Grant Recipients

Our dedication to research breakthroughs is matched by an ongoing commitment to working collaboratively with people with cerebral palsy and their families. The priorities of our Research Foundation grants are informed by frequent consultation with consumers with lived experience.

CPA Research Foundation provides grants designed to encourage both established researchers with a track record of excellence and promising, early-career researchers who are still emerging in the field.

Grant recipients 2021/2022

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Prof Jozef Gecz

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

Project Grant (PRG15121)

AU$ $100,000.00

The Australian Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Research Data and Biobank

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Dr Hayley Smithers-Sheedy

CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG09421)

AU$ $119,520.00

Evaluating patient and GP knowledge of congenital CMV prevention behaviours before and after the launch of a GP eLearning module and The PIPP Study

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Prof Iona Novak

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Project Grant (PRG09521)

AU$ $200,000.00

CP-ADAPT: Cerebral Palsy ADAPtive Trial A New Approach to Accelerate Progress in Discovering and Translating Treatments for Cerebral Palsy

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Dr Katherine Benfer

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

Project Grant (PRG09621)

AU$ $178,050.00

Families Together: Explorations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural understandings of disability, diagnosis and family support

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Dr Courtney McDonald

HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Project Grant (PRG09721)

AU$ $200,000.00

Bridging the gap; neural stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy

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A/Prof Michelle Farrar

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (UNSW)

Project Grant (PRG09821)

AU$ $222,564.00

Development of a resources for decision making in the application of Advanced Neurotherapuetics and Personalised Medicine in Pediatric Neurology

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Dr Mercedes Ruiz Brunner

INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD (INICSA), CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICA

Project Grant (PRG10321)

AU$ $100,000.00

Argentinian Cerebral Palsy Register (RAR-PC)- a study towards development of a national Cerebral Palsy Register in Argentina

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Prof Gulam Kandaker

QUEENSLAND HEALTH

Project Grant (PRG10421)

AU$ $150,000.00

Global LMIC CP Register (GLM-CPR): an international multi-centre register of children with cerebral palsy in low and middle-income countries (Yr 3 & 4 of PG10017)

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Dr Cathryn Crowle

THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK

Project Grant (PRG12021)

AU$ $125,510.00

Understanding the GMA Motor Optimality Score in high risk infants

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Dr Gillian Saloojee

SOUTH AFRICA -CHILD

Project Grant (PRG13121)

AU$ $163,080.00

Natural progression and motor development among individuals with Cerebral Palsy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – a longitudinal cohort study from childhood to adulthood in rural Bangladesh and South Africa

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Ms Yana Wilson

CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG14321)

AU$ $150,000.00

ICPGC Flagship project: aggregating existing genomic data to identify variants contributing to CP aetiology

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Prof Rod Hunt

MONASH UNIVERSITY

Project Grant (PRG14921)

AU$ $169,812.00

Formalised Training of Neonatal Neurologists in Australia

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Dr Timothy Scott

THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK

Project Grant (PRG15021)

AU$ $150,000.00

In their Habitat: Remote assessment of children with disabilities

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Dr Mohan Paudel

ADARA DEVELOPMENT (UGANDA)

Project Grant (PRG07121)

AU$ $100,000.00

Hospital to Home programme for high-risk infants: Preparing for scale

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Dr Beth Allison

HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Project Grant (PRG09321)

AU$ $298,946.00

Lactoferrin to re-establish brain connectivity in fetal growth restriction

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A/Prof Bernadette Gillick

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MADISON

Project Grant (PRG08621)

AU$ $200,000.00

Australian Site of the USA-based Neuromodulation Telehealth Study

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Dr Shona Goldsmith

CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG07621)

AU$ $50,000.00

Let them thrive: Preventing cerebral palsy in the first 1000 days of life

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Prof Thayyil

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

Project Grant (PRG04021)

AU$ $225,000.00

Mapping the trajectory of transcriptomic profile in hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy

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Dr Vuong Le

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Project Grant (PRG00321)

AU$ $298,678.00

Fidgety Movement Detection for Robust and Interpretable Cerebral Palsy Risk Assessment

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Dr Ingrid Honan

CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG00821)

AU$ $199,346.00

Utility of the Bayley-III LM/LVi for Children with Cerebral Palsy

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Dr Angelica Allermo Fletcher

COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD

Project Grant (PRG01021)

AU$ $200,000.00

Piloting and evaluating the feasibility of an Early Diagnosis Hub in New Zealand

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Ms Jessica London

TURNTO

Project Grant (PRG01621)

AU$ $150,000.00

Knowledge translation of scientific papers in cerebral palsy for health consumers using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Prof Benjamin Reubinoff

HADASSAH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Project Grant (PRG02521)

AU$ $100,000.00

Human Embryonic Stem Cells for modelling and discovering novel therapies for diffuse white matter injury

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Dr Sian Williams

THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

Project Grant (PRG02821)

AU$ $200,000.00

Early brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes in moderate-late preterm babies

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Dr Cathy Morgan

CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG03321)

AU$ $218,383.00

Early communication intervention for infants with or at risk of cerebral palsy

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Prof Iona Novak

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Project Grant (PRG03821)

AU$ $264,000.00

Research Fellow for Advance Therapeutics

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Prof Dinah Reddihough

MURDOCH CHILDREN’S RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG04521)

AU$ $149,584.00

The Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register project: moving forward

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Mr Bishnu Dutta Acharya

KARNALI ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Project Grant (PRG04621)

AU$ $32,000.00

Effects of a low-cost seating system for children with severe Cerebral Palsy on Quality of Life, upper limb function and impact on their family

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Dr Angie Morrow

THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK

Project Grant (PRG05121)

AU$ $100,000.00

The efficacy of biofeedback assisted relaxation training for the management of procedure related pain and anxiety in children and young people with cerebral palsy

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Dr Michele Hansen

TELETHON KIDS INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG06221)

AU$ $79,517.00

Fertility treatment and cerebral palsy: has the association changed in Australia?

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Prof Alistair McEwan

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Project Grant (PRG06321)

AU$ $95,787.00

Clinical Evaluation of a novel transfer system

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Dr Megan Finch-Edmondson

CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Project Grant (PRG06421)

AU$ $53,955.00

ANZ CP Strategy – lived experience engagement fund

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Dr Michelle Wong

THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NETWORK

Project Grant (PRG06521)

AU$ $294,454.00

Digital Mental Health Treatments for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Dr Vuong Le

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Project Grant (PRG00321)

AU$ $298,678.00

Fidgety Movement Detection for Robust and Interpretable Cerebral Palsy Risk Assessment

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Dr Natalie Phillips

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01121)

AU$ 82,299

Identifying the emergence and early development of executive dysfunction in infants with CP

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Dr Tasneem Karim

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01421)

AU$ 96,178

Evidence based approach to early detection of children with cerebral palsy in low resource settings

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Dr Jesia Berry

THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE

Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01521)

AU$ $98,678

Novel linkage to study cerebral palsy, chronic conditions, and developmental delays at school age

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Dr Kelsie Boulton

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Emerging Researcher grant (ERG01921)

AU$ 75,732

Identification of transdiagnostic needs in children and youth with Cerebral Palsy

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Ms Israt Jahan

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY

Emerging Researcher grant (ERG02021)

AU$ 100,000

A global program on preventing malnutrition among children with Cerebral Palsy in low- and middle-income countries in the context of Sustainable Development Goals

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Dr Eleni Demetriou

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Emerging Researcher grant (ERG02321)

AU$ 77,155

A comparison of executive function profiles of adults with unilateral, dyskinetic or ataxic cerebral palsy and contribution to quality of life outcomes.

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Ms Tanya Martin

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Emerging Researcher grant (ERG02521)

AU$ 99,707

Does distance matter? The hip pocket thinks so!

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Dr Rachael Marpole

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

PhD research grant (PHD00221)

AU$ 105,000

Reducing respiratory illness in children with cerebral palsy: A Pilot Randomised Control Trial

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Mr Pedro Valadao

UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND

PhD research grant (PHD00321)

AU$ 17,500

Effects of a combined strength, flexibility and gait training intervention on physical capacity, function, neuromuscular and brain mechanisms and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and young adults with cerebral palsy

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Ms Stefanie Bradley

HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, CANADA

PhD research grant (PHD00421)

AU$ 105,000

Quantifying neural and muscle activations using exoskeleton-powered gait rehabilitation in children with cerebral palsy

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Miss Victoria Coomber

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

PhD research grant (PHD00721)

AU$ 105,000

Music to baby’s ears. An EEG study of newborns’ response to maternal voice and music therapy in the NICU

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Ms Karen Lansdown

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

PhD research grant (PHD00821)

AU$ 103,263

Mind the gap – an investigation of oral health outcomes and service access among people with cerebral palsy in Australia

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Ms Natasha Bear

CURTIN UNIVERSITY

PhD research grant (PHD01021)

AU$ 63,000

Respiratory hospitalisations in children and young people with cerebral palsy: which children and at what cost?

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Dr Manik Chandra Das

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY

PhD research grant (PHD01121)

AU$ 25,000

Developing culturally responsive early intervention and rehabilitation services for children with cerebral palsy in low- and middle-income countries

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Mrs Ankita Surpal

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

PhD research grant (PHD01721)

AU$ 105,000

Use of telerehabilitation technology to provide developmental follow up assessment of children with or at risk of cerebral palsy

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Dr Elys Green

MONASH UNIVERSITY

PhD research grant (PHD01821)

AU$ 105,000

Advancing Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist as a Novel Strategy to Prevent Brain Injury in Preterm Infants

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Miss Isabella Pessóta Sudati

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS, BRAZIL

PhD research grant (PHD02221)

AU$ 62,098

Neural and biomechanics mechanisms associated with changes in functional mobility after an intensive task-oriented training protocol in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

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Miss Tracy Lau

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

PhD research grant (PHD02421)

AU$ 99,170

Understanding the Genetic Causes of Cerebral Palsy: A Collaborative project between Australia, United States and the UK to Improve Diagnosis and Develop New Pathways

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