Research Projects
Anorexia nervosa (AN) has clear biological underpinnings, however, the molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of this debilitating...
Supervisor: Dr Claire Foldi
It is well established that the human neuromuscular system can modify its function in response to physical activity or experience. This response has...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 2.1 million adults in Australia, with the knee (KOA) being the most affected joint. By 2051, 3.15 million Australians...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Aerobic exercise facilitates neuroplasticity and has been linked to improvements in cognitive and motor function. These neuroplastic effects of...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Accurately determining the costs of intensive care is challenging. The increasing demand for intensive care, coupled with newer, more expensive...
Supervisor: Dr Lisa Higgins
This study is intended to model the impact of COVID-19 on cancer diagnoses in Victoria. You will use data from the Victorian Cancer Registry to...
Supervisor: Professor Sue Evans
IgE antibodies are a major cause of allergy and asthma, as well as a major encumbrance to vaccine development as they cause vaccine-driven...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson
Many children are prescribed balance tasks, exercises and games to aid participation and health. This research seeks to understand balance exercise...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Cylie Williams
This project aims to design, synthesize and evaluate a novel class of oligonucleotides. Oligonucleotides have emerged as a revolutionary tool in...
Supervisor: Dr Nitin Patil
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
Person-centred models of care offering testing and treatment of infectious diseases in community settings are needed to improve antimicrobial...
Supervisor: A/Prof Joseph Doyle
Non-ribosomal peptide synthesis is a complex biosynthetic process that produces many medically important peptide natural products, including several...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Max Cryle
Computed Tomography (CT) allows for the cutting edge use of non-invasive anatomical imaging of the human body and is commonly used to diagnose...
Supervisor: Professor Karlheinz Peter
Gastric cancer is associated with poor patient outcome due to advanced stage at diagnosis and lack of treatment options. Most deaths from GC occur as...
Supervisor: Professor Alex Boussioutas
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum employs metallo-aminopeptidase enzymes (PfMAP) that are required for parasite survival. Three of these...
Supervisor: Dr Sheena McGowan
New tests are required to diagnose malaria and other infectious diseases in resource-poor settings to enable prompt treatment and to strengthen...
Supervisor: Dr Jack Richards
An estimated 295,000 maternal deaths occur globally each year, most of which are preventable. The lack of medicines specifically developed for...
Supervisor: Dr Joshua Vogel
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is highly prevalent, with an estimated 370 million affected individuals worldwide, and this is predicted to double by 2030....
Supervisor: Professor Colby Zaph
Fibrosis is defined as the hardening and/or scarring of various organs including the heart and kidney, which usually results from abnormal wound...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Chrishan Samuel
Current clinical management of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), a common sleep disorder, uses constant positive airway pressure as first-line...
Supervisor: Dr Brad Edwards