Research Projects
A high body mass index (a clinical measure of adiposity) at mid‐life is an acknowledged risk factor for Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). Potential...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai
Background: Shift workers have increased risks of developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Theses increased risks of chronic disease...
Supervisor: Professor Maxine Bonham
Insulin‐regulated aminopeptidase, IRAP, is highly expressed in fat and skeletal muscle where is it found to accompany the insulin‐responsive glucose...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai
Does location affect time to treatment of brain tumours and what is the impact on outcomes
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
The identification of classical brown and beige adipocytes in white fat depots in adults humans has heralded a new era in adipose tissue biology with...
Supervisor: Dr Garron Dodd
The Salvation Army has been in Australia for over 130 years and currently deliver in excess of 1000 specifically designed social programs across...
Supervisor: Professor Brett Williams
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive technique that modulates the excitability of neurons within the primary motor cortex...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
The prevalence of social media is undeniable; indeed, most people check social media every day. Furthermore, it is increasingly simple to modify...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Thomas
In very preterm infants, non-uniform lung aeration occurs when regions of the immature lung remain liquid-filled after birth, which restricts gas...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Crossley
Does the molecular profile of a brain tumour affect the extent of resection?
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Does using intraoperative fluorescent imaging improve resection outcomes
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Heart failure is the commonest cardiovascular cause for hospital admission in people aged >65years. It has become increasingly evident that HF...
Supervisor: Professor David Kaye
There is robust evidence that male involvement improves maternal and newborn health outcomes, particularly in low- and middle-income country settings...
Supervisor: Ms Elizabeth Comrie-Thomson
Paracetamol is the most commonly ingested medication in overdose. Large ingestions may require more treatment. The successful candidate will...
Supervisor: Professor Anselm Wong
Lymphatic malformations (LMs) are common vascular malformations in infants and children, and account for about 5% of all benign tumours. Lesions can...
Supervisor: Dr Maurizio Pacilli
In Australia and around the world, demand for ambulance services is growing annually. Understanding the drivers of increasing demand is useful in...
Supervisor: Professor Karen Smith
The most aggressive forms of prostate cancer demonstrate resistance to multiple types of cancer drugs. We have performed RNA-sequencing on a large...
Supervisor: Dr David Goode
Active involvement of people with lived experience or patients (consumers and communities) in health and medical research is fundamental to...
Supervisor: Dr Sandy Reeder
Nfatc1 is known to be important in regulating how the heart forms in the embryo. Which parts of the genome determine the expression of nfatc1 in the...
Supervisor: Dr. Renee Chow
Current therapies for epilepsy are symptomatic, only suppressing the symptoms (seizures), but do not impact the development or progression of disease...
Supervisor: Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD