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Research grantees

Browse the list of grant-in-aid, fellowship and scholarship recipients below. Click on the grantee's names to read details of each research project.

New and continuing recipients

List of new and continuing research grantees
Category Name(s) Research focus Year Commenced State Funds per annum ($)
Leukaemia Foundation Research Unit - QIMR Professor Andrew Boyd & research team Leukaemia 1992 Qld 475,000
Leukaemia Foundation PwC Tissue Bank Dr Paula Marlton All blood cancers 2002 Nat. 107,000
Career Establishment Grant Dr Stephen Larsen GVHD 2007 NSW 50,000
Dr Will Stevenson MPD 2007 NSW 25,000
Clinical Fellowship Dr Raymond Bahn CLL 2008 QLD 100,000
Dr Emily Blyth Stem cell transplants 2008 NSW 100,000
Dr Simon He ALL 2008 VIC 50,000
Dr Siok-Keen Tey Stem cell transplants 2008 QLD 97,000
Clinical Trial Dr Paula Marlton AML 2003 QLD 120,000
Grant in Aid Dr Maher Ghandi Lymphoma 2008 QLD 100,000
Dr Michelle Henderson ALL 2008 NSW 93,500
Prof Timothy Hughes CML 2008 SA 81,225
Dr Ruth MacKinnon MDS/AML 2008 VIC 100,000
Dr Lorraine Robb Leukaemia 2008 VIC 66,163
Ms Claire Wakefield Psychosocial aspects of childhood blood cancers 2008 NSW 70,460
Prof James Wiley CLL 2008 NSW 90,000
Dr Richard Lock, Prof Glen Marshall, Assoc Prof Maria Kavallaris ALL 2006 NSW 90,000
Honours Scholarship Mr Christopher Chan Lymphoma 2008 VIC 10,000
Mr Lawrence Liew MDS 2008 WA 10,000
Ms Hui Peng Lim AML 2008 SA 10,000
Ms Teresa Sadras AML 2008 SA 10,000
New Investigator Grant Dr Matthew Wright AML 2008 WA 5,000
PhD Scholarship Mr Scott Brown Leukaemia 2008 NSW 40,000
Ms Lina Happo Lymphoma 2008 VIC 40,000
Dr Silvia Ling MM 2008 NSW 40,000
Mr Diwakar Pattabiraman Leukaemia 2008 QLD 40,000
Ms Renee Robb GVHD 2008 QLD 40,000
Ms Therese Seldon Leukaemia 2008 QLD 40,000
Dr Jake Shortt Lymphoma 2008 VIC 40,000
Jane Engler CML 2007 SA 40,000
Dr Sally Mapp All blood cancers 2007 ACT 40,000
Courtney Modra AML 2005 QLD 40,000
Dr David Ross CML 2006 SA 40,000
Melanie Sulda CLL 2007 SA 40,000
Post Doctoral Fellowship Dr Catherine Carmichael Leukaemia 2008 VIC 97,759
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Corey Smith HL 2007 QLD 75,000
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Phil Desbrow Dr Nicholas Wong Childhood leukaemia 2007 VIC 94,420

 

Past recipients

List of past research grantees
Category Name(s) Research focus Year Commenced State Funds per annum ($)
Clinical Research Fellowship Dr Kenneth Micklethwaite Stem cell transplant 2005 NSW 98,900
Grants in Aid Assoc Prof Geoff Hill & Dr Kelli MacDonald Stem cell transplant 2007 QLD 100,000
Assoc Prof Maria Kavallaris, Prof Peter Gunning, Dr Richard Lock Leukaemia 2007 NSW 91,750
Dr Peter Mollee & Dr Nigel McMillan AML 2007 QLD 100,000
Assoc Prof Andrew Grulich, Dr Claire Vajdic and Dr Wendy Cozen NHL 2006 NSW 90,000
Assoc Prof Ricky Johnstone Lymphoma 2006 VIC 48,000
Prof John Rasko Gene and stem cell transplant 2006 NSW 80,000
Prof Leonie Ashman 2005 NSW 78,000
Dr David Harritch et al 2005 QLD 60,000
Prof Derek Hart et al MM 2005 QLD 80,000
Dr L Hayes et al 2005 VIC 11,000
Dr Geoff Hill & Dr Andrew Nicol Stem cell transplant 2005 QLD 80,000
Dr Dirk Honemann & Dr Miles 2005 VIC 30,000
Ms Kim Laird, Dr L Monterosso & Ms Kylie Johnson 2005 WA 10,000
Dr Jason Lickliter 2005 QLD 60,000
Dr Peter Mollee 2005 QLD 30,000
Prof John Rasko Gene and stem cell therapy 2005 NSW 90,000
Dr Lisa Sedger & Dr Linda Bendall 2005 NSW 27,500
Assoc Prof HG Schneider & Dr Dr John W. Sentry 2005 VIC 63,000
Dr Graeme Suthers and collaborators Genetic predispositions 2005 SA 30,000
Assoc Prof Maria Kavallaris & Dr Richard Lock CLL 2004 NSW 77,000
Assoc Prof Murray Norris and collaborators Childhood leukaemia 2004 NSW 99,000
Prof Des Richardson & Dr R Lock Leukaemia 2004 NSW 88,000
Assoc Prof Gottlieb & Prof John Rasko Leukaemia 2003 NSW 72,600
Assoc Prof Maria Kavallaris & Dr Richard Lock Childhood Leukaemia 2003 NSW 88,832
Assoc Prof James Wylie 2003 NSW 82,500
Greg Johnson memorial Fellowship Dr Wendy Cook Leukaemia 2005 QLD 75,000
Honours Scholarship – Dominic Di Giacomo Dana Ihdayhid Stem cell transplants and GVHD 2007 WA 10,000
Honours Scholarships Subhobrata Das AML 2007 SA 10,000
Jane Engler CML 2006 SA 10,000
Jessica Bird 2005 QLD 10,000
Kate Jarman 2005 SA 10,000
Catherine King 2005 VIC 10,000
Enoch Ko 2005 VIC 10,000
Max Whiteside Fellowship Dr Melita Kenealy 2006 VIC 80,000
Dr Kirsten Herbert 2005 VIC 80,000
PhD Scholarship Leigh Ellis 2005 VIC 40,000
Jennifer Freeman 2005 QLD 40,000
Andy Hsu 2005 QLD 40,000
Post Doctoral Research Fellowship – Phillip Desbrow award Dr Axel Kallies Leukaemia 2006 VIC 98,000
Post Doctoral Research Fellowship Dr Anna Brown 2005 SA 88,900