Two new medical research centres will be funded by the Morrison Government to produce rapid improvements in preventing, treating and curing diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and their complications.
\nThe Government will provide $10 million each for the new research centres ($20 million overall), as well as $18\u00a0million to support translational research projects.
\nExpressions of interest are now being sought by MTPConnect for the two research centres and also the first tranche of translational research projects, worth $6 million. There will be opportunities to fund translational research projects using the remaining $12\u00a0million in the future.
\nThe funding is drawn from the Government\u2019s Medical Research Future Fund, under its Targeted Translation Research Accelerator, which is managed by MTPConnect.
\nIt will be directed to research projects with the potential to transform diabetes and cardiovascular disease outcomes, and reduce the burden of these diseases on patients, families and the community.
\nThe two research centres will stimulate collaboration across industry, research and clinical organisations.
\nThe Diabetes Research Centre\u2019s translational research, development and implementation science activities will address three priority areas:
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Diabetic kidney disease.
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Peripheral neuropathy and diabetic foot syndrome.
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Short term complications of hypoglycaemia and\/or hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS) and ketoacidosis.
\nThe priorities for the Cardiovascular Disease Research Centre will be:
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Coronary artery disease (including angina and MACE)
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cardiomyopathy and heart failure
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic).
\nThrough a parallel program of research grants, $6 million will also be made available to develop innovative preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic and disease management products and solutions in priority areas.
\nThe priorities for funding were identified through in-depth consultation with doctors and patients and include\u00a0chronic kidney disease, cardiac and vascular complications, and mental health of people living with cardiovascular disease and\/or diabetes.
\nThe new research funding will build on MTPConnect\u2019s work with its partners\u2014ANDHealth, Medical Device Partnering Program, and UniQuest\u2014to help researchers put their diabetes and cardiovascular disease research results into clinical practice, through mentoring and commercialisation support.
\nInvesting in health and medical research is a priority for the Morrison Government. Research is a key pillar of our plan to make Australia\u2019s health system stronger, more equitable, and more sustainable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two new medical research centres will be funded by the Morrison Government to produce rapid improvements in preventing, treating and curing diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and their complications. The Government will provide $10 million each for the new research centres ($20 million overall), as well as $18\u00a0million to support translational research projects. Expressions of interest … Continue reading “$38 million available for research into diabetes, heart disease”<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893","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=9893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}