Director, BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre:

Based in Busselton, he oversees all operational aspects of the BPMRI Busselton Health Study Centre including community engagement and recruitment strategies, staff, project and protocol management, data collection, collation and quality control processes. As Director of a regional-based, independent research facility, A/Prof Hunter has taken on substantial multi-faceted administrative and management roles in addition to his research activities. This has ensured the successful continuous running of the Busselton survey centre since 2005, resulting in ongoing engagement with the Busselton community and promotion of the Busselton Health Study Research Enabling Platform for multi-disciplinary collaborative research opportunities.  

The Busselton Covid19 Effects Study (BCES): 2023-2026

Impact of Covid19 control measures in the BHAS: 2020

The Busselton Respiratory Study (BRS): 2019-2023

The Busselton Healthy Ageing (Baby Boomer) Study: 2010-2026

Phases 1 (BHAS 2010-2015) , 2 (BBBS 2016-2021) & 3 (BHS24 2024-2026)

2025/2027 Medical Research Future Fund. Real-World Impacts of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): A Quantitative Study of Metabolic Health post-COVID in Busselton, WA. Prof Jeremy Nicholson, Prof Juline Wist, Dr Nathan Lawler, Dr Samantha Lodge, Prof Bu Yeap, Dr Luke Wiley, Dr Jennie Hui, Dr Reika Masuda, A/Prof Michael Hunter.

2024/26 Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund’s Western Australia (WA) Cohort Studies-Research Support Program (WACS-RSP): The impact of "Long-Covid" and repeat SARS-CoV-2 infection on chronic disease risk, cognitive and physical function and mental health. Associate Professor Michael Hunter  (Lead CI), Associate Professor Kevin Murray, Clinical Professor Alan James, Professor Bu Yeap, Associate Professor Jennie Hui, Professor David Mackey, Associate Professor Robert Eikelboom, Professor Romola Bucks, Associate Professor Kun Zhu, Emeritus Professor Matthew Knuiman, Professor John Beilby, Clinical Professor Dominic Mallon, Dr Charley Budgeon.

2024/2026 WA DoH:  Quantitative assessment of the health impacts and cardiovascular risk factors of COVID-19 in the free-living population of Busselton WA. Professor Jeremy Nicholson, Professor Elaine Holmes, Professor Julien Wist, Dr Nathan Lawler, Dr Reika Masuda, Associate Professor Jennie Hui, Associate Professor Michael Hunter, Professor Bu Yeap.

2024/26 Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund’s Western Australia (WA) Cohort Studies-Research Support Program (WACS-RSP): Genetic risk and trajectories of aging influencing glaucoma in the Busselton Baby Boomer Study (CI Team)

2023 Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund’s Western Australia (WA) Cohort Studies-Operational Support Program (WACS-OSP): The Busselton Health Study (CI Team)

2023/2024 Charlies Foundation for Research Discovery Grant Scheme: The efficacy of oscillometry to detect upper airway disorders (CI Team)

2023/2024 Charlies Foundation for Research Discovery Grant Scheme: DXA visceral adipose tissue for predicting accelerated biological ageing in middle-aged australians (AI Team)

2022 MRFF Cardiovascular Health Mission: Investigating genetic and lifestyle determinants of abdominal aortic calcification, and their relationship with cardiovascular disease (AI Team)

2021/22 Charlies Foundation Mid-Range Funding Program: Tracking of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in middle-aged Australians and associations with bone, cardiometabolic, cognitive and respiratory health. (AI Team) 

WA Department of Health/WAHTN COVID-19 Research Grants Program 2020:  Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and relationship to multimorbidity in a regional cohort of Baby-boomers (CI Team)

NHMRC Project Grant APP1163649 2019-2023:  Phenotypes of airway disease in the general population (AI, grant manager delegate)

Commonwealth Government 2018-2021: Busselton Population Baby Boomers Longitudinal Study Phase 2 (CI Team)

WA Department of Health 2019: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study (CI Team)

WA Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science & Innovation 2019-2022: Busselton Population Medical Research Institute – Busselton Health Study (CI Team)   

NSFC-NHMRC Joint Project 2016-2020: N-glycan profiling as a risk stratification biomarker for type 2 diabetes. Professor Wei Wang, Professor Qiang Zeng, Dr Michael Hunter, Associate Professor Youxin Wang, Professor Chunlin Li, Professor Alan Bittles, Professor Xiuhua Guo, Associate Professor Manshu Song. (CI Team)

NHMRC Project Grant 2011, 'Obstructive Sleep Apnoea & Depression' CIs: Clinical Professor David Hillman, Winthrop Professor Sergio Starkstein, Professor Romola Bucks, Professor Alan James, Winthrop Professor Matthew Knuiman, Dr Michael Hunter, Dr Nigel McArdle (CI Team)

NHMRC Equipment Grant 2011, 'Compumedics Somte PSG and Resmed S9 Autoset CPAP Devices' CIs: Dr Alan James, Clinical Professor Arthur Musk, Winthrop Professor Matthew Knuiman, Dr Michael Hunter, Dr Jennie Hui (CI Team)

NHMRC Equipment Grant 2009 ‘GE Lunar Prodigy Densitometer & Welch Allyn PC Based Resting Electrocardiograph ECG', CIs: Clinical Professor Arthur Musk, Dr Alan James, Winthrop Professor Matthew Knuiman, Winthrop Professor Joseph Hung, Professor Lyle Palmer (Grant principal author and named Early Career Investigator - Dr Michael Hunter)

City of Busselton Shire Community Grants Schemes (2009-2016) - The Busselton Health Study (Grant principal author)

Travel Grant, Clinical Staff Education Fund, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - 2007