Research Projects
While traditionally thought to primarily support neuronal function, there is increasing evidence to suggest astrocytes play an important role in...
Supervisor: Dr Bianca Jupp
Long COVID has emerged as a global health issue with long-term social and economic impacts. It is estimated that 5-10% of people infected with SARS-...
Supervisor: Dr Paul Gill
Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a devastating condition that causes profound disability in millions of children worldwide. Significant knowledge gaps...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Refractory status epilepticus (RSE), is a rare neurological emergency, characterised by continuing or recurrent seizures despite initial...
Supervisor: Dr Neha Kaul
Impulsivity describes a tendency to rash, risky and poorly thought through decisions or actions and is associated with a number of neuropsychiatric...
Supervisor: Dr Bianca Jupp
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex and costly worldwide phenomenon that can lead to many negative health outcomes including disrupted...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Chronic pain initially presents itself acutely without indication that it will persist; making it difficult to catch before it develops and equally...
Supervisor: Professor Richelle Mychasiuk
Background:
Heart failure is the commonest cardiovascular cause for hospital admission in people aged >65years. It has become increasingly...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Bing Wang
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and woman, and non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 80% of lung cancer cases. Across...
Supervisor: A/Prof Vivek Naranbhai
Functional neurological disorders often occur following traumatic events, including major accidents. severe emotional upset, or psychological stress...
Supervisor: Dr Lana Higson
Treatments that create or enhance anti-cancer immune responses have revolutionised the way that many cancers are treated and improved clinical...
Supervisor: Dr Miles Andrews
Work towards a PhD/MSc degrees, that will develop a computational analysis pipeline to localise the epileptogenic-zone (EZ) in the brain (patients...
Supervisor: Dr Steve Mehrkanoon
Antiepileptic drug is the mainstay of treatment modality for epilepsy. People with epilepsy often require lifelong antiepileptic drug treatment....
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Stem cell-based therapies are emerging as novel and innovative approaches to treat neurological diseases. The successful development of these...
Supervisor: Dr Ana Antonic-Baker
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1) Predict which patients with epilepsy will become seizure...
Supervisor: Dr Ben Sinclair
The current standard of care for epilepsy is to commence treatment with a single antiseizure medication (ASM) and if it fails, try successive drug...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a serious and unpredictable complication of traumatic brain
injury (TBI). Identifying reliable electrophysiological...
Supervisor: Dr Matt Hudson
Seventy million people have epilepsy with 34–76 per 100,000 developing the condition every year. To formulate rational treatment plans, it is...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Background: Obesity and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) are two of the most significant health care problems facing our community – they are...
Supervisor: Professor Wendy Brown
Some conditions emerge or are exacerbated by pregnancy and childbirth but are only visible months or even years after delivery. Examples of such...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Makama