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Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research

The Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research Program provides flexible support to build groups of excellent population health researchers to pursue broadly based collaborative research activity.

The program was established to in 2001 as a time limited initiative to develop capacity/ critical mass across the full range of population health research. The grants aim to strengthen and grow established teams with a record of undertaking significant and nationally and internationally competitive research, primarily by providing salary support and developing less experienced researchers.

The Capacity Building Grant in Population Health Research teams will contribute new knowledge at a leading international level in important areas of health and medical research and tackle problems for which longer term stable funding is essential.

From 2002 to 2006 five calls under this program resulted in the funding of 25 capacity building grants as follows:

Rounds 4 & 5

Lead Applicant A

Institute

Project Title

Funding

Prof Helen Christensen

Australian National University

Translating population-based mental health and ageing research into evidence-based prevention and policy

$1,955,550

Prof David Crawford

Deakin University

Nutrition promotion and population health: A program addressing behavioural, social and environmental determinants

$1,135,000

A/Prof Jonathan Craig

University of Sydney

Improving population health by a multidisciplinary, multi-method focus on kidney disease of the young, the old and of Indigenous Australians

$2,465,750

Prof Christopher Doran

Uni of Queensland

Building Capacity in Health Economic Evaluation

$1,877,500

Prof Sandra Eades

University of Sydney           

Making a difference: building research capacity for health interventions to improve Aboriginal health

$2,317,125

Prof Billie Giles-Corti

University of Western Australia

The impact of urban design on physical and mental health: Building capacity for research across the life course

$2,067,750

Prof Judith Lumley

La Trobe University

Building public health capacity for complex questions, complex settings, complex interventions

$2,333,750

Prof Robyn McDermott

University of South Australia

Building a cohort of Indigenous research leaders in community health development

$2,376,107

Prof Richard Speare

James Cook University

Building Research Capacity in Indigenous Australians and Community Controlled Health Services

$2,289,759

Prof Boyd Swinburn

Deakin
University

Capacity Building in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Prevention

$1,958,075

A/Prof Melissa Wake

Murdoch Childrens Institute

A solution-based approach: developing child health research with a focus on preventative interventions for common childhood disorders

$2,449,375

Round 3

Lead Applicant A

Institute

Project Title

Funding

Professor Fran Baum

Flinders University

Australian Health Inequalities: A program addressing social and economic determinants of health

$2,444,000

Professor Gary Slade

University of Adelaide

Oral health research for the Australian population

$2,493,750

Associate Professor
Raina MacIntyre

University of Sydney

Mathematical modelling for improved planning of infectious diseases control policy

$2,500,000

Professor Caroline Finch

University of New South Wales

Addressing injury in a population health framework: an integrated approach to prevention, acute care and rehabilitation

$2,351,750

Associate Professor Deborah Lehmann

Curtin University of Technology

Not just scholars but leaders: learning circles in Indigenous Health Research

$2,500,000

Round 2

Lead Applicant A

Institute

Project Title

Funding

Professor Paul Mitchell

University of Sydney

Sensory Impairment: Causes, impacts and interventions

$2,233,350

Professor Neville Owen

University of Queensland

Building capacity for physical activity research in population health

$2,118,550

Associate Professor Joan Cunningham

Menzies School of Health Research

Building capacity in policy relevant, quantitative, social analysis and research in Indigenous health

$2,437,000

Professor Terrence Dwyer

University of Tasmania

Building Australia's capacity to study preventable causes of common diseases through epidemiological research

$2,500,000

Professor Bruce Armstrong

University of Sydney

Heron: using population health data to improve health services, policy and planning

$2,500,000

Round 1

Lead Applicant A

Institute

Project Title

Funding

Professor Anthony McMichael

Australian National University

Environment and population health: research development from local to global

$2,472,500

Associate Professor Dallas English

University of Melbourne

Platform for young public health researchers to upgrade their scientific training experience and independent status

$1,842,500

Professor Gail Williams

University of Queensland

Methodology for population health research: training and innovation in longitudinal studies

$1,963,750

Professor D' Arcy Holman

University of Western Australia

Improving health outcomes with population-based biological, social and environmental information and research methods

$3,050,000

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