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Research activities 1993-2006
HARRY WINDSOR BIOMEDICAL AND MEDICAL POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS
1993 Oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein by hypochlorite
Linda Hazell
$61 806
1994 Protein kinase C activity in airway smooth muscle
Kenny Yang
$38 000
1995 Cytokine - mediated induction and regulation of antioxidant defences by mononuclear cells
Shane Thomas
$68 000
1996 Repetitive arousals & hypoxia in the genesis of daytime somnolence in sleep apnoea
David Joffe
$32 500
1997 Benefits of nasal pressure assist ventilation in sleep in cystic fibrosis
Stephen Parsons
$8 000
1998 Pulmonary/systematic pressor & vasoactive peptides in hypoxia in sleep apnoea
Rajeev Soni
$11 000
1998 Phospholipases of cryptococcus neoformans
Rosemary Santangelo
$63 498
1998 The role of cytokines in the immunity and pathology of malaria
Anna Hansen
$56 703
1999 Phospholipases as potential virulence factors of cryptococcus neoformans
Georges Latouche
$55 089
2000 Neurone receptor systems in sudden infant death and piglets exposed to hypercapnic-hypoxia
Rita Machaalani
$57 113
2000 Biliary lipids in liver disease and intestinal phospholipid metabolism in children with
cystic fibrosis
Shoma Dutt
$82 321
2001 Interaction of mild obstructive sleep apnoea,
sleep deprivation and circadian factors in
daytime performance and cognitive function
Anup Desai
$55 553
     
THE ANN WOOLCOCK BIOMEDICAL AND MEDICAL POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS
2002 Evaluation of lung flow volume reduction surgery in subjects with chronic airflow limitation
Zoe McKeough
$59 357
2003 Investigation of the structure of cryptococcal phospholipases
KylieTurner
$40 143
2003 Detection, isolation and characterisation of novel anti-infective agents from cultured micro fungi
Corrina Parker
$40 143
     
HARRY WINDSOR MEDICAL RESEARCH GRANTS
1992 Analysis of T lymphocyte responses to the major secreted protein of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Warwick Britton
$69 000
1992 Factors affecting the outcome of childhood asthma - ongoing project
Craig Mellis & Jennifer Peat
$62 000
1992 High dose neublised salbutamol in the treatment of asthma in children
Anthony Penna & Kenneth Dawson
$13 800
1993 Chronic cough: analysis of function and site
of airway inflammation
Peter Gibson
$32 695
1993 Airway inflammation: determinants in a birth cohort and relationship to asthma symptoms
Peter Gibson, Michael Hensley et al
$13 500
1993 Respiratory function of the soft palate and epiglottis
Terence Amis & John Wheatley
$45 504
1994 Prevalence of TB infection among primary school entry children in Sydney
Gregory Stewart, Garth Alperstein et al
$23 329
1994 Parental smoking and the respiratory health
of infants
Jennifer Peat, Craig Mellis et al
$70 700
1994 Modulation of tumor necrosis factor acrtivity during mycobacterial infection
Warwick Britton & Helen Briscoe
$73 397
1995 To identify phosphatases & substrates involved in inhibition of mast cell release
Russell Ludowyke
$28 000
1996 Role of IL-6 and nuclear factor IL-6 in the control of mycobacterial infections
Helen Briscoe & Warwick Britton
$34 000
1996 Role of maxilliary constriction in obtrusive
sleep apnoea
Peter Cistulli, Richard Palmisano et al
$34 000
1996 Regulation and role of CP-10 in cell-mediated immunity
Carolyn Geczy & Wendy Lau
$45 000
1996 The impact of SE Asian immigration on tuberculosis control in low prevalence areas
Guy Marks, Gregory Stewart et al
$32 400
1996 Protein kinase C and human airway muscle
Judith Black & Roy Donnelly
$85 000
1997 Improving mucociliary clearance in chronic lung disease with mucus hypersecretion
Peter Bye & George Bautovich
$35 000
1997 Role of novel cytokine CP-10 in the pathology of tuberculosis
Jannine Devery, Carolyn Geczy et al
$32 000
1997 The effects of air pollution indicators on respiratory illness in children and adults
Michael Hensley, Peter Lewis et al
$15 000
1997 Tuberculosis risk in screened migrants and refugees
Guy Marks, Gregory Stewart et al
$81 000
1997 Effect of smoking on sensory nerves and the perception of breathlessness
Cheryl Salome, Guy Marks et al
$33 000
1998 The role of protein phosphatase PP1 & PP2A
in mast cell secretion
Russell Ludowyke & Alistair Sim
$72 000
1998 Human T-cell memory to mycobacteria
Warwick Britton, Andrew Bean et al
$80 000
1998 Gastroesophageal reflux and upper airway dysfunction in chronic cough
Peter Gibson & Edward Hewson
$15 000
1998 Health, beliefs, knowledge and experience of migrants with a diagnosis of tuberculosis
Leena Gupta, Suzanne Gleeson et al
$34 478
1999 Potential neurotoxicity of repetitive hypercapnic hypoxia during early treatment
Karen Waters
$10 000
1999 Pharmacologic and physical therapies to enhance mucociliary clearance in chronic lung diseases
and mucus hypersecretion
Peter Bye, Stefan Eberl et al
$39 000
1999 Effects of beta2-adrenoceptor agonists on mucociliary clearance in persons with asthma
Evangelia Daviskas
$5 000
1999 Effect of sleep apnoea on glucose regulation
Ronald Grunstein
$22 000
1999 Chronic lung disease in Aboriginal Australians: Factors in aetiology and treatment
Graeme Maguire, Bart Currie et al
$69 136
1999 Does BCG vaccination in infancy prevent allergy?
Guy Marks
$5 000
2000 Apoptosis in the control of mycobacterial infection
Bernadette Saunders & Helen Briscoe
$38 000
2000 Interleukin-18 as an adjuvant for DNA immunisation against tuberculosis
Warwick Britton & James Triccas
$26 500
2000 Symptoms and quality of life in chronic cough
Peter Gibson
$25 500
2000 Evaluation of lung volume reduction surgery in patients with chronic airflow limitation
Peter Bye, Iven Young et al
$38 000
2000 Sympathetic activity during sleep in obstructive sleep apnoea patients
John Wheatley & Terence. Amis
$14 435
2000 Preventing infant exposure to tobacco smoke:
evaluation of an early childhood prevention
John Wiggers, Afaf Girgis et al
$53 006
2001 The monocycle-macrophage P2x7 receptor and susceptibility to tuberculosis
James Wiley & Tania Sorrell
$45 000
2001 The role of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea
in the pathogenesis of hypertension
Terence Amis & John Wheatley
$45 665
2001 Randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention among people with
a mental illness
Amanda Baker & Vaughan Carr
$63 370
     
THE HARRY WINDSOR RESEARCH GRANTS
2002 Effect of mannitol on the clearance of mucus in patients with COPD
Evangelia Daviskas, Sandra Anderson et al
$38 593
2002 Improved hygiene measures for reduced infection in Australian Aboriginal children: a randomised controlled trial
Amanda Leach, Heidi Smith-Vaughan et al
$48 424
2002 New strategies to vaccinate against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
James Triccas & Warwick Britton
$112588
2003 Evaluation of individual components of pulmonary rehabilitation in subjects with COPD
Jennifer Alison, Peter Bye et al
$47 880
2003 The Mimika pulmonary disability in
TB patients study
Paul Kelly, Graeme Maguire et al
$43 267
2004 Genetic and environment risk factors for progression to active tuberculosis in the
Liverpool cohort
Warwick Britton, Guy Marks et al
$44 701
2005 Novel methylated genes in lung cancer
Kwun Fong & Annalese Semmler
$52 250
2005 Infection versus rejection in lung transplant-related bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: can intracellular cytokines help?
Paul Reynolds et al
$50 000
     
THE ARC HARRY WINDSOR RESEARCH GRANTS SCHEME
2006 A new non-toxic approach to controlling bacterial infection
Robert Capon
$49 000
2006 Role of phosphorylation in regulating nuclear trafficking during infection of respiratory syncitial virus matrix protein
David Jans
$50 000
2006 Nutritional intervention to improve tuberculosis treatment outcome in Timika, Indonesia: the NUTTS study
Paul Kelly et al
$51 000
     
THE ARC ANN WOOLCOCK RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
2005-
2009
Genetic influences on causal pathways of ALRIs in highly susceptible infants
Ingrid Laing
 
 

 
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