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Amelioration of Macrophage Cytotoxicity After Spinal Cord Injury: Impact on Secondary Injury and Axonal Regeneration
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor David Howells
Associate Investigator: Dr Peter Batchelor
Lead Organisation: University of Melbourne
VNI Funding: $626,560
Project Start Date: 14-Aug-07
Funding Round: 1

Development of EphA4 Peptide Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neurotrauma
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Ann Turnley
Associate Investigators: Dr Tony Hughes, Dr Yona Goldschmidt
Lead Organisation: University of Melbourne
VNI Funding: $573,647
Project Start Date: 07-May-07
Funding Round: 1

Evaluation of Novel Sodium Channel Blockers for Minimising Axonal Damage & Relieving Neuropathic Pain in Rat Models of Spinal Cord Trauma
Chief Investigator: Professor Bevyn Jarrott
Associate Investigator: Mr Robert Weston
Lead Organisation: Howard Florey Institute
VNI Funding: $126,341
Project Start Date: 01-Dec-06
Funding Round: 1

Functional Electrical Stimulation for Hand Function in Tetraplegia
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Mary Galea
Associate Investigator: Associate Professor Douglas Brown
Lead Organisation: The University of Melbourne
VNI Funding: $452,177
Project Start Date: 02-Jan-08
Funding Round: 1

Human Bone Marrow Stromal Grafts in Combination with Decorin for Repair of the Injured Spinal Cord
Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Paul Simmons, Dr Giles Plant, Dr Stuart Hodgetts, Professor Silviu Itescu,
Lead Organisation: Spinal Cord Society of Australia
VNI Funding: $856,246
Project Start Date: 14-Aug-07
Funding Round: 1

Matrix Technology for Spinal Cord Repair
Chief Investigator: Dr Kathy Traianedes
Associate Investigators: Professor Stephen Livesey, Dr Giles Plant, Dr Marc Ruitenberg
Steering Committee: Dr George Owen, Professor Stephen Livesey, Dr Giles Plant
Lead Organisation: St. Vincent's Hospital
VNI Funding: $412,993
Project Start Date: 30-Oct-07
Funding Round: 1

Mechanisms of Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury in Neonatal Mondodelphis Domestica (South American Opossum)
Chief Investigator: Professor Norman Saunders
Associate Investigators: Associate Professor Kate Dziegielewska, Dr Samantha Richardson, Professor Dalton Dietrich, Dr Helen Stolp, Dr Jessie Truettner, Dr Paul Samollow
Lead Organisation: University of Melbourne
VNI Funding: $1,095,114
Project Start Date: 01-Feb-07
Funding Round: 1

National Study of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Outcomes
Chief Investigator: Dr Peter New
Lead Organisation: Bayside Health
VNI Funding: $29,372
Project Start Date: 01-May-07
Funding Round: 2

Regeneration of the Corticospinal Tract in the Injured Spinal Cord
Chief Investigator: Professor David Howells
Associate Investigator: Dr Peter Batchelor
Lead Organisation: University of Melbourne
VNI Funding: $547,052
Project Start Date: 01-May-07
Funding Round: 1

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Singing in Spinal Cord Injury
Chief Investigator: Ms Jeanette Tamplin

Associate Investigators: Dr David Berlowitz, Mr Jeff Pretto, Associate Professor Douglas Brown, Associate Professor Denise Grocke, Ms Merlyn Quaife, Ms Mary Buttifant
Lead Organisation: Institute for Breathing and Sleep
VNI Funding: $307,129
Project Start Date: 21-Jan-08
Funding Round: 2

Sleep Health in Tetraplegia - A Population Survey and Home Monitoring of Sleep Disordered Breathing
Chief Investigator: Dr David Berlowitz
Associate Investigators: Associate Professor Doug Brown, Professor Robert Pierce
Lead Organisation: Institute for Breathing and Sleep
VNI Funding: $356,688
Project Start Date: 16-Oct-06
Funding Round: 1

Traumatic Injury to Brain and Spinal Cord: Secondary Injury, Development and Evaluation of New Treatments
Chief Investigator: Professor Norman Saunders
Associate Investigators: Associate Professor Crisitna Morganti-Kossmann, Dr Peter Crack, Associate Professor David Howells, Professor Peter McIntyre, Professor Seong-Seng Tan, Dr Peter Batchelor, Associate Professor Kate Dziegielewska, Dr Jennifer Callaway
Lead Organisation: University of Melbourne
VNI Funding: $4,186,012
Project Start Date: 01-Sept-06
Funding Round: 1