Research Projects
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
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
Health research prioritisation is a process where experts and stakeholders identify key areas requiring knowledge generation within a field....
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
The endometrium is one of the body's most dynamic and energy-demanding tissues, undergoing an incredible transformation in its 28-day lifespan....
Supervisor: Dr Stacey Ellery
The immune system has evolved to fight infections while avoiding destruction of the body's own cells and tissues. Controlling the activity of...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Garama
: Neural stem cells (NSCs) offer great promise as a neuroprotective therapy against a range of neurological conditions, like cerebral palsy. NSCs...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
An international ground-breaking large randomised controlled trial (RCT) ( CI, Egerton-Warburton) and meta-analysis has demonstrated that...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
Dementia affects every corner of the globe and has an estimate prevalence between 40-50 million people around the world. It affects an estimate of...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. The greatest advance in treatment has been the development of agents that...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Gough
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. One of the greatest advances in cancer treatment has been the development of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Gough
Literature review re Ophthalmological Outcomes in treated and untreated cavernous sinus aneurysms
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
In Australia about 26,873 infants are born preterm each year. Despite an increase in survival, developmental morbidity has not improved, with more...
Supervisor: Professor Rosemary Horne
Background:
Antenatal hydronephrosis (ANH) occurs in approximately 1% of pregnancies. While many affected infants undergo monitoring and are...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kiarash Taghavi
The aim of this project is to integrate clinical information on brain tumor and genomic characterization data of the biopsied material. The student...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Despite the huge success of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, unwanted inflammation due to activation of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Gantier
Dementia prevalence is increasing in Australia. It is unknown whether there are hotspots for dementia in urban or rural areas, which is important for...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in Australia, with rural and remote communities experiencing significantly worse outcomes due to...
Supervisor: Dr Lachlan Dalli