Australian Rotary Health/District 9700
Rotary Club of Orange North
Ian & Jean Simpson Family Scholarship
Adult Leukaemia
Kristie Munro
University of Wollongong, NSW
Assessment of the importance of the tubulin targeting ability of arsenic compounds for developing arsenic Anti-Leukaemia drugs.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Rotary Club of Dural
Fred Barbagallo Scholarship
Pancreatic Cancer
Zaklina Kovacevic
University of Sydney, NSW
The Molecular Functions of the Metastasis Suppressor Ndrg-1 and its Potential Role in the Treatment of Cancer.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
& Rotary Club of Dural
Childhood Leukaemia
Ahmad Ali Aloqaly
University of Technology, NSW
Integrative data mining and visualization of genome-wide SNP profiles in childhood acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9690
Rotary Club of Blacktown City
Melvin Gray Arthritis Scholarship
Miriam Jackson
Royal North Shore Hospital/University of Sydney, NSW
The role of Activated Protein C in the activation of collagenolytic matrix metalloproteinases in normal and pathological cartilage turnover.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9690
Rotary Club of Parramatta City
Breast Cancer
Elise Jackson
Centenary Institute, NSW
Identification of the mechanisms of hormone-mediated sphingosine kinase activation in Breast Cancer.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9750
Rotary Club of Sydney CBD
Nathan’s Bequest Scholarship
Youth Suicide
Kristine Northey
Curtin University, WA
A population based, record-linkage study to elucidate the effects of child maltreatment on developmental pathways to mental health, suicidal behaviour and suicide.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Rotary Club of Norwest Sunrise
The Suzanne Moss-White Scholarship
Ovarian Cancer
Austin Della-Franca
Westmead Children’s Hospital, NSW
Molecular mechanisms underlying cellular transformation by D52 over expression in Ovarian Cancer.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Rotary Club of North Sydney
Ian McNair Scholarship
Brain Tumours
Dan Lu
University of Sydney, NSW
Development of Novel and Selective Anti-Tumour Agents for the Treatment of Brain Cancer.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9690
Rotary Club of Parramatta City
Heart Disease
Rhian Shephard
Centenary Institute, NSW
Familiar cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure caused by multiple gene mutations: from molecular pathogenesis to disease prevention.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Rotary Clubs of Kellyville, Dural, Kurrajong & Gladesville
The Rodney Tilden, Ted Atkinson
and Bob McCallum
Kidney Research Scholarship
Kidney Disease
Owen Tang
University of Sydney, NSW
The molecular role of Kruppel-like transcriptional factors in regulating endothelial activation in diabetic nephropathy.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Riverside Rotary Clubs
Brain Tumours
Stephen Dowdell
University of Wollongong, NSW
Proton Radiotherapy for Brian Tumours.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9650
Bowel Cancer
Ryan Courtney
University of Newcastle, NSW
Assessing the value and usefulness of a cancer-registry based systematic approach to advising first degree relatives of Colorectal Cancer patients about their risks and need for screening.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9650
Bowel Cancer
Linh Nguyen
Austin Health/University of Melbourne, VIC
Limitations of vascular disrupting agent (VDA) Oxi4503 in treatment of tumours.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9650
Bowel Cancer
Matthew Thompson
Monash University, VIC
Characterising the role of activating transcription factor 3 in the progression of Colorectal Cancer.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9640 & D9650
Bowel Cancer
Shuwen Wen
University of Melbourne, VIC
The Renin-Angiotensin System and Kupffer Cells in Colorectal Liver Metastases.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9640
Bowel Cancer
Shir Lin Koh
University of Melbourne, VIC
The expression and the role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Liver Regeneration and Tumour Stimulation.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9690
Rotary Club of Parramatta City
David Henning Memorial Scholarship
Suicide in Men
Luke Balcombe
Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention/Griffith University, QLD
Perceptions & Expectations of one’s self: Mental Health & Suicide in Men.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Rotary Club of Crows Nest
Patricia Hooton Scholarship
Alzheimer’s Disease
Judith Allen-Graham
The Alfred/Monash University, VIC
Inhibition of APP and APLP2 using siRNA to investigate protein function and Alzheimer’s Disease.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Rotary Club of Dural/David Henning Memorial Foundation
Breast Cancer
Yan Ru Gao
ANZAC Research Institute, NSW
The role of androgen receptor-mediated actions in breast cancer
Australian Rotary Health/District 9690
Rotary Club of Parramatta City
Youth Suicide
Tonelle Handley
University of Newcastle, NSW
Persistence of depressive symptoms and factors associated with depressive symptoms, across urban, rural and regional communities
Australian Rotary Health/District 9690
Rotary Club of Parramatta City
Prostate Cancer
Kevin Jia-Jin Loo
University of Wollongong
In Body Imaging Brachy View: Improved Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer Treatment
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
Rotary Club of Glenhaven
Dementia
Marshall Axel Dalton
University of NSW/Neuroscience Research Australia, NSW
Characterization of episodic memory deficits in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Australian Rotary Health/District 9700
Rotary Club of Parkes
Spinal Cord Injury
Dianah Rodrigues
University of Sydney, NSW
The influence of neural factors on secondary conditions such as pain and fatigue in persons living with Spinal Cord Injury
Australian Rotary Health/District 9680
The Hooton Family
Mental Health
Daniel Quintana
University of Sydney, NSW
Impact of depression, substance abuse and its treatment using oxytocin: An animal and human research study
Australian Rotary Health/District 9750
Rotary Club of Bondi Junction
Rehab of Spinal Injury
Swee-Ling Toh
University of Sydney, NSW
The use of probiotic therapy to treat multi-resistant organism (MRO) colonization in people with Spinal Cord Injury
Australian Rotary Health/District 9700
Rotary Club of Parkes
Parkinson’s Disease
Shoshanah Longmuir
Howard Florey Institute, VIC
Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease
VICTORIA
Australian Rotary Health/District 9800
Rotary Club of Melbourne South
Gastro Intestinal Cancer
Justine Marum
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, VIC
Developing an assay to determine inherited risks in Colorectal Cancer for population screening.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9790
Rotary Club of Strathmore
Bartolina Peluso Scholarship
Dementia
India Bohanna
Howard Florey Institute/University of Melbourne, VIC
A mouse to man approach to studying early structural & cognitive changes in pre symptomatic Huntington’s Disease.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9780
Bowel Cancer
Timothy Smith
Howard Florey Institute/University of Melbourne, VIC
Literature mining for published DNA variants of genes predisposing to Bowel Cancer.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Australian Rotary Health/District 9500
Rotary Club of Whyalla
The Fenwick Scholarship
Multiple Sclerosis
Jo Anne Schinke Stratton
University of Melbourne, VIC
Characterising the roles of gp130 receptor and SOCS3 upon neural precursor-mediated remyelination of the demyelinated central nervous system.
Australian Rotary Health/Hansen Yuncken
Improving the Wellbeing of Young Children
Victoria Leitch
University of Adelaide, SA
Changing the face of Craniosynostosis.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9500
Rotary Club of Adelaide
Childhood Cancer
Le Myo Thwe
Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW
Biomarker Analysis in Paediatric Tumours Diagnosed within a Single Institution
QUEENSLAND
Australian Rotary Health/District 9600
Rotary Clubs of Combined Brisbane
Childhood Bullying
Erin Wolfe
University of Queensland, QLD
Bullying, mental health and help seeking in high-school students: predictors over time and an evaluation of an intervention designed to address bullying.
Australian Rotary Health/District 9600
Rotary Club of Samford Valley
D9600 Scholarship in Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
Crystal Higgs
University of Queensland, QLD
The Role of the Vesicular Glutamate and GABA Transporters in Alzheimer’s Disease.
For further information please contact:
Australian Rotary Health
PO Box 3455,
Parramatta NSW 2124
Phone: (02) 8837 1900
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