Research Projects
While the respiratory disease induced by the original strains of COVID-19 appears to be unique for adults, it has major parallels with a mild form of...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Crossley
The location of brain metastases and tumor in the brain may yield clue to how tumors are formed. Our group has performed extensive work on brain...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Occupational voice users rely on vocal stability and endurance to meet job expectations yet vocal fatigue is a common occurrence. This can lead to...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Debra Phyland
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is due to bleeding in the brain and occurs in 15% of stroke. The Glasgow Coma Score is often used to monitor the...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Stroke is due to clot blocking a vessel in the brain. Recent clot retrieval trials have shown that this treatment is very effective and reduce...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Transcriptional regulators play a key role in activating oncogenic pathways that impinge on tumour growth, invasion and mestasasis. We study the role...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an incurable disease that affects approximately 1 in 200 young Australians, with increasing incidence worldwide. Up to...
Supervisor: A/Prof Edward Giles
The transition to life after birth is one of the greatest physiological challenges that humans face. At birth, the airways are cleared of liquid, to...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Crossley
Direct clinical relevance: medium/low. Hands-on learning opportunities: Culture of primary human blood cells and cell lines, protein detection by...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold
Women in preterm labour are often given corticosteroids to mature the fetal lungs before birth (antenatal corticosteroids).
After birth, very...
Supervisor: A/Prof. Megan Wallace
Cervical dilation is regularly assessed in labour using clinical vaginal examinations periodically. This is generally deemed safe, but can be...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder that affects approximately 200,000 Australians, and strikes at a young age, crimpling people for life...
Supervisor: A/Prof Rachel Hill
The prevalence of metabolic diseases has increased dramatically over the last few decades. The presence of metabolic disorders predispose to...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi
One of the most common questions parents of children with minimal spoken language ask is “will my child talk?”. Currently clinicians are not able to...
Supervisor: Dr Amanda Brignell
Sepsis is a global, life-threatening condition defined as multiple-organ damage or failure from uncontrolled immune responses against infection....
Supervisor: Professor Connie Wong
Our work is focussed on understanding the roles and functions of A-to-I RNA editing by the ADAR family of proteins. ADAR proteins can bind to RNA and...
Supervisor: Carl Walkley
Mutations in ADAR1 are one cause of Aicardi-Goutières’s Syndrome (AGS). AGS is a rare inherited disease that affects the brain and is a form of type...
Supervisor: Carl Walkley
Primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) remains a leading cause of maternal morbidity worldwide and affects women across all healthcare settings. Beyond...
Supervisor: Dr Ritesh Warty
Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study is an ongoing pregnancy cohort study with 887 women and their children. This study is designed around...
Supervisor: Professor Megan Galbally
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a condition characterised by repetitive collapse of the upper airway during sleep and affects both adults and...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Gillian Nixon