Research Projects
The composition of the vaginal microbiota can influence the transmission of pathogens such as HIV. Women colonised with optimal vaginal bacterial...
Supervisor: Professor Gilda Tachedjian
The vagina is central to a woman’s sexuality, her sexual health, body image and sense of wellbeing. Vaginal epithelial stem cells and mesenchymal...
Supervisor: Adjunct Prof Caroline Gargett
Regular physical activity is important for maintaining physical function and quality of life in people with chronic respiratory disease. In people...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
There is a requirement for paediatric surgical specific models and simulators to be used in a laparoscopic bench trainer for the acquisition of...
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Validation of a 3D printed and moulded high fidelity and realism simulator for paediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
My lab conducts research on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 3 (MMPI-3), which it a multi-scale omnibus clinical assessment measure...
Supervisor: Professor Martin Sellbom
This project involves curriculum-level approaches within university medical programs and other programs and analysing the student outcomes.
Supervisor: Professor Basia Diug
Caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) is a simple, safe, inexpensive bedside neuromodulation technique that has been shown to induce a wide range of...
Supervisor: Dr Steven Miller
Volumetric analysis of Meckel’s cave and the foramen ovale- its relationship to outcomes of balloon compression
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
This is a rapidly emerging field with the recent legislative changes in Victoria (and now Western Australia). There is a need to better understand...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
A new frontier in biomedical research will involve watching individual proteins work in real time, in living organs. Traditionally, researchers have...
Supervisor: Professor Kieran Harvey
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affects 1-5% of otherwise healthy children and high rates of children with certain medical comorbidities such as Down...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Gillian Nixon
Plasma cells produce antibodies making them important for protection from infectious diseases. However, sometimes antibody responses go awry and...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson
Natural Killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells which play an important role in eliminating malignant and virally-infected cells but emerging...
Supervisor: Dr Anna Hearps
The development of reliable, accurate, non-invasive methodologies for continuous, long-term seizure monitoring is a critical part of the precision...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
This PhD project will have access to cohort data being collected that investigates women’s experiences of weight stigma in maternity care, a range of...
Supervisor: Dr Briony Hill (Glidden)
Once a registered medical practitioner has prescribed medical abortion medicines, also known as MS-2 Step, an individual must access a community...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects up to one in seven Australian women by the age of 44. It is a significant public...
Supervisor: Dr Satish Melwani
International students often face challenges such as cultural differences, language barriers, employment, and housing issues after moving to a new...
Supervisor: Dr Satish Melwani