Research Projects
Comparison of flow diverter versus flow diverter with endo-luminal adjunct (Coils/WEB)
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
There is much interest in the new therapy of Alzheimer's disease such as donanemab. However, it is not known if the new therapy results in...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Debbie is a compassion and common humanity researcher and educator. Her PhD (conferred November 2019) provided world first empirical evidence that...
Supervisor: Dr Debbie Ling
This position, funded through a Digital Health CRC project, involves research to develop digital technology to foster behaviour change after...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Antonio Verdejo-Garcia
Natural killer (NK) cell activity is essential for initiating antitumor responses and may be linked to immunotherapy success. NK cells and other...
Supervisor: Professor Nicholas Huntington
Holistic care aims to enable continuity of care, with early medical and psychosocial intervention, should an issue develop. Unfortunately, existing...
Supervisor: Prof Judy Lowthian
We are seeking expressions of interest from talented candidates to apply for one of two PhD program focused on combining living evidence syntheses...
Supervisor: Prof Tari Turner
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a significant global health problem affecting adolescents and young adults. Current management is variable...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
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
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
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Objective:
To compare and contrast the mechanisms of cortical inhibition and facilitation in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (...
Supervisor: Professor Shapour Jaberzadeh
Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric condition, and existing medications are not satisfactory. In particular, cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia,...
Supervisor: Dr Matt Hudson
The mammalian oocyte is the largest cell in the body and undergoes two highly specialised asymmetric meiotic cell divisions. Coordination of...
Supervisor: Professor John Carroll
Overweight and obesity and their related conditions are crucial public health problems affecting 25% of children and 67% of adults. The perinatal...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
"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....
Supervisor: Dr. Alexander J. Rodriguez
Resistance training leads to significant neuromuscular adaptations, but the precise neural mechanisms remain unclear. While the corticospinal system...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Project summary
This PhD project will investigate how the nervous system adapts after damaging eccentric exercise, and whether these adaptations...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell