Research Projects
One of the major areas of interest in our laboratory is the importance of chemokines and their receptors in the regulation of immune responses and...
Supervisor: Dr Remy Robert
Throughout life exposure to a vast array of pathogens shapes our immune system to establish a repertoire of specific memory T cells that can be...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Mifsud
For decades the immune system and the nervous system were thought to be completely cut off from one another. This was thought to be the explanation...
Supervisor: Leon Smyth
This project will utilise several techniques to assess the cardiovascular system of women with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. This project can...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah A Marshall
Asthma affects approximately one in nine Australians and is one of the most common conditions treated in General Practice. In May 2023 a group of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Chris Barton
Opioid overdose is a major public health problem globally, with overdose incidence and mortality from overdose increasing at rapid rates in North...
Supervisor: Ms Penny Hill
Opioid overdose is a major public health problem globally, with overdose incidence and mortality from overdose increasing at rapid rates in North...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
Bats carry and transmit numerous deadly viruses to humans and harbour many unique immunological adaptations allowing them to host viruses without...
Supervisor: Dr. Joshua A. Hayward
Global Health Challenge: Cardiometabolic diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide, encompassing a spectrum of conditions such as...
Supervisor: Professor Peter Meikle
Schwann cells and melanocytes, both derived from neural crest cells, play essential yet understudied roles in skin physiology and pathology. Schwann...
Supervisor: Celine Pattaroni
Non-mammalian vertebrates have an amazing capability to regenerate their brain and spinal cord. In contrast, mammals very poorly regenerate their...
Supervisor: Dr Jan Kaslin
Use of an oral health index to detect frailty in an HIV positive population.
In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy HIV positive...
Supervisor: Prof Ian Woolley
In this project we hope to characterise the use of antimicrobials in end-of-life care including antiretrovirals and antituberculosis medicines and...
Supervisor: Prof Ian Woolley
This project can include one or all of the following:
1) Evaluate the effectiveness of an outbreak simulation used to teach infectious disease...
Supervisor: Bethany Howard
There has been a wealth of novel technology including those devices that have been developed by. Monash University
The aim of this project will be...
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Use of wearable technology to improve the ergonomics in the paediatric surgical operating theatre, Phase 2.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Declining cognitive function is common in multiple sclerosis (MS) and routine cognitive testing is critically needed in MS care. However,...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Merlo
This project is at the intersection of neuroscience, data science and artificial intelligence.
Coordinated brain activity underpins all cognitive...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
The frequentist statistical approach dominates clinical trial design and analysis. However, the problems with this approach are well described....
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Ryan
Compensatory cognitive strategy training offers much promise to help women with cognitive difficulties, either brain fog during menopause, cognitive...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Caroline Gurvich