Research Projects
People in rural areas have lower access to cancer clinical trials. What factors impact on access and what strategies can be used to access these...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
This research program focuses on improving access to care and developing better models of support for people living with chronic and palliative...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Rebecca Disler
***$3,000 scholarship on offer to one successful applicant***
Access to timely, specialist care is critical for people diagnosed with pancreatic...
Supervisor: Dr Liane Ioannou
Background: WHO guidelines include a comprehensive set of commodities, including medicines that are effective in preventing or reducing maternal and...
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall
Gliomas are the most common type of intrinsic brain tumour and a major cause of morbidity and mortality for those afflicted by these highly invasive...
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
The student will undertake one of the following projects. The choice of project will depend on student preference and resource availability (time and...
Supervisor: Dr Tim Coulson
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is caused by accumulated oncogenic mutations in white blood cell progenitors that lock them into an immature self-...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ross Dickins
Hospital in the home (HITH) services allow patients to return to their home environment where they can continue receiving hospital-level care with...
Supervisor: A/Prof. Ben Rogers
Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth and yet not all women experience the
same excellent pregnancy outcomes. Currently...
Supervisor: Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck
People with acquired brain injury (ABI), such as from traumatic brain injury or stroke, are at 2 to 4 times higher risk of attempting and dying by...
Supervisor: Dr Jai Carmichael
Many strokes are preventable with the management of modifiable risk factors with lifestyle or pharmacological interventions. Overall, ten risk...
Supervisor: Prof Monique Kilkenny
This project will explore adolescent’s and young people’s lived experiences of reproductive coercion (RC) through in-depth qualitative interviews....
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
The burgeoning pandemic of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens poses a major threat to global health. In Australia alone, 6.5 deaths...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Hawkey
Current fetal monitoring technologies, such as cardiotocography (CTG), are often inaccurate at detecting fetal distress. This results in either...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky
Global mobility programs have long been recognised as powerful opportunities for developing intercultural awareness and global perspectives. However...
Supervisor: Dr Zahra Aziz
In recent years, the landscape of cancer therapy has shifted dramatically. Novel approaches based on harnessing the patient’s own immune system have...
Supervisor: MICHAEL CHOPIN, PHD
Currently, the potential interactions between features associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) including insulin resistance,...
Supervisor: Dr Mahnaz Bahri Khomami
Unlike a heart attack, cardiac arrests (CA) are almost always fatal. Of the 25,000+ Australians (male and female) who experience CA each year, as few...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Donner
Globally, stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. Prevention of stroke involves the management of modifiable risk factors through...
Supervisor: Dr Lachlan Dalli
Kidney transplantation offers superior quality of life and longevity as compared to dialysis. However, whilst short term outcomes are typically...
Supervisor: Dr David Metz