Research Projects
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
The innate immune system is the body’s first line of defence against infection, and is necessary for our survival. Our cells have evolved specialized...
Supervisor: Dr. Natalia G. Sampaio
Clinical registries play an important role in measuring healthcare delivery, supporting quality improvement and evaluating clinical outcomes,...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
This project aims to better define rates of reactivation from the point of initial exposure/infection to the later development of active TB. The...
Supervisor: A/Prof James Trauer
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), including pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, are leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and...
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall
There has been an explosion in research on psychedelic drugs in recent years, including clinical trials of psilocybin and MDMA (ecstasy) for the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Adrian Carter
I am co-lead of the DNA Screen population DNA screening pilot study (recently completed in 2024): https://dnascreen.monash.edu/.
If you have an...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Tiller PhD
There are differences in fracture risk between ethnic groups in both men and in women across the globe. It is important to understand the underlying...
Supervisor: Dr Ayse Zengin
Consumer and community involvement in healthcare is vital to improving satisfaction with care
This project focuses on systematic literature review...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jacqueline Boyle
Uncertainty tolerance is a psychological construct describing how individuals manage and respond to uncertainty. Given the pervasiveness of...
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Lazarus
Pregnancy is a high risk window for accelerated weight gain and adverse lifestyle behaviours, leading to increased risk of complications. Women from...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof. Cheryce Harrison
Project background and aims:
Mobile phone telecommunication is the main sources of personal radiofrequency-electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure...
Supervisor: Dr Geza Benke
Study Overview:
This research focuses on children undergoing orchidopexy at two prominent hospitals in Victoria: Monash Children's Hospital and...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kiarash Taghavi
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common, and a potentially curable, cause of hypertension, estimated to affect 5-10% of all hypertensive...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
This PhD will evaluate the costs and benefits of alternative models of care for trans youth and children. The project is part of a larger funded...
Supervisor: Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos
Since highly effective treatments for hepatitis C (HCV) became available in Australia in 2016, elimination of the disease is now a realistic...
Supervisor: Dr Nick Scott
This research endeavor centers on evaluating the implementation of guideline recommendations for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a condition that...
Supervisor: Dr Chau Thien Tay (Jillian)
Despite the significant burden of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide, maternal medicine remains under-researched compared to other fields....
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Labour Care Guide (LCG) was developed to promote women-centred care while maintaining effective monitoring during...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Makama
Our team has developed the Therapist-assisted Online Parenting Strategies (TOPS) program and found it to show promising benefits for parents of...
Supervisor: Professor Marie Yap