Research Projects
To describe the epidemiology, presenting complaints and diagnoses of pediatric patients that present to an adult ED.
The overarching aim is to...
      Supervisor:     Professor Biswadev Mitra  
  
  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  
  
  **New Projects On Offer for 2025**
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  
  
  PCOS is the most common endocrine condition in reproductive aged women affecting 170M or 12% of women. As the world leader in PCOS, I have led a...
      Supervisor:     Professor Helena Teede  
  
  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  
  
  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  
  
  