Research Projects
The Stem Cell Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience is investigating new treatments for a class of patients that do not respond to mainstream...
Supervisor: Dr. Shahid Javaid
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the leading cause of non-traumatic brain injury in young Australians, affecting thousands of people nationally. The...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anneke Van Der Walt
Evidence suggests that emotional awareness facilitates better emotion self-regulation. Individuals with functional neurological disorders frequently...
Supervisor: Dr Lana Higson
The Stem Cell Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience are investigating new treatments for a class of patients that do not respond to mainstream...
Supervisor: Dr Ana Antonic-Baker
Exercise has been shown to reduce disability and improve fitness after stroke. Despite strong evidence exercise programs are not commonly included in...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon Kramer
Fatigue and tiredness after stroke is a commonly reported symptom, although early after stroke people often struggle to understand the term when...
Supervisor: Professor Natasha Lannin
Around 70 million people worldwide have epilepsy and more than 30% of patients are drug-resistant. Drug resistance is currently an unmet need due to...
Supervisor: Dr. Shahid Javaid
The cEEG and Stem Cell Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience are investigating new treatments for a class of patients that do not respond to...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Acquired epilepsy is the most common form of drug resistant acquired epilepsy in adults, where seizures continue to occur despite antiepileptic drug...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Epilepsy is a severe neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures that affect 1% of the population worldwide. Traumatic brain injury (...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Project Aims: To link databases of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program of Melbourne Epilepsy Centres with the National Death Index and National...
Supervisor: Professor Terence O'Brien
Neuroimaging provides a multitude of non-invasive methods to better understand the pathology and pathogenesis of neurological and neuropsychiatric...
Supervisor: Dr Lucy Vivash
Impact of pregnancy on long-term outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis – assessment of mechanism
Data suggests that pregnancy in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) may exert long-term health benefits. Comparisons of women with and without...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Vilija Jokubaitis
Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a devastating condition that causes profound disability in millions of children worldwide. Significant knowledge gaps...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex and costly worldwide phenomenon that can lead to many negative health outcomes including disrupted...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Chronic pain initially presents itself acutely without indication that it will persist; making it difficult to catch before it develops and equally...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Menopause refers to the complete cessation of ovarian function that leads to relative sex hormone insufficiency, together with increased risk of...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Vilija Jokubaitis
Functional neurological disorders often occur following traumatic events, including major accidents. severe emotional upset, or psychological stress...
Supervisor: Dr Lana Higson
Work towards a PhD/MSc degrees, that will develop a computational analysis pipeline to localise the epileptogenic-zone (EZ) in the brain (patients...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon
Antiepileptic drug is the mainstay of treatment modality for epilepsy. People with epilepsy often require lifelong antiepileptic drug treatment....
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan