Research Projects
This study aims to identify the prevalence and impact of frailty among patients admitted to hospital due to acute exacerbations of chronic lung...
      Supervisor:     Associate Professor Christian Osadnik  
  
  This study aims to identify the prevalence of frailty among patients admitted to hospital due to acute exacerbations of chronic lung disease (e.g....
      Supervisor:     Associate Professor Christian Osadnik  
  
  Objective: The relationship between neurodivergence and eating disorders is an emerging area of interest. This study aims to measure the prevalence...
      Supervisor:     Dr. Eva Cecilie Gregertsen  
  
  The Melbourne Sexual Health Centre is a public sexual health service in Victoria. The clinic provides about 60,000 consultations a year. There have...
      Supervisor:     Professor Eric Chow  
  
  Majority of ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed with widespread disease on first clinical presentation.  The initial response to chemotherapy and...
      Supervisor:     Dr Maree Bilandzic  
  
  Prevention and management strategies of exercise-induced gastrointestinal syndrome- this set of PhD research projects aims to explore...
      Supervisor:     Associate Professor Ricardo Da Costa  
  
  There is a progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass and strength associated with human aging. Women experience an accelerated decline in...
      Supervisor:     Dr Hayley Dillon  
  
  Primary aldosteronism affects ~ 10% of hypertensive patients.  It is unclear what proportion of women who are diagnosed with hypertension during or...
      Supervisor:     A/Prof Jun Yang  
  
  Women with gestational diabetes have a very high risk of conversion to type II diabetes soon after pregnancy. They require regular screening of...
      Supervisor:     Professor Helena Teede  
  
  Subsequent injury (SI) is as an important contributor to the overall injury burden. High hospital readmission rates following injury increase...
      Supervisor:     Dr Joanna Dipnall  
  
  Immune cells are now recognized as key players in tissue repair and regeneration. In particular, we have found that specific immune cell subsets are...
      Supervisor:     Assoc Professor Mikael Martino  
  
  The Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health has a range of projects underway involving e.g. work in: aluminium production; petroleum...
      Supervisor:     Professor Karen Walker-Bone  
  
  Brain injury is common in preterm infants and is a major cause of long-term adverse neurodevelopment, including mental disability and cerebral palsy...
      Supervisor:     Professor Graeme Polglase  
  
  Jellyfish envenomation is a common cause of marine injuries worldwide including Malaysia. There had been several deadly cases of jellyfish...
      Supervisor:     Dr Syafiq Asnawi  
  
  Hepatitis B infection affects over 257 million people worldwide and is a major public health issue. Without timely treatment, chronic hepatitis B...
      Supervisor:     Dr Jess Howell  
  
  Pulmonary hypertension affects approximately 2 to 4 per 1000 live births globally, with an even higher incidence in growth-restricted newborns....
      Supervisor:     Dr Beth Allison  
  
  Putting the brakes on inflammation: Using the structure of important immune protein receptors to develop therapeutics
      Supervisor:     Assoc Professor Michelle Dunstone  
  
  Australia has an estimated 3000+ needle and syringe distribution outlets, servicing an estimated population of 90,000 people who inject drugs (PWID...
      Supervisor:     Dr Peter Higgs  
  
  Objective: To understand what are the common themes that emerge when participants are asked about their medication compliance during a pharmaceutical...
      Supervisor:     Dr. Eva Cecilie Gregertsen  
  
  