Research Projects
Transcriptional regulators play a key role in activating oncogenic pathways that impinge on tumour growth, invasion and mestasasis. We have recently...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
The transition to life after birth is one of the greatest physiological challenges that humans face. At birth, the airways are cleared of liquid, to...
Supervisor: Professor Stuart Hooper
Obesity is a major risk factor for chronic diseases, driving an unsustainable escalation in Australian healthcare costs. Liver fat content increases...
Supervisor: Professor Bronwyn Kingwell
Treating advanced Dupuytren's disease with minimally invasive techniques
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious chronic neurological disorders and is estimated to affect approximately 68 million people worldwide....
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are large, nationally-representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and...
Supervisor: Dr Joshua Vogel
Trials of sutureless bioprosthesises for valve replacement in the aortic position
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Trigeminal neuralgia - what are the short and long-term results of treatment of this condition in our service
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Glomerulonephritis (GN) involves inflammation and damage of glomeruli in the kidney. One of the most severe forms of GN is caused by autoimmunity...
Supervisor: Dr Dragana Odobasic
Mouse testicular macrophages have several unique functional properties associated with testicular immune privilege. These cells have an...
Supervisor: Professor Mark Hedger
Many strokes are preventable with the management of modifiable risk factors with lifestyle or pharmacological interventions. Overall, ten risk...
Supervisor: Dr Monique Kilkenny
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium that is one of the most common pathogens of people with cystic fibrosis. This organism causes...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor John Boyce
The majority of cancers initially respond very well to standard of care chemotherapeutics but invariably become resistant leading to cancer relapse...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
The Australian Breast Device Registry collects data on all people undergoing breast device surgery in Australia. This includes women having breast...
Supervisor: Dr Ingrid Hopper
Our research team includes both basic scientists and clinicians, working together to discover and develop new therapeutic options for autoimmune...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Jones
A major virulence determinant of Helicobacter pylori is a type IV secretion system, encoded by the cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI). The H. pylori...
Supervisor: Professor Richard Ferrero
Emerging evidence has revealed that noradrenaline (NA), the main neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), regulates a variety of...
Supervisor: Dr Connie Wong