Congratulations to the people and projects that have been announced to date as recipients of GERA’s second Grant Round. Learn more about each funded project and the team members and institutes involved below.
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GRANT ROUND 2 (2026)
Postdoctoral Fellowships
| Recipient | Project |
|---|---|
| Dr Diego López Peralta, University of Melbourne | Title: Ambient air pollution and asthma discordance in Australian twins Supervisors: Shyamali Dharmage, Adrian Lowe Award: $40,000 Learn more |
| Dr Philip Harraka, Monash University | Title: Identifying the recessively inherited component of breast cancer susceptibility Supervisors: Melissa Southey, Shuai Li. Award: $40,000 Learn more |
| Dr Zhoufeng Ye, University of Melbourne | Title: Cancer-specific and shared pre-diagnostic DNA methylation signatures across multiple cancers Supervisors: Shuai Li. Award: $40,000 Learn more |
| Dr Yaoyao Qian, University of Melbourne | Title: Genetic predisposition to lifetime asthma trajectories in the general population Supervisors: Shyamali Dharmage, Julia Steinberg, Shuai Li. Award: $40,000 Learn more |
PhD Scholarships
| Recipient | Project |
|---|---|
| Di Mu, University of Melbourne | Title: Genetic-Distance-Informed Improvement of Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Cross-Ancestry Portability Supervisors: Shuai Li, James Dowty, Mark Jenkins, Sibel Saya, Jiadong Mao. Award: $10,000 Learn more |
| Alex Campbell, University of Melbourne | Title: Development of Biomarkers for Resilience in a Singaporean Birth Cohort Supervisors: Lucas Calais Ferreira, Shuai Li, Ye Tian, Alina Rodriguez, Hong Pan. Award: $10,000 Learn more |
| Xiaowen Liu, University of Melbourne | Title: Genetic and Environmental Variance in Lifetime Endogenous Oestrogen Exposure Measures Supervisors: Shuai Li, Tuong Linh (Kevin) Nguyen, Zhoufeng Ye Award: $10,000 Learn more |
Seed Projects
| Recipient | Project |
|---|---|
| Dr Ye Kyaw Aung, University of Melbourne | Title: iCARE-SPC — Integrative Cancer-omics for Assessing the Risk of Extracolonic Subsequent Primary Cancers Team: Shuai Li, Mark Jenkins, Aung Ko Win, Finlay Macrae, Daniel Buchanan Award: $40,000 Learn more |
| Dr Lucas Calais-Ferreira, University of Melbourne | Title: Epigenomics of Epstein-Barr Virus response and Multiple Sclerosis: a discordant twin study Team: Trevor Kilpatrick, Shuai Li, Melissa Southey, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Tomas Kalincik, Peter Stys Award: $40,000 Learn more |