Research Projects
A variety of pain medicines are available in Australia, such as opioids, paracetamol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Some medicines are...
Supervisor: Dr Michael Di Donato
Access to palliative care can be more challenging in rural compared with metropolitan areas. Multiple research priorities exist, including:
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Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
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The development of diabetes involves pathogenetic processes that either destroy the β-cells of the pancreas or...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta
Stroke associated pneumonia is sometimes known as aspiration pneumonia. This name aspiration pneumonia is unfortunate as it is assumed that pneumonia...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Systemic Lupus Erythematous is a complex heterogeneous disease. The pathogenesis of SLE remains poorly understood and we are working in major...
Supervisor: Professor Eric Morand
These studies examine the mechanistic pathways underlying insulin-resistant states (including diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome and pregnancy),...
Supervisor: Dr Aya Mousa
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often struggle with low activation levels, which affects their ability to manage their condition, access...
Supervisor: Dr Edward Zimbudzi
Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (e-PROMs) provide standardised and validated questionnaires for patients to report their symptoms and...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
In collaboration with Monash Health, Victorian Heart Hospital and Victorian Heart Institute, we are seeking a medical, nursing or an allied health...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
Patient, carer, and clinician's perception on Quality of Life in Decompressive Craniectomy for Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
The primary aim of the project is to gain a deeper understanding of and develop effective treatments for neurological and cardiovascular disorders...
Supervisor: Dr. Shahid Javaid
Internationally, mental health policy has highlighted the exchange of peer support between people with lived experience as a key component of...
Supervisor: Dr. Emma Morton
This will be a retrospective review of all penetrating major trauma patients that presented to Australia and New Zealand.
The Australian Trauma...
Supervisor: Professor Biswadev Mitra
This project will explore how women perceive and recognise different forms of reproductive coercion (RC), focusing on explicit, implicit, and tacit...
Supervisor: Professor Danielle Mazza AM
Perceptions of Vaping Cessation Guidelines Amongst General Practitioners and Pharmacists
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery powered...
Supervisor: A/Prof Chris Barton
The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM) is an advisory body to the Victorian Minister for health....
Supervisor: Dr Mary-Ann Davey
BACKGROUND
The prevalence and severity of natural disasters is increasing globally (Beaglehole et al., 2018). In Australia, rural communities are...
Supervisor: Dr Rochelle Hine
This project aims to engineer new biomaterials that can permanently integrate with the brain. This project expects
to generate new knowledge using...
Supervisor: Professor Mibel Aguilar
The Victorian Heart Institute (VHI) is seeking a highly motivated student to conduct a systematic review on personalised medicine in cardiovascular...
Supervisor: Dr Denuja Karunakaran