Research Projects
Long COVID has emerged as a global health issue with long-term social and economic impacts. It is estimated that 5-10% of people infected with SARS-...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Gill
Endometriosis is a chronic, severe disease characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside of the uterus and occurs in 1 in 7 women...
Supervisor: Dr Harriet Fitzgerald
The Treatment and Prevention study (TAP) was a world first clinical trial of DAA treatment for a group of people who inject drugs (PWID). The idea is...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Higgs
Cytomegaloviruses (CMV) are a family of species-specific viruses that have evolved sophisticated strategies to interfere with host immunity, thereby...
Supervisor: Dr Richard Berry
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a prominent opportunistic pathogen that can cause chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients, as well as serious...
Supervisor: Dr Meiling Han
Advancing age is associated with impaired functional ability, which refers to a reduced ability to perform activities of daily living, such as...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a devastating condition that causes profound disability in millions of children worldwide. Significant knowledge gaps...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
A diet rich in ultra-processed foods and refined carbohydrates, yet low in nutrients and fibre, is associated with an increased risk of chronic...
Supervisor: Dr Michael Houghton
Chronic kidney disease associated with diabetes, also known as diabetic kidney disease, is the leading cause of kidney failure in many developed...
Supervisor: Dr Sih Min Tan
Interferon epsilon (IFNe) is a unique member of the type I interferon family which is constitutively expressed by mucosal epithelia. We recently...
Supervisor: Dr Nicole Campbell
The academic research program within this laboratory is focused on defining the key molecular interactions underlying receptor recognition events...
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Rossjohn
As stone and bronze use shaped their respective ages, the current uncurbed plastic use is shaping what historians have dubbed the “Plastic Age”....
Supervisor: Dr Kim O'Sullivan
Neutrophils, T cells and B cells are all critical cells of the immune system which participate in the vicious cycle of inflammation in ANCA...
Supervisor: Dr Kim O'Sullivan
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex and costly worldwide phenomenon that can lead to many negative health outcomes including disrupted...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Chronic pain initially presents itself acutely without indication that it will persist; making it difficult to catch before it develops and equally...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Friedreich Ataxia (FA) is a rare, inherited, progressive neurodegenerative disorder that yields unsteady, awkward movements, impaired sensory...
Supervisor: Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis
New genes associated with risk of breast cancer continue to be discovered from large scale case-control studies. A recent large analysis identified...
Supervisor: Dr Philip Harraka
Background:
Heart failure is the commonest cardiovascular cause for hospital admission in people aged >65years. It has become increasingly...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
Diabetes and obesity are the leading causes of death in the developed world. In Australia, almost two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. A...
Supervisor: A/Prof Brian Drew
Stroke is Australia’s second greatest cause of death after coronary heart disease and is aleading cause of disability. We have four independent...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Siew Yeen Chai