Research Projects
Human challenge trials are research trials in which participants are intentionally challenged (whether or not they have been vaccinated) with an...
Supervisor: Dr Arwel Jones
We have established a large cohort of patients with predominantly antibody deficiency (PAD), the most prevalent symptomatic form of primary...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Menno Van Zelm
Immunology and Human Pathology are dynamic disciplines, with many inter-disciplinary alignments --in content, techniques and toolboxes. Face-to-face...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Borger
Depression and anxiety are common, debilitating and chronic mental health conditions which can be difficult to effectively treat. We aim here to...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Project Aims: Identify genetic markers that predict the risk of valproate-induced birth defects.
It is recognised that women with epilepsy who...
Supervisor: Professor Terence O'Brien
Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle weakens and is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. It is a major public health issue,...
Supervisor: Dr Morag Young
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a condition of chronic orthostatic intolerance for which the hallmark is an excessive increase in...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta
It is well-known that preoperative cytological assessment for thyroid nodules can be improved in those patients with an indeterminate cytology, and...
Supervisor: A/Prof. James Lee
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients are 10 times more likely to develop epilepsy compared with age-matched controls. The treatment of recurrent...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Gliomas are the most common type of intrinsic brain tumour and a major cause of morbidity and mortality for those afflicted by these highly invasive...
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
Acute thrombosis causes vessel occlusion resulting in ischemic complications, such as myocardial infarction and stroke, and is a major cause of death...
Supervisor: Dr Xiaowei Wang
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is caused by accumulated oncogenic mutations in white blood cell progenitors that lock them into an immature self-...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ross Dickins
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) represents the gold standard for radiological diagnosis and monitoring of neurological diseases such as multiple...
Supervisor: Dr Scott Kolbe
In Australia hepatitis C infection predominately infects people who inject drugs.
Direct acting antiviral therapy can cure the infection in around...
Supervisor: Professor Margaret Hellard
The JAK-STAT signalling pathway is critical for propagation of signals from the engagement of cytokines with receptors on the surface of blood cells...
Supervisor: Professor Andrew Perkins
This annual cross-sectional survey is run every year at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre through our computer-assisted self-interview (CASI) that all...
Supervisor: Dr Tiffany Phillips
The pathophysiologic progression to heart failure is a complex process. Initial insults such a myocardial infarction or chronic hypertension, trigger...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
It has become increasingly clear that immune cells can change their metabolic state in response to activation in order to meet their energy...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Margaret Hibbs
Are Multiple Sclerosis therapies more effective in younger people with MS than older people with MS?
Multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune, neurodegenerative condition, is the most common cause of non-traumatic neurological disability in young adults....
Supervisor: Dr Vilija Jokubaitis
Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a recurrent seizure disorder due to brain injury following physical trauma. PTE accounts for 20% of symptomatic...
Supervisor: Miss Rui Li