Past contributions include:
- Greater knowledge of the mechanisms of inflammatory kidney disease & kidney cancer
- Development of diagnostic procedures for the management of abdominal pain thereby reducing the need for surgery
- Understanding the factors that modify plaque formation on teeth
- Discovering the causes of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)
- Understanding of the role of the immune system in the development of cancer
- Pioneering research into aspects of sex information and attitudes in high school students in the 1970s
- Developing a greater understanding of the nature of multiple sclerosis
Some of the projects we currently fund are:
- Acute Brain Injuries
- Alzheimer's disease
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Childhood urinary tract infection
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Meningococcal disease
- Stroke therapy
- Marine natural products as potential new therapies
- Metabolic stem cell & regenerative biology
- Investigating the genetic basis for individual differences in drug response
- Asthma