Media Release
April 15 2009
Scholarships to aid healthy development
Seven
young Adelaide researchers have been awarded PhD top-up scholarships to
help them continue research into healthy development.
The seven Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) Scholars will receive an
extra $5000 a year for three years, mostly funded by the Channel 7
Children’s Research Foundation.
The Scholars will be undertaking their projects in the area of healthy
development at the University of
South Australia and the
University of Adelaide.
The Scholars and their projects are:
• Ms Lisa Akison, University of Adelaide: Factors essential for
ovulation: strategies for understanding and preserving normal female
fertility
• Mrs Georgie Chrichton, UniSA: Can low fat dairy foods improve your
brain function and physical health
• Ms Dorota Zarnowiecki, UniSA: Defying the odds: the healthy child in
an obesogenic environment
• Mrs Natasha Schranz, UniSA: I may be overweight but I’m strong: can
weight training improve the confidence of overweight teenage boys
• Mr Long Nguyen, UniSA: Early nutrition for optimal bone health
• Mr Luca Prisciandaro, University of Adelaide: Identifying probiotics
for better treatment in chemotherapy-induced bowel injury
• Ms Zhi Yi Ong, UniSA: Junk Food during pregnancy: effects on the
mother and baby
HDA and the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation will officially
welcome the Scholars for 2009 at a special celebration at 4.45pm on
Thursday 16 April in the University of Adelaide Staff Club.
The Scholars will be ‘enrolled’ in the HDA Research Training Program
with mentoring, career development opportunities, and research training
placements for each of the Scholars.
HDA was established in 2004 as an initiative of the University of
Adelaide. HDA fosters research in over 20 disciplines, working with
state-wide partners to develop a portfolio for SA in developmental
health research to ensure the physical, psychological and social health
of Australian infants, children and adolescents. See
www.adelaide.edu.au/hda
Founded in 1976, the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation has
provided funding in the fields of medicine, education, dentistry,
nursing, social science, mental health and allied health professions for
the past three decades, and continues to award grants to researchers in
these fields each year. See
www.crf.org.au
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