Research Projects
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
Pregnant women with hepatitis C (HCV) were excluded from clinical trials of curative antiviral therapy and therefore Australian guidelines recommend...
Supervisor: Dr Sushena Krishnaswamy
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
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive collapse (apnoea) or partial collapse (hypopnoea) of the pharyngeal airway during sleep...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Garun Hamilton
We manage the Australian Autoinflammatory Disease Registry (AADRY.org), and collaborate widely to identify genetic variants that may be the cause of...
Supervisor: Prof Seth Masters
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), predominantly Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), is a chronic inflammatory condition of unknown...
Supervisor: A/Prof Edward Giles
Wet Lab based projects (full for 2025-2026, possible 2026-2027
Novel stem cell therapies in stroke
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Stroke is a global leading cause of death and disability. Despite this, there is currently no treatment to limit inflammatory events which has been...
Supervisor: Professor Connie Wong
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that affects over 7 million people worldwide. Hallmark symptom of PD is...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
This project is examining nutrigenomics as a tool for prevention of cardiometabolic risk factors.
The candidate will have an opportunity to learn...
Supervisor: Professor Barbora De Courten
The rising rates of obesity represent a serious public health challenge worldwide. It currently outranks smoking as a leading modifiable risk factor...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi
Pregnancy complications lead to significant maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The Fetal Medicine Foundation has developed prediction...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Babies that are born preterm are at risk of experiencing injury to the white matter of the brain, and as such developing neurodevelopmental disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald