Research Projects
The Bachelor of Biomedical science and Bachelor Science degree programs are considered non-vocational with a diverse range of graduate or employment...
Supervisor: Professor Julia Choate
RESEARCH PROJECT BACKGROUND:
The endocrine system controls cell-cell communication and coordinates almost all our daily activities. Abnormalities in...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Timothy Cole
The project aims to examine engaging with residents and families to explore the complexities of communicating about medicines that affect the mind,...
Supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Manias
A central focus of this project is the study of evasins, a family of proteins found in tick saliva that bind to and inhibit multiple chemokines,...
Supervisor: Dr Ram Bhusal
Pregnancy is a unique opportunity to optimise health outcomes for both mother and baby, not only for the duration of pregnancy but also across their...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kirsten Palmer
Enhancing biochemical approaches to enable novel membrane protein structure determination by cryo-EM
MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE
4-year Doctoral Program; Stipends: $33,413/year; Conference support: $5,000; Industry placement; Advanced...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Sexton
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects 2.1 million adults and is a chronic disorder of the central nervous system, being the most frequent neurological...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Pre-eclampsia remains a major cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet timely and accurate diagnosis remains a...
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall
In 2022, WHO published new recommendations on postnatal care for positive postnatal experience. These recommendations emphasise that women should...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel
Randomised controlled trials are the most important way in which evidence is collected for new therapies, re-purposed therapies or management...
Supervisor: A/Prof Atul Malhotra
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 8-13% of reproductive-aged women globally, representing the most prevalent endocrinopathy in females....
Supervisor: Dr Chau Thien Tay (Jillian)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative condition affecting the central nervous system. There are over 33,000...
Supervisor: Dr. Nevin John
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) affects a striking 11-13% of Australian reproductive aged women and is a major public health concern. The prevalence...
Supervisor: Dr Anju Joham
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has resulted in a devastating disease pandemic responsible for in excess of 6...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anthony Dear
Haemoglobin disorders, such as sickle cell disease and β-thalassaemia are the result of mutations in the adult β-globin gene. When these disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Jim Vadolas
Vaccines exploit the ability of the immune system to provide heightened, tailored responses to pathogens if the host has been infected prior – this...
Supervisor: Professor Kim Good-Jacobson
We wish to understand the detailed molecular events that underlie the recruitment and regulation of chromatin-modifying complexes by their co‐factor...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Chen Davidovich
We are interested in delineating the molecular pathways that control immune cell function during infection and inflammation. Our group is focused on...
Supervisor: Professor Colby Zaph
The Stem Cell Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience are investigating new treatments for a class of patients that do not respond to mainstream...
Supervisor: Dr Ana Antonic-Baker
This project can include one of all of the following projects:
1) Systematically review the literature to determine best practices for teaching...
Supervisor: Bethany Howard