Research Projects
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an incurable disease that affects approximately 1 in 200 young Australians, with increasing incidence worldwide. Up to...
Supervisor: A/Prof Edward Giles
The transition to life after birth is one of the greatest physiological challenges that humans face. At birth, the airways are cleared of liquid, to...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Crossley
Direct clinical relevance: medium/low. Hands-on learning opportunities: Culture of primary human blood cells and cell lines, protein detection by...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold
There is growing evidence that people with osteoarthritis (OA) are at a higher risk of falls and fall-related injuries. Those with newly diagnosed...
Supervisor: Dr Sze-Ee Soh
Characterising donor specific B cells and how this relates to transplantation outcomes.
Supervisor: Prasanti Kotagiri
This will be a retrospective review of older patients diagnosed with major trauma patients that presented to Australia and New Zealand.
The...
Supervisor: Professor Biswadev Mitra
One in five Australian women experience sexual violence, while one in three Australian girls experience childhood sexual abuse. Women and girls who...
Supervisor: Dr Noushin Arefadib
There is no defined optimal treatment for functional cognitive disorders (FCD), despite effective treatments being desperately needed. This research...
Supervisor: Dr Lana Higson
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious chronic neurological disorders and is estimated to affect approximately 68 million people worldwide....
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Women in preterm labour are often given corticosteroids to mature the fetal lungs before birth (antenatal corticosteroids).
After birth, very...
Supervisor: A/Prof. Megan Wallace
Nucleotide synthesis enzymes (NSEs), including IMPDH2, GMPS, and CTPS1, are traditionally
characterised as cytoplasmic proteins that support tumour...
Supervisor: Dr Gamze Kuser Abali
The bladder is a unique and often forgotten mucosal site. When the bladder is exposed to bacterial pathogens it sheds superficial epithelial cells to...
Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Starkey
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a severe lung disease that is the main cause of disability and death in premature infants. Recent studies suggest...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Margaret Hibbs
Cervical dilation is regularly assessed in labour using clinical vaginal examinations periodically. This is generally deemed safe, but can be...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Unconscious bias is described as unsupported stereotypes, feelings or opinions towards something or someone, which is preconceived and unintentional...
Supervisor: Miss Alison Hansen
This project aims to uncover sex-specific molecular marks that either predict or mediate healthy ageing and exercise responses in muscle.
The...
Supervisor: Professor Nir Eynon
Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEIs) are caused by rare genetic variants, yet many patients especially those with Predominantly Antibody Deficiency (PAD...
Supervisor: Dr Emily Edwards
When mitochondria are unable to function properly, the proteome changes to re-establish homeostasis. In this project, we will investigate why some...
Supervisor: Dr Luke Formosa
Iron is essential for bacterial growth, but it is severely limited in most environments. Bacteria have evolved clever systems to acquire this...
Supervisor: Dr Francesca Short
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder that affects approximately 200,000 Australians, and strikes at a young age, crimpling people for life...
Supervisor: A/Prof Rachel Hill