Research Projects
Approximately 9000 newborns die in developing countries every day because of asphyxia – 30-50% die on their birthday. Approximately 13% of infants...
Supervisor: Professor Graeme Polglase
Specialist palliative care services to support the geriatrics settings of care is hypothesised to improve clinical outcomes for patients and their...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
Schizophrenia is a common yet poorly understood mental illness with a strong genetic link. While large studies have identified some common genetic...
Supervisor: Dr Sathish Periyasamy
Why does the immune system sometimes protect us from influenza, but other times drive the severe lung damage that makes the infection deadly? The...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Michelle Tate
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
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