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Status epilepticus (SE), characterised by prolonged or repeated seizures with incomplete recovery, is a critical neurological emergency associated...
Supervisor: Dr Janine Liu

Need for a novel solution. Despite advances in the treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), the risk of CVD remains higher in...
Supervisor: Dr Waheed Khan

Background: Over 400,000 Australians are affected by diabetic kidney disease. Current clinical therapies only delay the progression to end stage...

Upper extremity kinematics are important for understanding functional ability and performance improvements for adults in stroke rehabilitation. The...

This project seeks to comprehensively characterize our prototype inhibitor of CDA1, CHA-061, for its treatment effect on diabetes associated kidney...
Supervisor: Dr Zhong-Lin Chai

This project seeks to comprehensively characterize our prototype inhibitor of CDA1, CHA-061, for its treatment effect on diabetes associated kidney...
Supervisor: Dr Zhong-Lin Chai

Genetic variants have been found to cause epilepsy as well as affect how people respond to treatment. Whole exome sequencing is a new method of...

This landmark study is now complete, but analyses continue. Stroke survivors and healthy controls had MRI scans and cognitive assessment within a few...
Supervisor: Prof Amy Brodtmann

The menopause transition is a time of significant hormonal changes. Mood changes, including anxiety and depression are frequently reported during...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most significant and immediate threats to health in Australia and globally. We are working on harnessing...
Supervisor: Dr Nenad Macesic

Klebsiella oxytoca is a Gram-negative bacterium that is increasingly recognised as an important cause of hospital-associated infections, including...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Wyres

Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has rapidly emerged as the most commonly performed bariatric surgical procedure in Australia. This has...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton

Work towards a PhD degree, that will develop a mathematical-computational model of the brain network dynamics consisting of the local and global...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon

Trauma confers risk for virtually all forms of psychopathology. The relationship between trauma, stress, resilience and psychopathology remains...

Plasma cells produce antibodies so are important for protection from infections. We are interested in understanding the programming of their...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson

In 1 out of 2000 people, an infection with the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) can lead to acute rheumatic fever (ARF), an autoimmune...
Supervisor: Dr Danika Hill

Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of many cancers, but this potentially effective treatment can also cause significant side-...
Supervisor: Dr Miles Andrews

The contraceptive pill has been linked to depressive mood. It has been hypothesised that the progesterone components of the pill are likely to drive...

Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the presence of blood cancer-associated mutations without evidence of...

Failure of modern ASMs to reduce the prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy has been attributed to over-reliance on rodent models of acute seizures in...

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