2018
Dr. Louise Corben
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Does individualised rehabilitation improve function in individuals with hereditary cerebellar ataxia? A randomised controlled trial
Dr. Ryan Davis
University of Sydney
Development of a metabolic diagnostic indicator test for mitochondrial diseases
Dr. Teri Furlong
Neuroscience Research Australia
Preventing the effect of high-calorie food on habitual eating using an orexin-1 receptor antagonist
Dr. Yuning Hong
La Trobe University
Seeking New Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease and Huntington’s Disease
Dr. Natasha Kumar
University of New South Wales
Respiratory disorders: are long term changes in central respiratory chemoreception mediated by neuropeptides?
Dr. Fiona McKay
University of Sydney
Harnessing Natural Killer cells in multiple sclerosis : one weapon with multiple targets
Dr. James Roberts
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Early bedside detection and prognosis of preterm brain injury
Dr. Brad Sutherland
University of Tasmania
Blood vessels squeezed to death by pericytes: a new therapeutic target for ischaemic stroke
Dr. Lisa Walter
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Does apnoea and periodic breathing in infancy have long-term consequences for neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born preterm?
2019
Dr Gareth Ball
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Deep Learning Approaches to Detect General Movement Disorders in Infancy
Dr Cedric Bardy
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Limited
How genetic predispositions combined with aging metabolic decline affect the lysosome function and the health of human brain cells in Parkinson’s
Dr Claire Foldi
Monash University
Investigating the role of cognitive control in susceptibility to anorexia nervosa
Dr Jean Giacomotto
University of Queensland
Unveiling the pathogenic role of the schizophrenia and autism risk-gene NRXN1 in synaptogenesis
Dr Melita Giummara
Monash University
Stepped collaborative care for pain and posttraumatic mental health in the Victorian regionalised trauma system
Dr Leonardo Gollo
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Towards selective manipulations of abnormal brain activity using non-invasive brain stimulation
Dr Caroline Gurvich
Monash University
How stress and sex hormones contribute to the cognitive impairment in schizophrenia
Dr Jeffrey McArthur
University of Wollongong
In search of non-addictive analgesics: peripheral calcium channel targets
Dr Phillip Tully
University of Adelaide
Exploiting blood pressure variability as a modifiable risk factor for the vascular depression phenotype: a proof of concept study
Dr Katrina Weston-Green
University of Wollongong
The United Colours of Cannabis: A novel approach to treating the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia
2020
Dr Ayenachew Bezawork-Geleta
University of Melbourne
New Therapies for High-Risk Primary Brain Cancer Glioblastoma: A focus on Metabolism
Dr Alessandro Castorina
University of Technology Sydney
Neuropeptide-based approach to improve myelin repair in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Kirat Chand
University of Queensland
Targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome in IUGR brain injury
Dr Rose Chesworth
University of Western Sydney
Cannabidiol (CBD): a new therapeutic treatment for cocaine addiction in schizophrenia?
Dr Yee Lian Chew
University of Wollongong
Investigating nociceptor sensitisation as a target for chronic pain treatment
Dr Melissa Farnham
Heart Research Institute Limited
Is a brain peptide sympathetically driving cardio-metabolic dysfunction following intermittent hypoxia?
Dr Haibo Jiang
University of Western Australia
Development of a novel PET tracer for glioblastoma imaging
Dr Merja Joensuu
University of Queensland
Dendritic spine actin dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder leads to altered neurotransmitter receptor mobility
Dr Elizabeth Manning
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Visualizing neuronal activity patterns associated with cognitive symptoms relevant to schizophrenia using in vivo microscopy
Dr Karen Mather
University of New South Wales
Unravelling human brain ageing – a multi-omics approach
Dr Natalie Matosin
University of Wollongong
Understanding how exposure to early life stress changes the brain at individual cell resolution
Dr Claudia McCarthy
Monash University
Development of novel compounds that target the Renin-Angiotensin system to protect brain and heart after stroke.
Dr Philip Ryan
University of Melbourne
The role of thirst-quenching and satiation signals in soft drink and alcohol intake.
Dr Sarah Stephenson
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery to treat drug resistant epilepsy.
Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen
University of Melbourne
Exploring the neuroprogressive hypothesis of cognitive deficits in bipolar disorder through the lens of accelerated-ageing.