Research Projects
Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric condition, and existing medications are not satisfactory. In particular, cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia,...
Supervisor: Dr Matt Hudson
Work towards a PhD degree, that will develop a mathematical-computational model of the brain network dynamics consisting of the local and global...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon
Trauma confers risk for virtually all forms of psychopathology. The relationship between trauma, stress, resilience and psychopathology remains...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
Kidney stones are a common urinary tract problem. They can cause obstructions in the urinary system and are a significant risk factor for the...
Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Starkey
The role of immune cells in cardiac diseases, including coronary artery disease (CAD) calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD), and following acute...
Supervisor: Dr Nalin H. Dayawansa
Plasma cells produce antibodies so are important for protection from infections. We are interested in understanding the programming of their...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson
In 1 out of 2000 people, an infection with the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) can lead to acute rheumatic fever (ARF), an autoimmune...
Supervisor: Dr Danika Hill
Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionised the treatment of many cancers, but this potentially effective treatment can also cause significant side-...
Supervisor: Dr Miles Andrews
Exercise testing is fundamental for assessing the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in people with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Several...
Supervisor: Dr Leona Dowman
This project is suitable for Honours, Masters (by Research) and PhD students.
Background
Despite major advances in targeted therapies and...
Supervisor: Donia Moujalled
The contraceptive pill has been linked to depressive mood. It has been hypothesised that the progesterone components of the pill are likely to drive...
Supervisor: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined as the presence of blood cancer-associated mutations without evidence of...
Supervisor: Professor David Curtis
Failure of modern ASMs to reduce the prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy has been attributed to over-reliance on rodent models of acute seizures in...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a severe neurological disorder caused by pathogenic autoantibodies that disrupt synaptic signalling and drive...
Supervisor: Dr Zhoujie (Zoe) Ding (Lab Head)
Gastric cancer is associated with poor patient outcome due to advanced stage at diagnosis and lack of treatment options. Most deaths from GC occur as...
Supervisor: Professor Alex Boussioutas
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of primary brain cancer. The average life expectancy is only 12-18 months and in the last 20 years, the 5-...
Supervisor: Dr Matthew Drill
Malaria is one of the world’s leading causes of death and illness, particularly among young children. There remains a strong need for highly...
Supervisor: Professor James Beeson
Neuroimaging provides a multitude of non-invasive methods to better understand the pathology and pathogenesis of neurological and neuropsychiatric...
Supervisor: Dr Lucy Vivash
Neuroimaging provides a multitude of non-invasive methods to better understand the pathology and pathogenesis of neurological and neuropsychiatric...
Supervisor: Dr Janet Leung
Point-of-care (POC) testing is the testing at the site of patient care. It is done on patients conveniently and immediately allowing patients and...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan