Research Projects
Cardiovascular regenerative medicine is an exciting new approach that promises to change the current care of million people worldwide. The main...
Supervisor: Professor Karlheinz Peter
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Asia-Pacific region. Efforts to eliminate malaria are constrained by a lack of highly...
Supervisor: Prof Freya Fowkes
Dendritic cells (DCs) are sentinel immune cells endowed with the unique capacity to initiate antigen specific immunity and tolerance. Owning their...
Supervisor: MICHAEL CHOPIN, PHD
Acute harms experienced by young, heavy alcohol drinkers, such as verbal aggression, being sick from drinking too much or having difficulty getting...
Supervisor: Dr Nick Scott
There have been progressively increasing rates of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hospitalisation in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) over the...
Supervisor: Dr Negar Naderpoor
The Centre of Research Excellence in Childhood Adversity (CRE) is a five-year research program co-funded by the National Health and Medical Research...
Supervisor: Professor Marie Yap
Important evidence gaps persist in transfusion medicine regarding patient benefit, harm, and safety. Little is known about how blood is used, the...
Supervisor: Dr Catriona Parker
Shigella and enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) are important human pathogens that cause severe diarrhoea and dysentery. Despite the fact that they are...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Hawkey
This study will use an existing linked data set covering an entire geographic region, to understand the use of community based aged care services by...
Supervisor: Professor Nadine Andrew
The composition of the vaginal microbiota can influence the transmission of pathogens such as HIV. Women colonised with optimal vaginal bacterial...
Supervisor: Professor Gilda Tachedjian
The vagina is central to a woman’s sexuality, her sexual health, body image and sense of wellbeing. Vaginal epithelial stem cells and mesenchymal...
Supervisor: Adjunct Prof Caroline Gargett
Regular physical activity is important for maintaining physical function and quality of life in people with chronic respiratory disease. In people...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
There is a requirement for paediatric surgical specific models and simulators to be used in a laparoscopic bench trainer for the acquisition of...
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Validation of a 3D printed and moulded high fidelity and realism simulator for paediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
My lab conducts research on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 3 (MMPI-3), which it a multi-scale omnibus clinical assessment measure...
Supervisor: Professor Martin Sellbom
Vasoactive medications (vasopressors and inotropes) are used widely in cardiac surgery perioperatively. Evidence for their use is limited. This...
Supervisor: Dr Tim Coulson
This project involves curriculum-level approaches within university medical programs and other programs and analysing the student outcomes.
Supervisor: Professor Basia Diug
Caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) is a simple, safe, inexpensive bedside neuromodulation technique that has been shown to induce a wide range of...
Supervisor: Dr Steven Miller
Volumetric analysis of Meckel’s cave and the foramen ovale- its relationship to outcomes of balloon compression
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith