Congratulations to the seven successful project teams in the 2023 Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) Seed Funding round.
A fantastic array of opportunities for clinical innovation were proposed by Monash University affiliated clinician researchers with Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences; Engineering; IT; and Art, Design and Architecture staff expressing their interest in solving these clinical problems.
A total of $300K in Seed funding was awarded.
Thank you to all clinicians who submitted an unmet clinical need and to all researchers who submitted a project proposal.
Monash Partners is proud to continue to support this funding round.
2023 Seed Funding results
| Title | Clinical Champion | Lead Applicant |
| Next-generation AI-augmented EEG reporting | Dr Hugh Simpson (Alfred Health) | Duong Nhu (Faculty of Information Technology) |
| The Holy Grail: Non thrombogenic intravascular stents | Adj Clinical Professor Winston Chong (Alfred Health) | Yiannis Ventikos (Faculty of Engineering) Laurence Meagher (Faculty of Engineering) |
| Bringing personalised aneurysm rupture predictions to the patient – precision medicine | Adj Clinical Professor Winston Chong (Alfred Health) | Sanjiv Gunasekera (Faculty of Engineering) |
| EndoSim- A simulator for endometriosis diagnosis training | Professor Luk Rombaust (Monash University) | Rezan Jafary (Faculty of Engineering) |
| Non-invasive metabolic IVF, a novel strategy to revolutionise infertility treatments | Dr Fabrizzio Horta (Monash University) | Victor J Cadarso (Faculty of Engineering) |
| Biocompatible and Bioresorbable Bone Fixation Devices | Professor Ton Tran (Monash Health) | Jian-Feng Nie (Faculty of Engineering) |
| Digital tools for blind/low vision people for independent health management | Professor Patrick Kwan (Alfred Health) | Matthew Butler (Faculty of Information Technology) |
For more about the MIME Seed Funding initiative click HERE.
