World-leading University researcher wins NHMRC Australia Fellowship

The winners of the National Health and Medical Research Australia Fellowships were announced by the Hon. Mark Butler, Federal Minster for Mental Health and Ageing, at a dinner in Canberra earlier this year.

Professor Bush’s research into developing new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has won him the $4 million fellowship, which will provide funding for his research for the next five years.

In particular, it will enable him to continue the clinical testing of a new type of drug designed to treat Alzheimer’s and potentially prevent the progression of age-related cognitive decline.

He also aims to develop a comprehensive set of diagnostic markers in blood (such as levels of proteins, enzymes, metals) that can be used to objectively monitor the progression of the disease.