Graduate researchers receive National Health Medical Research Council scholarship funding

Fourteen researchers from the Melbourne Medical School have received funding for Postgraduate Scholarships from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

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The NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships scheme funds outstanding health and medical graduates to complete a research-based postgraduate degree early in their careers. It aims to support the development of original and internationally competitive independent research within Australia.

Congratulations to the following Melbourne Medical School recipients:

  • Dr Brendan Backhouse from the Department of Medicine: Assessing the physiology of cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest, and the impact of therapeutic interventions.
  • Ms Samantha Bates from the Department of Critical Care: Enteral rather than intravenous electrolyte replacement in critical care (LEANER).
  • Dr Ting-Gee Annie Chiu from the Department of Medicine: A holistic approach to care of patients with Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies.
  • Ms Maria Globan from the Department of Infectious Diseases: Genomics-Informed exploration of drug susceptibility testing for non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
  • Dr Tanya Lee from the Department of Medicine: The Baby Inflammatory Bowel Disease Microbiome (Babycino) Study.
  • Dr Bonia Liu from the Department of Medicine: Application of molecular imaging biomarkers in large vessel vasculitis and polymyalgia rheumatica.
  • Dr Nathaniel Lizak, from the Department of Medicine: Use of high-efficacy therapies to prevent disability in MS.
  • Dr Yeung-Ae Park, from the Department of Medicine: The role of sex steroids in pituitary tumours.
  • Dr Nayomi Perera, from the Department of Medicine: Proactive pregnancy care: Developing a risk calculator to identify women at risk of adverse maternal and offspring outcomes.
  • Dr Luke Perry, from the Department of Critical Care: Pulmonary artery catheter use in cardiac surgery (PUMA).
  • Ms Cecilia Pynaker, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health: Addressing Critical Gaps and Inequities in Australia’s Prenatal Genomic Screening.
  • Dr Chathri Ratnayake, from the Department of Medicine: Renal Energy Metabolism and Obesity related Kidney Disease.
  • Dr Beverly Rodrigues, from the Department of Medicine: Evaluating the gut-liver axis using a novel gas sensing capsule in cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
  • Dr Arvind Yerramilli, from the Department of Infectious Diseases: Electronic Health Records Embedded Randomised Controlled Trials for Infectious Diseases.

Find out more about the NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarships funded in 2024 on the NHMRC website.