Research Projects
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
Stroke affecting the visual pathway cause considerable disability due to impairment of visual field and driving. Previous study have suggested that...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Knowledge of the topographic distribution of infarcts of the superior cerebellar artery (SCA) may give insight into the limits of the arterial...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease affecting the brain and spine and has an autoimmune component. Women are affected more than men. There are...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
The glymphatics is an important part of the brain waste clearance system. The peri-sinus lymphatics is adjacent to the superior sagittal sinus. It...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
The anterior choroidal artery is a branch of the internal carotid artery and to a lesser extent the middle cerebral artery. It supplies the area from...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Disorders of Consciousness refer to patients with minimal conscious state and unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. This disorder has been observed...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Title of project: Measuring the value of spleen preserving procedures
Short description: The spleen is an important part of the immune system,...
Supervisor: Prof Ian Woolley
Diseases such as SLE (lupus) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are treated by glucocorticoids (steroids), because these drugs are highly effective....
Supervisor: Professor Eric Morand
The gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and Shigella translocate virulence proteins, termed "effector proteins...
Supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Hartland
We have identified novel molecules expressed during the early events of ovarian cancer invasion to healthy tissue. We hypothesize that these...
Supervisor: Dr Maree Bilandzic