Innovation Fellowships to upskill WA health and medical innovators
04/10/2023
A total of $1,347,849 has been awarded to Western Australian innovators through the Innovation Fellowships 2022-23 program.
This program provides Fellowships to talented Western Australians to enable them to develop innovative early-stage processes, products and/or services that address a problem that arises from an unmet health or medical need or opportunity in Western Australia.
The program is funded by the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund which provides a secure source of funding to drive health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation.
Ten Fellowships have been awarded as outlined in the table below.
| Innovation Fellow | Responsible entity | Activity title | Funding awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Buckley | VeinTech Pty Ltd | Investigating the clinical usability of the VeinWave technology in rural Western Australia – a feasibility study | $103,500 |
| Dr Najmeh Fayyazifar | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research | Developing a web-based platform for fully automated cardiac arrhythmias diagnosis through novel AI techniques | $150,000 |
| Mr Md Moniruzzaman | Edith Cowan University | Artificial intelligent enhanced stethoscope for remote screening of Valvular Heart Disease (VHD) | $147,192 |
| Dr Armin Mooranian | Curtin University | Gel-based antioxidants for hearing loss in the elderly population: new therapy for a growing burden | $135,219 |
| Dr Myles Murphy | Edith Cowan University | Harnessing ‘brainpower’: using portable, electrical brain stimulation to enhance injury recovery and physical performance via neuroplasticity | $119,489 |
| Dr Amir Razmjou Chaharmahali | Edith Cowan University | Transdermal delivery of lithium for the treatment of bipolar affective disorders | $142,278 |
| A/Prof Ryu Takechi | Curtin University | Developing effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: a novel approach through blood vessels in the brain | $150,000 |
| Mr Piers Truter | South Metropolitan Health Service | Phase 2 Innovation for Emergency Department Musculoskeletal Diversion Project and Preparation for Increasing Scope and Scale of Project | $150,000 |
| Dr Monika Tschochner | The University of Notre Dame | STAR – Serology Test for Acute Rheumatic Fever to reduce the burden of Rheumatic heart disease | $134,823 |
| Dr Liezhou Zhong | Edith Cowan University | 3D food printing to enhance eating experiences and health for people on texture modified diets | $115,348 |
Last Updated:
04/10/2023