{"id":21908,"date":"2023-07-21T07:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T07:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21908"},"modified":"2023-07-21T07:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T07:18:37","slug":"3-million-awarded-to-budding-health-researchers-in-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/21\/3-million-awarded-to-budding-health-researchers-in-nsw\/","title":{"rendered":"$3 million awarded to budding health researchers in NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NSW Government has awarded $3 million to 6 promising researchers to build health and medical research talent in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSW Health Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant program supports outstanding researchers in the early stages of their careers to further strengthen their research and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Medical Research David Harris said the funding will help build an advanced therapeutics research workforce, supporting the emergence of NSW as a global centre of excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to keep the best and the brightest here to ensure we have the most innovative and solution-focused healthcare system in the world,\u201d Mr Harris said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe research undertaken by this talented cohort will improve community health and wellbeing, making a real difference to people\u2019s lives.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s grants have been funded in the fast-growing field of microbiomics, which involves the investigation of a group of microorganisms together, such as in the mouth or gut, and how changes to them impact on our health. This focus on microbiomics builds on existing NSW leadership in genomics and proteomics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 6 career researchers are conducting studies in a range of areas including the gut microbiome, faecal microbiota transplantation, childhood cancer and early identification of infectious diseases in children, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Secretary, Clinical Innovation and Research, Adjunct Professor Jean-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Levesquesaid the grant funding will support the development of a pipeline of researchers ready to fill the jobs of the future in this fast-growing field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe early-mid career researcher grants reinforce NSW\u2019s commitment to supporting the best researchers so that they can concentrate on excelling in their research field. We want to ensure NSW is a place where innovation and medical research can fuse together to firmly place NSW as a leader in research,\u201d A\/Prof Levesque said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NSW researchers awarded NSW Health Early-Mid Career Researcher Grants include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dr Guy Cameron, University of Newcastle<\/li><li>Dr Caitlin Cowan, UNSW Sydney<\/li><li>Dr Craig Haifer, St Vincent\u2019s Hospital<\/li><li>Dr Emily Hoedt, University of Newcastle<\/li><li>Dr Xiaotao Jiang, UNSW Sydney<\/li><li>Dr Erin Shanahan, University of Sydney.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The $3 million grant forms part of the $10 million over 4 years towards building health and medical research talent by supporting outstanding researchers in the early stages of their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information on all recipients and their research projects is available on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSW Office of Health and Medical Researchlaunch<\/a>&nbsp;website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has awarded $3 million to 6 promising researchers to build health and medical research talent in NSW. The NSW Health Early-Mid Career Researcher Grant program supports outstanding researchers in the early stages of their careers to further strengthen their research and development. Minister for Medical Research David Harris said the funding will &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/21\/3-million-awarded-to-budding-health-researchers-in-nsw\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$3 million awarded to budding health researchers in NSW&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21909,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21908\/revisions\/21909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}