Research Projects
We hold a large scale national partnership grant to advance Women in healthcare leadership and support them to attain their career goals.
We are...
Supervisor: Professor Helena Teede
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare, life-threatening disorder of red cell damage (haemolysis), low platelets (with risk risk of...
Supervisor: Professor Erica Wood
Each year in Australia, over 5000 people are admitted to hospital for burn injuries. Beyond the immediate harms caused by the injury event, many of...
Supervisor: Dr Lincoln Tracy
Chronic inflammation after preterm birth is strongly associated with impaired brain development and life-long disability. There is no effective...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky
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Patients with refractory cancer-related pain administered continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSCI) ketamine in accordance with...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
HCMV is a herpesvirus that infects over 60% of the adult population. HCMV is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in immuno-compromised...
Supervisor: Dr Rommel Mathias
An exciting opportunity exists for a joint Monash-Warwick PhD candidate to work with a team of experts in parenting, youth mental health, and...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Marie Yap
The JAK-STAT signalling pathway is critical for propagation of signals from the engagement of cytokines with receptors on the surface of blood cells...
Supervisor: Professor Andrew Perkins
Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes infection in the immunocompromised and those with chronic respiratory disease....
Supervisor: Dr Orla Morrissey
Research shows that earlier initiation of drug use is associated with a range of adverse outcomes later in life including problematic substance use...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
The LCT-producing clostridia are an important group of pathogens that cause severe disease in both humans and animals. In most cases the diseases...
Supervisor: Professor Dena Lyras
The Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) was the first facility of its kind to open in the e English-speaking world and the Southern...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
The Victorian Women's Health Atlas https://victorianwomenshealthatlas.net.au/#!/ is a resource of publicly available data at the LGA level...
Supervisor: Dr Shelly Makleff
The incredible diversity of Australian mammals, including the remarkable radiation of marsupials, have been researched for over a century. Yet much...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Justin Adams
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature, is essential for tumor growth and metastasis. In the last decade,...
Supervisor: Dr Katrina Colafella
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is one of the most important hormonal systems regulating both acute and chronic blood pressure. The main effector...
Supervisor: Professor Robert Widdop
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are generated when patients develop autoimmunity to various proteins expressed in immune cells. These...
Supervisor: Professor Michael Hickey
Snake venom contains many bioactive molecules and toxins with potential therapeutic applications, including anti-cancer. Snake venom proteins such as...
Supervisor: Dr Syafiq Asnawi
Background: Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are fibroblastic precursor cells that have the stem cell-like ability to expand in culture and...
Supervisor: Dr Tracy Heng
The growing enthusiasm for scalable e-health tools, together with the accessibility of app-based technologies (e.g., smartphones, tablets), have...
Supervisor: Dr Rico Lee