Dr Ronak Reshamwala and Dr Mariyam Murtaza, leading scientists from our Spinal Injury Project at Griffith University, have secured a $750,000 grant from the highly competitive Medical Research Future Fund with matching funds from our incredible PCSRF donors, Griffith University and the Clem Jones Foundation.
With your support, the Foundation has committed $75,000 per year, for 4 years to support this important research.
The $1.52 million project will continue to develop a ground-breaking biological nerve bridge device to revolutionise the therapy for repairing spinal cord injuries by making the therapy even more personalised and specifically tailored to the injury site.
This project focusses on developing nerve bridges with specifically programmed functional powers and fine-tune the ways to deliver them in a strategic, step-by-step manner to meet the exact needs of the injury site, such as cleaning up the debris in the early stages, and maximising the nerve repairs later on.
The grant from the Medical Research Future Fund is highly competitive, with only a select 3% researchers chosen to receive funding. Our project was chosen due to its potential to have a significant impact on the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
The team of chief investigators include Dr Ronak Reshamwala, Dr Mariyam Murtaza and Dr Yu-Ting Tseng, with associate investigators Professor James St John, Associate Professor Jenny Ekberg, Dr Dinesh Palipana, and Dr Brent McMonagle.
