Bold Futures - Early Career Medical Research

Dr Francesca Alves

Dr Francesca Alves

Program: Medical

Years: 2025

Grant: $74,000 for 1 year

Organisation: The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Dietary influences on brain neurochemistry: the first phosphometabolomics study in Alzheimer’s Disease brains.

Dr Vivien Li

Dr Vivien Li

Program: Medical

Years: 2025

Grant: $74,850 a year for 2 years

Organisation: The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Advancing tolerogenic dendritic cell therapy for multiple sclerosis toward clinical translation.

Dr Ellen Jarred

Dr Ellen Jarred

Program: Medical

Years: 2025

Grant: $75,000 a year for 2 years

Organisation: Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Understanding epigenetic mechanisms regulating female reproductive health.

Dr Shouya Feng

Dr Shouya Feng

Program: Medical

Years: 2025

Grant: $56,998 for year 1 and $74,920 for year 2

Organisation: Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Characterising emerging anti-inflammatory therapies for autoinflammatory diseases.

Dr Shengbo Zhang

Dr Shengbo Zhang

Program: Medical

Years: 2025

Grant: $74,983 for year 1 and $74,580 for year 2

Organisation: The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Harnessing the power of dendritic cells to treat intractable solid tumours.

Dr Pooranee Morgan

Dr Pooranee Morgan

Program: Medical

Years: 2024

Grant: $75,000 a year for two years

Organisation: Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute

Protecting the killers: Enhancing cancer therapy by modulating the lipid composition of CAR T cell

Dr Kallyanashis Paul

Dr Kallyanashis Paul

Program: Medical

Years: 2024

Grant: $70,000 a year for two years

Organisation: Hudson Institute of Medical Research

3D bioprinted constructs to aid precision medicine and surgical bone grafting for osteosarcoma in young children and adolescents

Dr Nhi Tran

Dr Nhi Tran

Program: Medical

Years: 2024

Grant: $74,977 for 1 year

Organisation: Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Improving Respiratory Support Care For Extremely Preterm Infants At Birth

Dr Lachlan Dalli

Dr Lachlan Dalli

Program: Medical

Years: 2024

Grant: $75,000 a year for two years

Organisation: Monash University

Real-World Effectiveness of Vaccines for Prevention of Paediatric Stroke

Dr Shiraz Badurdeen

Dr Shiraz Badurdeen

Program: Medical

Years: 2024

Grant: $72,460 for Year 1 and $72,931 for Year 2

Organisation: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Automating low-FLow Oxygen (Auto-FLO) for preterm infants

Dr Roberta Goncalves Anversa

Dr Roberta Goncalves Anversa

Program: Medical

Years: 2024

Grant: $57,265 for Year 1 and $58,955 for Year 2

Organisation: The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Examining the relationship between adolescent onset binge drinking and e-cigarette use: maladaptive changes in brain and behaviour.

Dr Sarah Garnish

Dr Sarah Garnish

Program: Medical

Years: 2024

Grant: $58,924 for 1 year

Organisation: The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Identifying new regulators of necroptosis for the therapeutic treatment of inflammatory disease.