Research Projects
Assessing the Predictive Accuracy of Spetzler-Martin and Supplemented Spetzler-Martin Grading Systems in Brain AVM Microsurgery: A Single-Centre...
      Supervisor:     Professor Julian Smith  
  
  Early Versus Delayed Therapeutic Intervention in Ruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: A Comparative Outcome Study
      Supervisor:     Professor Julian Smith  
  
  Microsurgical Resection Versus Preoperative Embolisation in Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: A Meta-Analysis Stratified by Spetzler-Martin Grade
      Supervisor:     Professor Julian Smith  
  
  Multidimensional Analysis of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: Clinical, Imaging, and Treatment Outcome Correlations
      Supervisor:     Professor Julian Smith  
  
  Therapeutic proteins such as insulin (a hormone for diabetes), erythropoietin (a growth factor for anemia), interferons (cytokines for immune...
      Supervisor:     Dr Ram Bhusal  
  
  The intraoperative period is a data-rich environment that is currently poorly captured by didactic operation reports. Intra-operative events have...
      Supervisor:     A/Prof Kiarash Taghavi  
  
  This is a multi-centre pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) to assess the efficacy of oral azithromycin in eliminating amniotic fluid sludge (AFS...
      Supervisor:     Professor Michelle Giles  
  
  The ASPREE clinical trial commenced in 2010 and finished in 2017, was a multi-centre clinical trial looking at whether low dose aspirin could prolong...
      Supervisor:     Dr Suzanne Orchard  
  
  Studies in the Ryan lab involve understanding how protein complexes are built and how mutations in proteins cause defects in assembly. Our models are...
      Supervisor:     Professor Mike Ryan  
  
  UTIs are extremely common, affecting >400-million people worldwide annually. The burden of UTIs is increasing globally and is complicated by...
      Supervisor:     Dr Iain Abbott  
  
  Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine condition in women of reproductive age with reproductive, metabolic and...
      Supervisor:     Dr Kay Nguo  
  
  Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine condition in women of reproductive age with reproductive, metabolic and...
      Supervisor:     Assoc Professor Lisa Moran  
  
  Objectives: to assess the effectiveness of embedding quantitative measures into a new model of care to treat people experiencing eating disorders...
      Supervisor:     Dr. Eva Cecilie Gregertsen  
  
  This honours project will investigate vascular health in pregnant women using flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a non-invasive ultrasound technique that...
      Supervisor:     Dr Sarah A Marshall  
  
  COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection and severe disease from SARS-CoV-2. Although vaccination elicits neutralising...
      Supervisor:     Dr Paul Gill  
  
  The CRP publishes determinations about whether advertising complaints are in breach of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 &/or the Therapeutic Goods...
      Supervisor:     Professor Basia Diug  
  
  Unplanned hospital transfers are defined as unexpected visits to an acute care setting, resulting in an emergency department (ED) visit or hospital...
      Supervisor:     Raphaëlle Ashley Guerbaai  
  
  Early in pregnancy, the maternal vasculature undergoes dramatic adaptations to help support both the mother and the developing baby throughout...
      Supervisor:     Dr Sarah A Marshall  
  
  Sarcopaenia is characterised by progressive loss of muscle mass and function. It is common in patients with cancer, especially those who are...
      Supervisor:     Dr Geraldine Ooi  
  
  A cardinal feature of adaptive CD8+ T cell (also known as killer T cells) responses to infection is the rapid initiation of a proliferative response...
      Supervisor:     Professor Stephen Turner  
  
  