes a ‘research excellence’ measure, such as the amount of nationally and internationally competitive, peer-reviewed, grant income they have received, the number of PhD students supported, or the number of new projects approved by an appropriate review committee (i.e. scientific review committee or human research ethics committee) to demonstrate recency and relevancy.

Grant review panels

The OMRI is able to establish expert committees to support the Advisory Council, the Minister and the Department of Health, as required. Expert committees are normally time-limited, and each has a clearly defined scope, as well as more general terms of reference related to conflicts of interest and ethical conduct.

Expert committees can include the establishment of grant review panels to assess applications for any given program or initiative.

The ongoing participation of the WA health and medical research and innovation community and of consumers in grant review panels assists the Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI) to ensure competitive grant review processes and decisions on funding are based on impartial and expert advice.

Each time a review process is required, OMRI will draw grant reviewers from a pool of reviewers and subject matter experts. In selecting reviewers, consideration is given to an appropriate spread of expertise, experience, age and gender, to ensure diversity and the best mix of skills on each review panel.

To assist with identifying suitable panel members, nominations are sought from people who are interested in being a reviewer in an application assessment process. To express an interest in joining a grant review panel please visit Future Health Research and Innovation Fund - Get involved

The FHRI Fund acknowledges the people who contributed to the FHRI Fund grant review process. The names and institutional affiliation(s) of committee members for grant reviewers for 2023-24 onwards are shown below. The specific activities in which individuals participated have not been disclosed to preserve the independence of the selection processes. Individuals who have not provided consent for their name and affiliation to be published have not been included. It is noted that some individuals may have participated in more than one committee.

Grant reviewers from 2020-21 to 2022-23 can be viewed in the corresponding Annual Report.

We thank the people who took part in the FHRI Fund grant review panels between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.

 Professor Gary Allison Curtin University
 Professor Lyn Beazley University of Western Australia    
 Ms Laura Beere Department of Health WA
 Dr Carlo Belini Health Innovation Performance Consulting 
 Mr Tim Benson Consumer
 Emeritus Professor Gregory Blatch University of Notre Dame Australia 
 Mr Brad Boyle Consumer
 Associate Professor     Janie Brown Curtin University
 Dr Michael Challenor Innovate Science Solutions 
 Dr  Laurence Cheung Curtin University
 Ms Tracie Clark Consumer
 Dr Jackie Davis The Kids Research Institute Australia 
 Dr  Helen De Jong South Metropolitan Health Service 
 Professor Claire  Donnellan Edith Cowan University 
 Professor  Ian Everall WA Health Translation Network 
 Professor Judith  Finn Curtin University
 Ms Diana  Forsyth Consumer
 Dr Alma Fulurija The Kids Research Institute Australia 
 Dr Amanual Gebramedhin     Curtin University
 Ms Grace Gatt-Lodding South Metropolitan Health Service  
 Dr Andrew Gibson Murdoch University 
 Associate Professor Rebecca Glauert University of Western Australia  
 Associate Professor Erin Godecke Edith Cowan University 
Ms Clare Goodall Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Professor Elin Gray Edith Cowan University 
Professor  Jeffrey Hamdorf University of Western Australia  
Associate Professor Juliana Hamzah Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research  
Ms Susan Hayes Consumer
Mr Sean Hood University of Western Australia  
Professor  Gerard  Hoyne University of Notre Dame Australia  
Ms   Sharon Humphris East Metropolitan Health Service  
Professor  Caroline  Hunt University of Sydney
 Ms  Ravisha Jayawickrama Consumer 
 Dr  Alene  Kefyalew The Kids Research Institute Australia  
 Dr  Mary Kennedy Edith Cowan University 
 Associate Professor Anthony  Kicic The Kids Research Institute Australia 
 Associate Professor Ingrid  Laing WA Health Translation Network, CCIProgram  
 Mr  Howard  Lance Consumer 
 Ms  Clare Langford Department of Health WA 
 Ms  Debra Langridge WA Health Translation Network, CCIProgram  
 Professor Amanda Leach Menzies School of Health Research
 Dr Andrew Leech The Garden Family Medical Clinic 
 Associate Professor Bastien Llmas John Curtin School of Medical Research
 Ms Samantha Lodge Murdoch University  
 Dr Welber Marinovic Curtin University 
 Mrs Clare Masolin Consumer
 Mr Rohan McDougall Curtin University
 Professor  Peter McEvoy Curtin University
 Mr David Menegola The Kids Research Institute Australia  
 Dr Helga Mikkelson Brandon Capital Partners 
 Associate Professor Francis Mitrou The Kids Research Institute Australia  
 Associate Professor Kathryn Modecki University of Western Australia  
 Mr Scott Mosey Consumer
 Professor Merilee Needham Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science    
 Associate Professor Irene Ngune Edith Cowan University 
 Associate Professor Russell  Nichols University of Western Australia  
 Associate Professor Kirsten  Nowak Department of Health WA  
 Ms Louisa  Osborne Department of Health WA 
 Ms Anita Pavic Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation 
 Ms Nicole  Philippson Consumer
 Ms Susan Powe North Metropolitan Health Service  
 Ms Alicia Raguseo Department of Health WA  
 Professor Anu Rammoham University of Western Australia  
 Professor Britta Regli-Von Ungern Sternberg     University of Western Australia  
 Associate Professor  David  Reid Edith Cowan University
 Ms Catherine Resnick Insightful X; Diabetes WA; Amygdala Consulting 
 Mr Lindsay Rowe Child and Adolescent Health Service 
 Dr Celine  Royet VitalTrace 
 Dr Paul Sadlier North Metropolitan Health Service 
 Dr Amelia  Scaffidi Raine Medical Research Foundation 
 Mr Mike Seward Consumer 
 Ms Carli Sheers Consumer
 Associate Professor  Hamid Sohrabi Murdoch University  
 Ms  Brooke Somner Consumer
 Mr  Peter Sprivulis Department of Health WA  
 Ms   Kaila Stevens Child and Adolescent Health Service  
 Professor  Zhonghua      Sun Curtin University 
 Dr  Simon Towler Department of Health WA 
 Dr  Debra Turner WA Health Translation Network  
 Dr  Amelia Vom MTPConnect 
 Dr  Kimberley Wang University of Western Australia  
 Professor  Grant Waterer East Metropolitan Health Service 
 Ms  Ashlee Wells Department of Health WA 
 Professor  Lisa Whitehead Edith Cowan University 
 Dr  Tracey Wilkinson MTPConnect  
 Dr  Yu Yu Curtin University
 Honorary Professor  Mel Ziman Edith Cowan University 


Last Updated: 20/12/2024