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DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR THE CONTROL OF SYPHILIS IN PRIORITY POPULATIONS
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$390,921.00
Summary
My Post Doctoral studies will assess the natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) in men who have sex with men (MSM) and novel strategies aimed at increasing testing and early detection of HIV and other sexually transmitted infection (STIs). These studies will be conducted at the Kirby Institute (KI), the Chinese National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Beijing (NCAIDS) and the Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Wuxi, China, and potentially other institutions.
Priority-Setting In Australian Mental Health Services: Improving The Economic Evidence Base And Its Relevance To Decision-makers.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$310,521.00
Summary
Cathrine Mihalopoulos is dually qualified in psychology and economics and has a growing international reputation for her work in mental health economics (evidenced by publication in high calibre journals, invitations to attend international meetings and collaborate on grants). Her PhD evaluated the cost-effectiveness of preventive interventions for mental disorders. Her ECR program will expand this work helping to ensure Australian mental health services are effective and cost-effective.
Preventing Alcohol Related-harms: Using Comparative Policy Analysis To Study The Effects And Development Of Local Government Alcohol Policy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
Regulating the availability of alcohol is one of the most effective ways to reduce harm from alcohol consumption, and local governments have a significant role. This Fellowship provides the first systematic examination of the impact of local government regulation of alcohol availability. The findings can inform Australian planning and licensing policies to help support appropriate regulation of alcohol outlets in order to reduce alcohol-related harm.
Collaborating To Create Healthy Built Environments: Including Health In A Land Use Planning System
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$320,891.00
Summary
The way the built environment is planned and designed has a pervasive influence on health but how to translate that evidence into policy and practice is under-researched. Recent developments in NSW provide the opportunity to investigate how health is included across the business of a land-use planning system. This translational research uses a realist approach and policy analysis to unpack the influences on health being included (or not) at multiple levels of the system.
Improving Patient Access To Novel Cancer Drugs In Australia: Striking The Balance
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$318,768.00
Summary
Cancer patients in Australia may experience delays before they can benefit from new expensive drugs because of the lengthy existing processes to evaluate new medicines by the Department of Health. I will study how to improve the existing drug evaluation processes to make timely but informed funding decisions. This work will improve patient outcomes from early access to effective new cancer drugs and help the government make a wiser spending of public funds.
Human Neural Development In The Absence Of Species-expected Stimuli: The Effect Of Maternal Or Social Deprivation On Maturation Of Emotion Circuitry During Critical Periods Of Development.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$465,103.00
Summary
As children mature into adolescents, social influences on emotional responding transition from parents to peers. Understanding how social stimuli shape neural circuits that ultimately regulate emotional behaviour will yield critical information for treatment and prevention of emotional disorders across the lifespan. The current project addresses this important issue through the use of functional imaging of emotion circuits in the brain and classical conditioning approaches to emotion responding.