A Randomised Controlled Trial Of Interventional Versus Conservative Treatment Of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$412,315.00
Summary
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a collapsed lung that occurs in otherwise healthy people without underlying lung disease. Current standard treatment is to insert a chest drain into the chest to remove the air around the collapsed lung so that the lung re-inflates rapidly ("interventional treatment"). We will determine whether doing nothing, i.e. letting the lung re-inflate slowly on its own over several weeks ("conservative treatment"), is just as good or even better for patients.
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE130100035
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$300,000.00
Summary
Hyperpolarised gas functional lung and molecular imaging. This project will produce a polariser to generate magnetised gas for research with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This allows imaging of normal and abnormal lung ventilation and circulation in animal and humans. The use of these hyperpolarised gases can also be used to tag specific molecules and increase understanding of lung metabolism.
Patterns, Pathways And Price Of Developing Disparities In Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health By Age 11-12 Years: The Longitudinal Study Of Australian Children
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$3,290,912.00
Summary
Cardiovascular and lower respiratory diseases are leading causes of death, show marked social gradients, and have origins in early life. We will measure cardiorespiratory health at age 11-12 years in the national Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Combined with rich existing psychosocial and health data spanning the entire first decade, we will explore early-life mechanisms underlying emerging patterns of social disparity and their potentially-avoidable cost – evidence that is essential ....Cardiovascular and lower respiratory diseases are leading causes of death, show marked social gradients, and have origins in early life. We will measure cardiorespiratory health at age 11-12 years in the national Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Combined with rich existing psychosocial and health data spanning the entire first decade, we will explore early-life mechanisms underlying emerging patterns of social disparity and their potentially-avoidable cost – evidence that is essential to develop new intervention strategies.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0237908
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$637,000.00
Summary
Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation for Therapeutic Lead Discovery. Drug discovery is reliant on the application of basic research and advanced technologies to obtain solutions to human suffering caused by diseases. This application seeks funding to support the installation of state-of-the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation at Griffith University and the University of Melbourne. The requested instrumentation will enhance high quality collaborative research programs in drug discovery and eradica ....Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation for Therapeutic Lead Discovery. Drug discovery is reliant on the application of basic research and advanced technologies to obtain solutions to human suffering caused by diseases. This application seeks funding to support the installation of state-of-the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation at Griffith University and the University of Melbourne. The requested instrumentation will enhance high quality collaborative research programs in drug discovery and eradicate significant deficiencies in research infrastructure at both institutions. Access to state-of-the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation will markedly improve our international competitiveness across a broad range of biological and chemical science disciplines.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE120100025
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$380,000.00
Summary
A high-throughput screening and sequencing facility for single cell genomics. Genomics has revolutionised biology, but for most microorganisms this revolution has not arrived because very few can be grown in pure culture. The single cell genomics facility will address this major bottleneck by allowing as little as a single cell in a clinical or environmental setting to be sequenced thereby accelerating new discoveries and outcomes.