Debate@Go8 Mini: Dr Amanda Poprzeczny on the Consequences of the MRFF Funding Cap
Dr Amanda Poprzeczny from the University of Adelaide Medical School, wanted to fund research into obstructive sleep apnea in pregnant women – and whether treatment for the condition can improve outcomes for mother and baby. Sleep apnea during pregnancy can lead to hypertension, pre-eclampsia and potentially, pregnancy loss. But her proposal for a Medical Research Future Fund grant was knocked back. In this Debate@Go8 Mini, she tells Go8 CE Vicki Thomson that not getting the funding means that the immediate impacts on clinical practice – both in Australia and internationally – that could have come from her randomised clinical trial will not be realised – with the very real potential to impact women, their babies and their families.
