Research Projects
Australian women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are disproportionately less likely than their Australian-born peers to...
Supervisor: Dr Noushin Arefadib
Trauma and uncontrolled bleeding is a major cause of morbidity worldwide. We have developed and structurally characterized potent monoclonal...
Supervisor: Professor James Whisstock
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium that is one of the most common pathogens of people with cystic fibrosis. This organism causes...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor John Boyce
Bike riding has the potential to lead to huge gains in population health (such as through increased physical activity) and environmental health....
Supervisor: Dr Ben Beck
Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, with differences not only among different patients, but even amongst the bulk of cells within tumors in individual...
Supervisor: Dr Mark Shackleton
The majority of cancers initially respond very well to standard of care chemotherapeutics but invariably become resistant leading to cancer relapse...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
Individuals with Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) have impairments in ventilatory control and are predisposed toward sleep disordered breathing due to a...
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary Horne
Dementia poses a significant challenge globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where resources for care are limited. The World...
Supervisor: Dr Angel Lee
PCOS is a common condition affecting ~13% of reproductive-aged women. Lifestyle management is a key initial first-line therapy for PCOS according to...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
Children who experience excessive daytime sleepiness are referred to the Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre for assessment of idiopathic...
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary Horne
There is clear evidence for the value for all stakeholders of carer and family involvement in a service user's health care. A major gap in the...
Supervisor: Professor Darryl Maybery
Australian women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are disproportionately less likely than their Australian-born peers to...
Supervisor: Dr Noushin Arefadib
Pulmonary hypertension is a disease of high blood pressure in the lungs, which leads to increased right ventricular afterload, remodelling and...
Supervisor: Dr Kristen Bubb
The project will use live cell imaging, molecular cell biology and infection models to understand how Candida albicans evades innate immune...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ana Traven
Both osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease share common risk factors, yet both remain undiagnosed until a major life-threatening event occurs, e.g...
Supervisor: Dr Ayse Zengin
Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study is an ongoing pregnancy cohort study with 887 women and their children. This study is designed around...
Supervisor: Professor Megan Galbally
Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study is an ongoing pregnancy cohort study with 887 women and their children. This study is designed around...
Supervisor: Karen Wynter
A series of projects is embedded in our existing prospective cohort study (known as VMAX) of 745 Victorians living in metropolitan and rural areas...
Supervisor: Professor Paul Dietze
Mitochondria more than just “the powerhouse of the cell”. They are fascinating, highly dynamic organelles that carry out an array of cellular...
Supervisor: Dr Kate McArthur