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Awards & Achievements<br />

‣ Helen Petksy (PhD candidate) was awarded Best Oral presentation (late candidature)<br />

at the QCMRI student expo<br />

‣ Danielle Wurzel (PhD candidate) was awarded Best Poster presentation (late<br />

candidature) at the QCMRI student expo, and a NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship<br />

‣ Stacey Spencer (CAARG staff member) was awarded a full-fee scholarship from<br />

University of Southern <strong>Queensland</strong> for continuation of her Bachelor of Health Science<br />

studies<br />

‣ Emily Bailey (MPhil candidate) was awarded an APSR Travel Scholarship to attend<br />

Hong Kong conference in December <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

<strong>Research</strong> Grants and Contracts<br />

Years<br />

2009-<br />

2013<br />

Grant<br />

Agency<br />

NHMRC<br />

Grant #<br />

545216<br />

Chief Investigators Title Amount<br />

AB Chang NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship $505,000<br />

2010-<br />

2015<br />

QCMRI AB Chang, J Acworth Qld Children’s <strong>Medical</strong><br />

<strong>Research</strong> Institute Centre for<br />

Excellence program grant.<br />

$2,250,000<br />

<strong>2012</strong> -<br />

2016<br />

NHMRC<br />

AB Chang, N Brown,<br />

EK Mulholland, KA<br />

O’Grady, K Grimwood,<br />

PS Morris, AJ Leach,<br />

JW Upham,PJ Torzillo,<br />

H D’Antoine<br />

Centre of <strong>Research</strong> Excellence<br />

in Lung Health of Aboriginal<br />

and Torres Strait Islander<br />

Children<br />

$2,490,000<br />

<strong>2012</strong>-<br />

2014<br />

NHMRC<br />

AB Chang, P Morris, C<br />

Robertson, K<br />

Grimwood, P Van<br />

Asperen, A Wilson, KA<br />

O'Grady, TP Sloots, PJ<br />

Torzillo<br />

Multicentre randomised<br />

controlled trial to improve the<br />

management of exacerbations<br />

in children with bronchiectasis<br />

$1,148,522<br />

2009-<br />

<strong>2012</strong><br />

NHMRC<br />

D Thomas, V Johnston,<br />

N Brown, AB Chang, C<br />

Segan<br />

A randomised controlled trial of<br />

a family tobacco control<br />

program to reduce respiratory<br />

illness in Indigenous infants<br />

$1,100,875<br />

QCMRI <strong>Scientific</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 22

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