Building Australia's capacity to study preventable causes of common diseases through epidemiological research

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/253927

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This program of work will build Australia's capacity to study the preventable causes of common disease. Researchers will be trained to investigate the impact of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors on disease in large samples of people. The diseases will include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, bone and joint conditions, some common cancers such as skin and prostate cancer, and diseases affecting the nervous system such as multiple sclerosis.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 01-01-2008

Funding Scheme: Capacity

Funding Amount: $2,500,000.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

aetiology of common diseases | cohort studies | interaction of genes, environment and lifestyle

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