Research Projects
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging at an alarming level, rendering some bacterial infections untreatable and increasing dependence on last...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Sam Forster
Metabolite based T cell immunity is emerging as a major player in antimicrobial immunity, autoimmunity, metabolic diseases, and cancer. Namely,...
Supervisor: Dr Wael Awad
Background. Melanoma is the most common cancer in young Australians. In part because of this, melanoma has the second-most detrimental socioeconomic...
Supervisor: Dr Mark Shackleton
Immune cells play a critical and under appreciated role in the development and outcome of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Focusing on the adaptive...
Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Noonan
S100A8 and S100A9 (also known as MRP8 and MRP14, respectively) are Ca2+ binding proteins belonging to the S100 family. They often form heterodimers,...
Supervisor: Dr Carlos Rosado
Clinical practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations to inform healthcare decision making and optimise patient care. The primary...
Supervisor: Dr Anneliese Synnot
We and many others over the last few decades have contributed to a now much improved understanding of the genomic components of familial risk for...
Supervisor: Professor Melissa Southey
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key component of management for people chronic respiratory disease. A program of exercise and education, pulmonary...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
Chronic respiratory diseases, in particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a leading cause of death and disability globally....
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
During pregnancy and postpartum, fathers’ active support for their partner’s and baby’s health is an effective mechanism to increase uptake of...
Supervisor: Ms Elizabeth Comrie-Thomson
Gorillas live across a vast range of altitudes spanning from sea level to about 4,000m. This range places individual populations in very different...
Supervisor: Dr Jason Massey
A high body mass index (a clinical measure of adiposity) at mid‐life is an acknowledged risk factor for Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). Potential...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai
Insulin‐regulated aminopeptidase, IRAP, is highly expressed in fat and skeletal muscle where is it found to accompany the insulin‐responsive glucose...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai
Does location affect time to treatment of brain tumours and what is the impact on outcomes
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Short-term limb immobilization that reduces muscle use for 8–10 hours is known to reduce muscle strength. However, the mechanisms through which this...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
The identification of classical brown and beige adipocytes in white fat depots in adults humans has heralded a new era in adipose tissue biology with...
Supervisor: Dr Garron Dodd
The Salvation Army has been in Australia for over 130 years and currently deliver in excess of 1000 specifically designed social programs across...
Supervisor: Professor Brett Williams
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive technique that modulates the excitability of neurons within the primary motor cortex...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell