Research Projects
Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed documents intended to assist health care professionals with decision-making processes in...
Supervisor: Dr Arwel Jones
The composition of the vaginal microbiota can influence the transmission of pathogens such as HIV. Women colonised with optimal vaginal bacterial...
Supervisor: Professor Gilda Tachedjian
The vagina is central to a woman’s sexuality, her sexual health, body image and sense of wellbeing. Vaginal epithelial stem cells and mesenchymal...
Supervisor: Adjunct Prof Caroline Gargett
Regular physical activity is important for maintaining physical function and quality of life in people with chronic respiratory disease. In people...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
There is a requirement for paediatric surgical specific models and simulators to be used in a laparoscopic bench trainer for the acquisition of...
Supervisor: A/Professor Ram Nataraja
Validation of a 3D printed and moulded high fidelity and realism simulator for paediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Interstitial lung disease (or ILD) are a disabling group of chronic lung conditions associated with interstitial inflammation and fibrosis to the...
Supervisor: Dr Leona Dowman
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery powered products that heat liquids (e-liquid) to produce an aerosol which can be inhaled by the...
Supervisor: Dr Chris Barton
Caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) is a simple, safe, inexpensive bedside neuromodulation technique that has been shown to induce a wide range of...
Supervisor: Dr Steven Miller
This is a rapidly emerging field with the recent legislative changes in Victoria (and now Western Australia). There is a need to better understand...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
Life is a constant state of change and movement. However, until recently it has been only possible to understand the process of life as static fixed...
Supervisor: Dr Jennifer Zenker
A new frontier in biomedical research will involve watching individual proteins work in real time, in living organs. Traditionally, researchers have...
Supervisor: Professor Kieran Harvey
Natural Killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells which play an important role in eliminating malignant and virally-infected cells but emerging...
Supervisor: Dr Anna Hearps
The development of reliable, accurate, non-invasive methodologies for continuous, long-term seizure monitoring is a critical part of the precision...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Reducing adverse outcomes on mother and child are key priority areas. However, antenatal engagement with women about lifestyle risk reduction can be...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James
Once a registered medical practitioner has prescribed medical abortion medicines, also known as MS-2 Step, an individual must access a community...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Nurse Practitioners have a key role in meeting the needs of women’s reproductive care including pregnancy, termination, contraception, and sexual...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James
Our team in the Department of General Practice has access to data from the Building a New Life in Australia study (BNLA). This longitudinal study...
Supervisor: Professor Grant Russell
Endometriosis is a chronic condition characterized by pelvic pain and subfertility. Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of women, affecting...
Supervisor: Dr Maryam Moradi
There is limited information on men's perspectives on culturally appropriate information on how to prepare to become a parent. In this project,...
Supervisor: Dr Asvini Subasinghe