Research Projects
Project Aims: Identify genetic markers that predict the risk of valproate-induced birth defects.
It is recognised that women with epilepsy who...
Supervisor: Professor Terence O'Brien
Gliomas are the most common type of intrinsic brain tumour and a major cause of morbidity and mortality for those afflicted by these highly invasive...
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
A biomarker is an objectively measured characteristic of a normal or pathologic biological process. The development of novel interventions to treat,...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious problem that affects one in six women in Australia, and it is the leading cause of preventable death,...
Supervisor: Dr Georgia Symons
Status epilepticus (SE), characterised by prolonged or repeated seizures with incomplete recovery, is a critical neurological emergency associated...
Supervisor: Dr Janine Liu
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
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
Neuroimaging provides a multitude of non-invasive methods to better understand the pathology and pathogenesis of neurological and neuropsychiatric...
Supervisor: Dr Lucy Vivash
Point-of-care (POC) testing is the testing at the site of patient care. It is done on patients conveniently and immediately allowing patients and...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain cancer, and with current conventional treatment the average life expectancy is only 12-18 months....
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
Recruitment for this study has concluded, and analyses are in their early phases. The D2 study aims to establish whether subjects with diabetes and...
Supervisor: Prof Amy Brodtmann
Many patients with epilepsy suffer from debilitating mood disorders, including depression. These psychiatric conditions are the major determinants of...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Current therapies for epilepsy are symptomatic, only suppressing the symptoms (seizures), but do not impact the development or progression of disease...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Exercise has been shown to reduce disability and improve fitness after stroke. Despite strong evidence exercise programs are not commonly included in...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon Kramer
Sustaining a stroke is a devastating neurological event potentially resulting in physical and cognitive impairments, functional limitations,...
Supervisor: Professor Natasha Lannin
The cEEG and Stem Cell Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience are investigating new treatments for a class of patients that do not respond to...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Acquired epilepsy is the most common form of drug resistant acquired epilepsy in adults, where seizures continue to occur despite antiepileptic drug...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Epilepsy is a severe neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures that affect 1% of the population worldwide. Traumatic brain injury (...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Project Aims: To link databases of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program of Melbourne Epilepsy Centres with the National Death Index and National...
Supervisor: Professor Terence O'Brien