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This project involves a systematic scoping review of literature related to the involvement of families in research co-design following the death of a...
Supervisor: Sid Vemuri

Clinical practise around the management of nutrition for extremely preterm infants may vary across NICUs. This may include the use of probiotic...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kenneth Tan

Paediatric surgeons manage a spectrum of conditions, from the neonatal period up to 16-18 years of age; however much of the scientific evidence for...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli

In Australia about 26,873 infants are born preterm each year. Despite an increase in survival, developmental morbidity has not improved, with more...

Background: Antenatal hydronephrosis (ANH) occurs in approximately 1% of pregnancies. While many affected infants undergo monitoring and are...

Interleukin (IL)-37 was discovered in silico in 2000, but received very little attention (not even 10 publications) in general and nothing at all was...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold

Little is known about how the neuronal circuits and neuronal population dynamics in the brain of preterm-born infants can be adequately characterised...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon

We are looking for an HONS student to join our multidisciplinary team that uses video review of neonatal resuscitations (Neonatal Resuscitation Video...
Supervisor: Dr Douglas Blank

Direct clinical relevance: high. Hands-on learning opportunities: Various aspects of work with mice and or human specimens, workup of tissues for...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold

The literature providing evidence of the high prevalence and significant impacts of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children is recent...

This project aims to assess outcomes in a statewide screening cohort by examining conditions genetically linked to intellectual disability. It seeks...
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammed Alshawsh

The Paediatric Emergency Department at Monash Medical Centre is involved in a large number of clinical research projects, ranging from single-centre...
Supervisor: Simon Craig

Paediatric gastroenterology encompasses any serious condition of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas. Many of the conditions within our...
Supervisor: A/Prof Edward Giles

Global Surgery has changed in focus since the publication of the Lancet Commission. There is an increased focus on the upskilling and increased...

There is emerging evidence from overseas quality network that disparities in health outcomes is influenced by social determinanta of health. For...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kenneth Tan

This project utilises an innovative solution to a major health care problem. Behavioural emergencies, such as aggression and self-harm, are...
Supervisor: Dr Marijke Mitchell

The quality and quantity of sleep are very closely related to variations in body temperature: falling asleep generally occurs in the period when...

Rationale for the study Open surgery for the repair of inguinal hernia may lead to some adverse long-term effects upon the structures of the...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli

Rationale for the study Surgery for the treatment of undescended testes may lead to some adverse long-term effects upon the structures of the...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli

Minimally invasive surgery is experiencing rapid advancements in techniques, technology, and applications. Previous studies have focused on the...

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