BRIGHT IDEAS GRANT
58
Bright Ideas Grants Awarded
Over $353,924
Bright Ideas Grants Awarded to Transform WA Patient Health Outcomes
Across 19
Bright Ideas Research Focus Areas
*Last Updated: 29/06/2025
2025/2026 Bright Ideas Grant Winners (Round 2)
Dr Nathan Barry
Department: Radiation Oncology
Project: Identifying impediments to accessing metropolitan cancer services for rural and remote Western Australians
Tessa Davies (accepted by Diane Dennis)
Department: Physiotherapy
Project: Developing a Pilot Multidiciplinary Functional Neurological Disorder Clinic
Janelle Bett
Department: Occupational Therapy
Project: Implementing occupational therapy in intensive care: A mixed methods study.
Emily Purcell
Department: Occupational Therapy
Project: Improving emergency department (ED) care for women under 50 with family and domestic violence (FDV) related head and facial injuries: A retrospective audit of assessment, treatment and referral practices.
Anneliese McNeil
Department: Social Work
Project: Turning Insight into Impact: Social Workers and Elder Abuse Response
Dr Tenny Sunny
Department: Medical Oncology
Project: Top 10 Research Priorities in Breast Cancer Medical Oncology (WA)
Clara Leong
Department: Occupational Therapy
Project: Acceptability of a tailored activity task box intervention for patients with behavioural symptoms in hospital
Dr Meg Henze
Department: Endocrinology and Diabetes
Project: Introducing a multidisciplinary Diabetes Technology Clinic at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Dr Richard O'Halloran
Department: Hepatology
Project: Hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis in Western Australia: a Multi-centre retrospective cohort study.
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2025/2026 Bright Ideas Grant Winners (Round 1)
Yee Ching Wong
Department: Physiotherapy & OT
Project: Can a two-week hospital-based telerehabilitation program help stroke survivors improve arm movement?
Lisa Cowcher
| Department: Occupational Therapy Project: An economic evaluation of an early emergency department allied health frailty service |
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Louise Cleary
Department: Speech Pathology
Project: Feasibility of using Telepractice to remotely conduct Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (TeleVFSS) to support regional dysphagia management in Western Australia
Gabriella La Macchia
Department: Radiation Oncology
Project: Exploring the Implementation Feasibility of an Integrated Radiation Oncology Real World Data Clinical Quality Registry using Automated Processing
58
Bright Ideas Grants Awarded
Over $353,924
Bright Ideas Grants Awarded to Transform WA Patient Health Outcomes
Across 19
Bright Ideas Research Focus Areas
*Last Updated: 29/06/2025
2024/25 Bright Ideas Grant Winners
Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan
Department: Respiratory
Project: DEAR-COPD: Diagnosis through Early Assessment during Respiratory Events
Dr Brendan Luu
Department: Ophthalmology
Project: Using non-invasive OCTA imaging of the retina to detect human cancer
Dr Paul Armstrong
Department: Hepatology
Project: Characterisation of liver fibrosis in patients with cystic fibrosis – a retrospective review
Dr Julia Bereyne
Department: Medical Oncology
Project: Exploring Oncology Patients' Perceptions of Clinical Trials: A Qualitative Study
Stephanie Preen
Department: Occupation Therapy
Project: Can augmented reality scanning technology support occupational therapy home environmental assessments? A feasibility study.
Peri Mickle
Department: Anaesthesia
Project: Provocation threshold and severity of hypersensitivity with intravenous challenge using non-linear drug infusion
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