Research Projects
Mental health problems are among the most common and persistent consequences of acquired brain injury (ABI), yet there is currently no comprehensive...
Supervisor: Dr Jai Carmichael
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition associated with significant reproductive, metabolic and psychological impact. Lifestyle management...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
The menopause transition is a time of significant hormonal changes. Mood changes, including anxiety and depression are frequently reported during...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
The CREATE project (Collaborative Registrar Education and Training Enhancement) is an innovative collaboration between The Royal Australian College...
Supervisor: Elsa D. Ibanez Prada
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most significant and immediate threats to health in Australia and globally. We are working on harnessing...
Supervisor: Dr Nenad Macesic
A central focus of this project is the study of evasins, a family of proteins found in tick saliva that bind to and inhibit multiple chemokines,...
Supervisor: Dr Ram Bhusal
Bowel/colon cancer is a major cause of cancer related morbidity worldwide. We will use novel genomic technologies (e.g. CRISPR-Cas12) to perform...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
Monash Partners fully supports the involvement of healthcare consumers and the community in research, healthcare improvement and innovation. Our...
Supervisor: Professor Helena Teede
Stroke imposes a large burden of suffering on survivors, with ongoing risk of recurrent stroke, depression and poor quality of life post discharge....
Supervisor: Professor Dominique Cadilhac
Klebsiella oxytoca is a Gram-negative bacterium that is increasingly recognised as an important cause of hospital-associated infections, including...
Supervisor: Assoc/Prof Kelly Wyres
Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has rapidly emerged as the most commonly performed bariatric surgical procedure in Australia. This has...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton
Comparison of flow diverter versus flow diverter with endo-luminal adjunct (Coils/WEB)
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
There is much interest in the new therapy of Alzheimer's disease such as donanemab. However, it is not known if the new therapy results in...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Debbie is a compassion and common humanity researcher and educator. Her PhD (conferred November 2019) provided world first empirical evidence that...
Supervisor: Dr Debbie Ling
This position, funded through a Digital Health CRC project, involves research to develop digital technology to foster behaviour change after...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Antonio Verdejo-Garcia
Natural killer (NK) cell activity is essential for initiating antitumor responses and may be linked to immunotherapy success. NK cells and other...
Supervisor: Professor Nicholas Huntington
The PI3K-Akt-mTOR signalling network plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation, and is highly complex with multiple...
Supervisor: Dr Lan Nguyen
Holistic care aims to enable continuity of care, with early medical and psychosocial intervention, should an issue develop. Unfortunately, existing...
Supervisor: Prof Judy Lowthian
We are seeking expressions of interest from talented candidates to apply for one of two PhD program focused on combining living evidence syntheses...
Supervisor: Prof Tari Turner
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a significant global health problem affecting adolescents and young adults. Current management is variable...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton