$31 million boost for UQ medical research

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Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) have secured more than $31 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to progress life-changing health and medical research.

UQ researchers received 31 awards in total from the NHMRC, including 26 awards from the Ideas Grant scheme, 4 grants from the International Collaborations scheme, and 1 award from the Development Grants scheme.

The successful projects reflect the breadth of research underway at the University to solve issues affecting human health around Australia and the world.

The funding will help to tackle challenges including treating the effects of degenerative diseases, improving wellbeing for First Nations children, and understanding the causes of frailty – one of the most significant challenges for healthy ageing in Australia.

The largest grant from the Ideas Grant Scheme to UQ will support research to expand the use of novel technology used in heart transplantations, to increase donor heart supply and save more lives.

NHMRC Ideas Grant Scheme recipients

NHMRC Development Grants scheme recipients

NHMRC International Collaborations schemes (e-Asia, CIHR and EU) recipients

  • Professor Gail Garvey – Supporting healthy lifestyle choices to promote mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth aging-out-of-care in urban settings
  • Professor Juergen Goetz – Facilitating focused ultrasound-mediated Tau clearance in Alzheimer’s disease and other Tauopathies by understanding the underlying autophagic mechanisms
  • Professor Genevieve Healy – Implementing an evidence-based diabetes prevention program into diverse urban communities
  • Professor Kate Stacey – Gut leak and microbiome contribution to severe dengue disease

The full list of funding outcomes is available on NHMRC’s Outcomes of funding rounds webpage.