Research Projects
Reducing the stillbirth rate is a national health priority. Sadly, in Australia, 6 babies are stillborn every day, amounting to 2000 stillbirths...
Supervisor: Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck
There is very little evidence underpinning treatment recommendations for cardiac arrest following drowning. It is unclear if treatment...
Supervisor: Professor Janet Bray
Our unit has a program of work being undertaken in a broad range of areas:
- delivering palliative care by telehealth and optimising models of care...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
Are you interested in improving outcomes for the most vulnerable in the community? And have experience or interest in public health, aged care and or...
Supervisor: Dr Katrina Long
Antenatal care (ANC) is typically provided by skilled health-care professionals to ensure the best health conditions for mother and baby during...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel
reducing preventable morbidity and mortality among mothers and newborns.
However, even where pregnant women are able to reach and utilise health...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel
Approximately 9000 newborns die in developing countries every day because of asphyxia – 30-50% die on their birthday. Approximately 13% of infants...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Graeme Polglase
Trans and gender diverse (TGD) people have a gender identity that varies from that usually associated with their sex assigned at birth. Many seek to...
Supervisor: Dr Riki Lane
Specialist palliative care services to support the geriatrics settings of care is hypothesised to improve clinical outcomes for patients and their...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
Vaccines are one of public health’s greatest success stories, remaining our most effective tool for preventing infectious diseases. However, vaccine...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah McGuinness
The primary means of protective immunity coming from vaccines is the formation of long-lived, antibody-producing plasma cells. However, not all...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson
The laboratory is interested in the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that govern cell identity, in particular pluripotency and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jose Polo
Uptake of reliable and cost-effective long-acting reversible contraception, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants, is lower in Australia...
Supervisor: Dr Nadia Lusis
Schizophrenia is a common yet poorly understood mental illness with a strong genetic link. While large studies have identified some common genetic...
Supervisor: Dr Sathish Periyasamy
We have positions available for up to two PhD students next year on the SIM Study (Shiftworker Individualised Modelling). Shorter projects, including...
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Phillips
Transplantation is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage organ disease, but requires life-long immunosuppressive medications to prevent...
Supervisor: Brad Gardiner
**New Projects On Offer for 2025**
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease that leads to the destruction of pancreatic islet...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta
The food intake of the mother during gestation and the breastfeeding period has far-reaching consequences for the development of the child and their...
Supervisor: Dr. Asolina Braun
Globally, almost 40 million people currently live with HIV infection, which remains a major public health threat. Contemporary responses to HIV have...
Supervisor: Professor Mark Stoove
Primary care clinicians including general practitioners, nurse practitioners and practice nurses have a key role in meeting the needs of women’s...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James