Ken Muirden Fellowship
Eligibility and Definition
Applicants must be a member of the ARA in the last year of advanced training in rheumatology or having completed that training within the previous two years.
This grant is designed to give a rheumatologist who is about to or has completed advanced training in rheumatology within the last two years an opportunity to undertake further clinical or research training overseas in an approved institution in any country.
Value
$100,000
Awarded
Annually
Application Process
Past Recipients
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YEAR |
NAME |
PROJECT |
FURTHER DETAILS |
| 2024 | Talia Igel |
Identifying Ancestry-Specific Lupus Molecular Profiles that Could Uncover New Genetic Causes of SLE |
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| 2023 | Thomas Khoo |
Identifying predictors for the development of severe statin-related muscle disease and optimising its treatment through exploring the role of the anti-HMGCR antibody |
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| 2022 | Aravinthan Loganathan |
Fellowship in Inflammatory Myositis, Interstitial Lung Disease and Data Science |
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| 2021 | Luke Williamson |
Fellowship in Adolescent Rheumatology and Data Science |
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| 2020 | Adam Rischin |
Identifying predictors of trajectory in patients with inflammatory disease across the life course |
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| 2019 | Danae Papachristos |
Clinical features, disease course and treatment outcomes of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) in a large cohort of patients at the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic |
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| 2018 | Huai Leng (Jessica) Pisaniello (nee Yong) | The role of mobile health (mHealth) application in real-time capture of self-reported symptoms and longitudinal activity, and its feasibility in patient-focused remote monitoring in musculoskeletal disorders | |
| 2017 | Joanna Tieu |
Optimising therapy in ANCA associated vasculitis
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| Lauren Host |
The clinical and biological significance of altered IL-7 expression in systemic sclerosis |
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For information on recipients of ARA Research Fund grants prior to 2017, please contact the ARA Research Fund Secretariat ara@rheumatology.org.au
Funding Guidelines
Within three months of completion of the project for which ARA Research Fund donations were awarded, the successful applicant will be required to submit a written report in layman’s terms about the project (for publication) as well as a full scientific report to Arthritis Australia (AA) and to the Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA). The ARA should also receive a copy of any publications resulting from this work. The ARA Research Fund must be acknowledged on any publication related to the funded work and oral presentations and/or posters should include the ARA Research Fund logo, where feasible.