Research Projects
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key component of management for people chronic respiratory disease. A program of exercise and education, pulmonary...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
Chronic respiratory diseases, in particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are a leading cause of death and disability globally....
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
There is increasing evidence to suggest the prevalence of alcohol use disorder is increased in individuals with epilepsy. It is not clear however...
Supervisor: Dr Bianca Jupp
Current therapies for epilepsy are symptomatic, only suppressing the symptoms (seizures), but do not impact the development or progression of disease...
Supervisor: A/Prof Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
The Stem Cell Laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience is investigating new treatments for a class of patients that do not respond to mainstream...
Supervisor: Dr. Shahid Javaid
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the leading cause of non-traumatic brain injury in young Australians, affecting thousands of people nationally. The...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Anneke Van Der Walt
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a chronic mental health disorder affecting approximately 1% of the Australian population. Individuals with...
Supervisor: Dr. Eveline Mu
Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are a leading cause of emergency hospital admissions and represent a significant...
Supervisor: Dr Arwel Jones
Nearly one in three Australian's lives with a chronic lung disease. People with chronic lung disease experience burdensome symptoms, including...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with certain chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were identified as...
Supervisor: Dr Arwel Jones
Join a cutting-edge project focused on developing advanced electrochemical sensors for rapid, highly sensitive, and cost-effective detection of...
Supervisor: Dr Mosarof Hossain
This PhD project aims to develop a portable, affordable, and ultra-sensitive electrochemical biosensor for detecting key dementia biomarkers in...
Supervisor: Dr Mosarof Hossain
Evidence suggests that emotional awareness facilitates better emotion self-regulation. Individuals with functional neurological disorders frequently...
Supervisor: Dr Lana Higson
Surface polysaccharides are common antigens in priority bacterial pathogens and therefore attractive targets for novel control strategies such as...
Supervisor: Dr Tom Stanton
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
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
Study of the impact of migraine therapies on bone health in chronic migraine
Supervisor: Dr Jason C. Ray
Clinical project evaluating the impact of nursing shared care in the headache service of Alfred Health.
Supervisor: Dr Jason C. Ray
Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective treatment for obesity. While most people will experience improvements in overall quality of life...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Priya Sumithran
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma is one the cancers most closely associated with obesity and has demonstrated a 400% increase over the past 30 years. The...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton