Research Projects
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful tool to non-invasively map the structure and function of the brain in living humans. However, its...
Supervisor: Dr James Pang
This project offers the opportunity for students to examine contacts with police in a large cohort of individuals who were treated for a first...
Supervisor: Prof Sue Cotton
Some conditions emerge or are exacerbated by pregnancy and childbirth but are only visible months or even years after delivery. Examples of such...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Makama
Dementia prevalence is increasing in Australia. It is unknown whether there are hotspots for dementia in urban or rural areas, which is important for...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Stroke affecting the visual pathway cause considerable disability due to impairment of visual field and driving. Previous study have suggested that...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Neural adaptations are integral to the efficacy of strength training, particularly during its early phases when hypertrophic changes remain...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Bipolar disorder is a complex disorder, and as such, there can be diagnostic delays of 10 or more years, individuals have difficulties accessing...
Supervisor: Prof Sue Cotton
The risks associated with injecting drug use are determined by interactions between individual injecting behaviours and the environment' (e.g.,...
Supervisor: Professor Paul Dietze
Mapping the topography and the conditions of indoor/outdoor terrains is an important ongoing research area, as terrain mapping is required for safe...
Supervisor: Don Samitha Elvitigala
Knowledge of the topographic distribution of infarcts of the superior cerebellar artery (SCA) may give insight into the limits of the arterial...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Most mental disorders are thought to arise from subtle disturbances in brain network wiring – i.e., disordered brain connectivity. Several projects...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Alex Fornito
Biological responses typically follow distributions that can be modelled mathematically, conforming to standard structures. In recent work, we...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease affecting the brain and spine and has an autoimmune component. Women are affected more than men. There are...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
The human brain is a complex network comprising billions of neurons connected by trillions of synapses. Understanding how interactions unfolding on...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Alex Fornito
The glymphatics is an important part of the brain waste clearance system. The peri-sinus lymphatics is adjacent to the superior sagittal sinus. It...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
This project uses spatial proteomics and transcriptomics data to map locations of immune cells within the vicinity of paediatric and adult brain...
Supervisor: Dr David Goode
The anterior choroidal artery is a branch of the internal carotid artery and to a lesser extent the middle cerebral artery. It supplies the area from...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Disorders of Consciousness refer to patients with minimal conscious state and unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. This disorder has been observed...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Granulosa cell tumours are rare ovarian cancers for which reliable biomarkers are important for diagnosis, monitoring, and detection of recurrence....
Supervisor: Associate Professor Simon Chu
The world health organisation recommends exclusive breastfeeding of infants
for 6 months and then continued breastfeeding until two years of age....
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell