2019 Awardees & Projects

As the 2020 Award Round approaches, we are proud to announce our 2019 Awardees and their projects! Congratulations to the following:

Academic Surgeon-Scientist Research Scholarships

• Dr Stephen Kao
  Determining the effect of barrier dysfunction on mucosal inflammation in chronic rhinosinusitis | Read More
• Dr Tary Yin
  A longitudinal study of the natural progression of the chronic rhinosinusitis microbiome in patients undergoing current standard medical and surgical treatment | Read More

Conjoint Grants

• Prof Anders Cervin & Prof Flavia Huygens
  Probiotics to prevent otitis media in Australian Indigenous Infants | Read More
• Dr Gonzalez Cruz & A/Prof Chris Perry
  “New-era” for personalized health care for Head and Neck cancer treatment | Read More
• Prof Gary Housley & Clinical A/Prof Catherine Birman
  Progression of hearing performance following cochlear implant neurotrophin gene augmentation | Read More
• Dr Kiao Inthavong & Clinical A/Prof Narinder Singh
  Using computer models, virtual surgery and 3D Printing to improve outcomes in sino-nasal surgery | Read More
• Dr Elizabeth Sigston & Dr Andrey Molotnikov
  3D Printing for Reconstruciton of Mandible in Head and Neck Cancer | Read More
• Prof Peter-John Wormald & A/Prof Sarah Vreugde
  A novel treatment for S. aureus recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis | Read More
  
  

Clinical Research Grants

• Dr Jafri Kuthubutheen
  Targeted Screening for Congenital Cytomegalovirus-related Hearing loss in Western Australia | Read More
• Dr Paul Paddle
  Home delivery home oximetry for rural children with obstructive sleep apnoea: a feasibility study | Read More
• Dr Ryan Sommerville
  Multimodal assessment of perineural spread in Head & Neck Cancer and development of a Head & Neck Research Unit | Read More

Research Scholarships

• Dr Bella Nguyen
  Tumour-derived extracellular vesicles (EV) as a novel biomarker in head and neck cancer patients | Read More
  
• Tayla Razmovski
  Detecting and removing intra-cochlear blood during cochlear implantation to preserve hearing |Read More 

Special Project

• Prof Harvey Coates
  Fourth Edition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ear Health Manual | Read More

Find our more about our Awardees here, and Awardee Projects here.