Better targets and drugs for improving stroke outcome? [ 2016 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Connie Wong (Principal investigator) ,  Prof Christopher Sobey ,  Prof Michael Hickey

Brief description Infection is highly prevalent and is one of the leading causes of death in stroke. It is now recognised that stroke impairs the immune system, raising the possibility that reversing this impairment can decrease the rate of infection after stroke. Therefore, the focus of this project is to identify the signalling pathways that underlie abnormal immune function after stroke and also assess the potential of a novel pharmacological approach for reducing bacterial infection in stroke patients.

Funding Amount $1,085,972.00

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant