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.

2009

9 IAN SCOTT PhD SCHOLARSHIPS - $234,000

 

Magenta Simmons       

University of Melbourne, VIC

Amount Awarded: $26,000     

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

 

Esther Chan  

Monash University, VIC

Amount Awarded: $26,000  

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

 

Allison Milner 

Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention/Griffith University

Amount Awarded: $26,000  

Suicide in countries of the Western Pacific Region: The impact of globalisation on trends of fatal suicidal behaviour.
 
Sylvia Kauer  

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC

Amount Awarded: $26,000      

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: $26,000  

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

 

Tammie Money                            

Mental Health Research Institute

Amount Awarded: $26,000  

The role of Muscarinic receptors in the pathology of schizophrenia.

 

Michelle Banfield                           

Australian National University, ACT

Amount Awarded: $26,000  
Consumer priorities for depression and bipolar disorder.

Laura Hart
University of Melbourne, VIC
Amount Awarded: $26,000
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