Research Projects
This project will determine the effects of blood flow on immune cell function and identify receptors that control such effects.
Shear stress...
Supervisor: Professor Karlheinz Peter
Stroke is a global leading cause of death and disability. Despite this, there is currently no
treatment to limit inflammatory events which has been...
Supervisor: Dr Joshua Bourne
I have several research interests in public health and medical & health professions education. The common aspect to all my projects is the focus...
Supervisor: Professor Dragan Ilic
This research project aims to explore the relative importance of medical knowledge and soft skills in healthcare consultations, providing valuable...
Supervisor: Dr Kimberley Norman
Investigate the impact of medication regimen complexity on patient-related and clinical outcomes in patients on anticoagulant therapy
Supervisor: Professor Basia Diug
How can we enable medical students to envision differently? This project will explore, through pre and post qualitative survey questions, an art...
Supervisor: Dr Margaret Simmons
With the increasing focus on community-based care, the majority of older people never end up in residential aged care. This is often with the support...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
Stroke and trauma are the leading causes of brain damage in Australia. Although many people survive the initial event, they are left with devastating...
Supervisor: Leon Smyth
This project involves examining trajectories of salivary immune markers and hormones from 3-4 waves of a longitudinal cohort of adolescent girls in...
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Byrne
Accurate prediction of neurologic outcome after hypoxic coma is important. We have previously published on the utility of pupillary responses,...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
The discovery of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) has revealed their central role in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and protecting against...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Cyril Seillet
This project is suitable for Honours or Masters (modified version) and PhD students.
Background:
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive...
Supervisor: Dr Claudia Bruedigam
HIV remains among the world’s most serious healthcare challenges, with 1.7 million new infections in 2019 alone. Sub-Saharan Africa is the epicentre...
Supervisor: Dr Lindi Masson
Advances in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics are transforming the study of gene regulation and cellular function. Single-cell RNA sequencing...
Supervisor: Professor Wei Shi
Periods of limb immobilisation lead to rapid declines in muscle strength and neural activity. Cross-education; a phenomenon where strength training...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Macrophages are innate immune cells that detect environmental, pathogen or host cellular danger molecules, and initiate appropriate immune responses...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Kate Lawlor
Mitochondria are critical to cellular function, producing cellular bioenergy, but they also have important roles in ion homeostasis, programmed cell...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Garama
Studies from lower order organisms such as flies and worms have shown that mild mitochondrial dysfunction invokes a stress response that promotes...
Supervisor: Dr Adam Rose
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common of the neurodegenerative disorders, affecting 1-2% of the population...
Supervisor: Dr Michael Lazarou
The aim of this project is to assess the need for mobile imaging. The PhD project will focus on x-rays and ultrasound. The study will perform a data-...
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Uribe