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Enhancing Control Of Enteric Bacteria Through Pathogen Genomics
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$645,205.00
Summary
Bacteria part of the Enterobacteriaceae family are responsible for causing significant enteric disease in Australia and internationally. Compounding the public health threat posed by these enteric bacteria is the rise in antimicrobial resistance, which limits treatment options. This project has three complementary research objectives; 1) to investigate new control strategies; 2) to better understand outbreak dynamics and; 3) to explore how bacteria are causing new disease in humans.
Protecting The Gut: A Novel Therapeutic Avenue For Reducing The Damaging Consequences Of Obesity
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$570,205.00
Summary
Most patients with obesity develop gut dysfunction. Symptoms including constipation and diarrhoea often present before other common comorbidities like diabetes and heart disease, suggesting that early pathology in obesity may begin in the gut. This research project aims to understand the mechanisms through which gut dysfunction develops in obese mice and human patients, and test a clinically approved compound that has demonstrated gut protective properties for the first time in obesity.
Improving Reproductive Health Through Infectious Diseases Research
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,957,108.00
Summary
Infectious diseases that impact upon reproductive health remain a major problem worldwide. This proposal will examine human papillomavirus infection, the role of the human microbiota in a number of conditions (necrotising enterocolitis, bacterial vaginosis, and human papillomavirus infection), and antibiotic resistance in sexually transmitted infections. The knowledge generated will be used to improve diagnostics.
Systems-based Study, Intervention, Diagnosis And Control Of Gastrointestinal Parasites
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,538,220.00
Summary
Gastrointestinal parasites cause billions of infections and hundreds of thousand of deaths globally each year. Even in developed countries, these parasites remain an important public health risk, through the cost of their control, the acute impacts of infection and their contribution to post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue. My team employs cutting-edge methods to improve their diagnosis, surveillance, treatment and control.
Leaving No One Behind: Community-driven Approaches To Eliminate HIV In Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,562,250.00
Summary
Eliminating HIV from Australia is possible with effective HIV prevention methods like treatment as prevention (TasP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). However there are inequities in our HIV response with declines of new infections in Australian-born men who have sex with men but not in overseas-born Australian men. This program uses crowdsourcing (sharing solutions from the community to eliminate HIV) and evaluates the value of the proposed solutions, to inform HIV policy.