Research Projects
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain cancer, and with current conventional treatment the average life expectancy is only 12-18 months....
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
Recruitment for this study has concluded, and analyses are in their early phases. The D2 study aims to establish whether subjects with diabetes and...
Supervisor: Prof Amy Brodtmann
Women with a history of gestational diabetes are at 10 times increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and twice as likely to develop...
Supervisor: Dr Siew Lim
Many patients with epilepsy suffer from debilitating mood disorders, including depression. These psychiatric conditions are the major determinants of...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Activated platelets have been shown to play an important role in cancer, inflammation and thrombotic diseases.
This project would focus on...
Supervisor: Professor Karlheinz Peter
There is interest in the use of simple bedside testing for the diagnosis of Parkinson disease. Several groups have applied machine learning methods...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Diabetes and its complications are arguably the epidemic of this century. The number of individuals with diabetes has doubled over the last 20 years...
Supervisor: Professor Melinda Coughlan
In co-supervision with A/Prof Danijela Gasevic and others, I have projects available looking at the relationship between diet and healthy ageing....
Supervisor: Dr Alice Owen
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease resulting in the destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. T1D...
Supervisor: Dr Eliana Marino Moreno
Over 41,000 people are admitted with stroke to Australian hospitals annually, and 7 out of 10 survivors will suffer cognitive impairment or dementia...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara R Cardoso
The aims of this study are to test the most effective way to provide feedback to clinicians and hospital executives. The project is being supported...
Supervisor: Professor Dominique Cadilhac
A range of studies in the field of digital health for improving the care of chronic conditions, in particular myocardial infarction (heart attack),...
Supervisor: Dr Farhad Fatehi
Lifestyle management (diet, physical activity and behavioural advice) is crucial for improving the health of the population for weight and chronic...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
Shift workers frequently experience misalignment between the circadian pacemaker and the timing of sleep and wake. This leads to sleep disruption and...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracey Sletten
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is an important last-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer. ADT initially works well but eventually fails in...
Supervisor: Dr Renea Taylor
Enduring antibody-mediated immunity is critical for vaccines to provide protection from infectious disease. Despite the success of vaccines to date,...
Supervisor: Dr Danika Hill
The functions of at least half of the proteins encoded in the genome of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites remain unknown. Understanding protein...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke
Antibodies are an important component of acquired immunity against malaria, and many malaria vaccines aim to generate functional antibodies to...
Supervisor: Professor James Beeson
Twitter is a social media platform that can be use to disseminate information. It has been estimated to have > 300 million monthly users. Twitter...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Inflammation in the testis and epididymis can impair male fertility, and epididymal obstruction is a major cause of infertility following infection...
Supervisor: Dr Rukmali Wijayarathna