Funding supports vital medical research
University of 新浪彩票 researchers have been awarded almost $11 million in funding from the Federal Government's Medical Research Future Fund.
The University of 新浪彩票 has been awarded almost $11 million in funding from the Federal Government鈥檚 Medical Research Future Fund.
The funding, totalling $10,937,696, will support projects in Indigenous health, genomics and cardiovascular research.
- A team led by Joanne Hedges, Director of the Indigenous Oral Unit at the 新浪彩票 Dental School, will use its $3,208,372 grant over the five year life of the project to conduct an Australian-first study into the impacts of using silver diamine fluoride (SDF) to reduce dental disease in young Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders. 鈥淭he findings of this research have the potential to change the way in which the oral health of Indigenous children is managed,鈥 Ms Hodges said. 鈥淭he application of SDF 鈥 an antibiotic liquid that helps replenish the fluoride reservoir in tooth enamel - is a much less invasive alternative to needles, and drilling and filling, with many cost benefits.鈥
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- Professor Jozef Gecz, Founding Head of the Neurogenetics Research Program