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Triple I Clinical Academic Group: Infectious Disease, Immunity and Inflammation
Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE: Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise 

29 JULY 2021

News 

Announcement of the Executive Director for Maridulu Budyari Gumal - SPHERE
Prof Mark Parsons has been appointed as the Executive Director, Maridulu Budyari Gumal - Sydney Partnership for Health Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE). Prof Parsons is an internationally recognised neurologist and leader in stroke medicine.
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Funding supports Australians living with a rare disease
UNSW Sydney researchers have been awarded $1.9 million for a project that will develop and deliver rare disease resources, education and training.
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COVID-19 vaccination glossary to help non-English speakers
A COVID-19 vaccination glossary developed by UNSW Associate Professor Holly Seale in partnership with NSW Health will be distributed across Australia in 31 languages.
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Making visible the invisible: animating autoimmune disease
Scientific animation helps illustrate how the immune system turns from helper to adversary.
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When our defences turn on us
When the body becomes the target of its own defensive arsenal, medicine must step in. This Nature Outlook explores why autoimmune disease is around three times more common in women than in men, the genetic variants that increase the risk of autoimmunity and how the microbes in our gut might sometimes be to blame. It also reveals how the possible links between long COVID and the immune system might finally prove that viruses can spark autoimmune disease.
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Events & Opportunities 

Celebrating Health Economics and Health Systems Research at the Kirby Institute
The Kirby Institute's Cross Cutting Initiative in Health Economics and Health Systems is pleased to present its first webinar in this series celebrating the world class research being done at the Kirby Institute. Presenters: Dr Richard Gray & Miss Ye Zhang.
When: 3 August 2021
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Scaling Up Research Commercialisation Symposium
This virtual one-day Symposium aims to increase mutual understanding between business, researchers and government and strengthen the networks that will enable more researchers and businesses to succeed in commercialisation.
When: 10  August 2021
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Medicinal Cannabis Research, Regulation and Education Symposium
Hosted by Western Sydney University’s NICM Health Research Institute, this symposium features leading speakers from government, research, academia, and industry, with a  programme designed to showcase current Australian research and provide insights and discussion into regulatory development and education regarding medicinal cannabis.
When: 12 August 2021
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Health Economics Workshop
Overview of how to perform economic analysis into your research, with speaker Adjunct Associate Prof Kenny Lawson, Principal Health Economist, Western Sydney University. For further information contact: eldoh@thesphere.com.au
When: 20 August 2021
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ESID 2021 Online Symposium
The Clinical Working Party of the European Society of Immunodeficiencies Multidisciplinary Symposium on the Immunological Consequences of Targeted Immune Therapies (ESID 2021) is a unique multidisciplinary immunodeficiencies conference bringing together professionals to discuss the challenges in the treatment and management of acquired immunodeficiencies. Abstract submissions open. 
When: 27 - 29 September 2021
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Funding

Rebecca Cooper Fellowship 
This Fellowship for mid-career researchers will provide future leaders of Australian Medical Research with a salary of $220K p.a  and a research support package of $50K p.a for a five-year term.
Deadline: 31 August 2021
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AeRO Google Cloud Grants (PhDs and ECRs)
This program provides PhD students and ECRs the opportunity for access to cloud computing resources (up to US $5K) from Google and training skills support from QCIF. The program will support projects that can benefit from access to scalable computing, storage and/or machine learning technologies. 
Deadline: 19 August 2021
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Open NHMRC and MRFF Funding Opportunities

• MRFF 2021 COVID 19 Health Impacts and Vaccination Schedules Grant Opportunity Deadline: 18 August 2021
• MRFF 2021 Rare Cancers Rare Diseases Unmet Need General - Grant Opportunity Deadline: 18 August 2021
• Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into Participation 
  in Cancer Screening Programs 2021 Deadline: 18 August 2021
• 2021 Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants Deadline: 25 August 2021
• MRFF 2021 International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Grant Opportunity  Deadline: 8 September 2021

NHMRC Funding Calendar
​MRFF Funding Calendar 
 

Triple I Vision: A world where human health is enriched by controlling infection, enhancing immunity and managing inflammation.