Research Projects
This will be a retrospective review of all animal-related major trauma patients that presented to Australia and New Zealand.
The Australian Trauma...
Supervisor: Professor Biswadev Mitra
This annual cross-sectional survey is run every year at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre through our computer-assisted self-interview (CASI) that all...
Supervisor: Dr Tiffany Phillips
Curcumin analogues
Curcumin plays an important role in many integrated signaling pathways that regulate cancer development such as apoptosis,...
Supervisor: Professor Dr Rakesh Naidu
The pathophysiologic progression to heart failure is a complex process. Initial insults such a myocardial infarction or chronic hypertension, trigger...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
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
Infectious diseases remain a major cause of human morbidity and mortality. The SARS CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the need for advanced and rapid...
Supervisor: A/Prof Vivek Naranbhai
Background: Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are fibroblastic precursor cells that have the stem cell-like ability to differentiate into...
Supervisor: Associate Professor 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
MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE
4-year Doctoral Program; Stipends: $33,413/year; Conference support: $5,000; Industry placement; Advanced...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Sexton
Diagnosis of patients with neurological disorders such as stroke and non-stroke, seizure or no seizure and multiple sclerosis can be difficult for...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Most cardiovascular diseases often lead to heart failure (HF) and is the leading cause of mortality in the western world. Cardiac hypertrophy refers...
Supervisor: Dr. Yi Ching (Peggy) Chen
The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) criteria are the international rules and recommendations applied in the classification of a genetic...
Supervisor: Dr Philip Harraka
Australian medical students and graduates have indicated that the preparation for their prescribing roles based on their pharmacology and...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Shane Bullock
Psoriasis is a skin autoimmune disease that affects 2-3% of the global population. Around half of the patients carry the major risk gene for...
Supervisor: Dr. Asolina Braun
This project investigates the novel architecture of the power system found in a bacterial flagellar motor specialised for locomotion in viscous...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anna Roujeinikova
Global Market Insights estimates the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) market size to grow from USD 3 billion in 2022 to USD 10.3 billion by 2032 due to...
Supervisor: Dr Shanti Gurung
Are patients with brain tumors satisfied with the care they have received, a mixed method study (retro/pro)
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a recurrent seizure disorder due to brain injury following physical trauma. PTE accounts for 20% of symptomatic...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common and potentially curable cause of hypertension. We are part of a multidisciplinary NHMRC funded team...
Supervisor: Professor Grant Russell