Dr Abraham Kuot
Research Fellow
College of Medicine and Public Health
Abraham Kuot is a Research Fellow in Eye and Vision Research within the College of Medicine and Public Health at the Flinders University of South Australia. He is a molecular biologist, geneticist and a public health researcher with 16 years of research experience; thus contributing to significant knowledge production in the field of ophthalmology in particular. He completed his PhD in Medical Research at the Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University in 2015. Dr Kuot's current research focuses broadly at the investigation and understanding of the genetics and non-genetics causes and mechanisms of human eye diseases, predominantly glaucoma.
Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine (PhD(Med)), Flinders University (2015)
Bachelor of Science (Honours, BSc(Hons)), Flinders University (2010)
Bachelor of Innovation & Enterprise in Science and Technology (BIEST), Flinders University (2008)
Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci), Flinders University (2007)
2023 - Present: Research Fellowship in Eye and Vision, MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission Grant, Flinders University
2018 – 2020: Research Fellowship, Dementia and Aged Care Services Fund (Australian Department of Health), Flinders University
2012 – 2014: Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Flinders University ($24,875 per annum)
2012 – 2014: Postgraduate Research Top-up Scholarship ($6,000 per annum), Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University
2013: Student Publication Award ($500), Flinders University
2012: Student Publication Award ($500), Flinders University
2011: Flinders Medical Centre Foundation Grant ($16,000), Flinders University
2010: Honours Scholarship ($2,500), Flinders University
2006 – 2007: Commonwealth Learning Scholarship ($2,100 per annum), Flinders University
2006: Golden Key International Honours Society membership certificate award (top 15% of the best performing first year University students in 2005)
2005: Flinders First Year Education Costs Bursary ($500), Flinders University
Active contribution to research activities by conducting experiments, and collaborating with internal and external research teams or groups to successfully deliver various projects milestones and expected outcomes
Establishing and maintaining research collaborations within Flinders University, and externally
Independent contribution to planning and execution of research projects by reviewing relevant literature and other sources of information
Active participation in the production of research data, and writing and editing of publications arising from research studies
Independent contribution to ethical, high quality and innovative research and evaluation through scholarship, publishing in high quality journals and assisting the preparation and submission of bids for external research funding (Grants)
Research projects execution and management
- Eyes
- Genetics/Genetic engineering
- Medical research
- Medicine
- Molecular biology
- Ophthalmology
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