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Alliance researchers awarded $42.9M in NHMRC grants

28 February 2025 / Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute/ Monash University/ Awards/ Research

Congratulations to the researchers on The Alfred Precinct whose ground-breaking research projects received NHMRC funding recently.

Researchers across the Alliance were awarded over $42.9 million in NHMRC Investigator Grants.

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

  • Dr Dragana Dragoljevic, EL1 "Activating AMPK to prevent Dnmt3a clonal haematopoiesis and atherosclerotic disease" | $451,930.54 grant money | Field of research: Other Biological Sciences
  • A/Prof Sandeep Prabhu, EL2 "New insights into the management of atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia mediated cardiomyopathy" | $1,623,700 grant money | Field of research: Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
  • Prof Tom Marwick, L3 "Use Of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics To Improve Detection and Management of Heart Failure" | $2,608,415 grant money | Field of research: Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
  • Prof Jonathan Shaw, L3 "Epidemiology of complications of diabetes: from causes to population burden" | $3,014,025 grant money | Field of research: Endocrinology

Burnet Institute

  • A/Prof Nick Scott L1 "Using modelling to guide the elimination of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV" | $2,818,905 grant money | Field of research: Epidemiological Modelling and Health Economics
  • Prof Joshua Vogel L1 "Transforming pre-eclampsia risk screening and prevention in low and middle-income countries" | $2,818,905 grant money | Field of research: Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

  • Dr Jessica Botfield EL1 "Improving access to postpartum contraception through a midwifery model of care" | $688,405 grant money | Field of research: Health and Community Services, Midwifery, and Health Promotion
  • Prof Rachelle Buchbinder AO L3 "A more integrated, responsive and sustainable learning musculoskeletal health system" | $3,014,025 grant money | Field of research: Rheumatology and Arthritis
  • Dr Briony Hill EL2 "Guiding and delivering maternity healthcare that is free of weight stigma" | $1,623,700 grant money | Field of research: Health Promotion, Health Policy, and Psychosocial Aspects of Childbirth and Perinatal Mental Health
  • Prof Karin Leder L2 "Evidence to Impact: Solutions for Climate-Sensitive Health Challenges" | $2,954,575 grant money | Field of research: Public Health, Epidemiological Methods, and Human Impacts of Climate Change and Human Adaptation
  • A/Prof Emma Ridley EL2 "Improving the quality of evidence in nutrition during recovery from critical illness" | $1,623,700 grant money | Field of research: Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science, Intensive Care, and Clinical Nutrition
  • Prof Steve Webb L3 "Adaptive Platform Trials: Expanding impact" | $3,014,025 grant money | Field of research: Intensive Care, Infectious Diseases, and Neonatology
  • Prof Erica Wood AO L2 "Transforming transfusion research to deliver better outcomes for patients and the community" | $2,954,575 grant money | Field of research: Haematology
  • Dr Rongbin Xu EL1 "Climate change, bushfire smoke, and human health: multi-country and multi-omics approach" | $656,215 grant money | Field of research: Environmental Epidemiology, Air Pollution Processes and Air Quality Measurement, and Human Impacts of Climate Change and Human Adaptation

Monash University School of Translational Medicine

  • Prof Jason Ong L1 "Going the last mile to end HIV transmission in Australia: ensuring no one is left behind" | $2,818,905 grant money | Field of research: Infectious Diseases, and Preventative Health Care
  • Prof Jayashri Kulkarni L3 "New hormone treatments for women with depression across the life cycle" | $2,811,220 grant money | Field of research: Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)  
  • Prof David Tarlington L3 "What determines the longevity of antibody production after infection or vaccination?" | $2,414,025 grant money | Field of research: Humoral Immunology and Immunochemistry, and Other biomedical and Clinical Sciences
  • Prof Anne Holland L2 "Advancing non-drug treatments to improve lung health" | $2,954,575 grant money | Field of research: Physiotherapy and Respiratory Diseases 
  • Dr Emma Foster EL1 "Transforming epilepsy management through evidence-driven approaches" | $6,88,405 grant money | Field of study: Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Dr Bradley Gardiner EL1 "Harnessing precision medicine to combat infections in transplant recipients" | $688,405 grant money | Field of research: Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, and Clinical Sciences
  • Dr Chu Yao EL1 "Tarheting the bi-directional relationship between diet and microbes to optimise pouch health" | $688,405 grant money | Field of research: Clinical Nutrition, and Gastroenterology and Hepatology