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