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Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a common, genetically acquired, life-shortening chronic illness affecting primarily the lungs and digestive system. The...
Supervisor: Dr Rasa Ruseckaite

Serum uric acid (SUA), the final breakdown product of purine metabolism in humans. The typical consequence of elevated UA levels is the development...
Supervisor: Dr Md Nazmul Karim

Health professional education is renowned for its rigorous demands and high-stakes environment, which often places significant stress on students....
Supervisor: Dr Md Nazmul Karim

The Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University is Australia's first psychedelic lab, and is pioneering a rigorous program of research and...
Supervisor: Paul Liknaitzky, PhD

MyCare Ageing trains volunteers to support older adults, particularly those with cognitive impairment (dementia and/or delirium) in hospital,...

A central feature of inflammatory diseases is the migration of white blood cells into the affected tissues. This is controlled by a group of proteins...

Migraine is a common disorder with estimated age adjusted prevalence of 19089 per 100000 (https://gntem3.shinyapps.io/msglobal/). It is more common...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan

Little is known about how the neuronal circuits and neuronal population dynamics in the brain of preterm-born infants can be adequately characterised...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon

We are looking for an HONS student to join our multidisciplinary team that uses video review of neonatal resuscitations (Neonatal Resuscitation Video...
Supervisor: Dr Douglas Blank

We are interested in defining the biological principles that define connectivity between cells in the primate brain. This requires information about...

Despite enormous progress in research, cancer remains a devastating disease worldwide. Since generally not all patients will respond to a specific...
Supervisor: Dr Lan Nguyen

In this project, we will investigate the neural basis of conscious through the extensive analysis of the behavioural, electrophysiological or brain...

In this project, we will investigate the neural basis of conscious through psychophysical testings of healthy human subjects, primarily through...

A blow to the head causes a number of behavioural, cognitive, emotional, sensory and motor problems. We are interested in the brain changes that...

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has a mortality rate 12 times higher than the annual death rate from all causes in females aged 15 to 24. Currently, there is...

Cancer cachexia is the progressive loss of body weight, accompanied by loss of appetite, which affects around 80% of cancer patients. Inappropriate...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Lockie

We are constantly bombarded with sensory information, and our brains need a mechanism to filter out necessary information. The process of visual...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Hagan

How do brain waves control cognitive processes? Using a combination of in vivo electrophysiology and sophisticated cognitive paradigms of working...

Damage to primary visual cortex will cause cortical blindness, a condition where patients no longer have conscious visual perception in the parts of...
Supervisor: Dr Leo Lui

Neural stem cells (NSCs) offer great promise as a neuroprotective therapy against a range of neurological conditions, like cerebral palsy. NSC...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald

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