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Age-related biomarkers such as telomere length and ‘brain age’ have shown accelerated biological aging and are associated with the accumulation of...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Merlo

Air pollution (AP) is a major, yet poorly understood determinant of cardiovascular events. This research aims to comprehensively investigate the...
Supervisor: Dr Quan Huynh

The VPCC-Next Generation Precision Medicine Program focuses on utilising genetic profiles of patients’ tumour models to identify new therapeutic...
Supervisor: Dr Claire Sun

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in Australia and globally. In Australia, ~40,000 people suffer a stroke each year. Survivors often...
Supervisor: Dr Muideen Olaiya

Alternative splicing is a regulatory pathway that can can change the messenger RNA produced from a gene and subsequently the proteins that are...

This project will be part of a three-year evaluation of the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme across all states and territories. The...
Supervisor: Dr Rosanne Freak-Poli

Signalling through many distinct pathways drive normal testis development and are essential for normal fertility in males. We are investigating an...

An International, multicentre prospective registry for the management of metastatic spine tumours. (MTRON).

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: Professor Marie Yap

Early life inflammation causes severe diseases in babies born preterm, including the chronic lung disease bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), the...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold

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

Background Caesarean section (C-section) is a critical surgical procedure to address complications during childbirth. However, in resource-limited...
Supervisor: Dr Md Nazmul Karim

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 incredible diversity of Australian mammals, including the remarkable radiation of marsupials, have been researched for over a century. Yet much...

A Prospective Analysis of Treatment Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Impact of Time-to-Treatment on Functional and Neurological Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: A Retrospective Cohort Study

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...

This will be a retrospective review of all animal-related major trauma patients that presented to Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Trauma...

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