Research Projects
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
Poor sleep is linked to both poor physical and mental health, and can play a role in contributing to acute crisis events that are responded to by...
Supervisor: Dr Rowan Ogeil
This study investigates the role of Smad3 acetylation in the development and progression of organ/tissue fibrosis.
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jinhua Li
Small noncoding RNAs are increasingly recognised as important regulators of gene expression and genome integrity across all kingdoms of life. This is...
Supervisor: Dr Peter Boag
Opiate substitution therapy is an evidence based intervention for reducing the health risks of addiction to opiates. Among people who inject drugs,...
Supervisor: Professor Margaret Hellard
AML is an aggressive blood cancer with dire prognosis due to disease relapse initiated by therapeutically-resistant Leukaemia Stem Cells (LSCs)....
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Matthew McCormack
During cell division, bacteria remodel their cell walls, resulting in the release of low molecular weight fragments of peptidoglycan, known as...
Supervisor: Professor Richard Ferrero
The Role of the Laserjet Procedure in the Young Contact Athlete Outcomes Following Anterior Shoulder Stabilisation
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death worldwide, and those that survive TBI are often left with long-term neurological deficits....
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Hookworm infections, which cause severe anemia, are considered to be one of the major Neglected Tropical Diseases, affecting 700 million people...
Supervisor: Professor Nicola Harris
The tyrosine kinase Src was the first proto-oncogene to be identified, and it is now known that Src plays an important role in several human cancers...
Supervisor: Professor Roger Daly
Under recently approved legislation, the state of Victoria will introduce the practice of Voluntary Assisted Dying in 2019. The legislation carefully...
Supervisor: Ms Katrina Recoche
Abortion services are a key component of sexual and reproductive health services, yet access to safe, affordable and respectful abortion services are...
Supervisor: Dr Joshua Vogel
The systemic absorption of cocaine and the effect on depth of anaesthesia using intranasal atomised modified Moffat's solution prior to...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
We are performing in-depth characterization of the microenvironment of human tumours, and discovering new mechanisms used by these cells to influence...
Supervisor: Dr Anne Fletcher
Cell-free DNA is a relatively new technology for screening of fetal chromosomal abnormalities, with an unprecedented accuracy in the detection of...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Lorber Rolnik
CT Angiography has evolved into the mainstay for preoperative imaging in plastic surgery free flap surgery. An evolution in these techniques include...
Supervisor: Dr Warren Rozen