Mental Illness Grants Awarded for 2012

A high volume of Grants were awarded over the years for interesting and significant areas of research.  In 2012 Grants totalled $975,000. These included 16 Mental Health Research Grants, 7 Ian Scott PhD Scholarships and 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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2011

IAN SCOTT PhD SCHOLARSHIPS - $171,670

 

Magenta Simmons       

University of Melbourne, VIC

Amount Awarded: $13,000     

Shared decision making for young people with depressive disorders: Development and feasibility testing of a decision aid.

 

Esther Chan  

Monash University, VIC

Amount Awarded: $13,000  

Improving the management of acute agitation in the Emergency Department: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.

 

Sylvia Kauer  

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC
Amount Awarded: $13,000      

The importance of insight into negative mood, stressful experiences and coping strategies in the prevention and early intervention of adolescent mood disorders.

 

Amy Dawson 

University of Wollongong, NSW

Amount Awarded: $13,000  

Does early developmental disruption make the brain more vulnerable to the effects of cannabis?


Laura Hart
University of Melbourne, VIC
Amount Awarded: $13,000
Mental Health First Aid for Eating Disorders: development of first aid guidelines and an intervention for the public.

Karissa Searle
University of Melbourne, VIC
Amount Awarded: $26,000
Attention and Mental Health outcomes in extremely low birth weight/very premature infants: An fMRI study of adolescents

Rose Chesworth

Florey Neurosciences Institutes, Vic
Amount Awarded: $4,250
The role of the metabotropic glutamate 5 and adenosine 2A receptors in methamphetamine addition
 
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $29,000
Gamma frequency oscillations and the NMDA receptor hypofunction hypothesis of schizophrenia: Exploring functional disconnections in psychosis
 
University of Sydney, NSW
Amount Awarded: $29,000
Understanding the psychosocial sequelae of surviving testicular cancer
 
University of New South Wales, NSW
Amount Awarded: $6,140
A randomized controlled trial of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to reduce auditory hallucinations and enhance cognitive function in schizophrenia
 
University of Melbourne, Vic
Amount Awarded: $6,140
Redox Biology and Autism
 
Monash University, Vic
Amount Awarded: $6,140
Environmental and Biological factors influencing everyday social interaction impairments in young children with autism and children with traumatic developmental experiences