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

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,...

The pathophysiologic progression to heart failure is a complex process. Initial insults such a myocardial infarction or chronic hypertension, trigger...

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are generated when patients develop autoimmunity to various proteins expressed in immune cells. These...

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...

Background: Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are fibroblastic precursor cells that have the stem cell-like ability to differentiate into...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)

Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a recurrent seizure disorder due to brain injury following physical trauma. PTE accounts for 20% of symptomatic...

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common and potentially curable cause of hypertension. We are part of a multidisciplinary NHMRC funded team...

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