THRI Member Funding Success
Associate Professor Genevieve Steiner, an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow from the University’s NICM Health Research Institute, received $1.5 million in funding for her project, Teaching an old brain new tricks: optimising cognitive training through neuroplasticity (APP1195709).
The project aims to prevent decline in dementia as the leading cause of death of women in Australia, and the second-leading cause for all Australians, surpassing heart disease.
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Dr Caleb Ferguson, Senior Research Fellow and Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow from the Western Sydney Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre was awarded $606,000 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (APP1196262).
Dr Ferguson will conduct a new trial into the world’s most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition where the heart beats irregularly. AF is a major risk factor for stroke, heart failure and dementia as well as the leading cause of cardiovascular hospitalisation in Australia.
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