Research Projects
The prevalence of diabetes and its complications is increasing resulting in substantial health and economic burden worldwide. Self-management and...
Supervisor: Dr Negar Naderpoor
An estimated 1 in 4 Australians will experience a stroke in their lifetime. There is a high prevalence of risk factors for stroke in Australia, and a...
Supervisor: Prof Monique Kilkenny
Helicobacter pylori persistently colonize the epithelium of the stomach in roughly half of the world’s population. It is a causative agent of...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anna Roujeinikova
Healthcare-associated infections impose a substantial and growing burden on healthcare systems, primarily targeting our most vulnerable groups...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Hawkey
We are recruiting families to a MRFF funded study. Following clinical assessment families will be offered the opportunity to enrol in a randomised...
Supervisor: Professor Katrina Williams
Blood contains a remarkable amount of information about what is happening throughout the body. Yet most current liquid-biopsy approaches focus on DNA...
Supervisor: Dr Pouya Faridi
MS is a neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorder affecting over 33000 people in Australia and 2.8 million worldwide. MRI provides a crucial...
Supervisor: Dr. Nevin John
Uncertainty tolerance is a psychological construct describing how individuals manage and respond to uncertainty. Given the pervasiveness of...
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Lazarus
The lack of comprehensive sexuality education in schools and the stigma around adolescents' sexual activity prevents adolescents from accessing...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
People in rural areas have lower access to cancer clinical trials. What factors impact on access and what strategies can be used to access these...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
This research program focuses on improving access to care and developing better models of support for people living with chronic and palliative...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Rebecca Disler
***$3,000 scholarship on offer to one successful applicant***
Access to timely, specialist care is critical for people diagnosed with pancreatic...
Supervisor: Dr Liane Ioannou
Background: WHO guidelines include a comprehensive set of commodities, including medicines that are effective in preventing or reducing maternal and...
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall
Gliomas are the most common type of intrinsic brain tumour and a major cause of morbidity and mortality for those afflicted by these highly invasive...
Supervisor: Dr Mastura Monif
The student will undertake one of the following projects. The choice of project will depend on student preference and resource availability (time and...
Supervisor: Dr Tim Coulson
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is caused by accumulated oncogenic mutations in white blood cell progenitors that lock them into an immature self-...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ross Dickins
Hospital in the home (HITH) services allow patients to return to their home environment where they can continue receiving hospital-level care with...
Supervisor: A/Prof. Ben Rogers
Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth and yet not all women experience the
same excellent pregnancy outcomes. Currently...
Supervisor: Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck
People with acquired brain injury (ABI), such as from traumatic brain injury or stroke, are at 2 to 4 times higher risk of attempting and dying by...
Supervisor: Dr Jai Carmichael
Although men and women are diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the same rate, there is research evidence to suggest that women with bipolar disorder...
Supervisor: Dr. Emma Morton