News and Events
More News
-
Funding for healthcare innovations to address critical health challenges for WA patients 18 October 2024 Over $3.5 million of funding has been awarded to three Western Australian researchers through the 2024 Research Innovation and Impact Grants, a co-funded Program of the Western Australian (WA) Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund and the RPH Research Foundation. These grants support mid-career and senior researchers who are translating their ideas into healthcare innovations that could lead to a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of our community. The three projects will be led by researchers at the Royal Perth Hospital to improve Western Australian patient outcomes, from developing highly effective personalised Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells to help treat incurable cancers to using machine learning to predict cardiovascular complications after non-cardiac surgery, these innovative projects are challenging existing paradigms. The 2024 Research Innov... -
Reminder to register for FHRI Open Day in Albany 10 October 2024 Tickets are still available for the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund Open day on 25 October 2024. Held under the theme ‘Partnerships for regional health and wellbeing’ in honour of world mental health day in the same month, the open day will be held at the University of Western Australia in Albany and co-hosted by the University of Western Australia, Albany, and the WA Country Health Service. The day will include world-class speakers working in mental and regional health, including FHRI Fund Distinguished Fellow Professor Kathryn Modecki, whose research investigates the role social inequities and early life experiences plays on youth mental health - tapping into the wealth of information gathered through WA’s cohort studies; ORIGINS and the Raine Study. Also presenting is The Kids Research Institute Senior research fellow Dr Gail Alvares, whose work centres on... -
December Open day to partner with prestigious West Tech Fest 07 October 2024 The next Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Open Day is proud to be part of the West Tech Fest – Australia's longest running tech and innovation festival. Co-hosted by the WA Department of Health’s Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI) in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus, the Open Day will be held under the theme ‘Health Technology for the Future’. Join us to hear from FHRI Fund recipients at the forefront of innovative health technologies and representatives of WA’s leading med-tech startups who are making strides towards commercialisation. Also discover new funding opportunities open for applications. Speakers include prominent identities in the WA health and medical innovation space, including HealthEngine founder and FHRI Fund Advisory Council member Dr Marcus Tan, and C... -
Albany Open Day to focus on regional partnerships for health and wellbeing 05 September 2024 The next Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Open Day will be held on 25 October 2024 with the theme ‘Partnerships for Regional Health and Wellbeing’ in light of the annual World Mental Health Day, in October. Hosted by the WA Department of Health’s Office of Medical Research and Innovation (OMRI), in collaboration with the University of Western Australia Albany campus and the WA Country Health Service (WACHS), attendees will have the opportunity to hear about exciting WA health and medical research and innovation initiatives, FHRI Fund programs opening for applications as well as recently awarded FHRI Fund grant recipients. The event will feature presentations from the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Medical Research, FHRI Fund Advisory Council Members and prominent speakers from the WA health and medical research and innovation community. For tho... -
WA academic receives FHRI funding boost for police injury prevention research 30 August 2024 Edith Cowan University researcher, Dr Myles Murphy has been awarded $1.7 million to conduct research into injury prevention for police recruits, including co-designing and implementation of a sustainable injury prevention program for the WA Police Force. This project aims to improve workforce health and reduce healthcare costs associated with injuries in the police force. The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund’s Major Research Application Support (MRAS) program provided an in-principle cash commitment of $0.6 million to Dr Murphy to support an application to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) which led to Dr Murphy winning an NHMRC Partnerships Project grant of $1.1 million. The FHRI Fund MRAS program provides cash commitments for applications to relevant major competitive research funding programs (External Programs) that explicitly require co...
Last Updated:
02/10/2024