Research Projects
The X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) is a potent endogenous suppressor of apoptosis that promotes cancer cell survival by blocking...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Simon Chu
Aiming to de-escalate treatment in pCR cases without impacting recurrence or survival.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
There is emerging evidence from overseas quality network that disparities in health outcomes is influenced by social determinanta of health. For...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kenneth Tan
Ischemic stroke is due to a clot blocking a blood vessel impeding delivery of blood and nutrients. It can manifest as transient ischemic attack (TIA...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
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
CSF leak following retrosigmoid craniotomy for vestibular schwannoma
Prognostic value of the fundal CSF cap in vestibular schwannom
These projects...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
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
Monash has successfully developed an operative vaginal birth safety bundle to improve maternal and perinatal safety in instrumental vaginal birth, as...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Prenatal Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) is a relatively new Genomic technology that provides more detailed prenatal genetic analysis in fetuses at...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
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