A/Prof. Jonathan (Jon) Hirst

Work Phone	(02) 40420360
Fax	(02) 4921 7903
Email	Jon.Hirst@newcastle.edu.au
Office	RM3407, Hmri

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	25
Total funding	$4,858,683

For project grants received while at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

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2013 (2 grants)

Disrupted neurosteroid synthesis mediates the adverse effects of prenatal stress$671,952

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Associate Professor David Walker, Dr Mary Tolcos
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$671,952	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2013	2015
GNo:G1200177

Steroid and the Nervous System 7th Int Meeting, Italy 16-20 March 2013.$2,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst
Funding Body
University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$2,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2013	2013
GNo:G1300745

2012 (2 grants)

Disruption of gestational neurosteroid concentrations by stressful events leads to adverse neurodevelopmental and behavioural outcomes in children form these pregnancies$34,454

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds, Doctor Hannah Palliser
Funding Body
John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$34,454	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1200176

Precellys Tissue Homogeniser$10,000

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Professor Eugenie Lumbers, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Associate Professor Ian Wright, Doctor Gemma Madsen, Doctor Kaushik Maiti
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$10,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2012	2012
GNo:G1100979

2011 (2 grants)

Pathways of neurosteroid-mediated protection following compromised pregnancy and preterm birth$547,415

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Associate Professor David Walker, Associate Professor Helena Parkington
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$547,415	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2013
GNo:G1000246

Research microscope, confocal ready nikon eclipse 90i microscope$69,157

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Kaushik Maiti, Doctor Gemma Madsen, Professor Rodney Scott, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Wark, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Phil Hansbro, Associate Professor Ian Wright
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$69,157	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2011
GNo:G1100024

2010 (1 grants)

Investigation of IUGR-associated preterm labour using a guinea pig model$23,025

Project Team
Doctor Hannah Palliser, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds
Funding Body
John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$23,025	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2010	2010
GNo:G1000119

2009 (3 grants)

Mechanisms of escape from progesterone-induced suppression: Role in normal and preterm birth$526,500

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$526,500	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2011
GNo:G0188872

Leica VT1200S - Fully automated vibrating blade microtome$16,209

Project Team
Professor Robert Callister, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Philip Bolton, Doctor Phil Jobling, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Angela McPherson, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Ramatis De Oliveira, Mr Matthew Walsh
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$16,209	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189842

i-STAT 1 Blood Gas Analyser and Softron BP-98E$13,470

Project Team
Associate Professor Ian Wright, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Professor Eugenie Lumbers, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Doctor Hannah Palliser
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$13,470	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189843

2008 (3 grants)

The role of the intrauterine (pro) renin/(pro)renin receptor system in prostaglandin synthesis in pregnancy$468,750

Project Team
Professor Eugenie Lumbers, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Professor Brian Morris
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$468,750	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2010
GNo:G0187618

Does fetal growth restriction increase uterine activity and upregulate labour associated genes preterm?$15,208

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Hannah Palliser, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds
Funding Body
John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$15,208	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0189368

LED fluorescence illuminators and filter set (525nm + 575DF20) for LAS3000 image analysis system$9,600

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Doctor John Fitter, Doctor Cheng Chan, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Doctor Giavanna Angeli, Doctor Kaushik Maiti, Doctor Jonathan Paul, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Hannah Palliser, Professor Eugenie Lumbers
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$9,600	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2008	2008
GNo:G0188543

2007 (5 grants)

Neurosteroid mediated protection after birth: approaches for maximising protective steroid levels in the neonatal brain$433,625

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Associate Professor David Walker
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$433,625	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2009
GNo:G0186424

Beta Radiation Counter Instrument facility$25,670

Project Team
Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Dr Mark Read, Doctor Cheng Chan, Doctor John Fitter, Conjoint Associate Professor Andrew Bisits, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Doctor Hannah Palliser, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Equipment Grant
Total Amount	Role
$25,670	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0188194

The hormonal regulation of birth$20,000

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Near Miss Grant
Total Amount	Role
$20,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187183

Prostaglandin Transporters Controlling Prostaglandin Metabolism in the pregnant Uterus$7,166

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Tam Zakar, Associate Professor Jon Hirst
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Pilot Grant
Total Amount	Role
$7,166	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187886

4th IntMeeting on Steroids and the Nervous System, 17-21 February 2007$1,700

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Travel Grant
Total Amount	Role
$1,700	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2007	2007
GNo:G0187374

2006 (3 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$544,282

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Priority Research Centre
Total Amount	Role
$544,282	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2013
GNo:G0186945

Neurosteroids in the neonatal brain: potential role in protecting against perinatal brain injury$16,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton
Funding Body
Hunter Medical Research Institute
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$16,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0186100

Strategies for maintaining neurosteroid-mediate brain protection following compromised pregnancies.$15,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
New Staff Grant
Total Amount	Role
$15,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0186743

2005 (2 grants)

Contribution of disturbed blood flow and cerebral metabolism in white matter injury in the perinatal brain $366,000

Funding Body
National Health & Medical Research Council
Scheme

Total Amount	Role
$366,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2007
GNo:17126159

Neuroactive Steroids in the developing brain: potential for preventing perinatal brain damage$316,500

Project Team
Associate Professor Jon Hirst
Funding Body
NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Scheme
Project Grant
Total Amount	Role
$316,500	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2006
GNo:G0185607

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