Research Projects
Current therapies for epilepsy are symptomatic, only suppressing the symptoms (seizures), but do not impact the development or progression of disease...
Supervisor: A/Prof Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
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
Join a cutting-edge project focused on developing advanced electrochemical sensors for rapid, highly sensitive, and cost-effective detection of...
Supervisor: Dr Mosarof Hossain
This PhD project aims to develop a portable, affordable, and ultra-sensitive electrochemical biosensor for detecting key dementia biomarkers in...
Supervisor: Dr Mosarof Hossain
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
Study of the impact of migraine therapies on bone health in chronic migraine
Supervisor: Dr Jason C. Ray
Clinical project evaluating the impact of nursing shared care in the headache service of Alfred Health.
Supervisor: Dr Jason C. Ray
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
The brain's waste clearance system, the glymphatic system, is essential for maintaining a healthy neuronal environment and homeostasis....
Supervisor: Dr Ben Sinclair
Glioblastoma is a rare brain tumour, with an annual incidence of 6.8 per 100,000 people in Australia, with a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%....
Supervisor: Dr Neha Kaul
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: A/Prof 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: A/Prof 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: A/Prof Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and related conditions are rare brain diseases that affect movement, thinking, and behaviour. These disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Roxane Dilcher
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