Research Projects
Each year, more than 5000 Victorians present to emergency departments after sustaining burn injuries. The Victorian Adult Burns Service (VABS) admit...
Supervisor: Mr Cheng Hean Lo
Approximately 150,000 people are currently living with focal epilepsy in Australia, and over one third have seizures that cannot be controlled with...
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Neal
This project is based on the single-chain antibody (scFv) technology, an emerging class of biotechnologically produced therapeutics. ScFvs are...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Christoph Hagemeyer
Adult haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) first develop in the early embryo from endothelial cells in the wall of the dorsal aorta in response to shear...
Supervisor: Professor Andrew Perkins
Repurposing of immunotherapies for severe urinary tract infection and associated renal complications
Urinary tract infections are a common cause of bacterial infection, especially in females. These infections are often chronic and can cause long-term...
Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Starkey
Background
The concept of value-based healthcare emerged from the observations of spiralling costs in healthcare. In the commercial sector...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Robert Stirling
There are limited data on male sex workers in Australia. This project will examine sexual practices among male sex workers in Victoria, Australia as...
Supervisor: Dr Tiffany Phillips
This project is investigating the efficacy of an entirely novel physical exercise/rehabilitation approach for individuals with Parkinson's...
Supervisor: Dr Meaghan Clough
Atherosclerosis is characterized by a pathological build-up of plaque within arterial vessel walls and is a major contributor to cardiovascular...
Supervisor: Dr Waheed Khan
Atherosclerosis is characterised by a pathological build-up of plaque within arterial vessel walls and is a major contributor to cardiovascular...
Supervisor: Dr Waheed Khan
Description
Brain inflammation appears to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. A major cell type involved in inflammatory cascades...
Supervisor: Mr Idrish Ali
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in many developing countries. Myocardial hypertrophy is an initiatory hallmark of cardiac failure,...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta
Stem cells has been previously isolated from the adipose layer of debrided skin in severely burned patients. It has been shown to contribute to wound...
Supervisor: Mr Cheng Hean Lo
Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most common cancer globally and 7th in incidence in Australia. It has a poor survival rate which can be attributed...
Supervisor: Prof Alex Boussioutas
Diabetic complications remain the major cause of morbidity and mortality and this is primarily attributed to the damaging effects of hyperglycaemia...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta
Stress and sex hormones are associated with cognitive changes throughout life. This project will explore sex and stress hormones in association with...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Caroline Gurvich
Group singing programs for people with chronic lung diseases have been shown to improve quality of life, be enjoyable experiences, reduce social...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Natasha Smallwood
This project aims to develop nanoparticle contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that selectively target molecular markers of...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Christoph Hagemeyer
Sleep disorders are common after traumatic brain injuries, regardless of injury severity, with disruption in quality, quantity, and patterns of sleep...
Supervisor: Dr Bridgette Semple
Social behaviour problems are a common and debilitating consequence of traumatic brain injury in children, and a key contributor to poor quality of...
Supervisor: Dr Bridgette Semple