Research Projects
The aim of this project is to assess the need for mobile imaging. The PhD project will focus on x-rays and ultrasound. The study will perform a data-...
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Uribe
Background: Leukaemia accounts for ~30% of all childhood cancers and ~20% of childhood cancer deaths, representing the most common pediatric cancer...
Supervisor: Dr Catherine Carmichael
This research project aims to generate patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived brain cells to model the effects of Type I...
Supervisor: Dr. Natalia G. Sampaio
The innate immune system is capable of intricately detailed detection, differentiation and elimination of pathogenic bacteria. However, the vast...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Sam Forster
Interleukin (IL)-37 was discovered in silico in 2000, but received very little attention (not even 10 publications) in general and nothing at all was...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold
Granulosa cell tumours (GCT) of the ovary are endocrine tumours that both make and respond to hormones. We have recently confirmed a key mutation in...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Simon Chu
Monash Live-Biobanking & Precision Cancer Immunotherapy (MoLBi-PCI): From Bench to Precision Therapies
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
This project involves the translation of findings from mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to human patients, both with IBD and healthy...
Supervisor: A/Prof Edward Giles
The Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University is Australia's first psychedelic lab, and is pioneering a rigorous program of research and...
Supervisor: Paul Liknaitzky, PhD
Migraine is a common disorder with estimated age adjusted prevalence of 19089 per 100000 (https://gntem3.shinyapps.io/msglobal/). It is more common...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Neonatal brain network dynamics in the preterm period: A mathematical-clinical neuroscience approach
Little is known about how the neuronal circuits and neuronal population dynamics in the brain of preterm-born infants can be adequately characterised...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon
We are looking for an HONS student to join our multidisciplinary team that uses video review of neonatal resuscitations (Neonatal Resuscitation Video...
Supervisor: Dr Douglas Blank
Neural stem cells (NSCs) offer great promise as a neuroprotective therapy against a range of neurological conditions, like cerebral palsy. NSC...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald
Pneumonia is highly prevalent and often deadly in stroke patients, raising the possibility of weakened lung immunity after stroke. The focus of this...
Supervisor: Professor Connie Wong
Direct clinical relevance: high. Hands-on learning opportunities: Various aspects of work with mice and or human specimens, workup of tissues for...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold
Artificial Intelligence for the Prediction and Evolutionary Modelling of Chronic Subdural Haematoma Progression
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Medical health records are essential tools for documenting patients' medical histories. Standardizing these records is crucial because it allows...
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Uribe
Novel anti inflammatory cytokines and cell therapies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic immune mediated disorder affecting the intestine with no known cure. The pathogenesis of this disease results...
Supervisor: Dr Rimma Goldberg