Year |
Award |
Winner |
Research |
Program |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
A/Prof. Michael Beckmann |
Methods of induction of labour |
Mother and Baby |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Melody Brown |
Lymphoedema prevention following inguinal or ilionguinal dissection for metastic melanoma |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Rohan Lourie |
Primary epithelial cell responses to pro-inflammatory cytokines are key to mucosal barrier function and the initiation and perpetuation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Mark Williams |
Novel mutations in Angelman syndrome and related disorders: relationship to phenotype and neuronal function. |
Mother and Baby |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Prof. Timothy Florin |
Inventing a topical thiopurine for the treatment of Crohn's and colitis |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Glenn Gardener |
My Baby’s Movements: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial of decreased fetal movement awareness to reduce stillbirth |
Mother and Baby |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Prof. Helen Liley |
Preventing Adverse Outcomes of Neonatal Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy with Erythropoietin - the PAEAN Study |
Mother and Baby |
2013 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr David Serisier |
Unravelling the complex interplay between airway infection and mucosal pathophysiology to enhance therapeutic strategies and deliver novel therapies in cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis . |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2014 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
A/Prof Phillip Good |
A research program to improve the evidence base and inform policy and practice in Palliative Care. |
Cancer |
2014 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Judy Hough |
High Flow Nasal Cannula Dose Finding Study in Neonatal Intensive Care |
Mother and Baby |
2014 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Ra’eesa Doola |
Nutritional approach to management of hyperglycaemia in the critically ill patient (Diabetic FEEDS study) |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2014 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Alison Lee-Tannock |
Characterisation of fetal, neonatal and childhood cardiac function in fetuses at risk of cardiovascular dysfunction |
Mother and Baby |
2015 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Sanmarie' Schlebusch |
Assessing the effects of antibiotic choice on gut/enteric microbiome in a randomised trial - a metagenomic approach |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2015 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Sarah Janssens |
Training teamwork skills in interdisciplinary simulation for maternity emergencies |
Mother and Baby |
2015 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Cameron Snell |
Dissecting oestrogen receptor signalling to predict response to hormonal therapies in breast cancer |
Cancer |
2015 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
A/Prof Lucy Burr |
Improving the clinical management of patients with inflammatory airways diseases |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2015 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Nicole Robertson |
Regional fetal brain and placental perfusion at term and its correlation with adverse intrapartum and neonatal outcomes |
Mother and Baby |
2016 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Friederike Beker |
The effects of regular smell and taste with tube feeding on nutrition in very preterm infants (a randomized controlled trial), and in term infants after gastroschisis repair (a blinded randomized controlled pilot trial) |
Mother and Baby |
2016 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Loretta Anderson |
Comparing breast massage and hand expressing of breast milk within the first hour of birth to standard care (expressing only in the first 6 hours) for mothers of preterm infants between 28 and 34 weeks’ gestation: a pilot randomised controlled trial |
Mother and Baby |
2016 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Tatjana Ewais |
A randomised-control validation trial of Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT): An eight-week mindfulness program for youth living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and co-morbid depression and anxiety |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2016 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Emaduddin Abro |
Tumour microenvironment in haematological malignancies |
Cancer Biology and Care |
2016 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
A/Prof. Richard Lewandowski |
Burden of Illness – The Impact of Surgical Interventions on Patients with Congenital Facial Deformities |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2016 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Tanja Miokovic |
Pregnancy related low back pain and stress urinary incontinence- is dysfunction of the postural trunk muscles the missing link? |
Mothers', Babies' and Women's Health |
2017 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
A/Prof Sumaira Hasnain |
Development of novel therapeutic drugs for chronic inflammatory diseases |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2017 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
A/Prof Shelley Wilkinson |
Investigating research processes and outcomes of the RCT |
Mother and Baby |
2017 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Sheridan Guyatt |
Reaching Queensland women during the perinatal period in a digital age: a stepped approach to physiotherapy management of pelvic floor dysfunction, low back pain, pelvic girdle pain and physical activity |
Mother and Baby |
2017 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Andrew Swayne |
Diagnostics, therapeutics and modelling in autoimmune encephalitis: from antibody binding to brain network dysfunction |
Neuroscience |
2017 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Jessica Turner |
Reducing the risk of fetal distress with sildenafil (RIDSTRESS Study) |
Mother and Baby |
2018 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
Prof Josephine Forbes |
Test the efficacy of the novel compound targeting mitochondrial dysfunction (KH-‐176) to prevent the onset of kidney disease. |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2018 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
A/Prof Katharina Ronacher |
Determine LTBI and T2D rates in the high risk populations and identify the underlying innate and adaptive immune
deficiencies associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D). |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2018 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Elizabeth Hurrion |
Neuroprotective role of sulphate among preterm infants (SuPreme study) |
Mother and Baby |
2018 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Mohamed Shanavas |
An in-depth characterization of T cells within the intra-tumoural microenvironment In Diffuse Large B Cell
Lymphoma |
Cancer |
2018 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Rebecca Keating |
An investigation into factors influencing glucose control in cystic fibrosis |
Chronic and Integrated Care |
2019 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
Dr Sandra Richardson |
Applying single-‐cell technologies to identify L1-driven mutations and determining the potential deleterious impact of these mutations on pregnancy outcomes and age-‐related female infertility. |
Neuroscience |
2019 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
A/Prof Kristen Radford |
Understanding human dendritic cell (DC) biology and translating findings into health benefits |
Cancer |
2019 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Catherine Franklin |
Understanding Acute Regression in Adolescents and Young Adults with Down Syndrome |
Neuroscience |
2019 |
Betty McGrath Fellowship |
Dr Sinead Barry |
Phase III Randomized clinical trial for stage III ovarian carcinoma randomizing between primary cytoreductive surgery with or without hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy |
Cancer |
2020 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
Dr Camille Guillerey |
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Chronic and Integrated Care |
2020 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Prof Sailesh Kumar |
Machine learning to develop predictive models for late gestation adverse perinatal outcomes |
Mother and Baby |
2020 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Renee Muirhead |
Developing a nurse led model of analgesia administration to optimise neonatal pain management in the surgical neonatal intensive care |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2020 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Aleysha Martin |
Transdisciplinary stroke assessment: Can it improve allied health efficiency and
care on an acute stroke unit? |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2020 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Alana Delaforce |
A theoretically informed approach to support the implementation of preoperative anaemia and iron deficiency screening, evaluation and management pathways (PAIDSEM-P): a type 2 hybrid-effectiveness study |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2020 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Leah McIntosh |
Improving Advanced Life Support training for frontline healthcare workers under novel conditions |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2021 |
Strategic Grant for Outstanding Women |
A/Prof. Kym Rae |
Kym is the Principal Research Fellow for Indigenous Health within the Mother and Baby Program and proposes to use her grant over the next two years to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland have an opportunity to voice their health needs, particularly during the time of pregnancy and early family life. |
Mother and Baby |
2022 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
A/Prof Anne Leditschke |
"Inspiring Beyond ICU” – A Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Trial of Inspiratory Muscle Training in Intensive Care Patients Mechanically Ventilated for More than 5 Days. |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2022 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Prof Vicki Clifton |
A sustainable and cultural approach to asthma care for improving outcomes for Indigenous Australian women: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Antenatal Asthma Management Service. (AAAMS) |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2022 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Dr Jennifer Utter |
Supporting healthcare staff to share meals with family, friends, or colleagues to improve nutritional and emotional wellbeing. |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2022 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Dr Reuben Beer |
Advanced imaging in multiple sclerosis: Utilising multimodal magnetic resonance imaging to model response before and after highly active disease modifying therapy. |
Healthcare Delivery and Innovation |
2022 |
Betty McGrath Seeding Grant |
Rohan Bates |
Measuring the Emotional Responses and Self – Regulation skills of Learners in Problem Based Learning Simulations. |
Education |