Research Projects
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...
Supervisor: Professor Melinda Coughlan
Upper extremity kinematics are important for understanding functional ability and performance improvements for adults in stroke rehabilitation. The...
Supervisor: Professor Natasha Lannin
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...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
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...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
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...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
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...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the presence of blood cancer-associated mutations without evidence of...
Supervisor: Professor David Curtis
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...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan