Research Projects
There is interest in the use of simple bedside testing for the diagnosis of Parkinson disease. Several groups have applied machine learning methods...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Diabetes and its complications are arguably the epidemic of this century. The number of individuals with diabetes has doubled over the last 20 years...
Supervisor: Professor Melinda Coughlan
Decades of evidence support that dietary fibre lowers blood pressure and reduces the prevalence of cardiovascular disease. Our team has defined that...
Supervisor: Prof Francine Marques
Over 41,000 people are admitted with stroke to Australian hospitals annually, and 7 out of 10 survivors will suffer cognitive impairment or dementia...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara R Cardoso
The aims of this study are to test the most effective way to provide feedback to clinicians and hospital executives. The project is being supported...
Supervisor: Professor Dominique Cadilhac
Recent developments in the field of large language models (LLM) have showcased impressive achievements in their ability to perform natural language...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
A range of studies in the field of digital health for improving the care of chronic conditions, in particular myocardial infarction (heart attack),...
Supervisor: Dr Farhad Fatehi
Digital health innovations for monitoring people at risk of cardiovascular diseases in the community
General practitioners (GPs) are the cornerstone providers of ongoing care for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) into the community....
Supervisor: Dr Muideen Olaiya
Lifestyle management (diet, physical activity and behavioural advice) is crucial for improving the health of the population for weight and chronic...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
Shift workers frequently experience misalignment between the circadian pacemaker and the timing of sleep and wake. This leads to sleep disruption and...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracey Sletten
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is an important last-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer. ADT initially works well but eventually fails in...
Supervisor: Dr Renea Taylor
Sarcomas are a diverse group of malignant tumours arising from soft tissue or bone. While they constitute a small percentage of adult cancers, they...
Supervisor: Mr Paul Daniel
Enduring antibody-mediated immunity is critical for vaccines to provide protection from infectious disease. Despite the success of vaccines to date,...
Supervisor: Dr Danika Hill
The functions of at least half of the proteins encoded in the genome of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites remain unknown. Understanding protein...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke
Antibodies are an important component of acquired immunity against malaria, and many malaria vaccines aim to generate functional antibodies to...
Supervisor: Professor James Beeson
Twitter is a social media platform that can be use to disseminate information. It has been estimated to have > 300 million monthly users. Twitter...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Inflammation in the testis and epididymis can impair male fertility, and epididymal obstruction is a major cause of infertility following infection...
Supervisor: Dr Rukmali Wijayarathna
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging at an alarming level, rendering some bacterial infections untreatable and increasing dependence on last...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Sam Forster
Metabolite based T cell immunity is emerging as a major player in antimicrobial immunity, autoimmunity, metabolic diseases, and cancer. Namely,...
Supervisor: Dr Wael Awad
Background. Melanoma is the most common cancer in young Australians. In part because of this, melanoma has the second-most detrimental socioeconomic...
Supervisor: Dr Mark Shackleton