Warren Haynes Fellowship
The Foundation is proud to support this prestigious neuroscience research fellowship.
Named after the late Warren Wilton Haynes (1939 – 1997), a founding Trustee of the Foundation, the fellowship provides select clinical researchers the opportunity to undertake a substantial research program at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, in conjunction with a professional clinical career within the neurosciences.
Fellowships are offered to those with a major interest in an academic and clinical career in the neurosciences and on the basis fellows complete one major clinical or science project, as supervised by members of the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology.
We extend our thanks to the late Barbara Rosemary Haynes OAM (1939 - 2025), sole benefactor, supporting medical education and research through this fellowship since 1998.
Hear from fellowship recipient Heidi McAlpine whose research focuses on glioma.
Fellowship recipients
2023 Jordan Jones - Brain tumour - Final report 2023 Vivien Li - Multiple sclerosis - Progress report 2020 Heidi McAlpine - Brain tumour - Video report 2020 Chris Dwyer - MS & Neuroimmunology 2017 Mastura Monif - MS & Neuroimmunology 2013 Piero Perucca - Epilepsy 2013 Tom Oxley - Stroke | 2009 Chris French - Epilepsy 2009 Anneke van der Walt - Neuro-Ophthalmology 2007 Raju Yerra - Epilepsy 2006 Mark Marriott - Multiple sclerosis 2004 Caron Chapman - Multiple sclerosis 2002 Niall Tubridy - Multiple sclerosis 1998 Mary Saleh - Brain tumour |
Research Grants
Thanks to your generous financial support, each year the Foundation awards grants to new and ongoing (non-commercial) brain disease research projects.
Department Heads are invited to submit grant applications, with our Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) assessing each application and our Board of Trustees awarding grants based on available funding, much of which is generated from the Annual Gala Ball.
In 2026, the Foundation has awarded grants to fund the following research:
Doctor Tom Richardson
STROKE
Doctor Yeung-Ae Park
BRAIN TUMOUR
Doctor Sarah Thomas
STROKE
Associate Professor Andrew Morokoff
BRAIN TUMOUR
Doctor Chloe Mutimer
STROKE
Grant recipients
2026 Stroke - Dr Tom Richardson - Project summary 2026 Brain tumour - Dr Yeung-Ae Park - Project summary 2026 Stroke - Dr Sarah Thomas - Project summary 2026 Brain tumour - A/Prof Andrew Morokoff - Project summary 2026 Stroke - Dr Chloe Mutimer - Project summary 2025 Brain tumour – A/Prof Chris French – Project report 2025 Alzheimer’s disease – Dr Sarah Holper – Project report 2025 Brain tumour – A/Prof Andrew Morokoff – Project report 2025 Encephalitis – Dr Prashanth Ramachandran – Project report 2024 Multiple sclerosis – Prof Tomas Kalincik – Project report 2024 Brain tumour – A/Prof Andrew Morokoff – Project report 2024 Stroke – Dr Chloe Mutimer – Project report |