Research Projects
People with a serious mental health condition (treatment resistant depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis-spectrum conditions) may face different...
Supervisor: Dr. Emma Morton
Trauma and uncontrolled bleeding is a major cause of morbidity worldwide. We have developed and structurally characterized potent monoclonal...
Supervisor: Professor James Whisstock
International students make valuable intellectual, cultural, and economic contributions to universities in the host
country. However, there is a...
Supervisor: Dr. Roslin Botlero
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium that is one of the most common pathogens of people with cystic fibrosis. This organism causes...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor John Boyce
*** $3,000 scholarship on offer to one successful applicant ***
Early identification and referral of patients with unmet needs to supportive care...
Supervisor: Dr Liane Ioannou
Bike riding has the potential to lead to huge gains in population health (such as through increased physical activity) and environmental health....
Supervisor: Dr Ben Beck
Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, with differences not only among different patients, but even amongst the bulk of cells within tumors in individual...
Supervisor: Dr Mark Shackleton
The majority of cancers initially respond very well to standard of care chemotherapeutics but invariably become resistant leading to cancer relapse...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
Individuals with Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS) have impairments in ventilatory control and are predisposed toward sleep disordered breathing due to a...
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary Horne
Our research explores the molecular mechanisms of cellular dysfunction in Fabry disease and develops targeted therapies to slow its progression....
Supervisor: Associate Professor Kumaran Narayanan
In Australia, over one in 10 women aged 19–24 years experienced an unintended pregnancy. Disparities exist, with women from culturally and linguistic...
Supervisor: Dr Vera Camoes Costa
One of the most common questions parents of children with minimal spoken language ask is “will my child talk?”. Currently clinicians are not able to...
Supervisor: Dr Amanda Brignell
This PhD project is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership grant in collaboration with Orygen (Centre for...
Supervisor: Prof Sue Cotton
Dementia poses a significant challenge globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where resources for care are limited. The World...
Supervisor: Dr Angel Lee
PCOS is a common condition affecting ~13% of reproductive-aged women. Lifestyle management is a key initial first-line therapy for PCOS according to...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
Children who experience excessive daytime sleepiness are referred to the Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre for assessment of idiopathic...
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary Horne
The lens provided by the concept of the Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH) is a relatively new way to understand the processes associated with...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Charles Livingstone
Heart valve disease is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. There are currently no pharmacological treatments, and individuals with...
Supervisor: Dr. Renee Chow
Sepsis is a global, life-threatening condition defined as multiple-organ damage or failure from uncontrolled immune responses against infection....
Supervisor: Professor Connie Wong
Our work is focussed on understanding the roles and functions of A-to-I RNA editing by the ADAR family of proteins. ADAR proteins can bind to RNA and...
Supervisor: Carl Walkley