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Primary liver cancer is one of the world’s deadliest cancers and the third most common cause of cancer death. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...

Occupational therapists frequently work with children and families using a client, child and family centred approach. Investigating the modes and...

Cubosomes have attracted widespread attention in the pharmaceutical industry due to their high stability, ability to contain amphiphilic drugs,...

Background: Developing new commodities for obstetric-related conditions is impeded by several barriers, including a focus on “recycling” or...
Supervisor: Dr Annie McDougall

Given the Australian Government spent over $135 million on older person health assessments in 2019 alone, it is important that the value of the 75+HA...
Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Mitchell

Oligodendrocytes play a vital role as supporting cells within the central nervous system, aiding in signal transmission among a plethora of other...
Supervisor: Yasith Mathangasinghe

The rising rates of obesity represent a serious public health challenge worldwide. It currently outranks smoking as a leading modifiable risk factor...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi

Advanced age is the strongest risk factor for cancer development, with 1 in 2 persons developing cancer by age 85. Despite being a strong predictor...
Supervisor: Dr Lochlan Fennell

Psychedelic therapies are undergoing a innovation revolution. There has been a rapid increase in the number of research trials, funding, commercial...

Excessive involvement in risky activities with a high likelihood of negative consequences is a defining feature of manic episodes in bipolar disorder...
Supervisor: Dr. Emma Morton

In Australia, 20% of pregnancies occur within the first year of a birth and most are unintended. Unintended pregnancies and short interpregnancy...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield

Cancer Australia has developed an Optimal Care Pathway (OCP) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. The recommendations in...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski

Babies that are born preterm are at risk of experiencing injury to the white matter of the brain, and as such developing neurodevelopmental disorders...
Supervisor: Dr Courtney McDonald

Frequent resistance to single-agent treatment means that doctors are turning to combination therapy, i.e. ‘cocktails of drugs’, to beat resistance....
Supervisor: Dr Lan Nguyen

The literature providing evidence of the high prevalence and significant impacts of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children is recent...

Shift workers often experience misalignment between the circadian pacemaker (i.e. body clock) and the timing of sleep and wake. This leads to sleep...

We are working within the Centre of Research Excellence: Health in Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum (CRE: HiPPP) to co-design and evaluate...
Supervisor: Dr Ruth Walker

Nearly 15 million infants are born preterm every year and preterm birth is the largest cause of death among newborn babies (age up to 28 days) and...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel

Sleep-deprived EEG (SD-EEG) is a diagnostic tool used to enhance the detection of epileptiform abnormalities, particularly in patients with suspected...

Induction of labour is a common practice for women in high-income countries—accounting for nearly a third of all births in Australia and other higher...
Supervisor: Prof Joshua Vogel

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