Research Projects
The micronutrient selenium is crucial for the antioxidant response, as well as for immune system and thyroid hormone regulation. Inadequate selenium...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara R Cardoso
Many diseases show sex differences in incidence, progression or age of onset. Furthermore, treatment of diseases
differs between the sexes, with...
Supervisor: Professor Vincent Harley
Background: Shift workers have increased risks of developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes partly because of the metabolic consequences...
Supervisor: Professor Maxine Bonham
Data on delayed traumatic intracranial haemorrhage following minor head injury (normal initial CT brain) are limited, but the incidence appears to be...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
Current peak body guidelines for a hospital trauma response generally follow a three-tiered hierarchy. Trauma responses are indicated for trauma...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
Current peak body guidelines for a hospital trauma response generally follow a three-tiered hierarchy. Trauma responses are indicated for trauma...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
This project utilises an innovative solution to a major health care problem. Behavioural emergencies, such as aggression and self-harm, are...
Supervisor: Dr Marijke Mitchell
Phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) is a non-invasive technique that accurately measures blood flow and calculates hemodynamic parameters by inducing a...
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Uribe
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. Whilst we are seeing an increase in the availability of targeted therapies,...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Gough
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder, triggered by the death of dopamine neurons in the brain region known as the...
Supervisor: Professor Vincent Harley
Status epilepticus describes prolonged seizure or recurrent seizure within a defined period and without complete regaining of consciousness, It is an...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Thrombectomy significantly improves clinical outcomes in patients with large vessel occlusion. However, the foundational trials used restrictive...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an immune-mediated rare and incurable and life-limiting disease that affects the liver and bile ducts. To...
Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Keung
Every day, >2450 preterm infants die, the majority due to the inability to breathe independently at birth. Consequently, these infants require...
Supervisor: Professor Graeme Polglase
Streamlining the cancer Care pathways to enhance patient's journey with prostate cancer at Monash Health
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Ischaemic stroke results from occlusion of the cerebral circulation. Clot removal has been shown to be effective in reducing disability associated...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
My laboratory utilises structural biology methods to investigate the structure and function of protein and protein-nucleic acid complexes important...
Supervisor: Dr Wilson Wong
The mineralcorticoid receptor (MR) is an important therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease. We have identified interactions of the receptor that...
Supervisor: Professor Peter J. Fuller