Research activity

The Health and Wellness Institute has a number of ongoing grants which have attracted funds from a number of external organisations.

2011 

  • 2011-2014: Spinal Cord Injury Collaborative Research: A partnership between Spinal Cord Injury Australia and Edith Cowan University, $581,189.
  • 2011-2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Exercise as Medicine for Cancer, The Cancer Council of Western Australia, $250,000.
  • 2011-2014: Exercise is Medicine, Australian Federal Government’s Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) Program, $988,188.
  • 2011-2013: Proscan for Life: A Multimodal Supportive Care Intervention for Men with Prostate Cancer, Cancer Council Australia/Beyond Blue $598,194.
  • 2011-2012: Exercise Training to Improve Physical Functioning and Exercise Adoption in Lung Cancer Survivors: a Randomized Controlled Trial, Edith Cowan University Early Career Research Grant Scheme, $24,960.
  • 2011-2012: Whole-Body Vibration Treatment in Breast Cancer Survivors on Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy, Edith Cowan University Early Career Research Grant Scheme, $24,850.

2010

  • 2010-2013: Feasibility and efficacy of resistance exercise in prostate cancer survivors with bone metastases , Cancer Council of Western Australia, $25,080
  • 2010-2011: Equipment Grant pQCT XCT 3000 Clinical, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, $80,000
  • 2010-2011: Exercise for the Management of Lympoedema in Breast Cancer Survivors, University of Canberra, DVCR Research Fellowship, $21,923
  • 2010-2011: Exercise as Medicine for Management of Lymphoedema in Breast Cancer Survivors, Edith Cowan University, $24,993
  • 2010-2011: Mechanical Specificity of Weightlifting Movement , National Strength and Conditioning Association, $14,950 USD
  • 2010: Efficacy and safety of high versus low intensity resistance exercise in breast cancer, Cancer Council of Western Australia and Queensland, $100,350

2009

  • 2009-2012: Lucrin Exercise Trial, Abbotts Australia, $174,856
  • 2009-2012: RADAR - Population based exercise intervention for Prostate Cancer Patients (PCFA Young Investigator Grant), Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia , $432,750
  • 2009-2011: A Phase III Clinic Trial of exercise modalities on treatment side-effects in men receiving therapy for prostate cancer, National Health And Medical Research Centre, $500,000
  • 2009-2010: Lucrin Exercise Support, Abbotts Australia, $100,390
  • 2008-2011: Promoting Physical Activity to Improve the Outcomes of Depression in Later Life (Activedep), Healthways, $359,927