Congratulations to the Successful 2016 MIME Seed Fund Teams

The MIME Seed Fund was established in 2015 to accelerate the development of new medical technologies that address significant unmet clinical needs. The inaugural round was designed to lay the foundations for the collaborative framework of MIME, by encouraging early clinician involvement in identifying areas of significant clinical need, so that our research effort could be directed to areas where greatest impact could be achieved. The program was aimed at building and strengthening collaborative relationships between MNHS clinicians in Monash's partner hospitals and researchers in the Faculties of Engineering and IT, as well as reaching out to researchers in other disciplines and partner organisations. Finally the program helps build a pipeline of medical technologies and eHealth solutions, aimed at clinically relevant problems that can be taken forward onto the next stage of development in partnership with funding agencies, investors, donors, industry and hospitals.

Building on the success of the inaugural 2015 MIME Seed Fund round, the 2016 MIME Seed Fund round has proven to be an overwhelming success with 57 unmet clinical need statements submitted by our clinicians as part of phase 1 of the program. In phase 2 of the program, where researchers and clinicians came together to submit joint research proposals, we received over 43 applications in total. After extensive review and interviews, over $800 000 in seed funding has been awarded, and a further $150 000 co-committed by CSIRO.

We would like to thank all clinicians who submitted an unmet clinical need and all researchers and clinicians who submitted a project proposal. We extend our congratulations to the top sixteen successful project teams listed below. 

We look forward to the 2017 MIME Seed Fund round being as successful. Details regarding the 2017 round will be available on the MIME website early in 2017.

ID	Title of Project	Clinical  Champion	Collaborators
51	Robotic  transperineal  prostate  cancer biopsy	A/Prof Jeremy Grummet  Urologist	Lead CI Dr Chao Chen (eng)
33	Enhancing colonoscopic  visualisation and control	Dr Mayur Garg Consultant Gastroenterologist	Lead CI Dr Song Chaoyang (eng) Additional Team Prof Sunita Chauhan (eng)
57	3D-bioprinted scaffold of trapezium  in basal thumb arthritis management	Prof Julian Smith Head of Department of Surgery  Monash Medical Centre	Lead CI Laurence Meagher (eng) Additional Team Dr Andrey Molotnikov (eng), Dr Jessica Frith (eng), A/Prof David Hunter-Smith (med), Dr Warren Rozen (med), Dr Michael P. Chae (med), Prof Graham Jenkin (Monash Health), Prof Anthony Atala (Wake Forest Institute), Dr Sean V Murphy (Wake Forest School of Medicine), Dr Kanika Jain (Hudson Institute)
9	Jaundiced infants-Expanding home care	Dr Katrina Harris Medical lead, Monash Children's@Home	Lead CI Prof Wei Shen (eng) Additional Team Dr Charles Barfield (Monash Medical Centre), Dr James Doery (Monash Medical Centre), Dr Liyuan Zhang, Ms Amanda Vantin (Monash Medical Centre), Dr Stephen Wang (MADA), Dr Mark Bown (CSIRO), Dr Jenny O’Connell (CSIRO), Dr Andrew Scully (CSIRO), Dr Chris Dunn (CSIRO)
6	Rational mesh design for urogynaecological surgery	A/Prof Anna Rosamilia Head Pelvic Floor Clinic, Monash Health	Lead CI A/Prof Caroline  Gargett (med) Additional Team Prof Chris Davies (eng), Professor Jerome Werkmeister (CSIRO),Dr Dayalan Gunasegaram (CSIRO), Dr Sharon Edwards (CSIRO)
25	Surface modifications prevent driveline infection	Prof David McGiffin Director Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplantation Alfred Health	Lead CI A/Prof John Forsythe (eng) Additional Team Prof Laurence Meagher (eng), Dr Yue Qu (eng), Dr. Helmut Thissen (CSIRO)
21	Monitoring back movement and function	Prof Flavia Cicuttini Head Musculoskeletal Unit Alfred Health	Lead CI Dr Pari Delir Haghighi (IT) Additional Team Prof Frada Burstein (IT), Dr Stephen Jia Wang (MADA), Prof Wenlong Cheng (eng)
39	The diabetic sensate footwear project	Dr Alan Saunder Unit Head Vascular and Transplant Surgery Monash Health	Lead CI Prof Jon McCormack (IT) Additional Team Prof Mark Armstrong (MADA), Prof Daphne Flynn (MADA), Prof Arthur de Bono (MADA), Tina Dinh (MADA), Kieran John (MADA)
18a	Personalizing cancer treatments	Prof Magdalena Plebanski  Head of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Unit	Lead CI Prof Magdalena Plebanski (med) Additional Team Dr Simon Corrie (eng), A/Prof Tom Jobling (Monash Health), Dr Andrew Stephens (Hudson)
20	Cardiovascular modeling with MRI	A/Prof Andrew Taylor Head of Non-Invasive Imaging, Alfred Cardiology	Lead CI Prof Murray Rudman (eng) Additional Team Prof Mark Thompson (eng), Dr Ben Costello (Baker), Dr Sina Sinaie (eng), A/Prof Andre La Gerche (Baker)
37	Risk-adjusted reporting intensive care efficiency	Prof David Pilcher, Senior Intensivist, Alfred Intensive Care Unit, & Chair of ANZICS Centre for Outcomes and Resource Evaluation	Lead CI Prof Geoff Webb (IT) Additional Team Dr Christoph Bergmeir (IT), Dr Lahn Straney (med)
35a	3D printer hand prostheses	Dr Lisa O'Brien, State Convenor (Vic/Tas) of Australian Hand Therapy Association special interest group	Lead CI Dr Chao Chen (eng)
2	Health behaviours in dysglycaemia	Prof Christopher Gilfillan, Director of Endocrinology Eastern Health	Lead CI Prof Sunita Chauhan (eng)  Additional Team Dr Faezeh Marzbanrad (eng), Prof Frada Burstein (IT), Dr Sarah Boyd (IT), Prof Daphne Flynn (MADA)
4	Virtual reality social cognitive training	Prof Paul Fitzgerald, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Lead CI Prof Jon McCormack (IT) Additional Team Elliott Wilson (IT), Mike Yeats, Patrick Hutchings (IT)
50	3D printed arm splints	A/Prof Jim Buttery, Research Director, Monash Children's Hospital	Lead CI Dr Andrey Molotnikov (eng) Additional Team Prof Chris Davies (eng)
7b	Burn wound management: Bioactive technology	Dr Heather Cleland Director, Victorian Adult Burns Service Alfred Health	Lead CI Dr Jess Frith (eng) Additional Team Prof Laurence Meagher (eng), Prof Neil Cameron (eng) Dr Rebecca Lim (med), A/Prof Mikaël Martino (med)