Innovative solutions in precision health to drive health sector solutions
05/11/2025
A total of $4,021,188 has been awarded to ten Western Australian innovators to promote the development of innovative precision health solutions to address unmet health and medical needs in WA through the Innovative Solutions - Precision Health 2024-25 program.
The purpose of the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Innovative Solutions – Precision Health 2024-25 program is to build the capability and capacity of the WA innovation sector to leverage the potential for precision health to improve the health and/or wellbeing of the WA community.
The Innovative Solutions – Precision Health 2024-25 recipients are shown below:
| Recipient | Responsible entity | Activity title | Funding awarded |
| Dr Qi Fang | University of Western Australia | Developing Low-Cost Optical Imaging Technologies for Non-Invasive Glucose Measurement in Aboriginal Communities: Enhancing Diabetes Monitoring Through Co-design | $98,377.73 |
| Dr Qi Fang | University of Western Australia |
Advanced optical imaging technologies for accurate intraoperative margin assessment in Head & Neck cancer surgery | $495,440.77 |
| Dr Lucy Furfaro | University of Western Australia | Phlow: A platform to enable precision phage therapy | $494,999.99 |
| Professor Elin Gray | Edith Cowan University | Extracellular Vesicles-derIved Signature of response to Immuno-ONcology (EnVISION) | $496,485.60 |
| Professor Warren Harding AM | Medivitals Pty Ltd | Precision Health in Emergency Care: AI-Powered Smart Wearables for Patient Safety and Early Deterioration Detection in ED Waiting Rooms | $495,200.00 |
| Mr Adam Lloyd | East Metropolitan Health Service | Contactless Monitoring for Protecting High Risk patients in Mental Health Wards | $435,147.62 |
| Dr Ianthe Pitout | Murdoch University | Assessing the biodistribution of an investigational drug for treating motor neuron disease | $495,932.74 |
| Dr Celine Royet | VitalTrace Pty Ltd | VitalTrace - Continuous Lactate Monitoring | $500,000.00 |
| Dr Paul Sadleir | Sadleir Laboratories Pty Ltd | Precision administration of intravenous test doses to prevent severe antibiotic anaphylaxis | $415,102.52 |
| Professor Blossom Stephan | Curtin University | Machine Learning for Precision Dementia Prevention in Cardiovascular Disease Patients: A Risk Based Intervention Framework | $94,500.75 |
Last Updated:
05/11/2025