Research Projects
Paediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) represent some of the most deadly brain cancers in children, differing significantly from adult gliomas in...
Supervisor: Dr Yichen Zhou
Paediatric surgeons manage a spectrum of conditions, from the neonatal period up to 16-18 years of age; however much of the scientific evidence for...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli
Differences of sex development include sex chromosome aneuploidies such as Turner syndrom (TS) and Klinefelter syndrome (KS). Women with TS lack one...
Supervisor: Professor Vincent Harley
Intersex conditions are congenital conditions where gonadal or anatomical sex is atypical. Intersex conditions encompass a wide range of...
Supervisor: Professor Vincent Harley
Project Overview:
In the ever-evolving landscape of medical research, the pursuit of innovative solutions to combat cancer and autoimmune diseases...
Supervisor: Dr Pouya Faridi
The deep learning revolution has generated much interest in its use in medicine. Deep learning belongs to a family of machine learning tools and...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Bone responds to loads, where increased loads leads to denser bones. Hence certain exercises are very important and have a positive effect on bones....
Supervisor: Dr Ayse Zengin
Ethnic differences exist in the pathogenesis, prevalence and complications of hypertension. There is a body of work on the high prevalence of low-...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
Haemoglobin disorders, such as sickle cell disease and β-thalassaemia are the result of mutations in the adult β-globin gene. Patients suffering with...
Supervisor: Dr Jim Vadolas
Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide and results in significant economic and societal cost[1]. Returning to drive is an important aspect...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Epigenetics provides an interface between the environment and DNA function through the ability of epigenetic modifications to regulate gene...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Western
This project will develop and implement quality improvement interventions which are embedded in an implementation science trial. The trial aims to...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
This project will evaluate the quality improvement interventions that are embedded in an implementation science trial. The aim of the trial is to...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
This purpose of this project is to conduct a health economic analysis of an implementation science trial. The trial aims to reduce unnecessary...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
This project will develop a roadmap for national scale up and toolkits for implementing best practice for peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) use...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
In early 2020 Monash Health introduced a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assay for assessment of suspected myocardial infarction (MI...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
The impact of frailty on outcome in ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes is poorly understood. Frailty can be measured clinically or using imaging...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are known to do less exercise and take more medications for disease and symptom management that are known to be...
Supervisor: Dr Ayse Zengin
Gallbladder disease is a major and growing burden in Australia, generating >70,000 hospital admissions each year. Acute calculous cholecystitis (...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi