Research Projects
Appendiceal carcinomas: A retrospective review of imaging and clinico-pathological factors that might predict need for colectomy
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
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
Australian medical students and graduates have indicated that the preparation for their prescribing roles based on their pharmacology and...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Shane Bullock
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
A particular phenomenon of the electroencephalography (EEG) wave form is the sleep spindle, believed to function as mechanism through which long-term...
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary Horne
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
Aim 1: Build AI Model that accurately detects MS lesions on Brain MRI.
Aim 2: Analyse MS lesions over 2 time points.
Aim 3: Analyse MS lesions...
Supervisor: Dr Ben Sinclair
The ASPREE clinical trial commenced in 2010 and finished in 2017, was a multi-centre clinical trial looking at whether low dose aspirin could prolong...
Supervisor: Dr Suzanne Orchard
Studies in the Ryan lab involve understanding how protein complexes are built and how mutations in proteins cause defects in assembly. Our models are...
Supervisor: Professor Mike Ryan
Early in pregnancy, the maternal vasculature undergoes dramatic adaptations to help support both the mother and the developing baby throughout...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Marshall
Epilepsy is one of the most common and serious brain condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. In most cases (about 70%) epilepsy can...
Supervisor: Dr Ana Antonic-Baker
Infertility is estimated to affect between 8 and 12% of reproductive-aged couples worldwide [1] equating to as many as 186 million people [2]. More...
Supervisor: Dr Fabrizzio Horta
A cardinal feature of adaptive CD8+ T cell (also known as killer T cells) responses to infection is the rapid initiation of a proliferative response...
Supervisor: Professor Stephen Turner
The National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 has identified increasing LARC uptake as a key measure of success in improving the sexual and...
Supervisor: Professor Danielle Mazza
Children presenting with suspected developmental or learning disabilities often present with underlying motor, sensory and perceptual skill problems...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ted Brown
This project aims to determine the molecular structure of the interface between novel peptide self-assemblies and
cell membranes through x-ray...
Supervisor: Professor Mibel Aguilar
The ATR-X syndrome, an X-linked recessive developmental disorder affecting males, belongs to a growing list of Intersex conditions which affect 1% of...
Supervisor: Professor Vincent Harley