Prof. Richard ( Hugh ) Dunstan

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5086
Fax	(02) 4921 5361
Email	Hugh.Dunstan@newcastle.edu.au
Office	SB203, Sciences Building

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	74
Total funding	$5,660,128

For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

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2013 (1 grants)

Nutritional supplementation using amino acids in prostate cancer radiotherapy patients experiencing significant fatigue: A model for CFS.$80,060
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Chris Wratten, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme		Role
Medical and Scientific Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$80,060	2013	2014
GNo:G1200771

2012 (2 grants)

Chronic Fatigue Research: investigating metabolic adaptations of chronic infectious bacteria that could contribute to sustained fatigue$51,127
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$51,127	2012	2014
GNo:G1200885

Teaching Relief - Frisia$14,902
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Career Enhancement Fellowship for Academic Women		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$14,902	2012	2012
GNo:G1101204

2011 (2 grants)

The evaluation of altered metabolism associated with the development of significant fatigue in prostate cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: Stage two$99,359
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme		Role
Medical and Scientific Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$99,359	2011	2012
GNo:G1100819

The use of Fluorescent Whitening Compounds as Indicators of Human Faecal Contamination in Environmental Waters$9,968
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Craig Evans
Scheme		Role
Linkage Pilot Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,968	2011	2011
GNo:G1100039

2010 (6 grants)

An Integrated LC-MS-NMR facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$500,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Adam McCluskey, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Phillip Robinson, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrance, Professor Marcel Maeder, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Gottfried Otting, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Ms Megan Chircop, Doctor Warwick Belcher
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$500,000	2010	2010
GNo:G0190402

An Integrated LC-MS-NMR facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$280,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Adam McCluskey, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Phillip Robinson, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrance, Professor Marcel Maeder, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Gottfried Otting, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Ms Megan Chircop, Doctor Warwick Belcher
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$280,000	2010	2010
GNo:G1000873

The Role of Lewis Phenotype and ABH Secretor Status in Relation to Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcal Species in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:A Pilot Study$99,910
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Diane Sparkes, Doctor Margaret MacDonald, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme		Role
Medical and Scientific Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$99,910	2010	2011
GNo:G0190483

The evaluation of altered metabolism associated with the development of significant fatigue in prostate cancer patients receiving radiotherapy$99,359
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Conjoint Professor Jim Denham, Doctor Chris Wratten, Doctor Colin Tang, Doctor Anne Capp, Doctor Tim Roberts, Doctor Diane Sparkes, Doctor Margaret MacDonald
Scheme		Role
Medical and Scientific Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$99,359	2010	2011
GNo:G1000674

The metabolic response of Staphylococci to environmental stressors$39,600
Funding Body: Gideon Lang Research Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme	Role
Scholarship Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$39,600	2010	2012
GNo:G1000756

Source tracking using alternative faecal indicators in water$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Water Corporation

Project Team
Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2010	2011
GNo:G1000519

2009 (7 grants)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$650,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189120

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$495,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189122

Technical laboratory support for existing CFS research programs$82,000
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts, Doctor Margaret MacDonald, Doctor Diane Sparkes
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$82,000	2009	2010
GNo:G0189306

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$70,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0190441

Development of a new clinical diagnostic/bioassay for chronic fatigue syndrome$60,000
Funding Body: Queensland Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry

Project Team
Doctor Tim Roberts, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$60,000	2009	2012
GNo:G0189934

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$50,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189948

ERF Teaching Relief - Bailey, J$16,820
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Judy Bailey
Scheme		Role
Equity Research Fellowship		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$16,820	2009	2009
GNo:G0189833

2008 (5 grants)

Molluscan biomonitor for quantification and impact assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine ecosystems$135,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Dr Wayne O'Connor, Dr Lukas Van Zwieten
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$135,000	2008	2011
GNo:G0188418

CEF Admin Relief McLaughlin$50,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Eileen McLaughlin
Scheme		Role
Career Enhancement Fellowship for Academic Women		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$50,000	2008	2008
GNo:G0189257

Molluscan biomonitor for quantification and impact assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine ecosystems$30,000
Funding Body: Hunter Water Corporation

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Dr Wayne O'Connor, Dr Lukas Van Zwieten
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$30,000	2008	2010
GNo:G0189236

Small colon variants of Staphylococci and chronic fatigue illness$20,000
Funding Body: Gideon Lang Research Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme	Role
Scholarship Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2008	2008
GNo:G0188674

Molluscan biomonitor for quantification and impact assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine ecosystems$15,000
Funding Body: Port Stephens Council

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Dr Wayne O'Connor, Dr Lukas Van Zwieten
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	2008	2010
GNo:G0189237

2007 (5 grants)

The evaluation of altered metabolism in patients who develop chronic fatigue following cancer radiotherapy (ongoing study)$120,000
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Doctor Diane Sparkes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts, Associate Professor Surinder Baines, Doctor Chris Wratten, Conjoint Professor Jim Denham, Doctor Margaret MacDonald
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$120,000	2007	2008
GNo:G0188042

Predicting channel recovery processes, rates and pathways in the Snowy River$27,380
Funding Body: Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Wayne Erskine, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Student Support Project		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$27,380	2007	2011
GNo:G0188015

Characterisation of microbial and chemical contaminants, bioreaction and water quantity dynamics in rainwater harvesting systems to optimise design$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187184

Molluscan biomonitor of estrogenic contaminants$18,000
Funding Body: NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries)

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$18,000	2007	2009
GNo:G0188009

Predicting channel recovery processes, rates and pathways in the Snowy River$17,840
Funding Body: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Wayne Erskine, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$17,840	2007	2012
GNo:G0188050

2006 (4 grants)

The Importance of Small Colony Variants (SCV's) of toxin producing Coagulase-negative Staphylococci in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome$105,000
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Doctor Tim Roberts, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$105,000	2006	2009
GNo:G0186782

Impacts of surfaces and storages on the constituents in harvested water$92,000
Funding Body: BlueScope Steel

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$92,000	2006	2006
GNo:G0186366

The evaulation of altered metabolism in Chronic Fatigue patients following cancer radiotherapy and the efficacy of amino acid supplementation (STAGE TWO)$35,000
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts, Associate Professor Surinder Baines
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$35,000	2006	2006
GNo:G0186783

The Akoya pearl oyster shell as an archival indicator of metal exposure: field-based validation studies$12,696
Funding Body: AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering)

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme	Role
Research Grant	Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,696	2006	2006
GNo:G0185911

2005 (9 grants)

Integrated Water Cycle Management$136,360
Funding Body: BlueScope Steel

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Research Collaboration Agreement		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$136,360	2005	2009
GNo:G0184442

The evaluation of altered metabolism in chronic fatigue patients following cancer radiotherapy and the efficacy of amino acid supplementation$46,000
Funding Body: TOP Nutrition

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme	Role
Research Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$46,000	2005	2006
GNo:G0185886

The production of bacterial virulence factors and the detection of bacterial pathogens$41,079
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$41,079	2005	2005
GNo:G0185690

The regulation of haemolysin production in coagulase negative staphylococci and the development of modulators of bacterial virulence$40,000
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$40,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0185519

Integrated Water Cycle Management$36,000
Funding Body: BlueScope Water

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$36,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0185473

Investigation of mosquitos as potential vectors for disease transmission$35,000
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$35,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0185065

The evaluation of altered metabolism in chronic fatigue patients following cancer radiotherapy and the efficacy of amino acid supplementation$35,000
Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts, Conjoint Professor Jim Denham, Doctor Chris Wratten, Associate Professor Surinder Baines
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$35,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0185518

2005 RIBG allocation$19,995
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$19,995	2005	2005
GNo:G0185834

Bacteriological Investigations into lakeshore water quality adjacent to stormwater quality improvement devices (SQID's)$4,230
Funding Body: Lake Macquarie City Council

Project Team
Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$4,230	2005	2005
GNo:G0185628

2004 (2 grants)

Assessing effects of petroleum oil pollution on estuarine rock platform invertebrate communities$70,668
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Conjoint Professor Robert Toia, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Miss Michael Cove
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$70,668	2004	2006
GNo:G0183625

Assessing effects of petroleum oil pollution on estuarine rock platform invertebrate communities.$17,500
Funding Body: Shell Co Pty Ltd

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Conjoint Professor Robert Toia, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$17,500	2004	2007
GNo:G0183825

2003 (13 grants)

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments$335,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$335,000	2003	2007
GNo:G0182827

Analyses of fatty acids, proteins and carbohydrates in junenile oysters.$45,000
Funding Body: NSW Fisheries

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme	Role
Research Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$45,000	2003	2004
GNo:G0183569

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments$35,000
Funding Body: NSW Department of Commerce

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$35,000	2003	2006
GNo:G0183256

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments$12,000
Funding Body: Analytical Reference Laboratories Pty Ltd

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2003	2006
GNo:G0183254

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments$12,000
Funding Body: Great Lakes Council

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2003	2006
GNo:G0183257

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments$12,000
Funding Body: Hastings Council

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2003	2006
GNo:G0183259

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments. $12,000
Funding Body: Greater Taree City Council

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2003	2006
GNo:G0184497

The use of pearl-oyster aquaculture for commercially viable bioremedation of contaminated marine environments$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane
Scheme		Role
Collaborative Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0183148

Determinants of Radiation-induced fatigue in breast cancer patients$9,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Jim Denham, Doctor Chris Wratten, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Tim Roberts
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,500	2003	2003
GNo:G0182343

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments$9,000
Funding Body: Midcoast County Council

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,000	2003	2005
GNo:G0183258

The use of pearl-oyster aquaculture for commercially viable bioremedation of contaminated marine environments$5,000
Funding Body: Australian Radiata - Pearl Oyster Production Division

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane
Scheme		Role
University Grant Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0183291

The use of pearl-oyster aquaculture for commercially viable bioremedation of contaminated marine environments$5,000
Funding Body: NSW Fisheries

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane
Scheme		Role
University Grant Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0183290

The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments$1,500
Funding Body: Hunter Water Corporation

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Tim Roberts, Mrs G Calabria, Mr R Iyadurai, Mr S Wilson, Mr B Brooker, Mr D Pensini, Ms A Kaliska, Mr B Petersen, Mr G Carter, Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Mr P Santoro
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,500	2003	2003
GNo:G0183251

2002 (8 grants)

Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management$299,142
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Emeritus Professor Jetse Kalma, Mr Brendan Berghout, Mr I Grimster
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$299,142	2002	2004
GNo:G0181151

Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.$100,000
Funding Body: Brisbane City Council

Project Team
Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Emeritus Professor Jetse Kalma, Mr Brendan Berghout, Mr I Grimster
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$100,000	2002	2005
GNo:G0182251

Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.$94,000
Funding Body: Gosford-Wyong Council`s Water Authority

Project Team
Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Emeritus Professor Jetse Kalma, Mr Brendan Berghout, Mr I Grimster
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$94,000	2002	2005
GNo:G0182250

Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.$94,000
Funding Body: Hunter Water Corporation

Project Team
Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Emeritus Professor Jetse Kalma, Mr Brendan Berghout, Mr I Grimster
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$94,000	2002	2005
GNo:G0182249

Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.$60,000
Funding Body: Hunter Region Organisation of Councils

Project Team
Professor George Kuczera, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Emeritus Professor Jetse Kalma, Mr Brendan Berghout, Mr I Grimster
Scheme		Role
Linkage Projects Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$60,000	2002	2004
GNo:G0182252

Electrophysiological investigations of platelet cells derived from patients with schizophrenia and its associations with membranes composition$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Elemental flow modelling in biofilms from urban rainwater storage tanks$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor George Kuczera
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0181365

The impact of pearl farming on nutrient and heavy metal cycling in sediments at selected sites in Port Stephens.$5,000
Funding Body: NSW Fisheries

Project Team
Professor Hugh Dunstan, Conjoint Professor Robert Toia
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0182219

2001 (2 grants)

High-Resolution High-Performance LAS/ICP-MS for Elemental Analysis.$430,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrance, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Dr Paul Dubowy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Conjoint Associate Professor Howard Bridgman, Associate Professor David Smith, Dr Philip Binning
Scheme		Role
Research Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (RIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$430,000	2001	2001
GNo:G0179623

Bacteriological Investigations Associated with Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices.$5,232
Funding Body: Lake Macquarie City Council

Project Team
Associate Professor Phillip Geary, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,232	2001	2001
GNo:G0181487

1999 (1 grants)

2nd World Congress on Chronic Fatigue Symdrome and Related Disorders Brussels, Belgium.$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1997 (1 grants)

Secretion of virulence factors by coagulase negative staphylococcus$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1996 (1 grants)

Research into chronic fatigue syndrome.$1
Funding Body: Alison Hunter Memorial Fund

1994 (2 grants)

94 GRANT. Relationship between HLA and immunity to viruses in Australian aborigines.$10,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Barry Boettcher, Professor Hugh Dunstan
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	1994	1994
GNo:G0173018

The University of Newcastle, Australia

Prof. Richard ( Hugh ) Dunstan

Funding

Summary

2013 (1 grants)

Nutritional supplementation using amino acids in prostate cancer radiotherapy patients experiencing significant fatigue: A model for CFS.$80,060 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

2012 (2 grants)

Chronic Fatigue Research: investigating metabolic adaptations of chronic infectious bacteria that could contribute to sustained fatigue$51,127 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Teaching Relief - Frisia$14,902 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2011 (2 grants)

The evaluation of altered metabolism associated with the development of significant fatigue in prostate cancer patients receiving radiotherapy: Stage two$99,359 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

The use of Fluorescent Whitening Compounds as Indicators of Human Faecal Contamination in Environmental Waters$9,968 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2010 (6 grants)

An Integrated LC-MS-NMR facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$500,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

An Integrated LC-MS-NMR facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$280,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

The Role of Lewis Phenotype and ABH Secretor Status in Relation to Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcal Species in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:A Pilot Study$99,910 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

The evaluation of altered metabolism associated with the development of significant fatigue in prostate cancer patients receiving radiotherapy$99,359 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

The metabolic response of Staphylococci to environmental stressors$39,600 Funding Body: Gideon Lang Research Foundation

Source tracking using alternative faecal indicators in water$10,000 Funding Body: Hunter Water Corporation

2009 (7 grants)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Technical laboratory support for existing CFS research programs$82,000 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Development of a new clinical diagnostic/bioassay for chronic fatigue syndrome$60,000 Funding Body: Queensland Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

ERF Teaching Relief - Bailey, J$16,820 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2008 (5 grants)

Molluscan biomonitor for quantification and impact assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine ecosystems$135,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

CEF Admin Relief McLaughlin$50,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Molluscan biomonitor for quantification and impact assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine ecosystems$30,000 Funding Body: Hunter Water Corporation

Small colon variants of Staphylococci and chronic fatigue illness$20,000 Funding Body: Gideon Lang Research Foundation

Molluscan biomonitor for quantification and impact assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals in marine ecosystems$15,000 Funding Body: Port Stephens Council

2007 (5 grants)

The evaluation of altered metabolism in patients who develop chronic fatigue following cancer radiotherapy (ongoing study)$120,000 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Predicting channel recovery processes, rates and pathways in the Snowy River$27,380 Funding Body: Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority

Characterisation of microbial and chemical contaminants, bioreaction and water quantity dynamics in rainwater harvesting systems to optimise design$20,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Molluscan biomonitor of estrogenic contaminants$18,000 Funding Body: NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries)

Predicting channel recovery processes, rates and pathways in the Snowy River$17,840 Funding Body: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

2006 (4 grants)

The Importance of Small Colony Variants (SCV's) of toxin producing Coagulase-negative Staphylococci in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome$105,000 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Impacts of surfaces and storages on the constituents in harvested water$92,000 Funding Body: BlueScope Steel

The evaulation of altered metabolism in Chronic Fatigue patients following cancer radiotherapy and the efficacy of amino acid supplementation (STAGE TWO)$35,000 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

The Akoya pearl oyster shell as an archival indicator of metal exposure: field-based validation studies$12,696 Funding Body: AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering)

2005 (9 grants)

Integrated Water Cycle Management$136,360 Funding Body: BlueScope Steel

The evaluation of altered metabolism in chronic fatigue patients following cancer radiotherapy and the efficacy of amino acid supplementation$46,000 Funding Body: TOP Nutrition

The production of bacterial virulence factors and the detection of bacterial pathogens$41,079 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

The regulation of haemolysin production in coagulase negative staphylococci and the development of modulators of bacterial virulence$40,000 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

Integrated Water Cycle Management$36,000 Funding Body: BlueScope Water

Investigation of mosquitos as potential vectors for disease transmission$35,000 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

The evaluation of altered metabolism in chronic fatigue patients following cancer radiotherapy and the efficacy of amino acid supplementation$35,000 Funding Body: The Mason Foundation

2005 RIBG allocation$19,995 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Bacteriological Investigations into lakeshore water quality adjacent to stormwater quality improvement devices (SQID's)$4,230 Funding Body: Lake Macquarie City Council