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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a significant global health problem affecting adolescents and young adults. Current management is variable...

Clinical practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations to inform healthcare decision-making and optimise patient care. Standards for...
Supervisor: Dr Anneliese Synnot

Background: Shoulder problems are a significant cause of morbidity and disability in the general population. A systematic review of eighteen cross-...
Supervisor: Dr Romi Haas

Sense of touch (somato-sensation) becomes available to embryos even before birth and is one of the oldest senses in the animal kingdom, yet little is...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi

Internationally, in an attempt to increase accessibility, improve continuation, and reduce costs, there is a move to provide a wider range of...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi

Contraceptives are used by millions of women worldwide and are critical to prevent unwanted pregnancies and reduce maternal and infant morbidity and...
Supervisor: Dr Lindi Masson

Contrast-induced Neurotoxicity Following Intracranial Endovascular Procedures

Objective: To compare and contrast the mechanisms of cortical inhibition and facilitation in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (...

The mammalian oocyte is the largest cell in the body and undergoes two highly specialised asymmetric meiotic cell divisions. Coordination of...

Overweight and obesity and their related conditions are crucial public health problems affecting 25% of children and 67% of adults. The perinatal...

"The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has brought unprecedented disruption to the lives of populations across the globe, including in Australia....
Supervisor: A/Prof Megan Lim

The underlying cause of coronary artery disease (CAD) is atherosclerosis – a maladaptive inflammatory condition driven primarily by macrophages,...
Supervisor: Dr Denuja Karunakaran

In this cohort, we will examine the influence of coronary artery stenosis on bone mineral density (BMD) response to anti-resorptive treatment....

Resistance training leads to significant neuromuscular adaptations, but the precise neural mechanisms remain unclear. While the corticospinal system...

Over the past 10 years, WHO has issued over 400 recommendations on interventions to improve maternal and perinatal healthcare. In developing these...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel

The aim of this multidisciplinary project is to design techniques and build low-cost, efficient automated solutions for behavioural study in rodents...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi

The novel coronavirus first identified in December 2019, and has since been identified as SARS-CoV-2, has spread rapidly around the globe. The World...

COVID-19 has brought an unprecedented crisis to public health globally and is still impacting millions of people from over 200 countries. Despite its...
Supervisor: Dr Quan Huynh

Improving public cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates is vital to improving outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. CPR education is often...
Supervisor: Professor Janet Bray

Neuroscience is becoming an exciting and multidisciplinary field, with a combination of biology, psychology, engineering, and large-data processing....
Supervisor: Dr Tatsuo Sato

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