Research Projects
Transplantation is life-saving for patients with end-stage organ disease. However, immunosuppressive medications are required to prevent organ...
Supervisor: Brad Gardiner
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a devastating disease pandemic responsible for in excess of 6...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anthony Dear
Haemoglobin disorders, such as sickle cell disease and β-thalassaemia are the result of mutations in the adult β-globin gene. When these disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Jim Vadolas
During embryonic development patterns of gene expression are established that determine each cell type in the body. It is critically important that...
Supervisor: Dr Evan Healy
Vaccines exploit the ability of the immune system to provide heightened, tailored responses to pathogens if the host has been infected prior – this...
Supervisor: Professor Kim Good-Jacobson
We wish to understand the detailed molecular events that underlie the recruitment and regulation of chromatin-modifying complexes by their co‐factor...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Chen Davidovich
The Stem Cell Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience are investigating new treatments for a class of patients that do not respond to mainstream...
Supervisor: Dr Ana Antonic-Baker
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are essential tools that help clinicians make evidence-based decisions. However, guidelines often fail to address...
Supervisor: Natasha Davidson
The innate immune system is the body’s first line of defence against infection, and is necessary for our survival. Our cells have evolved specialized...
Supervisor: Dr. Natalia G. Sampaio
Clinical registries play an important role in measuring healthcare delivery, supporting quality improvement and evaluating clinical outcomes,...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
This project aims to better define rates of reactivation from the point of initial exposure/infection to the later development of active TB. The...
Supervisor: A/Prof James Trauer
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), including pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, are leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and...
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall
There has been an explosion in research on psychedelic drugs in recent years, including clinical trials of psilocybin and MDMA (ecstasy) for the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Adrian Carter
I am co-lead of the DNA Screen population DNA screening pilot study (recently completed in 2024): https://dnascreen.monash.edu/.
If you have an...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Tiller PhD
Hackathons are increasingly used in higher education to deliver authentic, industry-focused learning that builds career-ready skills.
This honours...
Supervisor: Holly Wild
Consumer and community involvement in healthcare is vital to improving satisfaction with care
This project focuses on systematic literature review...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jacqueline Boyle
PI3-kinase mediates pro-survival signalling in many cancer types and is a bone fide therapeutic target exploited by PI3-kinase inhibitors in the...
Supervisor: Professor Jake Shortt
Aortic stenosis is one of the most common valve diseases, in which the aortic valve doesn't fully open, usually due to a congenital defect or...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dave Bark
Uncertainty tolerance is a psychological construct describing how individuals manage and respond to uncertainty. Given the pervasiveness of...
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Lazarus
Pregnancy is a vulnerable health window for accelerated weight gain and suboptimal lifestyle behaviours, leading to increased risk of complications....
Supervisor: Assoc Prof. Cheryce Harrison