Annual Awards Ceremony
A celebration of the 2019 Spinnaker grant recipients
Annual Awards Ceremony
Post on: December 19, 2018
Top Left: Dana Henderson (CEO), Jade Ferullo, Dr Adrian Pannekoek, Dr Mark Johnson, Helen Warnock, Steve Robertson, Dr Natalie Morellini, Dr Benjamin Dessauvagie, Mark Balfour (Chairman) Bottom left: A/Prof Timothy Fairchild, Dr Jerome Coudert, Dr Helen Keen, Prof Merrilee Needham, Mark Rintoul.
Photography by Michael Bain
At the Annual Awards Ceremony on December 3, Spinnaker presented ten research grants, three travel awards and one PhD scholarship totalling $155,000. The grants and awards were made possible through the support of donors and sponsors who generously underpin the work of the Foundation.
Spinnaker CEO Dana Henderson said the Awards Ceremony was an important event that brought researchers together with members of the community who share a vision for impactful and translational research.
“Our funders, which include members of the business and private community, as well as the medical and general staff of Fremantle and Fiona Stanley Hospitals, have a common belief in the importance of research that leads to better outcomes for our patients, and in turn, the community. “
“This year the quality of the applications was of an incredibly high standard we are so pleased to be able support the important work that is happening here at SMHS” Dana said.
The grants and awards will support projects that include burn scarring, childhood obesity, cardiovascular risks and the potential for tablet computers to be used as distraction therapy during procedures.
The Foundation, which was established in 1996 as the Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation, became Spinnaker Health Research Foundation in 2016 when it partnered with the Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group. Since 1996 it has distributed almost $4 million in grants which in turn has been leveraged to achieve total grant funding of almost $20 million in support of projects and trials which have a demonstrable impact for the south metropolitan community.
2019 Spinnaker Grants
| Project | Chief Investigators | Supporters |
|---|---|---|
| Preserving the endothelial glycocalyx in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. A prospective randomised interventional pilot study of doxycycline and lidocaine. | Dr Mark Johnson Dr Adrian Pannekoek | Generously donated by the Rotary Club of Fremantle |
| A pilot study of healthy volunteers to compare the performance of standard nasal oxygen cannula at high flows with the “Optiflow” high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) system. | Dr Gary Devine Dr Mark Johnson | Generously donated by Doctors Who Donate and Staff that Support |
| Pilonidal Sinus Disease: Western Australia Metropolitan - Definitive Surgical Practice Preferences, Outcomes and Patient Perspective | Dr Munya Nyandoro | Generously donated by Fremantle Hospital Ladies Auxiliary |
| Utilisation of FISH as a diagnostic adjunct for pancreatobiliary tract malignancy on cytology cell block specimens | Dr Benjamin Dessauvagie Dr Chris Van Vliet Dr Alina Miranda | Generously donated and presented by Lloyd and Mary Marchesi |
| Cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk factors in children who are overweight or obese: Assessing the role ofcardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity. | A/Prof Timothy Fairchild Dr Janine Spencer Ms Allison Climie-Holmes Ms Stephanie Dowden Prof Niels Wedderkopp | Generously donated by Austal Company and Staff |
| Blocking of autoantibodies using oligonucleotides in Inclusion Body Myositis – a potential new specific therapy. | Dr Jerome Coudert Prof Merrilee Needham Dr Rakesh Veedu Prof Sue Fletcher Dr Chris Bundell Dr Anna Brusch | Generously donated by Freo Doctor Lottery |
| Clarifying the role of alpha1-adrenoceptors in painful cutaneous scars following burn injury | Dr Natalie Morellini Prof Eric Visser Prof Peter Drummond | Generously donated by Dave Clegg |
| Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: truly a syndrome of cardiac catecholamine excess? | Prof Girish Dwived Prof Markus Schlaich Dr James Rankin A/Prof Roslyn Francis | Generously donated by Len and Fran Mihaljevich |
| Cardiovascular risk in gout | Dr Helen Keen Prof Girish Dwivedi Dr Kelly Morgan Dr Dipen Sankhesara | Generously donated by Attadale Rotary Club |
| Association of HLA with anti-cN1A antibodies in IBM patients: identifying genetic backgrounds that affect | Prof Merrilee Needham Dr Jerome Coudert Dr Chris Bundell A/Prof Abha Chopra Dr Anna Brusch | Generously donated by Stan and Jean Perron |
Barry Marshall Travel Award 2018
| Project | Chief Investigators |
|---|---|
| Does electrical stimulation improve healing in acute burns, as measured by bioimpedance? | Mr Dale Edwick |
| At the fingertips: The effects of child-led distractin using a tablet computer on children's distress an pain during painful medical procedures: a randomised controlled trial | Ms Jade Ferullo |
| Shear-wave elastography: A new objective method for evaluating scar stiffness | Ms Helen DeJong |
Patricia V Kailis PhD Scholarship
Generousy donated by MG Kailis Group, Notre Dame University and Spinnaker Health Research Foundation| Project | Chief Investigators |
|---|---|
| Preliminary Validation Of Sheer Wave Elastography In The Diagnostic Evaluation of Inflammatory Myopathies | Dr Shereen Paramalingam, Rheumatology Senior Registrar |