Internal Grant Outcomes 2011

UWS Research Grant Scheme

Professor Janice Aldrich-Wright (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Designing multidentate ligands for lanthanide complexes for the visualization of cellular components
$25 000

Dr Phoebe Bailey (School of Psychology)
Mechanisms underpinning poor financial decisions in older adulthood
$19 808

Dr Matthias Boer (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Using multispectral stereo imaging to determine the impacts of free air CO2 enrichment on a eucalypt woodland understory (EucFACE)
$22 785

Dr Bob Cheema (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Effects of resistance training on natural killer cell activity in women recovering from breast cancer treatment: a randomised controlled trial
$24 650

Associate Professor Hannah Dahlen (Family and Community Health Research Group)
Antenatal interactions between midwives working in continuity of care models and midwives working in fragmented maternity care models: An ethnographic study
$19 899

Dr Nida Denson (Centre for Educational Research)
The Development and Validation of an Instrument Assessing Student -Institution Fit among University Students
$16 406

Dr Andrew Gorman-Murray (School of Social Sciences)
Queering disasters in the Antipodes: LGBTI experiences of vulnerability and resilience in natural disasters contexts in Australia and New Zealand, 2011
$19 689

Dr Scott Johnson (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Grazing in the dark - how will climate change affect root-feeder impacts on aboveground insects?
$18 476

Dr Paul Marshall (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Individualised and general exercise for patients with chronic low back pain
$19 222

Dr Adriyan Milev (School of Natural Sciences)
New nanocomposite cathode materials for lithium-batteries
$18 416

Dr Gabriel Perrone (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Global mechanisms affecting heat stress survival and their implications for cell ageing
$18 500

Dr Kathleen Peters (School of Nursing and Midwifery)
Barriers and facilitators to breast and cervical cancer screening for women with physical disabilities: A mixed methods study
$20 100

Dr Jeff Powell (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Ecological and evolutionary origins of multifunctionality in ectomycorrhizal Pisolithus isolates
$17 621

Professor William S. Price (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Post-processing methods for dramatically improving NMR signals and its applications
$20 000

Associate Professor Caroline Smith (Centre for Complementary Medicine)
A feasibility study to examine the role of acupuncture to reduce symptoms of lymphoedema post-breast cancer treatment
$24 222

Professor Catherine Stevens (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
Dancing to the Music of Time: Rate and Rhythm in Memory for Movement
$23 432

Dr Vivian Tam (School of Engineering)
Behaviour and Performance of Recycled Concrete Filled Stainless Steel Tubular Columns
$23 337

Dr Felicity Wray (Urban Research Centre)
Female Arabic entrepreneurs in West Central, Sydney: Contributions, opportunities and challenges
$6 444

Professor Wei Xing Zheng (School of Computing and Mathematics)
Stability Analysis of Dynamical Systems with Time-Varying and Random Delays
$18 483

Dr Xinqun Zhu (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
Innovative substructure techniques for condition assessment of civil infrastructures
$22 155

UWS International Research Initiatives Scheme (Round 2)

Professor Catherine Best (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerca, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies , Italy
Italian roots in Australian soil: Tracing regional linguistic heritage in first and second generation bilinguals
$10 320

Dr Patrice Castignolles (School of Natural Sciences)
International Link - University of Provence, France
Branched degradable polymers for anti-cancer drugs delivery
$11 379

Professor Roger Dean (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - University of London, UK
Information Flow and the Generation and Perception of Musical Form and Expression
$10 000

Dr Marion Gaborieau (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
International Link - University of Provence, Marseilles Country, France
Chitosan conjugation for bioadhesives and stem cell culture
$11 580

Associate Professor Adam Possamai (Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies)
International Link - University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Experience of Muslims in Australian and US courts
$7 500

Dr Jeff Powell (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA
Climate change effects on decomposition of coarse woody debris, as mediated by wood traits and fungal communities
$14 800

Dr Markus Reigler (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - BOKU- University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria
Don't buy a 'pig in a poke': Molecular characterisation of Australian pinhole borers and bark beetles and their associated microorganisms
$9 900

Professor Virginia Schmied (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
International Link - University of Toronto , Canada
Perinatal Mental Health: Understanding pathways, client journeys and outcomes for immigrant and refugee women
$12 438

Dr Robert Sharwood (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Cornell University, USA
Molecular Engineering of Setaria, an emerging model for interrogating C4 photosynthesis
$5 000

Dr Emma Waterton (Centre for Cultural Research)
International Link - University College London, UK
Everyday geopolitics: Nationalist subjectivities and ANZAC thanatourism
$5 150

Dr Tamara Watson (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - Duke University, USA
Auditory facilitation of visual search; a steady state visual evoked potential investigation of neural mechanisms
$5 667

Dr Chunwei Zhang (Civionics Research Centre)
International Link - Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Health monitoring, evaluation and control of civil engineering infrastructure systems
$11 379

UWS Research Partnerships Program (Round 2)

Dr Brenda Dobia (School of Education)
Partner Organisations - National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
The Aboriginal Girls Circle - enhancing connectedness and promoting resilience for Aboriginal girls
$24 831

Dr Gabrielle Drake (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Uniting Care Disability
Into the community: Leaving a licensed boarding house
$18 032

Professor Kevin Dunn (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Islamic Sciences and Research Academy Australia
The ordinariness of Australian Muslims: attitudes and experiences of Muslims
$10 000

Dr Markus Reigler (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Partner Organisations - Blacktown City Council
Assessing the distribution and population dynamics of the lace lerp infestation in the endangered Cumberland Plain Woodlands in Western Sydney
$23 618

UWS Eminent Research Visitors Scheme

Dr Brendan Choat (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Eminent Visitor - Professor Maurizio Mencuccini (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Xylem and phloem transport limitations and their role in drought-induced mortality of trees
$33 500

Professor Kevin Dunn (School of Social Sciences)
Eminent Visitor - Professor George Galster (Wayne State University, Detroit MI, USA)
Ethnic Discrimination in the Rental Market and Overcoming Barriers to Affordable Housing
$37 400

Professor André van Shaik (Bioelectronics and Neuroscience (BENS) Research Group)
Eminent Visitor - Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)
Feeling Color: Transforming Visual Color to Tactile Stimulation as a Prosthetic for the Blind
$30 500

UWS Seed Grants for Early Career Researchers

Ms Catherine Attard (School of Education)
The Impact of (i)Technologies to Support Student Engagement with Mathematics in the Primary Classroom
$3 679

Dr Andrew Bennie (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Physical activity in physical education: The impact of attitudes and teaching styles on physical activity
$7 479

Ms Elaine Burns (School of Nursing and Midwifery)
A 'known midwife' or 'another mother': A study of professional and peer support provided to breastfeeding women during the first month after birth
$7 500

Dr Ana Mihaela Cojocariu (School of Natural Sciences)
Novel hybrid organic-inorganic thin films from organo-bridged silsesquioxanes precursors
$3 000

Dr Gabrielle Drake (School of Social Sciences)
"Nothing about us without us": Inclusive research with former residents of licensed boarding houses
$6 477

Mr Gordon Hendry (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Foot care needs of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in New South Wales
$7 130

Dr Kate Huppatz (School of Social Sciences)
Regulating Motherhood: understanding the relationship between mothering and class
$7 214

Dr Won Hee Kang (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
Rapid Risk Assessment of Large and Complex Civil Infrastructure
$7 083

Dr Olayide Ogunsiji (School of Nursing and Midwifery)
Experience of Australian midwives caring for women living with consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM)
$7 106

Dr Rebecca Olson (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Boys [and girls] in white updated: Revisiting Becher et al.'s classic study with Australian allied health students
$5 610

Dr Paul Rymer (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
Climate change impacts on different plant functional groups along a steep natural environmental gradient
$7 452

Dr Laura Schatz (School of Social Sciences)
Mapping "actual existing" neoliberal planning and sources of alternatives in a shrinking Australian hinterland community: Broken Hill, New South Wales
$7 283

Dr Ee Loon Tan (School of Engineering)
Design of composite steel-concrete beams with partial shear connection for curved bridges and highways
$7 500

Dr Sonja Van Wichelen (Centre for Cultural Research)
Moral Economies of Transnational Adoption: Markets and Children in Comparative Perspective
$7 500

Dr George Vasdravellis (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
Assessment of the dissipative capacity of stainless-steel hourglass pins for use in high-seismic-performance steel structures
$7 362

UWS International Research Initiatives Scheme (Round 1)

College of Arts

Associate Professor Jeesun Kim (MARCS Auditory Laboratories)
International Link - University College London, UK
Clear speech strategies: How auditory/visual cues are weighted
$13 450

College of Business and Law

Associate Professor Anneke Fitzgerald (School of Management)
International Link - The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
"Lean" process improvement techniques in health care settings: a cross-case comparison between Sweden and Australia
$6 275

Dr Phillip Toner (Industry and Innovation Studies)
International Link - University of Bremen, Germany
The Role and Contribution of Tradespeople and Technicians in R&D in Germany and Australia
$4 500

College of Health and Science

Associate Professor Chin Leo (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
International Link - University of Lyon, France
Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in the porous media
$5 000

Dr Catriona Macdonald (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment)
International Link - University of Bayreuth, Germany
Effect of Extreme Weather Events on Soil Microbial Diversity and Function
$5 500

Professor Anthony Maeder (School of Computing and Mathematics)
International Link - University of Auckland, NZ
Detecting impact of long-term medication adherence on health outcome using electronic medical records
$11 850

Dr Colin Stack (School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)
International Link - McGill University (Montreal), Canada
Functional and structural diversity of cysteine peptidases from Apicomplexan parasites
$5 000

Associate Professor Zhong Tao (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
International Link - TsingHua University, China
Behaviour and Design of Composite Steel-Concrete Beams with Different Degrees of Shear Connections when Subjected to Fire
$15 441

Professor Brian Uy (School of Engineering)
International Link - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Australia - Singapore Collaboration on Application of Nanaomaterials in Civil Engineering
$14 200

Professor Yang Xiang (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
International Link - City University of Hong Kong, China
Micro-nano sensors considering size effects and long range forces
$10 250

UWS Research Partnerships Program (Round 1)

College of Arts

Professor Rhonda Craven (Centre for Educational Research)
Partner Organisations - NSW Department of Education & Training
Cultivating Capability: Explicating What Works for Gifted Aboriginal Primary Students and the Impact of Gifted Education Settings on Education Outcomes and Psychosocial Wellbeing
$25 000

Associate Professor Michael Darcy (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Wentworth Community Housing, Penrith City Council, Blacktown City Council, Blue Mountains City Council, Hawkesbury City Council
Service delivery systems and the unintentional causation and perpetuation of homelessness in the Nepean/Blacktown Region
$20 000

Professor Kevin Dunn (School of Social Sciences)
Partner Organisations - Islamic Sciences and Research Academy Australia
The ordinariness of Australian Muslims: attitudes and experiences of Muslims
$10 000

College of Business and Law

Dr Deborah Horsfall (Sustainability and Social Research Group)
Partner Organisations - Multicultural Health Service HTO Service, St George Migrant Resource Centre Inc, University of New South Wales
Caring journeys: A short-term longitudinal study of decision making around aged care options by older carers from the Greek community
$25 000

College of Health and Science

Dr Dharma  Hagare (Centre for Civionics - Infrastructure Engineering)
Partner Organisations - Dairy Australia
Development of a dynamic model for sustainable management of dairy shed effluent using stabilisation ponds and recycling system
$15 000

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