Research Projects
Contraceptives are used by millions of women worldwide and are critical to prevent unwanted pregnancies and reduce maternal and infant morbidity and...
Supervisor: Dr Lindi Masson
Contrast-induced Neurotoxicity Following Intracranial Endovascular Procedures
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Objective:
To compare and contrast the mechanisms of cortical inhibition and facilitation in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (...
Supervisor: Professor Shapour Jaberzadeh
Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric condition, and existing medications are not satisfactory. In particular, cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia,...
Supervisor: Dr Matt Hudson
The mammalian oocyte is the largest cell in the body and undergoes two highly specialised asymmetric meiotic cell divisions. Coordination of...
Supervisor: Professor John Carroll
Overweight and obesity and their related conditions are crucial public health problems affecting 25% of children and 67% of adults. The perinatal...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
"The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has brought unprecedented disruption to the lives of populations across the globe, including in Australia....
Supervisor: A/Prof Megan Lim
The underlying cause of coronary artery disease (CAD) is atherosclerosis – a maladaptive inflammatory condition driven primarily by macrophages,...
Supervisor: Dr Denuja Karunakaran
In this cohort, we will examine the influence of coronary artery stenosis on bone mineral density (BMD) response to anti-resorptive treatment....
Supervisor: Dr. Alexander J. Rodriguez
Resistance training leads to significant neuromuscular adaptations, but the precise neural mechanisms remain unclear. While the corticospinal system...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Over the past 10 years, WHO has issued over 400 recommendations on interventions to improve maternal and perinatal healthcare. In developing these...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel
This project will contribute to the evidence base on cost-effectiveness analysis in maternal health care. It will involve identifying standardised...
Supervisor: Professor Emily Callander
The aim of this multidisciplinary project is to design techniques and build low-cost, efficient automated solutions for behavioural study in rodents...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi
COVID-19 has brought an unprecedented crisis to public health globally and is still impacting millions of people from over 200 countries. Despite its...
Supervisor: Dr Quan Huynh
Improving public cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates is vital to improving outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. CPR education is often...
Supervisor: Professor Janet Bray
Neuroscience is becoming an exciting and multidisciplinary field, with a combination of biology, psychology, engineering, and large-data processing....
Supervisor: Dr Tatsuo Sato
Work towards a PhD degree, that will develop a mathematical-computational model of the brain network dynamics consisting of the local and global...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon
Cranial and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae- retrospective and prospective audit.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Our laboratory has recently discovered that select Toll like receptor agonists could be modified to present novel adjuvant properties - with broad...
Supervisor: Prof Michael Gantier
How does the heart form in the embryo?
The heart starts as a simple tube. Even then, it pumps blood around the body. Over time, heart cells sense...
Supervisor: Dr. Renee Chow