Research Projects
Many bacterial pathogens have acquired the capacity to replicate inside human cells by avoiding cell intrinsic innate immune pathways.Pathogens such...
Supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Hartland
Surgical Outcomes and Risk Stratification in the Management of Unruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: A Contemporary Institutional Review
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Natural History of Small Incidental Intracranial Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Follow-Up Duration and Aneurysm Location as...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Development and Validation of a Novel Grading System for Predicting Intraoperative Rupture Risk During Aneurysm Surgery
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Multicentre Retrospective Validation of a Predictive Grading System for Postoperative Ischaemia Following Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm Surgery
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Postoperative Seizure Risk Following Elective Craniotomy for Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment: A Retrospective Analysis
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Risk of Rupture in Small Cerebral Aneurysms: A Retrospective Cohort Study Investigating Haemorrhagic Potential and Clinical Predictors
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Surgical Management and Outcome Determinants in Unruptured Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: A Contemporary Analysis
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Neurodevelopmental disorders exhibit significant sex differences, with males being more susceptible to autism spectrum disorder and ADHD, while...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
The Healthy Brain Project is an ongoing study of middle-aged Australian adults (40-70 years) at risk of future dementia. This project will analyse...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara R Cardoso
Brain energetics during gestation is a fundamental mechanism of neurodevelopment. Compared to the adult brain, brain energy metabolism in the fetus (...
Supervisor: Dr Stacey Ellery
Stillbirth and small for gestational age (SGA) remain major adverse, unresolved, and untreated outcomes of pregnancy. Global estimates indicate 1.9...
Supervisor: Dr Stacey Ellery
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder, chronic inflammation leads to chronic pain. People with endometriosis experience pain during and...
Supervisor: Dr Fiona Cousins
The interplay between genotype and phenotype is governed by a multitude of genetic interactions (GIs), and the mapping of GI networks holds...
Supervisor: Dr Sathish Periyasamy
Endometriosis is a chronic, severe disease characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside of the uterus and occurs in 1 in 7 women...
Supervisor: Dr Harriet Fitzgerald
A diet rich in ultra-processed foods and refined carbohydrates, yet low in nutrients and fibre, is associated with an increased risk of chronic...
Supervisor: Dr Michael Houghton
Interferon epsilon (IFNe) is a unique member of the type I interferon family which is constitutively expressed by mucosal epithelia. We recently...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Campbell
As stone and bronze use shaped their respective ages, the current uncurbed plastic use is shaping what historians have dubbed the “Plastic Age”....
Supervisor: Dr Kim O'Sullivan
Neutrophils, T cells and B cells are all critical cells of the immune system which participate in the vicious cycle of inflammation in ANCA...
Supervisor: Dr Kim O'Sullivan
New genes associated with risk of breast cancer continue to be discovered from large scale case-control studies. A recent large analysis identified...
Supervisor: Dr Philip Harraka