Research Projects
Small cell lung cancer is an aggressive and highly metastatic disease that represents around 15% of all lung cancer patients. The majority of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Gough
The transcript encoding the proto-oncogene MYC is commonly overexpressed in prostate cancer (PC). MYC protein abundance is also increased in the...
Supervisor: Dr Luc Furic
Hypertension is a major cause of heart failure, heart attacks and strokes. Associated with the development of hypertension is the accumulation of...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara Kemp-Harper
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an incurable disease and a major cause of death and illness throughout the world. Whilst there has been advancement...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara Kemp-Harper
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a most common cancer and the 4th leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Australia has one of the...
Supervisor: Dr Chunhua Wan
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. Australia...
Supervisor: Dr Chunhua Wan
We are developing a platform for TCR and antibody-antigen discovery and engineering by conventional serology and T-cell assays, multiplex antigen...
Supervisor: A/Prof Vivek Naranbhai
This project explores the needs of a wide variety of healthcare students to respond to patients experiencing family violence. I collaboration with...
Supervisor: Dr Simon Sawyer
Background:
Strong climatic changes may have been the primary drivers of human evolution. Understanding how early human (hominin) foraging and...
Supervisor: A/Prof Luca Fiorenza
The quality and quantity of sleep are very closely related to variations in body temperature: falling asleep generally occurs in the period when...
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary Horne
Testicular tissue percent oxygen saturation (%StO2) measured by trans-scrotal near infrared spectroscopy in children undergoing laparoscopic and open...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Rationale for the study
Open surgery for the repair of inguinal hernia may lead to some adverse long-term effects upon the structures of the...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli
Testicular tissue percent oxygen saturation (%StO2) measured by trans-scrotal near infrared spectroscopy in children undergoing orchidopexy.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Rationale for the study
Surgery for the treatment of undescended testes may lead to some adverse long-term effects upon the structures of the...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli
Despite advances in neonatal medicine, there remains a significant gap in the research surrounding the treatment of neonatal seizures. While...
Supervisor: Dr Tamara Yawno
Testing root caries arrest with silver diamine fluoride: an effectiveness trial in public oral health care settings
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
If you are interested in research on physical activity and sedentary behaviour and their impact on health in adults/older adults, please get in touch...
Supervisor: A/Prof Danijela Gasevic
There have been changes in menopause awareness, attitudes to hormone therapy, and treatment of female sexual dysfunction.
This PhD will explore the...
Supervisor:
In celiac disease (CD), the T cell response to gliadin peptides derived from gluten in from wheat, barley and rye has been well characterised....
Supervisor: Dr Hugh Reid