The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) last week released outcomes of the latest round of funding towards medical infrastructure and research. Seven Macquarie researchers have been successful in securing funding for a range of new and continuing projects, two of which are from the Faculty of Human Sciences.
Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) says the funding would contribute to advancements in managing some of the globe’s most pressing health matters.
“These grants accelerate our ongoing research contribution to the treatment and management of dementia, anxiety, depression, motor neurone disease, melanoma and aged care. These grants will continue our commitment to conducting research with world-changing impact.”
The faculty's successful projects include:
Title: Increasing the efficacy of treatment for socially anxious youth through theoretically derived improvements
Chief Investigator: Professor Ronald Rapee; Human Sciences, Centre for Emotional Health
Funding Scheme: Project Grant ($971,747)
Social anxiety has a severe impact on young people. Although we have good treatments for most forms of youth anxiety, those used to treat youth social anxiety, are least effective. Better targeted treatments for socially anxious young people are needed. This project will determine the critical factors of successful treatment that are required to develop more efficacious therapies for the management of social anxiety in youth.
Title: Increasing access to effective psychological treatment for Australians with chronic physical disease
Chief Investigator: Dr Blake Dear; Human Sciences
Funding Scheme: Project Grant ($605,627)
Chronic physical diseases have a profound impact on Australian lives. The rates of anxiety and depression among Australians with chronic physical diseases are very high. However, less than one in five access any mental health treatment and, of those, less than one in two receive an effective psychological treatment. This project combines two significant innovations with the goal of increasing access to effective mental health treatment for Australians with chronic physical disease.
“This important NHMRC grant will enable our team to continue our work trying to increase access to effective psychological treatment for Australians with chronic health conditions,” says Blake.
View all successful projects.
Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) says the funding would contribute to advancements in managing some of the globe’s most pressing health matters.
“These grants accelerate our ongoing research contribution to the treatment and management of dementia, anxiety, depression, motor neurone disease, melanoma and aged care. These grants will continue our commitment to conducting research with world-changing impact.”
The faculty's successful projects include:
- Treating the severe impact of social anxiety on our youth
Title: Increasing the efficacy of treatment for socially anxious youth through theoretically derived improvements
Chief Investigator: Professor Ronald Rapee; Human Sciences, Centre for Emotional Health
Funding Scheme: Project Grant ($971,747)
Social anxiety has a severe impact on young people. Although we have good treatments for most forms of youth anxiety, those used to treat youth social anxiety, are least effective. Better targeted treatments for socially anxious young people are needed. This project will determine the critical factors of successful treatment that are required to develop more efficacious therapies for the management of social anxiety in youth.
- Increasing access to mental health treatment
Title: Increasing access to effective psychological treatment for Australians with chronic physical disease
Chief Investigator: Dr Blake Dear; Human Sciences
Funding Scheme: Project Grant ($605,627)
Chronic physical diseases have a profound impact on Australian lives. The rates of anxiety and depression among Australians with chronic physical diseases are very high. However, less than one in five access any mental health treatment and, of those, less than one in two receive an effective psychological treatment. This project combines two significant innovations with the goal of increasing access to effective mental health treatment for Australians with chronic physical disease.
“This important NHMRC grant will enable our team to continue our work trying to increase access to effective psychological treatment for Australians with chronic health conditions,” says Blake.
View all successful projects.
