FHRI funding to amplify consumer voices
Twelve research and innovation projects have been awarded $273,000 to support consumer and community involvement (CCI) in their activities.
The Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund recognises the value of consumer engagement in medical research and innovation and its direct link to patient-centred research that leads to improved experiences and health outcomes.
The FHRI Fund Consumer and Community Involvement Support program provides up to 12 months’ worth of funding to researchers and innovators to incorporate meaningful consumer and community involvement in research and innovation programs at all stages – including ideation, priority setting, grant writing, and CCI activities to support existing research.
The program aims to:
- improve the quality of research and innovation activities funded by the FHRI Fund and their translatable outcomes by inclusion of improved CCI
- increase CCI capacity in WA for research and innovation activities contributing to WA being able to continue its position as a national leader in CCI.
An independent assessment panel assessed recipients based on merit.
The FHRI Fund Consumer and Community Involvement Support program recipients are listed below:
| Activity lead | Responsible entity | Activity title | Amount |
| A/Prof Diane Arnold- Reed | The University of Notre Dame | Consumer involvement from the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) diaspora to inform a future WA-led general practice-based cancer screening improvement research study and grant planning | $20,057.00 |
| Dr Mary Kennedy | Edith Cowan University | A picture is worth a thousand words: Understanding the experience of accessing exercise oncology care during cancer treatment for people in urban vs. regional locations of Western Australia | $24,922.00 |
| Dr Lena Kranold | The University of Western Australia | Development of a Low-Cost Hand-Held Skin Cancer Classification Probe | $8,207.00 |
| A/Prof Dominika Kwasnicka | HealthRedesigned Pty Ltd | ConnectUp – codesigning an online platform to increase social connection, physical health and mental wellbeing: Focusing on young carers and young people with disability. | $25,000.00 |
| Dr Kelly Martinovich |
Murdoch University |
Understanding perceptions and requirements of oligo-based therapies for people with Familial Hypercholesterolemia | $24,970.00 |
| A/Prof Matt Payne | The University of Western Australia | Enablers and barriers to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) research: Towards establishment of a Western Australian SIDS/SUDC Biobank | $23,921.70 |
| Prof Andrew Redfern | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research | Micro Community Yarns about cancer in Aboriginal people | $24,924.90 |
| Prof Carrington Shepherd | Curtin University | Jinda Maawit: Developing a Platform for Research Translation | $25,000.00 |
| Dr Mohd Fairuz Shiratuddin | Murdoch University | CaRER-Tech: Advancing Accessible Home-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation for Ageing Populations | $24,543.75 |
| Prof Britta von Ungern- Sternberg | Perth Children’s Hospital | Consumer research priorities for neonates with surgical conditions | $22,518.10 |
| Prof Roz Walker | Murdoch University | Water Roundtable- Revisiting Aboriginal Homeland Community Water Roundtable 2022 Priorities and Recommendations to improve consumer community-led health outcomes | $24,915.00 |
| Prof Bu Yeap | The University of Western Australia | Make our people healthy: Injectable dual incretin agonist to prevent diabetes and reduce cardiovascular disease risk in the Aboriginal population of Western Australia (The Prevent D-CVD A Study) | $24,860.00 |