Research Projects
We have identified specific sphingolipids that control brain development and protect the nervous system throughout life. This exciting project will...
Supervisor: Professor Roger Pocock
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder, triggered by the death of dopamine neurons in the brain region known as the...
Supervisor: Professor Vincent Harley
Health economists use discrete choice experiments and a range of other stated preference techniques to explore preferences and choice behaviour...
Supervisor: Dr Jemimah Ride
Status epilepticus describes prolonged seizure or recurrent seizure within a defined period and without complete regaining of consciousness, It is an...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Thrombectomy significantly improves clinical outcomes in patients with large vessel occlusion. However, the foundational trials used restrictive...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
The Combes laboratory has opportunities for postgraduate research projects in animal and stem cell models of kidney development and disease, advanced...
Supervisor: Dr Alex Combes
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to increase worldwide leading to premature mortality. About 30% of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D)...
Supervisor: Professor Sharon Ricardo
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an immune-mediated rare and incurable and life-limiting disease that affects the liver and bile ducts. To...
Supervisor: Dr Charlotte Keung
StigmaBeat is an ongoing codesigned research project which has led to the co-creation with 18 rural young people from Gippsland, who have experienced...
Supervisor: Dr Rochelle Hine
Every day, >2450 preterm infants die, the majority due to the inability to breathe independently at birth. Consequently, these infants require...
Supervisor: Professor Graeme Polglase
Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition which is characterised by spontaneous seizures, or 'fits'. Current medications are effective...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Nigel Jones
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health challenge that threatens our healthcare system and many of the advances of modern medicine...
Supervisor: Dr Nenad Macesic
Our lives are constructed in narrative and the illness narrative in particular, forms an important part of that story. This project will, through...
Supervisor: Dr Margaret Simmons
Streamlining the cancer Care pathways to enhance patient's journey with prostate cancer at Monash Health
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Each year, one in three Australians aged over 65 falls. As the incidence of falls and fall-related injury increases, the likelihood of admission to...
Supervisor: Professor Shapour Jaberzadeh
This project examines how weight gain is affected by stress and the bidirectional relationship between mind and body in stress, metabolism, comfort...
Supervisor: Dr Kevin Lee
Ischaemic stroke results from occlusion of the cerebral circulation. Clot removal has been shown to be effective in reducing disability associated...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
My laboratory utilises structural biology methods to investigate the structure and function of protein and protein-nucleic acid complexes important...
Supervisor: Dr Wilson Wong
Perforin and the Complement Membrane Attack Complex (MAC) are related pore forming immune effectors that are deployed by the immune system to...
Supervisor: Professor James Whisstock
In this project, in collaboration with Professor Ross Hannan (ANU), we will study the structure of Upstream Binding Factor (UBF) in complex with...
Supervisor: Professor James Whisstock