Research Projects
Information addressing preconception health and pregnancy planning, for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, is limited. This project will...
Supervisor: Dr Asvini Subasinghe
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
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine condition in women, with a diverse range of symptoms related to cardiovascular health (insulin...
Supervisor: Dr Stephanie Pirotta
The COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has shown high infection and mortality rates worldwide. Although most people experience mild...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
For over a decade our mixed scientific and clinical research team has conducted basic discovery and preclinical translational research, trying to...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Jones
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
The TRM-SLE project is an international collaboration of expert lupus clinician-researchers, patient, and industry representatives convened to...
Supervisor: Doctor Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake
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
Inflammation-induced brain injury remains one of the main causes of lifelong disability after birth. There is no effective treatment. Elevated levels...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky
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
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
A significant barrier to reducing maternal mortality and severe morbidity globally is a lack of innovative medicines. This is reflective of a broad...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel
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
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and major morbidity worldwide. Despite this, the current thrombolytic (clot busting) therapies remain...
Supervisor: Professor Karlheinz Peter
Clinical registries are health databases of patients with a specific health conditions (e.g. cancer and medical devices), and data from the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Arul Earnest