Research Projects
Inflammation-induced brain injury remains one of the main causes of lifelong disability after birth. There is no effective treatment. Elevated levels...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky
Exposure to infection/inflammation during the perinatal period is one of the main causes of impaired neurodevelopment. To develop effective...
Supervisor: Dr Robert Galinsky
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established treatment for cancer which relies on the use of a specific wavelength of light to activate a compound (...
Supervisor: Dr Daniel Garama
Development and evaluation of a national paediatric surgery simulation-based education programme for consent
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Project combined with Prof Debra Nestel (Simulation Professor at Monash University).
The initial project will center on the translation of a...
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Development and evaluation of a national paediatric surgery simulation-based education programme for consent.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
1. Background and Rationale
Paediatric pyeloplasty is the gold-standard treatment for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (PUJO), yet trainees face a...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kiarash Taghavi
Development and validation of an operating room orientation educational programme for Novices
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
The operating room theatre environment can be a potential confronting and difficult environment for novices including medical students and nursing...
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Development and validation of an operating room orientation educational programme for Novices.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Development and validation of augmented reality headsets for remote operating assisting in a low resource setting.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
It is estimated that half of the world’s population have Helicobacter pylori infection. This bacterium lives in the stomach where it causes...
Supervisor: Professor Richard Ferrero
Protein kinase R (PKR) is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated serine/threonine kinase integral to the cellular stress response. Upon binding to...
Supervisor: Dr Sophia Davidson
The study aims to understand how preterm babies develop the ability to recognise and understand faces. Exposure to faces and facial expressions are...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Flora Wong
There is interest in the use of simple bedside testing for the diagnosis of Parkinson disease. Several groups have applied machine learning methods...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Over 41,000 people are admitted with stroke to Australian hospitals annually, and 7 out of 10 survivors will suffer cognitive impairment or dementia...
Supervisor: Dr Barbara R Cardoso
The aims of this study are to test the most effective way to provide feedback to clinicians and hospital executives. The project is being supported...
Supervisor: Professor Dominique Cadilhac
Recent developments in the field of large language models (LLM) have showcased impressive achievements in their ability to perform natural language...
Supervisor: Adj Assoc Prof Peter Poon
Digital health innovations for monitoring people at risk of cardiovascular diseases in the community
General practitioners (GPs) are the cornerstone providers of ongoing care for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) into the community....
Supervisor: Dr Muideen Olaiya
Sarcomas are a diverse group of malignant tumours arising from soft tissue or bone. While they constitute a small percentage of adult cancers, they...
Supervisor: Mr Paul Daniel