Research Projects
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
Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the presence of blood cancer-associated mutations without evidence of...
Supervisor: Professor David Curtis
We are developing 3-dimensional human brain organoids using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We can model the effect of neuroinflammation in...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
There is ongoing worldwide footwear research for children, however everyone collects different information. This research seeks to develop a world-...
Supervisor: Professor Cylie Williams
Many children are prescribed balance tasks, exercises and games to aid participation and health. This research seeks to understand balance exercise...
Supervisor: Professor Cylie Williams
Information addressing preconception health and pregnancy planning, for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, is limited. This project will...
Supervisor: Dr Asvini Subasinghe
Alcohol consumption is the fifth highest contributor to burden of disease in Australia and a major avoidable risk factor for disease and injury....
Supervisor: Dr Rowan Ogeil
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
Active involvement of people with lived experience or patients (consumers) to improve healthcare services and health and medical research is...
Supervisor: Dr Sandy Reeder
Globally, stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. Prevention of stroke involves the management of modifiable risk factors through...
Supervisor: Dr Lachlan Dalli
The TRM-SLE project is an international collaboration of expert lupus clinician-researchers, patient, and industry representatives convened to...
Supervisor: Doctor Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake
Stakeholder engagement is fundamental to ensure relevance and translation of research outcomes to end-users across all types of research within...
Supervisor: Dr Sandy Reeder
Spectroscopy, an analytical chemical technique is an attractive technique for analysing human disease. Biospecimens can be imaged label-free, without...
Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Keung
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