Research Projects
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Background:
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Antimicrobial resistance is a key global...
Supervisor: Ben Vezina
Snake envenomation has been identified as a neglected tropical disease responsible for a high morbidity and mortality rate, especially in Southeast...
Supervisor: Dr Syafiq Asnawi
It is estimated that half of the world’s population have Helicobacter pylori infection. This bacterium lives in the stomach where it causes...
Supervisor: Professor Richard Ferrero
Protein kinase R (PKR) is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated serine/threonine kinase integral to the cellular stress response. Upon binding to...
Supervisor: Dr Sophia Davidson
More than 200 children are diagnosed with high-risk cancer in Australia each year. Over 140 of these children still lose their life due to the...
Supervisor: Dr Pouya Faridi
The study aims to understand how preterm babies develop the ability to recognise and understand faces. Exposure to faces and facial expressions are...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Flora Wong
We introduced a novel concept of the functional role of CRP as a ‘pro-inflammatory agent'. This concept is based on our findings that pentameric...
Supervisor: Professor Karlheinz Peter
Heart failure (HF) is the commonest cardiovascular cause for hospital admission in people aged >65years. It has become increasingly evident that...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
Peptides that covalently bind to protein targets offer a powerful strategy for the design of cancer theranostics by combining high molecular...
Supervisor: Dr Mark Del Borgo
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain cancer, and with current conventional treatment the average life expectancy is only 12-18 months....
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
Women with a history of gestational diabetes are at 10 times increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and twice as likely to develop...
Supervisor: Dr Siew Lim
Many patients with epilepsy suffer from debilitating mood disorders, including depression. These psychiatric conditions are the major determinants of...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Activated platelets have been shown to play an important role in cancer, inflammation and thrombotic diseases.
This project would focus on...
Supervisor: Professor Karlheinz Peter
There is interest in the use of simple bedside testing for the diagnosis of Parkinson disease. Several groups have applied machine learning methods...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Diabetes and its complications are arguably the epidemic of this century. The number of individuals with diabetes has doubled over the last 20 years...
Supervisor: Professor Melinda Coughlan
Over 41,000 people are admitted with stroke to Australian hospitals annually, and 7 out of 10 survivors will suffer cognitive impairment or dementia...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara R Cardoso
The aims of this study are to test the most effective way to provide feedback to clinicians and hospital executives. The project is being supported...
Supervisor: Professor Dominique Cadilhac
Recent developments in the field of large language models (LLM) have showcased impressive achievements in their ability to perform natural language...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
A range of studies in the field of digital health for improving the care of chronic conditions, in particular myocardial infarction (heart attack),...
Supervisor: Dr Farhad Fatehi
Digital health innovations for monitoring people at risk of cardiovascular diseases in the community
General practitioners (GPs) are the cornerstone providers of ongoing care for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) into the community....
Supervisor: Dr Muideen Olaiya