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2012 Paediatric Endocrine Recipients

Dr Andrew Biggin

Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital Westmead, NSW
The mutational events leading to osteogenesis imperfecta, its genotype-phenotype
correlations and response to bisphosphonate therapy in the paediatric population.

Dr Vinutha Shetty

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, WA
Improving guidelines to allow children with type 1 diabetes to exercise safely.

Dr Stephanie Johnson

Department of Endocrinology, Mater Children's Hospital, QLD
Evaluating the efficacy of Next Generation DNA sequencing in the
diagnosis of disorders of beta cell function.

2012 Oncology Recipients

Dr Arun Azad

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC
Genetic targeting of the DNA damage response using a novel siRNA delivery technology.

Dr Fiona Chionh

LICR, Austin Hospital, VIC
Understanding the molecular basis of inherent and acquired resistance to targeted therapies in metastatic
colorectal cancer.

Dr Andrew Moore

Queensland Health, QLD
The role Survivin and XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein) as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in
paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia.

Dr Matteo Carlino

Westmead Institute of Cancer research, NSW
Determining the mechanisms of MEK inhibitor resistance in Melanoma.

Dr Melanie Lovell

Greenwich Hospital, NSW
Pilot trial of the implementation of a new clinical pathway for assessment and management of pain in people
with cancer.

Dr Adnan Nagrial

Garvan Institute of Medical Research, NSW
Gene expression signatures in Pancreatic Cancer.

2012 Cardiovascular Recipients

Dr Adam Nelson

Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
The Influence of Arterial Stiffness on Myocardial Perfusion Reserve in Patients with Stable and
Unstable Coronary Artery Disease.

Dr Christopher Naoum

Concord Repatriation General Hospital, NSW
The haemodynamic effects of cardiac compression by large hiatal hernia and their relationship to
exercise impairment.

Dr Mandana Nikpour

St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and The University of Melbourne, VIC
Risk factors for the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis a prospective
cohort study.

Dr Sanjay Patel

Discipline of Pathology, Bosch Institute, School of Medical, NSW
Immunomodulatory effects of T regulatory cells in atherosclerosis.

Dr Kavitha Muthiah

St. Vincent's Hospital, NSW
A longitudinal investigation of the effects of centrifugal continuous flow left ventricular assist devices on
haemostatic parameters.

Dr Terase Lancefield

Austin Hospital, VIC
Diabetes, Advanced Glycation and Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr Helen Barrett

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
Placental expression of lipoprotein lipase, endothelial lipase and hormone sensitive lipase in
pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia or intrauterine growth retardation.

Dr Wayne Childs

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, VIC
The Effects of Chronic High-density Lipoprotein (HDL) Elevation with Extended Release Niacin on
Peripheral Arterial Disease.

2012 Neuroscience Recipients

Dr Natalie Mills

Queensland Institute of Medical Research, QLD
The Role of Cytokines in Depression and Cognition in Adolescents.

Dr Houman Ebrahimi

John Hunter Hospital, NSW
The Olfactory Stress Test_ association with antecedents of Alzheimers disease in a cognitively normal
sample.

Dr Chris Moran

Monash Medical Centre, VIC
Type 2 Diabetes and pre-clinical dementia an FDG-PET co-twin study.

Dr Ajeet Singh

The Geelong Clinic, VIC
Do Blood Brain Barrier Hepatic Enzyme Polymorphisms Predict Antidepressant Dose A Candidate
Gene Association Study.

Dr Mark Phelan

Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, VIC
Evaluation of medium-term course,
outcome, and treatment of adolescents with complex Major Depressive Disorder.