Centre for
Healthy Lungs
Funding
The total funding figure reflect the grants awarded to all researchers affiliated with the PRC for Healthy Lungs across their careers.
Figures for individual researchers can be obtained through their personal profile pages on the "People" tab at left.
Selected research funding from the Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases.
2008
Research Team | Year | Duration | Funding | Award Type | Title of Project | Total |
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Professor Paul Foster, Professor Rakesh Kumar, Assoc. Prof Klaus Matthaei, Mr Joerg Mattes | 2008 | 3 | NHMRC | Project - Project Grant | The role of microRNAs as new anti-inflammatory targets for the treatment of asthma | $600,375 |
Professor Paul Foster, Professor Judith Black | 2008 | 3 | NHMRC | Project - Project Grant | The mechanisms underlying pneumoviral-induced angiogenesis of the lung and its impact on the asthmatic response | $541,875 |
Dr Lisa Wood | 2008 | 3 | NHMRC | Project - Project Grant | High fat diets and airway inflammation in asthma | $490,803 |
Dr Peter Wark, Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro, Dr Ian Barr | 2008 | 3 | NHMRC | Project - Project Grant | The mechanisms of infection of bronchial epithelial cells by human & avian influenza viruses in chronic airways disease | $379,650 |
Dr Lisa Wood, Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Professor Manohar Garg | 2008 | 3 | HMRI | Project - Post Graduate Support Grant | Exploring the link between obesity and asthma | $75,000 |
Assoc. Prof Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Conjoint Pr Warwick Giles | 2008 | 1 | Asthma Foundation of New South Wales | Project - Research Grant | Role of p38 MAPK in regulating sex specific placental glucocorticoid receptor function in pregnancies complicated by asthma | $50,000 |
Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro, Professor Rakesh Kumar, Dr Peter Wark | 2008 | 1 | Asthma Foundation of New South Wales | Project - Research Grant | The use of the components of the bacteria, streptococcus pneumoniae, as novel immunotherapies for asthma | $50,000 |
Dr Lisa Wood, Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Professor Manohar Garg | 2008 | 1 | HMRI | Project - Project Grant | Trans Fatty acids and airway inflammation | $25,000 |
Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Conjoint A/Prof Bruce Whitehead, Professor Michael Hensley | 2008 | 1 | Hunter Children`s Research Foundation | Project - Research Grant | Airway inflammation in childhood asthma | $19,000 |
Dr Peter Wark, Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro | 2008 | 1 | John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund | Project - Research Grant | Miccroarrays to identify novel therapeutic targets for bird flu | $14,500 |
2007
Research Team | Year | Duration | Funding | Award Type | Title of Project | Total |
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Professor Alistair Sim, Ms Nicole Verrills, Professor Paul Foster, Dr Peter Wark, Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Mr Gregory Kranias | 2007 | 1 | Asthma Foundation of New South Wales | Project - Research Grant | Differential regulation of human mast cell degranulation by discrete forms of protein phosphatase 2A | $50,000 |
Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Assoc. Prof Vicki Clifton, Dr Kirsten McCaffery, Professor Michael Hensley, Conjoint Pr Warwick Giles, Professor Robin Taylor | 2007 | 4 | NHMRC | Project - Project Grant | anaging asthma in pregnancy: the MAP study | $805,875 |
Dr Vanessa Murphy | 2007 | 3 | NHMRC | Project - Project Grant | Viral infection and exacerbations of asthma during pregnancy: characteristics, mechanisms and consequences | $447,750 |
Dr Jodie Simpson, Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro | 2007 | 3 | NHMRC | Project – Project Grant | Characterisation and Treatment of Innate Immune Dysfunction in Older People with Obstructive Airway Disease | $416,875 |
Dr Peter Wark | 2007 | 3 | NHMRC | Project – Project Grant | Chronic Exposure of Bronchial Epithelial Cells to Bacterial Components Modifies their Innate Immune Response to Infection with Respiratory Viruses | $313,500 |
Professor Paul Foster, Professor Rakesh Kumar | 2007 | 3 | NHMRC | Project - Project Grant (Shared) | Influence of early-life viral infection on severity of murine chronic asthma and acute exacerbations | $231,750 |
Dr Peter Wark, Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro, Dr Jodie Simpson | 2007 | 2 | GlaxoSmithKline Australia | Project - Support Grant | In vitro response of bronchial epithelial cells and activation of lymphocytes from COPD patients by infection with rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus and haemophilus influenza | $25,000 |
Conjoint Pr Wayne Smith, Dr Lisa Wood, Professor John Attia, Dr Regina Berretta, Assoc. Prof Pablo Moscato | 2007 | 1 | HMRI | Project - Project Grant | Healthy Airways and Obstructive Lung Disease (HAROLD) | $20,000 |
Professor Paul Foster, Dr Nicole Hansbro, Dr Simon Phipps, Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro | 2007 | 1 | HMRI | Project - Project Grant | The role of tumstatin in angiogenesis and asthma | $20,000 |
Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro, Dr Jodie Simpson, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint A/Prof Margaret Dunkley | 2007 | 1 | HMRI | Project - Project Grant | Elucidation of the association between Haemophilus influenzae infection and neutrophilic asthma. | $20,000 |
Conjoint Pr Peter Gibson, Conjoint A/Prof Bruce Whitehead, Professor Michael Hensley | 2007 | 1 | HMRI | Project - Project Grant | The effects of passive smoking on children with Asthma | $20,000 |
Dr Peter Wark, Assoc. Prof Philip Hansbro, Dr Jodie Simpson | 2007 | 3 | John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund | Project - Research Grant | In vitro response of bronchial epithelial cells and activation of lymphocytes to infection with rhinovirus | $58,848 |
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