Intervening In The Natural History Of Type 1 Diabetes: An Integrated Approach
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$9,466,000.00
Summary
This Program brings together four of Australia’s top type 1 diabetes clinical and lab-based research teams. The program has three intersecting themes. The first theme, pathogenesis, focuses on early life and understanding why type 1 diabetes develops. The second theme, prevention, seeks to identifying new drugs to stop the disease from occurring. The third theme, treatment, aims to improve therapies to replace the cells that are destroyed during the disease process.
Better Outcomes Through Innovations In Clinical Trials: From Personalised Medicine To Population Health
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$12,215,475.00
Summary
This program aims to develop better health care though advances in clinical trials research and better methods for integrating trial evidence. The team comprises clinician researchers and trialists, biostatisticians, health economists and collaborative networks of clinical investigators. It aims to tackle major health care questions in priority health areas, in cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, where advances will have substantial impact on reducing death and serious disability.