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It is now well appreciated that adipocytes are not simply fat storage cells, but can be subdivided into white, brown and ‘beige’ cells, with the...

With collaborators from the UK, Canada and Sweden, we will address the structural drivers of mental illness stigma, as experienced by young rural...
Supervisor: Dr Rochelle Hine

We have discovered that the initiation of a TCR signal in Treg cells entails docking of the Treg TCR in the opposite orientation to that observed for...
Supervisor: Dr Hugh Reid

The menopause transition is a time of significant hormonal changes. Mood changes, including anxiety and depression are frequently reported during...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most significant and immediate threats to health in Australia and globally. We are working on harnessing...
Supervisor: Dr Nenad Macesic

Our research has shown that weight stigma is prevalent across a range of healthcare settings and negatively impacts patient care. We have also found...
Supervisor: A/Prof Gemma Sharp

The current opioid epidemic is one of the most severe public health crisis globally, and this is expected to get worse during the post-pandemic era....
Supervisor: Dr Satoshi Ogawa

Monash Partners fully supports the involvement of healthcare consumers and the community in research, healthcare improvement and innovation. Our...

Klebsiella oxytoca is a Gram-negative bacterium that is increasingly recognised as an important cause of hospital-associated infections, including...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Wyres

Patients often present to the sleep physician with excessive daytime sleepiness. Doctors rely on patient reported assessments of their sleep and use...

This position, funded through a Digital Health CRC project, involves research to develop digital technology to foster behaviour change after...

Natural killer (NK) cell activity is essential for initiating antitumor responses and may be linked to immunotherapy success. NK cells and other...

The PI3K-Akt-mTOR signalling network plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation, and is highly complex with multiple...
Supervisor: Dr Lan Nguyen

Announcing an opportunity for a PhD student to work with individuals with Huntington's disease on a cognitive brain training study. Huntington...

This project is a partnership between the Brain Recovery and Rehabilitation Group at the Central Clinical School (Alfred) and the La Trobe University...

Self-efficacy is a person's estimate or personal judgment of his or her own ability to succeed in reaching a specific goal. You experience self-...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Robinson

Holistic care aims to enable continuity of care, with early medical and psychosocial intervention, should an issue develop. Unfortunately, existing...
Supervisor: Prof Judy Lowthian

Genome sequencing technologies have played an integral role in helping us understand the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia has played a leading role in...
Supervisor: Dr Nenad Macesic

Background: Shoulder problems are a significant cause of morbidity and disability in the general population. A systematic review of eighteen cross-...
Supervisor: Ms Romi Haas

Sense of touch (somato-sensation) becomes available to embryos even before birth and is one of the oldest senses in the animal kingdom, yet little is...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi

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