The Relative Impact Of Threat Estimation, Heightened Responsibility And Intolerance Of Uncertainty On Self-report And Behavioural Indices During A Sorting Task For Children With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) And Controls
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$58,951.00
Summary
I am a provisional psychologist completing my studies at the University of Sydney. My research focus is to better understand the thinking styles that affect children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and ultimately assist the development of empirically supported treatment strategies. I intend to achieve this by conducting an experiment that aims to identify and examine key thinking patterns in the production of anxiety and compulsive behaviours in children suffering from OCD.
A Comparison Of Loaded And Unloaded Exercise For People With Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain (NSCLBP)
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$42,410.00
Summary
Chronic low back pain is a common and costly condition. This research will conduct studies to determine the important ingredients of exercise programs that are related to successful outcomes for people with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and also to determine the effects of an exercise program intended to strengthen or load the low back muscles and a program that encourages movement restoration through movement not intended to strengthen for people with non-specific CLBP.
Signalling And Transcriptional Activity For Craniofacial Morphogenesis In An Experimental Genetic Mouse Model
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$74,755.00
Summary
Abnormalities in craniofacial development affect 2-1000 births in Australia. The aim of this project is to identify genes crucial for the development of the head and face. In particular the project focuses on the Twist1 gene. TWIST1 plays a key role in craniofacial development and individuals lacking functional Twist1display facial anomalies such as craniosynostosis and cleft palate. Dissecting the function of Twist1 is essential to identifying new avenues for the prevention of these defects.
Viral Reservoirs:Role Of Naive T-cells In The Pathogeneisis Of T-cell Decline And Longterm Persistence Of HIV Infection.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$85,716.00
Summary
Despite dramatic advances in treatment for HIV infection, HIV cannot be cured. The main reason why cure is not possible is because HIV can persist in long lived cells and these infected cells are not recognised by the immune system. This project will examine the role of a particular type of infection fighting cell, the naive T-cell, in long term persistence of HIV. The project will determine how naive T-cells are infected with HIV and what happens to these cells following HIV treatment.
Occupational Exposures And Cancer Risk In Australian Workers
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$33,626.00
Summary
This project will estimate cancer risk in two cohorts of workers: one cohort of lead exposed workers and another cohort of pesticide exposed workers; using individual-specific, occupational exposure data collected at the time of exposure. Both cohorts are based on archived records of state government industrial health and hygiene programs.