2002 Recipients

• Dr Michael Breakspear, Westmead Hospital
  Project Title: Mechanisms of neural co-operation underlying brain function: A computational and experimental study with application to schizophrenia and epilepsy.

• Dr Katherine Clark, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
  Project Title: Develop a bedside pain assessment and documentation chart to improve the pain management of oncology in-patients.

• Dr Martin Cohen, Hunter Mental Health Service
  Project Title: Investigation of executive function in cannabis using non-psychotic and first episode psychosis patients. A comparative structural and functional brain imaging (fMRI) study.

• Dr Matthew Kiernan, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
  Project Title: The effect of anti-convulsant therapy on neuronal ion channel function and nerve excitability in epilepsy patients.

• Dr Sook Meng Lee, National Ageing Research Institute
  Project Title: Can a cognitive (music) intervention enhance the treatment effects of Aricept on patients with Alzheimer's disease?

• Dr Dan Lubman, University of Melbourne
  Project Title: Investigation of brain circuits underlying compulsive behaviour in opiate dependence.

• Dr Chee Ng, University of Melbourne
  Project Title: Pharmacogenetic polymorphisms and the clinical response to anti-depressants.

• Dr Suresh Sundram, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria
  Project Title: Plasma apolipoproteins D and E as potential markers for treatment response in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

• Dr Emma Whitham, Flinders Medical Centre
  Project Title: Gamma EEG rhythms in epilepsy and other diseases.