GRANTS FUNDED:
The Neurosurgical Research Foundation raises money to fund research into disease and injury of the Brain and Spinal cord.
This research is undertaken in Australian Universities and Teaching hospitals.
Some of the specific areas of research funded have been in the following areas:
- Head Injury
- Spinal cord Injury
- Sciatica
- Brain Tumours in children and adults
- Brain haemorrhage and stroke
- Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
MOST RECENT GRANTS FUNDED:
Grants Funded 2009 $174,426
Neurosurgical Trainee Fellowships x two $100,000
Brain Tumour research, Jane Page Brain Tumour Research Fund extended $50,000
Funded by Dr Jeremy Hallpike, Bill and Jo Cooper and Coopers Brewery.
Grants Funded 2008 $366,000
Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellowship $42,160
Brain Tumour research $18,000
Associate Professor Mounir Ghabriel and Professor Alan Nimmo of the University of Adelaide.
Parkinson’s Disease research $48,000 over two years.
Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellowship – University of Adelaide. Second Installment $300,000. $800,000 total complete.
Grants Funded 2007 $585,000
Studying Neurotrauma Dr Corinne Van Den Heuval and Associate Professor Roberto Cappai University of Adelaide & University of Melbiourne $30,000.
Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs):Professor Michael Morgan and colleagues inc Prof Brian Brophey of RAH $15,000.
NRF fund equipment Nanophotometer $15,000. Application from Prof Robert Vink, the NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide.
The RAAF has raised more than $25,000 to purchase An Agilent Bioanalyzer research equipment for the NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide.
Abbie Simpson Clinical Fellowship – University of Adelaide. First Installment $500,000.
Grants Funded 2006 $60,000
Brain Tumour research N. Knuckey & B. Meloni The University of WA $15,000.
Brain Tumour research A. Kaye, P. Lock University of Melbourne $15,000.
NRF equipment Grant $30,000 to the University of Adelaide for a Stereotaxic Digital Injector
Grants Funded 2005 by the NRF $50,000 Total
The NRF Chair of Neurosurgical Research at the University of Adelaide $50,000.
Every medical wonder is the result of medical research.