The Federal Government has announced the research grant recipients of the Medical Research Futures Fund (MRFF) $18 million funding into Congenital Heart Disease.
The CHD grant recipient's projects will support research to provide new diagnoses and treatment options for those suffering from congenital heart disease.
The various projects will align with the National Strategic Action Plan for Childhood Heart Disease, and will target the Research Priorities in the Action Plan in particular:
- preventing neurodevelopmental and mental health complications
- understanding the impact of prenatal and postnatal factors affecting the health of children born with CHD and their families, or
- exploring the role of exercise and increased activity in reducing the impact of CHD.
On behalf of the HeartKids Community we would like to thank the The Hon Greg Hunt MP for his continues support of the our community. We would also like to congratulate all the recipients of the grants and we are looking forward to some insightful and positive outcomes that will support all those in our HeartKids Community." - Fiona Ellis, CEO
The Grant Recipients:
Institution | Funding Amount | Project title |
| University of Sydney | $3,994,175 | An Australian Study of the Outcomes and Burden of Congenital Heart Disease | University of Sydney | $3,328,569 | Congenital Heart Fitness Intervention Trial: CH-FIT | University of Sydney | $2,081,761 | Personalised Pulmonary Valved Conduits: reducing re-operations in CHD | The University of Adelaide | $3,041,595 | Maternal exposures, congenital heart defects, and child development | The University of Queensland | $3,133,858 | Gene Expression to Predict Long-Term Outcome in Infants After Heart Surgery | Queensland University of Technology | $2,997,256 | CHD LIFE+ family-centred care models supporting long-term neurodevelopment |
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