International Collaborative Research Grants

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International Collaborative Research Grants

• Professor Alan Pettigrew
• CEO NHMRC

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International Research Collaborative Grants

• Established in May 2002
• Partnership at all stages between
• NHMRC
• Wellcome Trust
• Health Research Council of New Zealand
• A program focusing on the health problems in
  South and South East Asia and the Pacific.
• AUD30 million
• 10 Grants awarded in August 2003

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International Research Collaborative Grants

• Aim to promote collaborative research and
  training.
• Programs funded for five years based on
• scientific excellence
• significance to relevant health problems
• high-level training and
• complementarity of research groups.

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Research and training to reduce morbidity and
mortality from malaria in Papua (Indonesia) and
PNG

• Total grant AUD1,477,458
• Principal applicants Professor Nicholas Anstey
  Dr Emiliana Tjitra
• Primary Institutions Menzies School of Health
  Research, Australia Ministry of Health,
  Indonesia
• Co-applicants University of Papua New Guinea,
  PNG University of Western Australia, Australia
  Bethesda Hospital, Indonesia

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Reducing deaths from pesticide poisoning
Establishing a regional toxicity research centre

• Total grant AUD3,078,038
• Principal applicants Professor Nicholas Buckley
  Professor Nimal Senanayeka
• Primary Institutions Australian National
  University Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka
• Co-applicants University of NewcastleUniversity
  of Columbo, Sri Lanka

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Study of HPV6 l1 virus like particles as a
therapeutic vaccine for genital warts and
recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

• Total grant AUD1,378,961
• NHMRC component AUD615,608
• Principal applicants Professor Ian Frazer Dr
  Jieqiang Lu
• Primary Institutions University of Queensland,
  Australia Wenzhou Medical College, China

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Neonatal immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate
vaccine in Papua New Guinea

• Total grant AUD2,314,684
• Principal applicants Professor Deborah
  LehmannProfessor John Reeder
• Primary Institutions Telethon Institute for
  Child Health ResearchPNG Institute of Medical
  Research
• Co-applicants University of Western Australia

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Burden of disease and cost-effectiveness of
intervention options Informing policy choices
and health system reform in Thailand

• Total grant AUD3,201,159
• Principal applicants Dr Alan LopezDr Wiput
  Phoolcharoen
• Primary Institutions University of Queensland,
  AustraliaMinistry of Public Health, Thailand
• Co-applicants Monash UniversityMahidol
  University, Thailand

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Pathways to improved, sustainable morbidity
control and prevention of schistosomiasis in the
Peoples Republic of China

• Total grant AUD2,462,430
• Principal applicants Professor Donald
  McManusProfessor Zheng Feng
• Primary Institutions Qld Institute of Medical
  ResearchChinese Centre for Disease Control and
  Prevention
• Co-applicants University of Queensland

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Enterovirus 71 in the Asia-Pacific region
reverse genetic approaches to virus surveillance
and vaccine development

• Total grant AUD1,058,845
• Principal applicants Professor Peter
  McMinnProfessor Mary Cardosa
• Primary Institutions Institute for Child Health
  Research, AustraliaUniversity Malaysia Sarawak,
  Malaysia
• Co-applicants Ministry of Health, Malaysia

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Thai health-risk transition A national cohort
study

• Total grant AUD2,733,297
• Principal applicants Dr Adrian SleighDr
  Sam-ang Seubsmanr
• Primary Institutions Australian National
  UniversitySukothai Thammathirat Open University,
  Thailand
• Co-applicants Chiang Mai University, Thailand
  Ministry of Public Health, Thailand Office of
  National Economic and Social Development Board,
  ThailandUniversity of Queensland, Australia

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The Pacific OPIC study A four country study of
obesity prevention in communities

• Total grant AUD5,786,711
• Principal applicants Professor Boyd Swinburn
  Associate Professor Robert ScraggDr Sam-ang
  Seubsman
• Primary Institutions Deakin University,
  Australia University of Auckland, NZFiji School
  of Medicine
• Institutions of co-applicants University of
  Melbourne, AustraliaMinistry of Health, New
  Zealand

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Building evidence based research and practice in
South East Asia Impact on pregnancy and
childbirth care and outcomes

• Total grant AUD2,536,303
• Principal applicants Professor David
  Henderson-Smart Professor Pisake Lumbiganon
• Primary Institutions Queen Elizabeth II Research
  Institute, AustraliaKhon Kaen University,
  Thailand
• Co-applicants University of AdelaideUniversity
  of Philippines, PhilippinesMonash Medical
  Centre, AustraliaPerak College of Medicine,
  Malaysia

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Impact on pregnancy and childbirth care and
outcomes - Summary

• Each year there are over half a million maternal
  deaths world-wide - 98 occurring in the
  developing world.
• In Asia, the lifetime risk of a maternal death is
  1 in 65 compared with 1 in 1,800 for women in
  developed countries

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International Research Collaborative Grants-
future processes

• Evaluation
• All grants are monitored annually
• Mid-grant review to assess scientific progress
  and future plans for each program.
• End-of-grant review of the program to
• evaluate outcomes and impacts, and
• to ensure that we learn what lessons we can from
  this first iteration.
• Assess scope for future funding

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