Research Projects
More than half of adult stroke survivors report that they experience fatigue after their stroke. It is, however, unclear what causes the fatigue,...
Supervisor: Professor Natasha Lannin
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
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: Assoc Prof Morag Young
This project will investigate different genomic and health data representations for predictive machine learning models. The data used in the project...
Supervisor: Dr Sonika Tyagi
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 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
Approximately 1 in 25 Australians will receive a diagnosis of epilepsy in their lifetime. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading...
Supervisor: Dr Shobi Sivathamboo
Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes infection in the immunocompromised and those with chronic respiratory disease....
Supervisor: Dr Orla Morrissey
Most cardiovascular diseases often lead to heart failure (HF) and is the leading cause of mortality in the western world. Cardiac hypertrophy refers...
Supervisor: Dr. Yi Ching (Peggy) Chen
Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a recurrent seizure disorder due to brain injury following physical trauma. PTE accounts for 20% of symptomatic...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common rhythm disorder of the heart, and is characterised by the high frequency excitation of the atrium,...
Supervisor: Dr. Yi Ching (Peggy) Chen
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a core component of the therapeutic management of people chronic respiratory disease. A program of exercise and education...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
Although most individuals with a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are symptom-free after 1-2 weeks, around 20% experience debilitating persistent...
Supervisor: Dr Stuart McDonald
A biomarker is an objectively measured characteristic of a normal or pathologic biological process. The development of novel interventions to treat,...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
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
Friedreich ataxia, spinocerebellar ataxia’s (SCA’s), Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) are rare diseases...
Supervisor: Dr Ian Harding
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Prosthetic limbs for amputees can be controlled by converting signals from the brain via electric signals in...
Supervisor: Dr Ben Sinclair
Multi-drug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) is a global health challenge that threatens many medical advances. Infections caused by MDR...
Supervisor: Dr Nenad Macesic