Research Grants

2009

Arthritis WA contributed $100,000 to Arthritis Australia to go towards the following

State & Territory Affiliate Scholarships/Project Grants for 2008:

Mr Owen Huyhn – Inflammatory Diseases Research Unit, University of NSW

Regulation and function of activating/inhibitory Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like (LIRs) in rheumatoid arthritis.

Ms Kim Lau – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne

The role of antigen post translational modifications in rheumatoid arthritis

Professor Matthew Brown – Musculoskeletal Genetics Group, Diamantina Institute of Cancer, immunology and Metabolic medicines, University of Queensland

Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis

Dr James Melrose – Raymond Purves Laboratory, Institute of Bone & Joint Research, Royal North Shore Hospital

An in-vitro model of mensical degeneration initiated by inflammatory cytokines