UQ Faculty of Medicine researchers have received millions of dollars in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to address a range of health challenges.
13 Faculty of Medicine researchers from the Frazer Institute, Child health Research Centre, Mater Research Institute-UQ and the School of Biomedical Sciences received funding.
NHMRC Investigator Grants
- Dr Zhian Chen (Frazer Institute)
- Associate Professor Kristen Gibbons (CHRC)
- Dr John Kemp (Mater Research Institute-UQ)
- Dr Sahar Keshvari (Mater Research Institute-UQ)
- Associate Professor Fiona Simpson (Frazer Institute)
NHMRC Ideas Grants
- Dr Anne Lagendijk (SBMS)
- Dr Rodrigo Suarez (SBMS)
- Dr Dwan Vilcins (CHRC)
- Associate Professor Emma Hamilton-Williams (Frazer Institute)
- Dr Pablo Canete Nieto (Frazer Institute)
- Professor Antje Blumenthal (Frazer Institute)
- Associate Professor Jakob Begun (Mater Research Institute-UQ)
- Dr Yvonne Eiby (Medical School)
It comes as the NHMRC announced 37 UQ grant recipients across four schemes including 14 Investigator Grants, 19 Ideas Grants, 2 Development Grants, and 2 International Collaboration Grants totalling to $43 million dollars.
The full list of UQ recipients is available here.
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