CHIRI’s Dr Hani Al-Salami, Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, Dr Yan Chen and Associate Professor Ryu Takechi.
Three strategic projects supervised by Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute researchers are up for grabs as part of the 2020 Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarships Competitive Round. The prestigious scholarships will receive additional complementary funding to current RTP standard scholarships.
The RTP is an Australian Government funded scholarship scheme that provides funding support for both domestic and international students undertaking higher degrees by research (HDR).
To be eligible to be nominated for a strategic project you must:
- be a new student who is not currently undertaking a Higher Degree by Research Course (Master or PhD) at Curtin;
- be a Domestic Student; and
- meet the RTP 2020 Scholarship application criteria.
Details of RTP strategic projects offered by Curtin are available on its website. You’ll find more information on the three CHIRI-related projects under the ‘Health Sciences’ tab, or read more below.
Hurry, applications close 5pm WST Sunday 1 September 2019.
Project title: Designing encapsulated pancreatic cell technologies for potential treatment of diabetes
CHIRI’s Dr Hani Al-Salami is the lead scientist investigating combinatory bile-acid and nanoparticle engineering to host pancreatic beta-cells to support insulin production for treatment of type-1 diabetes.
Find out more about the project
Project title: Medicinal cannabis for a treatment of dementia by using novel nanoparticle nasal drug delivery system
CHIRI’s Associate Professor Ryu Takechi is leading a study exploring a highly innovative drug delivery system enabling targeted delivery through nasal instillation of a specific cannabinoid to support cerebral vascular integrity. The project us co-supervised by CHIRI’s Dr Yan Chen.
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Project title: Virtual reality optic flow for assessment of sub-concussion and return to play following concussion
CHIRI’s Deputy Director Professor Melinda Fitzgerald is co-supervising a project to investigate the identification of a virtual reality optic flow-induced postural stability marker and development of a sub-concussion assessment tool for the safe return to sport following concussion.
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Go to RTP strategic projects information on the Curtin website
