Research Projects
Antibiotic-resistance is a major problem in hospitals and different community settings. Dendritic cells are sentinel cells of the innate immune...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Meredith O'Keeffe
The contraceptive pill has been linked to depressive mood. It has been hypothesised that the progesterone components of the pill are likely to drive...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
There are over 7,000 rare diseases that on average take ~4 years to diagnose, during which families consult on average 5 doctors and receive 3...
Supervisor: Professor Katrina Williams
Designing, analysing and interpreting evidence from interrupted time series studies in public health
The interrupted time series (ITS) study design is frequently used to evaluate the effects of policy and health systems interventions, providing...
Supervisor: Dr Joanne McKenzie
The SOS is a multinational, prospective longitudinal cohort study designed to comprehensively examine the interplay between determinants of long-term...
Supervisor: Doctor Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake
There is a well defined difference between a novice and an expert in surgical training and simulation-based educational programmes and research....
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
Anorexia nervosa (AN) has clear biological underpinnings, however, the molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of this debilitating...
Supervisor: Dr Claire Foldi
Clinical trials have been criticized for not having gender balance. However, there is a lack of understanding of the reasons why this may have...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
It is well established that the human neuromuscular system can modify its function in response to physical activity or experience. This response has...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 2.1 million adults in Australia, with the knee (KOA) being the most affected joint. By 2051, 3.15 million Australians...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Aerobic exercise facilitates neuroplasticity and has been linked to improvements in cognitive and motor function. These neuroplastic effects of...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Accurately determining the costs of intensive care is challenging. The increasing demand for intensive care, coupled with newer, more expensive...
Supervisor: Dr Lisa Higgins
Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the presence of blood cancer-associated mutations without evidence of...
Supervisor: Professor David Curtis
We are developing 3-dimensional human brain organoids using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We can model the effect of neuroinflammation in...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
There is ongoing worldwide footwear research for children, however everyone collects different information. This research seeks to develop a world-...
Supervisor: Professor Cylie Williams
Many children are prescribed balance tasks, exercises and games to aid participation and health. This research seeks to understand balance exercise...
Supervisor: Professor Cylie Williams
Information addressing preconception health and pregnancy planning, for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, is limited. This project will...
Supervisor: Dr Asvini Subasinghe
Alcohol consumption is the fifth highest contributor to burden of disease in Australia and a major avoidable risk factor for disease and injury....
Supervisor: Dr Rowan Ogeil
This project aims to design, synthesize and evaluate a novel class of oligonucleotides. Oligonucleotides have emerged as a revolutionary tool in...
Supervisor: Dr Nitin Patil
Failure of modern ASMs to reduce the prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy has been attributed to over-reliance on rodent models of acute seizures in...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan