Research Projects
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
The Mediator complex with its catalytic subunit the Mediator kinase module, composed of CDK8/19 and other members, is multimeric complex regulating...
Supervisor: Dr Marius Dannappel
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
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
Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures. A seizure is a temporary disruption in the brain’s electrical activity...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
AI projects (Some technical knowledge preferrable)
Optimising Federated Learning in healthcare
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
The literature providing evidence of the high prevalence and significant impacts of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children is recent...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Gillian Nixon
Sleep-deprived EEG (SD-EEG) is a diagnostic tool used to enhance the detection of epileptiform abnormalities, particularly in patients with suspected...
Supervisor: Adj Clinical Professor Udaya Seneviratne
Burst suppression is a pattern of brain activity that can be observed on an electroencephalogram (EEG) and is characterized by alternating periods of...
Supervisor: Adj Clinical Professor Udaya Seneviratne
This project aims to assess outcomes in a statewide screening cohort by examining conditions genetically linked to intellectual disability. It seeks...
Supervisor: Dr. Mohammed Alshawsh
Dry Lab Project
Outcomes and Systematic reviews for patient with pituitary tumours- multiple studies
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith