Integrated Clinical and Scientific Studies in Post-Operative Crohn’s Disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1093089

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel condition; the incidence in Australia is now amongst the highest in the world. Most patients require repeated invasive bowel surgeries when disease recurs. Using data from a past clinical trial comparing preventive treatments for recurrence; genetic, immunological and microbiological testing will be done on existing patient samples. This extensive data set will be analysed using systems biology methods to identify the cause of Crohn’s disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $71,606.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

bioinformatics | clinical research | immunology | inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) | microbiology

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