Melbourne Medical School researchers awarded MRFF funding
Researchers from the Melbourne Medical School have been awarded funding through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to advance a diverse range of research projects in health.
The MRFF supports exceptional medical research and innovation activities with the objective of improving the health and wellbeing of Australians.
The following Melbourne Medical School projects were funded:
- Professor Peter Choong from the Department of Surgery: Australian Spine Registry (ASPIRE) - Collecting, Analysing, Evaluating and Protecting Australians after spine surgery
- Associate Professor Katherine Gibney from the Department of Infectious Diseases: STReptococcal Adaptive Platform Trial (STRAP)
- Professor Victoria Palmer from the Department of General Practice and Primary Care: Casting the Net for What Matters: The ALIVE National Consortium for Equitable WellBeing and Mental Health Systems Transformation
- Professor Colin Royse from the Department of Surgery: Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS): Reducing Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Dyspnoea
- Professor Lena Sanci from the Department of General Practice and Primary Care: TRANSFORM: Transitions and Reform for Seamless Multidisciplinary Care
Read the full list of recipients from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and learn more about MRFF grants on the MRFF website.