Research Projects
Lower jaw (mandible) fractures are the most common fractures of the head in civilians and military
personnel, disproportionately affecting minority...
Supervisor: Dr Olga Panagiotopoulou
Recent technological advances in micro and nano-fabrication technology and high-yield electrophysiology techniques allowed us to record the activity...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi
Young women aged 18–24 in Australia are increasingly using FemTech tools, such as period trackers and sexual health platforms, to manage their sexual...
Supervisor: Dr. Olena Ivanova
Animal and human behaviour frequently involves a choice between actions or goals with conflicting positive and negative outcomes (e.g. rewards and...
Supervisor: Professor Zane Andrews
Pregnancy can be a challenging time for women with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), as they face higher risks of complications. Maintaining optimal glucose...
Supervisor: Dr Negar Naderpoor
In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka and colleagues made the groundbreaking discovery that differentiated cells can be reprogrammed back to a pluripotent state...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Matthew McCormack
Typical symptoms of dengue include sudden onset of fever accompanied by headache, muscle pains, rash, cough, vomiting and haemorrhagic manifestations...
Supervisor: Prof Diana Hansen
Sarcomas are a rare type of cancer that originate in the connective tissue of the body, including fat, muscle, bone, and cartilage. Sarcoma’s can...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Cain
Brain cancers are notoriously aggressive, and current treatments are often ineffective at preventing disease progression. This research project...
Supervisor: Dr Iman Azimi
Despite advancement in treatment, cancer remains a leading public health burden worldwide. Our understanding of genetic alterations in cancer has...
Supervisor: Dr Terry Lim
Whilst dichotomous thresholds are currently used to diagnose primary aldosteronism (PA), emerging data support the concept of a continuum of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
Melanocytes are the pigment-producing cells in skin that originate from specialized pool of progenitor cells. These progenitor melanocytes are...
Supervisor: Dr Adriana Sanna
Shortly following invasion, Babesia bovis induces the formation of unique structures on the RBC surface, which we have termed ‘ridges’. Importantly,...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke
Clozapine is one of the multi-target drugs that remains the only approved treatment for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. The multi-target nature of...
Supervisor: Dr Sathish Periyasamy
Despite significant progress in prevention and treatment, stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability globally. Particularly, the number...
Supervisor: Dr Muideen Olaiya
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and related conditions are rare brain diseases that affect movement, thinking, and behaviour. These disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Roxane Dilcher
Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome characterized by reduced physiological reserve across multiple health domains that collectively make a person...
Supervisor: Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo
Calls to ambulance for stroke represent approximately 3% of emergency calls. Current versions of emergency calling taking protocol include a Stroke...
Supervisor: Professor Janet Bray
Infection triggers large-scale changes in the phenotype and function of killer T cells that are critical for immune function, yet the gene regulatory...
Supervisor: Professor Stephen Turner
Identifying inmmuno peptide targets for development of novel T cell therapies in brain tumours
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith