Research Projects
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
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
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
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
There have been very limited studies on examining how COVID-19 impacted on HIV patients accessing treatment and their adherence to treatment.
The...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Eric Chow
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
In addition to living with this challenging neurological disorder, many people with epilepsy also suffer from mood disorders such as depression....
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
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
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer and incidence is increasing worldwide, including in Australia. Currently, people with...
Supervisor: Dr Joseph Doyle
A biomarker is an objectively measured characteristic of a normal or pathologic biological process. The development of novel interventions to treat,...
Supervisor: Mr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa
Haematology Micro-platforms & Platelet & Thrombosis Laboratories. The Australian Centre for Blood Diseases.
Haematology Micro-platforms...
Supervisor: Dr Warwick Nesbitt
More than 20% of young Australians have an eating disorder. Social media has been identified as a major driving factor in the development of body...
Supervisor: Dr Gemma Sharp
Schizophrenia is a complex neuropsychiatric condition with a broad symptom profile, and current treatments are inadequate in many patients. In...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Spinocerebellar ataxias are progressive and terminal neurological disorders characterised by primary...
Supervisor: Dr Ian Harding
Over the past decade, a number of large EEG datasets have become available, containing both data across multiple cognitive tasks and from...
Supervisor: Dr Neil Bailey
Introduction:
ACTIVE-MS is a highly innovative patient participation study that will be conducted in 300 people with relapsing MS at risk of...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anneke Van Der Walt
Does the implementation of a care plan, for patients with rib fractures, improve patient outcomes. They project will be a prospective observational...
Supervisor: Dr Teresa Howard