Posted on: 10/10/2025

Dr Bahareh Badrian Joins MTPConnect

We are delighted to welcome Dr Bahareh Badrian to our team as Head of Grant Excellence WA where she will lead the development and delivery of MTPConnect’s new WA Grant Excellence Service (WAGES). Bahareh will be based in Perth working closely with Dr Tracey Wilkinson.

This new three-year pilot program designed by MTPConnect is funded by the WA Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund to support WA researchers and innovators to improve the competitiveness of applications to national grant opportunities, especially the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

Dr Badrian brings over a decade of experience driving strategic initiatives, funding programs, and sector wide collaboration through roles with the Raine Medical Research Foundation, the Office of Medical Research and Innovation for WA Department of Health, and the University of Notre Dame Australia. Her extensive knowledge of Western Australia’s health and medical research landscape which will be an asset as we roll out WAGES.

Dr Badrian holds a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Western Australia.

Please join us in giving Dr Badrian a very warm welcome.

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