2012 Grant Recipient Researchers | Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation

Thu 09 May 2024

Living With Cerebral Palsy Doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Part Two

By RJ Nealon I often think back to that quick submission loss and tell myself that it was probably the best thing that happened to me and my journey. It forced me to take a deep hard look at myself and converse with my inner self. What do I want? What impact do I want […]

Fri 03 May 2024

Keeping It Real: RJ’s Story

Discover how RJ used Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to find and harness his personal strengths, and how it became an important part of his relationship with his cerebral palsy.

Six projects received over $500K in funding, seeking answers into the cure and prevention of cerebral palsy.

Dr Yvonne Wu

The Regents of The University Of California, on behalf of its San Francisco campus, USA

Innovative Research Grant
$50,000

Neonatal Erythropoietin and therapeutic Hypothermia – 2 (NEAT 2)

Dr Mary Tolcos

Monash University

Innovative Research Grant
$80,968

Identifying regulatory and therapeutic target in perinatal white matter injury following intrauterine growth restriction

Associate Professor Nick Evans

Sydney Local Health Network at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown NSW 2050

Innovative Research Grant
$58,300 over 2 years

Neuro-developmental Outcomes of severe Neonatal Jaundice in Australia

Dr Cally Tan

University College London

Innovative Research Grant
$35,513 AUD over 2 years

Early neurodevelopmental outcomes and cerebral palsy after neonatal encephalopathy in Uganda: an assessment of the role of perinatal infection/inflammation

Dr Hayley Dickinson

Monash University

Innovative Research Grant
$100,000 over 2 years

Creatine, a multi-organ protectant against hypoxic injury in the neonate

Professor Dinah Reddihough

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Innovative Research Grant
$200,000 over 2 years

Preliminary investigations of the therapeutic potential of human umbilical cord blood stem cells in cerebral palsy