Research Projects
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Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a genetically heterogenous disorder characterised by striking facial features and multi...
Supervisor: Professor Sam El-Osta
Fetoscopic laser ablation of placental anastomosis is highly effective in the treatment of severe (stage 3 or greater) twin-to-twin transfusion...
Supervisor: Daniel Rolnik
Two PhD scholarships at Monash University are available through the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence grant: Optimising the Emergency Response to...
Supervisor: Professor Janet Bray
Many pregnancies in the first year after a birth are unintended, and can place significant physical, social and financial strain on women and their...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
Stroke is a major healthcare burden, but wide variation exists in the uptake of effective interventions. Efforts to improve the quality of stroke...
Supervisor: Prof Monique Kilkenny
Incomplete reporting of systematic reviews prevents users of the report from being able to fully interpret the findings and understand the...
Supervisor: Dr Matthew Page
The early life microbiome is highly dynamic in healthy full-term infants as well as in preterm infants. As such, the microbiome is extremely...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold
Gestational diabetes (GDM) affects up to 10% of pregnancies and significantly increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life—by up to...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Makama
Bats are a major reservoir of viruses such as Hendra virus, Ebola virus, and coronaviruses that are pathogenic in humans but not in bats. The reason...
Supervisor: Professor Gilda Tachedjian
Are you driven by the challenge of pushing the boundaries in statistical modeling and healthcare research? We invite you to join our innovative PhD...
Supervisor: Professor Arul Earnest
To determine relationship between levels of specific fat molecules (lipids) in the blood and the presence of breast cancer Prospective
To determine...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
The human gastrointestinal harbours trillions of microorganisms (predominantly bacteria) with this collective “gut microbiome” now implicated in a...
Supervisor: Dr Ashray Gunjur
Urinary tract infections are a common cause of bacterial infection, especially in females. These infections are often chronic or recurrent and can...
Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Starkey
Beyond the diet: Contextual (placebo) effects in dietary counselling for gastrointestinal conditions
Contextual factors refer to the psychological, social, and physical elements present during clinical interactions between patients and healthcare...
Supervisor: Assoc Prof Heidi Staudacher
Mitochondria are essential for metabolism, signalling, and adaptation, yet the molecular basis for their extraordinary diversity remains poorly...
Supervisor: Associate Professor James Letts
Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), is observed as genetically distinct subpopulations of blood cells that have acquired somatic...
Supervisor: Robert O'Reilly
Single-cell analyses are at the leading edge of technological development for cell biology. And, transcriptomics analyses at single-cell resolution...
Supervisor: Prof Traude Beilharz
Background: Cell-based therapeutics have made advances in recent years. One of the most clinically studied products in regenerative medicine is...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Tracy Heng
Sex‑based biological differences are increasingly recognised as important determinants of health, yet the menstrual cycle remains largely overlooked...
Supervisor: Dr Aimee Dordevic
For cells to function and therefore life to exist, proteins have to be processed and their constituents recycled or destroyed. The Proteasome is the...
Supervisor: A/Prof Vivek Naranbhai