Research Projects
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a growing field within medicine and has the potential to greatly influence the outcomes of patients with pancreatic...
Supervisor: Dr Lin Li
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
COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection and severe disease from SARS-CoV-2. Although vaccination elicits neutralising...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Gill
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
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
Children presenting with suspected developmental or learning disabilities often present with underlying motor, sensory and perceptual skill problems...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ted Brown
Ultra-processed foods are food products that have undergone significant industrial processing and contain cosmetic additives or industrial...
Supervisor: Dr Chu (CK) Yao
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
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common rhythm disorder of the heart, and is characterised by the high frequency excitation of the atrium,...
Supervisor: Dr. Yi Ching (Peggy) Chen
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a core component of the therapeutic management of people chronic respiratory disease. A program of exercise and education...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
The objective of this project is to gain a deeper understanding of the regulation of glyoxalase (GLO1), an enzyme that plays a crucial role in...
Supervisor: Dr Carlos Rosado
Australasian Diagnostic Criteria for Contrast-Induced Neurotoxicity
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Many pregnancies in the first year after a birth are unintended, and can place significant physical, social and financial strain on women and their...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
Neuropsychology-immunology Fellow
Position Description
Summary
The Department of Neuroscience is seeking a motivated Neuropsycho-immunology...
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
Pancreatic cancer is a high mortality cancer which progresses quickly following diagnosis. The average median survival from diagnosis ranges from 6...
Supervisor: Dr Lin Li
Awareness and Perspectives on Contrast-Induced Neurotoxicity: A Multidisciplinary Clinician Survey
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith