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Funding for Clinicians to undertake important research 04 December 2023 Four successful recipients of Clinician Research Fellowships (CRF) have been granted a total of $1.36 million. The CRF Program provides support to WA Health employees so they can pursue high-quality research projects that will lead to better outcomes in Western Australia’s public health system, while continuing to perform some of their clinical duties. The CRF Program is a joint initiative of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund and the Raine Medical Research Foundation. Health experts involved in clinical duties, including allied health and health sciences, dental, medical, nursing and midwifery professions, are eligible to apply for the Program. The initiative covers the costs of back-filling some of the Fellows’ clinical work and can be for up to three years, depending on the research proposal. Further information about the CRF Program recipients can be foun...
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Fellows to advance health and medical research in WA 28 November 2023 The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Distinguished Fellows Program was established to attract outstanding and innovative world-class health and medical research leaders to WA. Two Fellows have been awarded nearly $5.5 million from the FHRI Fund which will be matched by contributions from the Fellows host and partner organisations, bringing the total value of the Fellowship funding packages to almost $11 million over 5 years. Telethon Kids Institute will host Associate Professor Kathryn Modecki, currently Research Excellence Lead at Griffith University's Centre for Mental Health, who aims to advance youth mental health by addressing the mechanisms through which early experiences and social inequalities shape children’s future mental health. This research program will leverage WA’s unique cohort studies and smartphone technology to understand how children&rs...
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Investment in innovation projects to improve mental health in children and young people 28 November 2023 Nearly $5,000,000 has been awarded to innovation projects across Australia through Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Innovation Challenge: Child and Youth Mental Health program. The aim of the Challenge is to stimulate the development of an innovative solution to a significant unmet need in the area of child and youth mental health in WA. The Challenge was based on an openly competitive application process, and had two selection stages: Stage 1 – Innovation Feasibility: In this first stage 11 applicants were selected by an expert review panel to receive up to $50,000 each to undertake feasibility studies and/or build prototypes around the problem that they had identified, within a 6-month period [ Future Health Research and Innovation Fund - Investment in innovation projects to improve mental health in children and young people]. Stage 2 – Innovation Development and Im...
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Precision Health Research and Innovation on display at October Open Day 08 November 2023 Western Australia's Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund October Open Day was held at Edith Cowan University with a theme of 'Precision Health'. The event was coordinated by the Department of Health’s Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI) in collaboration with Edith Cowan University and hosted at their Joondalup Campus. The Minister for Medical Research, the Honourable Stephen Dawson MLC, opened the event, emphasising the importance of precision health which aligns to the FHRI Fund Strategic Objectives and is a key focus area of the WA Health and Medical Research Strategy 2023-2033. Dr Kristen Nowak, Director of the Office of Population Health Genomics at the Department of Health WA, brought her wealth of experience and knowledge in the area of genomics and precision health and graced attendees as Master of Ceremonies for the day. Mr Danny Ford a Noongar...
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Fellowships to support emerging WA child health researchers 30 October 2023 Almost $1 million has been awarded to four recipients of the inaugural round of the WA Early Career Child Health Researcher Fellowships (ECCHRF) program. The ECCHRF Program is a joint initiative of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund and the Brightspark Foundation. The Program is designed to assist WA early-career researchers in child health to become better qualified, experienced, and positioned for seeking longer term child health research funding through avenues like the NHMRC’s Investigator Grants (Emerging Leadership) scheme. Further information about the ECCHRF Program can be found on the Brightspark Foundation webpage. The ECCHRF inaugural round recipients are shown below: Recipient Research entity/department Activity title ...
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04/09/2023