Announcement of 2011 Funding
The Trish Foundation is pleased to report the
following Research Projects are being funded in our 2011 round of funding:
Dr Christopher Siatskas at
Monash Immunology and Stem Cells Laboratories Victoria, part funding for three
years, his project being titled, “Induction of tolerance to CNS autoantigens”.
Edwin Lim at University of
NSW, part funding for three years, whose project is, “Targeting the kynurenine
pathway as a novel therapeutic intervention for MS”.
Dr Mark Slee at Flinders
University & Medical Centre South Australia, his project being, “The
Australian and New Zealand NMO Antibody Study”.
All
projects funded by the Foundation are recommended for funding by MS Research
Australia’s Research Management Council following assessment, evaluation and
ranking, including a peer-review process.
The projects are then considered by the Trish Foundation’s honorary
Scientific Research Committee and, having met the Foundation’s firm funding
guidelines, are recommended to the Foundation’s Board for approval.