Research Projects
In recent years, the landscape of tertiary education, particularly in health professions, has undergone significant transformations due to...
Supervisor: Dr Md Nazmul Karim
Debbie is a compassion and common humanity researcher and educator. Her PhD (conferred November 2019) provided world first empirical evidence that...
Supervisor: Dr Debbie Ling
This position, funded through a Digital Health CRC project, involves research to develop digital technology to foster behaviour change after...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Antonio Verdejo-Garcia
Natural killer (NK) cell activity is essential for initiating antitumor responses and may be linked to immunotherapy success. NK cells and other...
Supervisor: Professor Nicholas Huntington
The PI3K-Akt-mTOR signalling network plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation, and is highly complex with multiple...
Supervisor: Dr Lan Nguyen
Holistic care aims to enable continuity of care, with early medical and psychosocial intervention, should an issue develop. Unfortunately, existing...
Supervisor: Prof Judy Lowthian
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a significant global health problem affecting adolescents and young adults. Current management is variable...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
Background:
Shoulder problems are a significant cause of morbidity and disability in the general population. A systematic review of eighteen cross-...
Supervisor: Dr Romi Haas
Sense of touch (somato-sensation) becomes available to embryos even before birth and is one of the oldest senses in the animal kingdom, yet little is...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi
Internationally, in an attempt to increase accessibility, improve continuation, and reduce costs, there is a move to provide a wider range of...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
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
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