Austin Graham Milton

Austin Graham Milton

School of Medicine

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences


Austin Milton works for the Stroke Research Programme and the Cardiology Department of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in the Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research at Woodville South, South Australia.

Austin has extensive experience in immunodiagnostics, including two episodes as NATA assessor of immunodiagnostic laboratories and several years of experience in a renal immunology team. His skills include PCR assays, electrophoresis techniques, cell cultures, immuno-histochemistry and both light and ultraviolet microscopy.

He has co-authored 16 publications in the last 5 years (including conference abstracts) and has previously co-authored a chapter on microbiological tests in a medical textbook, and helped with the editing and publication of three medical textbooks. He has 34 original peer-reviewed publications recognised by Google Scholar. He undertakes critical editing of scientific manuscripts for publication and thesis review and is skilled at writing grant applications to funding bodies like the NHMRC.

In 2011 a grant application to the Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation for which Mr Milton was principal writer was awarded the prestigious Leo Dintenfass medal for “the most interesting or innovative research grant application of the year”. In 2016, Austin was awarded a runner-up prize in the inaugural SAHMRI 'Shark Tank' competition.

He has also helped other researchers publish their findings by assisting them with critical manuscript editing and submission, most recently with “CT Angiography (CTA) in the Assessment of Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)” by Benedict et al., Stroke 2013;44(4):e32, a communication by Appleton et al., Int J Stroke 2015;10:e23 and also Moey et al., Int J Stroke 2015; 10(5) E49.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2010 - ongoing Senior Medical Scientist, Stroke Research Programme The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    2004 - 2009 Senior Medical Scientist The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    1997 - 2004 Senior Medical Scientist (University Dept. of Medicine) The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    1995 - 1997 Senior Medical Scientist (Medicine/Gastroenterology) The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    1977 - 1995 Medical Scientist / Senior Medical Scientist The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    1973 - 1976 University of Adelaide Australia BSc (Hons)
  • Postgraduate Training

    Date Title Institution Country
    1984 - 1987 Dip Comp Sci University of Adelaide Australia
  • Certifications

    Date Title Institution name Country
    1991 Network Administrator's Certificate Bull-HN Information Systems Australia
  • Research Interests

Competitive Research Funding

         

National Competitive Schemes

Date Project/No. Investigators Funding Body Amount

2014

Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke.

Koblar S, Hamilton-Bruce MA, Milton AG.

Stroke SA

$40,000

2011-13 Project Grant #1003417 Brain repair following stroke: the role of Npas4, a neural-specific transcription factor. Koblar SA, Lin Y, Lewis M.  Associate Investigator ‘B’: Milton AG. NHMRC $590,048

National Competitive Infrastructure and Equipment Funding Schemes

Date Project/No. Investigators Funding Body Amount

2017

Npas4, a promising target to repair brain injury after stroke

Koblar SA, Choy FC, Hamilton-Bruce MA, Kremer KL, Milton AG.

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation

$25,000

2014 Adult Human Dental Pulp Stem Cell Therapy for Chronic Stroke. Koblar SA, Hamilton-Bruce MA, Kaidonis X, Winderlich J, Milton AG. Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation $15,490
2009 Using Dental Pulp Stem Cell Therapy to Repair Brain Cells (for 2010): Koblar SA, Hamilton-Bruce MA, Milton AG, Lewis M, Djukic M. Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation $15,000

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