Fellowships awarded to talented early-career WA child health researchers
Over $1.7 million has been awarded to 6 Western Australian early-career researchers committed to child health research via the Western Australian Early-Career Child Health Researcher (ECCHR) Fellowships Program.
ECCHR is a Co-Funding Partnerships Program that is managed and administered by the BrightSpark Foundation (BrightSpark) and is currently funded through the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund, BrightSpark and the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation.
The Fellowships are designed to assist early-career researchers in WA become better qualified, experienced, and positioned for seeking longer term funding for their child health research through avenues such as the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants Emerging Leadership scheme.
Further information about the ECCHR program can be found at the BrightSpark Foundation webpage.
The Western Australian Early-Career Child Health Researcher Fellowships 2025 recipients are:
|
Recipient |
Responsible Entity |
Activity Title |
Funding Awarded |
|
Mr Alemneh Liyew |
University of Western Australia/ The Kids Research Institute Australia |
Developing a new model of care to prevent influenza in western Australian children |
$291,103 |
|
Dr Huda Ghori |
University of Western Australia/ The Kids Research Institute Australia |
From Microbes to Better Healing: Microbiome-Driven Modulation in Paediatric Burns |
$293,818 |
|
Dr Susbin Raj Wagle |
Curtin University |
A Novel Nanomedicine Eye Gel to Prevent Inherited Childhood Blindness |
$300,300 |
|
Dr Michael Hackmann |
University of Western Australia |
Improving diagnosis and prognosis of infant tracheomalacia by direct assessment of cartilage malformations using bronchoscopic polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography |
$300,300 |
|
Dr Anna Boggiss |
University of Western Australia/ The Kids Research Institute Australia |
Addressing the Missing Middle: Co-designing Stepped Care Approaches for Young People with Type 1 Diabetes and Eating Concerns in Western Australia |
$284,618 |
|
Dr Tamara Veselinovic |
The Kids Research Institute Australia |
Improving developmental outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with otitis media |
$293,795 |