Research Projects
This is a unique opportunity to look at an area of the brain whose function is almost completely unknown. This project will involve exploration of...
Supervisor: Dr David Reser
People in rural areas have lower access to cancer clinical trials. What factors impact on access and what strategies can be used to access these...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
Well-developed accessible health service systems have been associated with a reduction in aggregate alcohol and other drug related-harms at a...
Supervisor: Dr Bernadette Ward
Australian medical students and graduates have indicated that the preparation for their prescribing roles based on their pharmacology and...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Shane Bullock
The majority of chronic pain management occurs in the primary care setting. In rural areas, there are often limited professional development...
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell
Little research has been conducted on how rural health professionals are trained on how to deliver education sessions (tutorials and lectures), as...
Supervisor: Dr Angelo D'Amore
Development and evaluation of an experiential web-based simulation to assist medical, nursing and allied health students bridge the gap between...
Supervisor: Dr Marianne Tare
This project will seek to answer the following questions:
1) What do rural health care providers feel, think, and know about the potential effects...
Supervisor: Dr David Reser
It’s widely recognised that health professionals with a rural or regional background are more likely to choose to practise in rural or regional areas...
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell
Cancer survivorship rates have increased significantly, placing increased demand on health services. There is little published information about...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
The perinatal period is recognised as a time of transition and uncertainty, women are at risk for the development of a range of mental health issues...
Supervisor: Dr Rochelle Hine
The world health organisation recommends exclusive breastfeeding of infants
for 6 months and then continued breastfeeding until two years of age....
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell
The world health organisation recommends exclusive breastfeeding of infants for 6 months and then continued breastfeeding until two years of age....
Supervisor: Dr Adelle McArdle
This project involves high resolution imaging (CT, synchrotron CT, X-ray fluorescence microscopy, and MRI) of large sharks native to Australian...
Supervisor: Dr David Reser
How can we enable medical students to envision differently? This project will explore, through pre and post qualitative survey questions, an art...
Supervisor: Dr Margaret Simmons
There are a range of projects embedded in our existing prospective cohort study (known as VMAX) of 745 Victorians living in metropolitan and rural...
Supervisor: Dr Bernadette Ward
This project aims to develop a mobile-health system for unborn babies, using non-invasive easy-to-operate devices linked to a mobile phone. The...
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell
Given the Australian Government spent over $135 million on older person health assessments in 2019 alone, it is important that the value of the 75+HA...
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell
Cancer Australia has developed an Optimal Care Pathway (OCP) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. The recommendations in...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
Access to palliative care can be more challenging in rural compared with metropolitan areas. Multiple research priorities exist, including:
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Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski