Research Projects
The gastrointestinal microbiota, mediated by complex interactions between the patient’s immune system and environment, is now associated with...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Sam Forster
Recent breakthrough findings from our laboratory have found that levels of a specific protein called, betacellulin, are reduced in the post-mortem...
Supervisor: A/Prof Rachel Hill
Very preterm infants may suffer from chronic lung disease; this is defined as a need for continuing oxygen or respiratory support at 36 weeks'...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kenneth Tan
Studies suggest that combining psychedelic-assisted therapy and meditation practices can enhance the beneficial effects of both interventions. This...
Supervisor: Paul Liknaitzky, PhD
Most psychedelic patients and therapists hold the view that a clinician’s competence to work with psychedelics is partly dependent on their own...
Supervisor: Paul Liknaitzky, PhD
Building on ongoing work in our lab investigating psychedelic-catalysed insight (PCI), this PhD project will focus on identifying the contextual and...
Supervisor: Paul Liknaitzky, PhD
Cytokines have attracted substantial attention as diagnostic biomarkers for infectious and inflammatory diseases in recent years. However,...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold
Bowel/colon cancer is a major cause of cancer related morbidity worldwide. We will use novel genomic technologies (e.g. CRISPR-Cas12) to perform...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
Stroke imposes a large burden of suffering on survivors, with ongoing risk of recurrent stroke, depression and poor quality of life post discharge....
Supervisor: Professor Dominique Cadilhac
Comparison of flow diverter versus flow diverter with endo-luminal adjunct (Coils/WEB)
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a significant global health problem affecting adolescents and young adults. Current management is variable...
Supervisor: Adj Clin Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
Contrast-induced Neurotoxicity Following Intracranial Endovascular Procedures
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
In this cohort, we will examine the influence of coronary artery stenosis on bone mineral density (BMD) response to anti-resorptive treatment....
Supervisor: Dr. Alexander J. Rodriguez
Cranial and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae- retrospective and prospective audit.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Our laboratory has recently discovered that select Toll like receptor agonists could be modified to present novel adjuvant properties - with broad...
Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Gantier
Variant curation is the process of collecting, combining and weighting evidence to determine if a genetic variant is pathogenic, benign or a variant...
Supervisor: Dr Philip Harraka
The Y-chromosome gene, SRY, is widely expressed in the male brain, such as the substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area (VTA), pre-frontal cortex (...
Supervisor: Dr Joohyung Lee
Pelvic organ Prolapse (POP) is a debilitating urogynecological disorder arising from vaginal birth trauma that goes unrecognised, and culminates as a...
Supervisor: Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
Lung cancer patient's die from metastatic disease, not primary disease. In the case of small cell lung cancer the brain is a primary site of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Gough