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MND RESEARCH AUSTRALIA 2022 GRANTS ANNOUNCED
One of MND Queensland’s strengths is that we are a part of a national alliance with other State-based MND organisations. We share ideas, information, resources and all have a common goal to provide support to people impacted by MND and to find the cause and a cure (and in the meantime, more effective treatments). We all come together under the umbrella of MND Australia and that also includes our research arm, MND Research Australia. MND Research Australia recently awarded their 2022 grant funding and it was great to see some really innovative projects receive funding.
Three Queensland projects received new grants and Dr Thomas Shaw from the University of Queensland continues to receive funding (through to 2023) for his research into ultra-high field MRI of spinal chord tissue in MND.
Dr Derik Steyn from The University of Queensland received a grant for his research into preclinical validation of macimorelin, a ghrelin mimetic, as a treatment for ALS.
Dr Tanya MacDonald, also from The University of Queensland won a grant to investigate energy balance in the progression of MND.
Dr Gabriel Trajano from the Queensland University of Technology won a grant to research high-density electromyography as a new tool to monitor motor neurone changes in MND.
We congratulate these Queensland researchers and wish them well with their projects and hope that they are able to unlock the cause and a cure for MND, or at least in the meantime, more effective treatments that can extend lives and improve the quality of life for people diagnosed with MND.
