Printhotics: A Digital Solution To Optimise Personalised Children’s Orthotic Devices
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$645,205.00
Summary
Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are custom plastic braces worn around the foot and ankle that are crucial for the daily function of children with nerve, muscle and brain disorders. However, AFO usage is limited by significant wait times, poor adherence and a disconnect with patient preferences. My project, Printhotics, will generate novel AFO designs and production methods based on a concurrent discovery pipeline of co-design, 3D scanning, machine learning, and 3D printing.
Improving Outcomes For Children With Cancer: Targeted Treatments And Prevention
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$900,000.00
Summary
Child cancer is the commonest disease causing death in children. Relapse is due to small, treatment-resistant populations of cancer cells in the initial tumour. Improvements in cure rates have slowed due to poor investment by the pharmaceutical industry in targeting specific child cancer driver genes. My program of research will use novel technologies to identify: new vulnerabilities for combination drug therapies, drugs directed against child cancer gene targets and strategies for prevention.
Advancing Health Economic Evaluation Measurement And Design To Support Priority Setting For Vulnerable Children
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$645,205.00
Summary
I bring well developed and unique research skills in child health economics, which is concerned with making sure the health system runs fairly and without waste. This research will make significant advancements in economic evaluation methods to ensure we can fairly evaluate health interventions for children. It will assess equity in how health care is funded for children and provide new information to support a fairer health system for children.
Leveraging The Interface Between Epidemiology And Molecular Biology To Enhance Disease Prevention
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,850,925.00
Summary
Some diseases are becoming more common over time.The increase over time is too rapid to be due to genetics alone. My research program aims to identify the environmental drivers of these diseases so that we can improve the current efforts to stop these diseases before they even begin. The research program has a focus on factors impacting on how a child's brain develops, how food allergy begins and the factors that can prevent multiple sclerosis onset or slow progression.