Research Projects
Understanding how the immune system recognizes pathogens guides us in the development of immune therapeutics for diseases such as cancer. So far,...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Da Gama Duarte
Antigen presentation is the fundamental and complex process in which a cell breaks down proteins into small fragments (peptides) and presents these...
Supervisor: Chen Li
The human genome is dominated by non-protein encoding information. Indeed, the differences between humans and other animals cannot be accounted for...
Supervisor: A/Prof Traude Beilharz
The β-haemoglobin disorders such as β thalassaemia, haemoglobin E (HbE), and sickle cell disease (SCD) are among the most prevalent inherited...
Supervisor: Dr Jim Vadolas
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an incredibly aggressive form of lung cancer with limited treatment options, begging the need for major
therapeutic...
Supervisor: Professor Nicholas Huntington
Our group focuses of studying dendritic cells (DC) by analysing the cell surface receptors they express with the view that these receptors contribute...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Irene Caminschi
Communities are not homogenous. While residents may share a geographical connection, they can have diverse experiences in their locales. Population-...
Supervisor: Revathi N. Krishna
If you are interested in research the health economic impacts of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, please get in touch.
There are multiple...
Supervisor: Dr Ella Zomer
The project aims to comprehensively assess the health burden and economic costs of bushfire smoke across Australia. It will accurately quantify the...
Supervisor: Gongbo Chen
Following a heart attack, medical guidelines recommend that people make many lifestyle changes such as regular exercise, cardiac medications, and...
Supervisor: Dr Denise Azar
Bi-cultural workers—individuals who navigate and integrate two or more cultural identities—play a critical role in multicultural workplaces,...
Supervisor: Dr StellaMay Gwini
To create a model for a HPEDs that will lead the way in the reduction of chronic disease in Victoria through the use of new digital technologies,...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
HealthPathways is a free, online portal that has been established in different regions in each state and territory in Australia to provide evidence-...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
This is part of a program of research into health aging and understanding how we can prolong healthspan (life years lived in good health), and reduce...
Supervisor: Professor Joanne Ryan
Increasing proportions of women are entering pregnancy overweight (>30%) or obese (20%). Simple lifestyle interventions can prevent weight gain...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof. Cheryce Harrison
The level of mortality and disease among pregnant women and young children in Papua New Guinea is very high. Low birthweight and poor growth during...
Supervisor: Professor James Beeson
Development and evaluation of an experiential web-based simulation to assist medical, nursing and allied health students bridge the gap between...
Supervisor: Dr Marianne Tare
People usually begin to lose some degree of height around the age of 40 and their rate of decline in height tends to increase with age. Such height...
Supervisor: Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo
The problem: Picture this… Cheng is an 83-year-old woman living with dementia in a residential aged care facility (RACF), she has frequent falls....
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
The currently identified genetic prostate cancer risk factors account for less than 40% of the familial risk for the disease. Very few of these...
Supervisor: Professor Melissa Southey