Research Projects
Migraine is a common disorder with estimated age adjusted prevalence of 19089 per 100000 (https://gntem3.shinyapps.io/msglobal/). It is more common...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Neonatal brain network dynamics in the preterm period: A mathematical-clinical neuroscience approach
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
Neural stem cells (NSCs) offer great promise as a neuroprotective therapy against a range of neurological conditions, like cerebral palsy. NSC...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
Pneumonia is highly prevalent and often deadly in stroke patients, raising the possibility of weakened lung immunity after stroke. The focus of this...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Connie Wong
Background: We have demonstrated that the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation (NIPE), based on heart rate variability (HRV) is able to...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli
Newborn/infant parasympathetic evaluation (NIPE) to evaluate intraoperative pain response in infants undergoing laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Direct clinical relevance: high. Hands-on learning opportunities: Various aspects of work with mice, workup of tissues for various downstream...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), predominantly Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), is a chronic inflammatory condition of unknown...
Supervisor: Dr Edward Giles
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive collapse (apnoea) or partial collapse (hypopnoea) of the pharyngeal airway during sleep...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Garun Hamilton
Inflammation in the lung is critical for host defence against viruses. However, excessive inflammation and immunopathology are characteristic...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Michelle Tate
We manage the Australian Autoinflammatory Disease Registry (AADRY.org), and collaborate widely to identify genetic variants that may be the cause of...
Supervisor: Prof Seth Masters
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects over 7 million people worldwide. Hallmark symptom of PD is...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
This project is examining nutrigenomics as a tool for prevention of cardiometabolic risk factors.
The candidate will have an opportunity to learn...
Supervisor: Professor Barbora De Courten
Open-label randomised controlled pilot study investigating human milk oligosaccharides supplementation effects in preterm neonates
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Rationale for the study
At Monash Children’s Hospital (MCH) we routinely administer probiotics (Infloran®, B bifidum + L acidophilus) to preterm...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli
Babies that are born preterm are at risk of experiencing injury to the white matter of the brain, and as such developing neurodevelopmental disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
Induction of labour is carried out when the risks of advancing gestation outweigh maternal and foetal benefits. It is one of the most frequent...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
Induction of labour is carried out when the risks of advancing gestation outweigh maternal and foetal benefits. It is one of the most frequent...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
Induction of labour is carried out when the risks of advancing gestation outweigh maternal and foetal benefits. It is one of the most frequent...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
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