The diagnosis, biomarker identification and measurement of drug efficacy in mental illness and neurological conditions. [ 2009 - 2009 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Jayashri Kulkarni (Principal investigator) ,  Dr Caroline Gurvich ,  Dr Roger Edwards ,  Prof Brian Lithgow ,  Prof Paul Fitzgerald

Brief description Globally, 2 billion people suffer from a neuropsychiatric illness. The cost is more than US$2 trillion a year. Hampering early intervention is the current lack of definitive, quantitative techniques for diagnosis and measurement of treatment efficacy. This research will determine whether the disease fingerprints produced by a new technique, EVestG, are diagnostically unique (to schizophrenia, depression and Parkinson's disease) and sensitive to disease progression and treatment response.

Funding Amount $AUD 119,050.00

Funding Scheme NHMRC Development Grants

Notes Development Grant