Research Projects
The primigravida and anal incontinence: how well do primigravidas understand the risk of anal
incontinence after childbirth?
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, 1 in 20 women developed breast cancer over a lifetime. Breast cancer is the third most common...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Zanfina Ademi Delaney
In 2017-18, one in five Australians reported mental health or behavioural conditions, an almost 3% increase since 2014-15. The prevalence of mental...
Supervisor: Dr Ella Zomer
Inflammation is recognised as a key contributor to diabetic complications, including both macrovascular complications such as atherosclerosis as well...
Supervisor: Dr Phillip Kantharidis
Examining the uptake and use of Medicare items in the long-term management of patients with stroke using linked data from 25,000 patients...
Supervisor: Professor Velandai Srikanth
The regulatory CD4+ T cell is an anti-inflammatory immune cell with a critical role in preventing inappropriate inflammation in the skin. This is...
Supervisor: Professor Michael Hickey
The relationship between vocal load, inflammation and the development of benign laryngeal pathologies
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Our mothers programed the first decisions of our lives by mRNA dumping: the regulated translation of this maternal transcriptome controls the first...
Supervisor: A/Prof Traude Beilharz
Cervical and endometrial cancers are major human diseases with unmet medical needs. We have recently discovered a new interferon designated...
Supervisor: Professor Paul Hertzog
The Metabolomics Laboratory uses state-of-the-art tandem mass spectrometry to obtain metabolic/lipid profiles from cell and animal models in addition...
Supervisor: Professor Peter Meikle
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that block checkpoint inhibitory receptors including Programmed Death (PD)-1 act directly on T cells to overcome ‘...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Meredith O'Keeffe
The efficacy of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in reducing depressive relapse is now well established however the overwhelming majority...
Supervisor: Dr Frances Shawyer
Abnormally reduced glutamate is associated with many symptoms in schizophrenia. Indeed, in both healthy humans and animal models, application of...
Supervisor: Dr Rachel Hill
The Role of IL37 in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
IL37 is a novel anti-inflammatory cytokine which is reduced in the circulation...
Supervisor: Dr Claudia Nold
Fatal influenza virus infections in humans and mice are associated with hyperinflammation and there are currently no effective treatments available....
Supervisor: Dr Michelle Tate
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of pain and disability and accounts for approximately 90% of knee replacements. The prevalence of knee OA...
Supervisor: Dr Yuanyuan Wang
Brain inflammation appears to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. A major cell type involved in inflammatory cascades are the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
All living things respond to changes in their direct environment by evoking innate stress response mechanisms. Multiple factors, including those...
Supervisor: Dr Kylie Wagstaff
Oesophageal function is complex and various methods have been developed to assess this. Oesophageal manometry, which involves synchronous recording...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Burton
Chronic kidney disease CKD is an inflammatory condition that is increasing in prevalence around the world. Diabetes and obesity are the primary cause...
Supervisor: Dr Eliana Marino Moreno