Research Projects
This project is examining nutrigenomics as a tool for prevention of cardiometabolic risk factors.
The candidate will have an opportunity to learn...
Supervisor: Professor Barbora De Courten
The rising rates of obesity represent a serious public health challenge worldwide. It currently outranks smoking as a leading modifiable risk factor...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi
Open-label randomised controlled pilot study investigating human milk oligosaccharides supplementation effects in preterm neonates
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Babies that are born preterm are at risk of experiencing injury to the white matter of the brain, and as such developing neurodevelopmental disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
The literature providing evidence of the high prevalence and significant impacts of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children is recent...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Gillian Nixon
Induction of labour is carried out when the risks of advancing gestation outweigh maternal and foetal benefits. It is one of the most frequent...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
Induction of labour is carried out when the risks of advancing gestation outweigh maternal and foetal benefits. It is one of the most frequent...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
Induction of labour is carried out when the risks of advancing gestation outweigh maternal and foetal benefits. It is one of the most frequent...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
This project aims to assess outcomes in a statewide screening cohort by examining conditions genetically linked to intellectual disability. It seeks...
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammed Alshawsh
The Paediatric Emergency Department at Monash Medical Centre is involved in a large number of clinical research projects, ranging from single-centre...
Supervisor: Simon Craig
Stroke associated pneumonia is sometimes known as aspiration pneumonia. This name aspiration pneumonia is unfortunate as it is assumed that pneumonia...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Systemic Lupus Erythematous is a complex heterogeneous disease. The pathogenesis of SLE remains poorly understood and we are working in major...
Supervisor: Professor Eric Morand
Patient, carer, and clinician's perception on Quality of Life in Decompressive Craniectomy for Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM) is an advisory body to the Victorian Minister for health....
Supervisor: Dr Mary-Ann Davey
To date neurological disorders have been studied and evaluated using a list based on the frequencies of symptoms and signs. This approach is not...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Stroke is a global leading cause of death and disability. Despite this, there is currently no treatment to limit inflammatory events which has been...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Connie Wong
Postpartum haemorrhage is a common, and sometimes life-threatening, complication of birth.
The Victorian Perinatal Data Collection has information...
Supervisor: Dr Mary-Ann Davey
Our team undertake a range of projects focused on improving the way precision medicine and rehabilitation can optimise the health and wellbeing of...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Christian Osadnik
This project is part of the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium and marks a significant investment in future clinical management and novel...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein