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2010 Brain Foundation Research Grants

On Tuesday 28 September 2009, the Annual Research Grant Awards ceremony was held at the Great Hall in the University of Sydney. This year we had the honour of a special guest Alan Jones AO presented the awards to 17 recipients of the 2010 Grants.

	Neuro Trauma Award funded by Robert W Harvey and Allen & Patricia Ellen Coulson Estates A Novel platform for studying brain injury in vivo. Dr Jyoti Anabela Chuckowree Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania Co-Investigator: Dr Tracey Dickson
	Motor Neurone Disease Award funded by Kathleen Toy Estate and Christopher Warren Hallam Bequest What are the causes of behavioural changes in motor neurone disease? Dr Michael Hornberger Neuroscience Research Australia Co-Investigators: Dr Eneida Mioshi and Dr Patricia Lillo
	Migraine Award funded by Australian Equity Trustees Finding the key to the migraine riddle. Dr Geoffrey Lambert Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales Co-Investigator: Professor Alessandro Zagami
	Brain Cancer Award funded by Brian Quilty Memorial Fund, Carol & Stacey Buckley and Phyllis Chard Estates Improving modern therapy for treating adult brain cancers. Dr Angus Harding Diamantina Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital Co-Investigators: Associate Professor Brian Gabrielli and Deputy Director of Neurosurgery Sarah Olson
	Epilepsy Award funded by Michael Rogers Stirling Estate Memory function in temporal lobe epilepsy. Dr Julia Hocking University of Queensland Co-Investigator: Professor David Charles Reutens
	Epilepsy Award funded by Michael Rogers Stirling Estate Epilepsy and Bones - cellular electrophysiology. Dr Sandra Petty University of Melbourne Co-Investigators: Professor Eleanor Mackie and Dr Chris French
	Epilepsy Award funded by Michael Rogers Stirling Estate Advanced analysis of the brainwave recording to identify where in the brain the seizure starts when there is either no lesion or multiple potential culprit lesions visible on the patient's MRI brain scan. Dr Chris Plummer St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne Co-Investigators: Professor Mark Cook and Dr Simon Harvey
	Neurodegenerative Disease Award funded by Gustof Ringstrom, Phyllis Edith Chard and Alice Margaret Jones Estate Targeting TDP-43 to treat neurodegenerative diseases. Dr Peter John Crouch University of Melbourne Co-Investigators: Dr Anthony Robert White, Dr Qiao-Xin Li, Associate Professor Kevin Jeffrey Barnham and Dr Paul Stephen Donnelly
	Neurodegenerative Disease Award funded by Gustof Ringstrom, Phyllis Edith Chard and Alice Margaret Jones Estate Lipids and cognition i postmenopausal women. Dr Cassandra Szoeke National Ageing Research Institute, University of Melbourne Co-Investigators: Professor Lorraine Dennerstein and Professor David Ames
	Neuro-Vascular Disease Award funded by Phyllis Edith Chard Estate Molecular imaging in brain AVMs. Dr Andrew Davidson Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University Co-Investigators: Professor Marcus Stoodley and Professor Michael Morgan
	Muscular Dystrophy Award funded by Colin Gordon Munro Estate Muscular dystrophy and membrane repair. Dr Sandra Cooper The Children's Hospital at Westmead and University of Sydney Co-Investigator: Professor Kathryn North
	Parkinson's Disease Award funded by Ami Olian Memorial Fund and the Estates of Grace Jeanie Admans, Esther Hennessy, Leslie Keller, Helynne Annette Hoban and Bruce Smith Protein recycling is disrupted in Parkin's Disease. Dr Anthony Lee Cook University of Tasmania Co-Investigators: Dr Stephen Wood and Professor Alan Mackay-Sim
	Parkinson's Disease Award funded by Ami Olian Memorial Fund and the Estates of Grace Jeanie Admans, Esther Hennessy, Leslie Keller, Helynne Annette Hoban and Bruce Smith Development of a 68Ga-dopamine transporter PET tracer for brain imaging of Parkinson's Disease. Associate Professor Roslyn Francis University of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Co-Investigators: Dr Laurence Morandeau, Dr William MacDonald, Dr Rick Stell and Dr Julian Rodrigues
	Parkinson's Disease Award funded by Ami Olian Memorial Fund and the Estates of Grace Jeanie Admans, Esther Hennessy, Leslie Keller, Helynne Annette Hoban and Bruce Smith A statewide study of Huntington Disease in New South Wales, Phase I. Dr Clement Loy University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital Co-Investigator: Dr Elizabeth McCusker
	Stroke Award funded by Brain Foundation North West Committee and Frank & Morphyn Young and A.M. Cobden Estate Do strokes cause dementia? Dr Amy Brodtmann Florey Neuroscience Institute Co-Investigator: Dr Toby Cumming
	Stroke Award funded by Brain Foundation North West Committee and Frank & Morphyn Young and A.M. Cobden Estate Understanding why some nerve tissue is more likely to die following a stroke. Dr Neil Spratt University of Newcastle Co-Investigator: Professor John Andrew Paul Rostas
	Stroke Award funded by Brain Foundation North West Committee and Frank & Morphyn Young and A.M. Cobden Estate Exercise: can it help the brain change itself? Dr Michelle Nadine McDonnell Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia Co-Investigators: Associate Professor Michael Ridding, Dr John Semmler and Associate Professor Jon Buckley

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