Almost $400,000 in seed funding has been awarded to collaborative projects between The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences.
The grants are part of a new initiative between the two faculties to promote collaboration in research.
School of Biomedical Sciences cancer researcher Dr Sherry Wu said collaboration was a powerful research tool.
“Through everyone contributing their own expertise and working together, we’ll be able to achieve a much better outcome more efficiently,” Dr Wu said.
“That’s the beauty of collaboration between different faculties.
“Sometimes working on research projects, you can be too close to your project.
“So hearing different perspectives of researchers from outside your field is always useful as it can help provide new ideas and help develop new strategies.”
Dr Wu and School of Biomedical Sciences Dr James Cuffe will collaborate with School of Pharmacy Professor Greg Monteith and Mater Research Institute-UQ’s Dr Felicity Davis.
The team will investigate how cancer cells secrete exosomes, tiny vesicles that could contain factors that promote cancer growth.
This research could ultimately lead to development of new cancer therapeutics.
A full list of the researchers involved in the 10 projects is below.
HaBS-Med Collaborative Seeding Grants 2019
|
CIA |
Unit/Fac |
Other CIs |
Title |
Funding |
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PAH Clinical/Med |
Jeff Coombes(HMNS)
|
Effects of Exercise on Erectile Function and Cardiovascular Health in Men with Prostate Cancer: A Feasibility Study |
$39,209.00 |
|
|
SBMS/Med |
Tushar Kumeria(Pharm) James Falconer(Pharm) |
Biodegradable “micro pump” containing analgesics to produce long-acting pain relief towards clinical use |
$37,200.00 |
|
|
HMNS/HaBS |
Stephen Mattarollo (UQDI)
|
The influence of exercise intensity on the inflammatory, immune, and cytokine response in colorectal cancer survivors. |
$39,990.84 |
|
|
Dent/HaBS |
Geoff Mitchell(Med)
|
Integrated model of diabetic and periodontal care |
$40,000.00 |
|
|
HMNS/HaBS |
Peter Mollee (Med)
|
Safety, feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of exercise in patients with multiple myeloma: a pilot study |
$39,218.00 |
|
|
HRS/HaBS |
Taylor Dick(SBMS)
|
The biomechanical profile and effectiveness of foot orthoses in ankle osteoarthritis |
$39,785.00 |
|
|
QAEHS/HaBS |
Andrew Smirnov(QADREC) |
Interdisciplinary approach to comprehensive assessment of methylamphetamine use in regional Queensland. |
$39,419.00 |
|
|
Primary Care/Med |
Genevieve Dingle(Psych) Maria Donald(Primary Care) Riitta Partanen(Rural Clinical) Cath Haslam(Psych) |
When Benefits do not Outweigh Harms: Supporting General Practitioners to Discontinue Long-Term Antidepressant Use |
$39,967.42 |
|
|
QAEHS/HaBS |
Andi Deane(CHRC) |
Human exposure to personal care products – seven-year temporal trends and impacts on the Australian population |
$39,355.00 |
|
|
SBMS/Med |
Greg Monteith(Pharm)
|
Understanding the role of calcium signalling in exosome secretion in cancer |
$40,000.00
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