Research Projects
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is caused by accumulated oncogenic mutations in white blood cell progenitors that lock them into an immature self-...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Ross Dickins
Hospital in the home (HITH) services allow patients to return to their home environment where they can continue receiving hospital-level care with...
Supervisor: A/Prof. Ben Rogers
Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth and yet not all women experience the
same excellent pregnancy outcomes. Currently...
Supervisor: Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck
People with acquired brain injury (ABI), such as from traumatic brain injury or stroke, are at 2 to 4 times higher risk of attempting and dying by...
Supervisor: Dr Jai Carmichael
Many strokes are preventable with the management of modifiable risk factors with lifestyle or pharmacological interventions. Overall, ten risk...
Supervisor: Prof Monique Kilkenny
This project will explore adolescent’s and young people’s lived experiences of reproductive coercion (RC) through in-depth qualitative interviews....
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
The burgeoning pandemic of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens poses a major threat to global health. In Australia alone, 6.5 deaths...
Supervisor: Dr Jane Hawkey
Current fetal monitoring technologies, such as cardiotocography (CTG), are often inaccurate at detecting fetal distress. This results in either...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky
Global mobility programs have long been recognised as powerful opportunities for developing intercultural awareness and global perspectives. However...
Supervisor: Dr Zahra Aziz
In recent years, the landscape of cancer therapy has shifted dramatically. Novel approaches based on harnessing the patient’s own immune system have...
Supervisor: MICHAEL CHOPIN, PHD
Currently, the potential interactions between features associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) including insulin resistance,...
Supervisor: Dr Mahnaz Bahri Khomami
Unlike a heart attack, cardiac arrests (CA) are almost always fatal. Of the 25,000+ Australians (male and female) who experience CA each year, as few...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Donner
Globally, stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. Prevention of stroke involves the management of modifiable risk factors through...
Supervisor: Dr Lachlan Dalli
Kidney transplantation offers superior quality of life and longevity as compared to dialysis. However, whilst short term outcomes are typically...
Supervisor: Dr David Metz
We hold a large scale national partnership grant to advance Women in healthcare and academic leadership and support them to attain their career goals...
Supervisor: Professor Helena Teede
Modelling key B cell populations with age to uncover the mechanisms of autoimmunity.
Supervisor: Prasanti Kotagiri
Stroke is a major healthcare burden, but wide variation exists in the uptake of effective interventions. Efforts to improve the quality of stroke...
Supervisor: Prof Monique Kilkenny
Rising maternal obesity, complexity, intervention rates and costs are challenging maternity care in Australia and globally. Our research has shown...
Supervisor: Dr Joanne Enticott
Age-related biomarkers such as telomere length and ‘brain age’ have shown accelerated biological aging and are associated with the accumulation of...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Merlo
Machine-learning design of new cytokine receptor modulators
Cytokines are small immune signalling proteins that control inflammation, but many are...
Supervisor: Professor Andrew Ellisdon