Research Projects
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious chronic neurological disorders and is estimated to affect approximately 68 million people worldwide....
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a severe lung disease that is the main cause of disability and death in premature infants. Recent studies suggest...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Margaret Hibbs
Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEIs) are caused by rare genetic variants. Despite of major advances in genetics, in many patients no rare causative...
Supervisor: Dr Emily Edwards
Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, with differences not only among different patients, but even amongst the bulk of cells within tumors in individual...
Supervisor: Dr Mark Shackleton
The Mpox virus is endemic in West and Central African countries. In 2022, the WHO declared Mpox a global health emergency as infections have spread...
Supervisor: Dr Gabriela Khoury
Based at the Central Clinical School, our laboratory works closely with clinicians at the Alfred Hospital to study mechanisms of cancer development...
Supervisor: Dr Gamze Kuser Abali
Paediatric chronic pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as persistent or recurring pain that lasts for longer than...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
The spleen is an important organ of the immune system and it is often removed for the treatment of different medical conditions, to perform surgery...
Supervisor: Dr Gabriela Khoury
This is a sub study within a larger NHMRC funded data linkage project. The aim of the sub study will be to utilise population data to understand the...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nadine Andrew
The Department of Diabetes at the School of Translational Medicine (STM) is a part of Monash University’s Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health...
Supervisor: Professor Melinda Coughlan
The discovery of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) has forced immunologists to rethink how the immune system provides tissue protection. Our pioneering...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Cyril Seillet
Kidney stones are a common urinary tract problem. They can cause obstructions in the urinary system and are a significant risk factor for the...
Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Starkey
Schwann cells and melanocytes, both derived from neural crest cells, play essential yet understudied roles in skin physiology and pathology. Schwann...
Supervisor: Celine Pattaroni
Declining cognitive function is common in multiple sclerosis (MS) and routine cognitive testing is critically needed in MS care. However,...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Merlo
This project is at the intersection of neuroscience, data science and artificial intelligence.
Coordinated brain activity underpins all cognitive...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Compensatory cognitive strategy training offers much promise to help women with cognitive difficulties, either brain fog during menopause, cognitive...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Caroline Gurvich
Shigella and enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) are important human pathogens that cause severe diarrhoea and dysentery. Despite the fact that they are...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Hawkey
This study will use an existing linked data set covering an entire geographic region, to understand the use of community based aged care services by...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nadine Andrew
Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed documents intended to assist health care professionals with decision-making processes in...
Supervisor: Dr Arwel Jones
Regular physical activity is important for maintaining physical function and quality of life in people with chronic respiratory disease. In people...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox