Congratulations to three of the latest Flinders University NHMRC grant recipients, Professor Danny Eckert, Associate Professor Simon Conn and Dr Monica Cations.<\/p>\n
Their projects in sleep health, cancer treatment and better aged care have been awarded more than $4.67 million in Australian Government health and medical research grants announced last week.<\/p>\n
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants \u2013 to chief investigators Professor Danny Eckert<\/a> (Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health) and cancer researcher Associate Professor Simon Conn<\/a> \u2013 add to a \u2018mental health in aged care\u2019 grant to Dr Monica Cations<\/a> through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Priority Round.<\/p>\n \u201cThe latest projects add to the rich stream of high-quality research coming from the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute,\u201d says Professor Robert Saint, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Flinders University.<\/p>\n \u201cTogether, the strength of our University\u2019s research is making vital inroads into a wide range of health and medical priorities affecting millions of Australians, and people everywhere, at a time when our community is acutely aware of the critical importance of health and medical research.\u201d<\/p>\n COVID-19 Research Grant Scheme at Flinders University\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Meanwhile, the six colleges have announced 35 new COVID-19 research grant scheme projects at Flinders University – some in collaboration with external partners.<\/p>\n The multidisciplinary efforts at Flinders University, targeting important research on COVID-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, cover wide-ranging potential solutions and information for future pandemics.<\/p>\n The projects range from finding a bacterial link to respiratory failure<\/a> to tracing the virus in South Australia\u2019s sewage systems (see details of 11 of the projects in the College of Science and Engineering, and College of Medicine and Public Health at the link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The 24 projects in the four other colleges include:<\/p>\n College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n