Research Projects
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an incurable disease that affects approximately 1 in 200 young Australians, with increasing incidence worldwide. Up to...
Supervisor: Dr Edward Giles
The transition to life after birth is one of the greatest physiological challenges that humans face. At birth, the airways are cleared of liquid, to...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Crossley
There is growing evidence that people with osteoarthritis (OA) are at a higher risk of falls and fall-related injuries. Those with newly diagnosed...
Supervisor: Dr Sze-Ee Soh
Characterising donor specific B cells and how this relates to transplantation outcomes.
Supervisor: Prasanti Kotagiri
Trauma and addiction frequently co-occur. About 1 in 2 people in addiction treatment settings have symptoms of PTSD, yet integrated treatment is not...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Shalini Arunogiri
This will be a retrospective review of older patients diagnosed with major trauma patients that presented to Australia and New Zealand.
The...
Supervisor: Professor Biswadev Mitra
One in five Australian women experience sexual violence, while one in three Australian girls experience childhood sexual abuse. Women and girls who...
Supervisor: Dr Noushin Arefadib
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious chronic neurological disorders and is estimated to affect approximately 68 million people worldwide....
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
Women who are at risk of delivering a preterm baby are given antenatal glucocorticoids to mature the lungs of the fetus before birth. However, this...
Supervisor: A/Prof. Megan Wallace
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a severe lung disease that is the main cause of disability and death in premature infants. Recent studies suggest...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Margaret Hibbs
Ultra-Early, minimally invasive intracerebral haemorrhage evacuation versus standard treatment (EVACUATE) trial. Prospective, multicentre, randomized...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Unconscious bias is described as unsupported stereotypes, feelings or opinions towards something or someone, which is preconceived and unintentional...
Supervisor: Miss Alison Hansen
This project aims to uncover sex-specific molecular marks that either predict or mediate healthy ageing and exercise responses in muscle.
The...
Supervisor: Professor Nir Eynon
Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEIs) are caused by rare genetic variants. Despite of major advances in genetics, in many patients no rare causative...
Supervisor: Dr Emily Edwards
When mitochondria are unable to function properly, the proteome changes to re-establish homeostasis. In this project, we will investigate why some...
Supervisor: Dr Luke Formosa
Iron is essential for bacterial growth, but it is severely limited in most environments. Bacteria have evolved clever systems to acquire this...
Supervisor: Dr Francesca Short
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder that affects approximately 200,000 Australians, and strikes at a young age, crimpling people for life...
Supervisor: A/Prof Rachel Hill
Australian women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are disproportionately less likely than their Australian-born peers to...
Supervisor: Dr Noushin Arefadib
The prevalence of metabolic diseases has increased dramatically over the last few decades. The presence of metabolic disorders predispose to...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi
Individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI; e.g., traumatic brain injury, stroke) face a 2-4 times greater risk of attempting and dying by suicide...
Supervisor: Dr Jai Carmichael