Research Projects
The adaptive arm of immune system uses lymphocytes to generate antibody and memory responses to challenges throughout life. Three lineages of...
Supervisor: Dr Martin Davey
Natural killer (NK) cells are effector lymphocytes of the innate immune system that are known for their ability to kill transformed and virus-...
Supervisor: Professor Nicholas Huntington
Transcriptional regulators play a key role in activating oncogenic pathways that impinge on tumour growth, invasion and mestasasis. We study the role...
Supervisor: Dr Ron Firestein
Young adults with diabetes have higher glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) compared to the broader population of adults with diabetes and higher incidence...
Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Goldstein
An opportunity exists to undertake a PhD at the Healthy Working Lives Research Group within the Monash University School of Public Health and...
Supervisor: Dr Shannon Gray
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an incurable disease that affects approximately 1 in 200 young Australians, with increasing incidence worldwide. Up to...
Supervisor: A/Prof 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
Direct clinical relevance: medium/low. Hands-on learning opportunities: Culture of primary human blood cells and cell lines, protein detection by...
Supervisor: Prof Claudia Nold
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
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
There is no defined optimal treatment for functional cognitive disorders (FCD), despite effective treatments being desperately needed. This research...
Supervisor: Dr Lana Higson
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 in preterm labour are often given corticosteroids to mature the fetal lungs before birth (antenatal corticosteroids).
After birth, very...
Supervisor: A/Prof. Megan Wallace
Cognitive and Psychiatric Sequelae of Long-Term Anticonvulsant Therapy in Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Prospective Neuropsychological Evaluation
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Machine Learning in Trigeminal Neuralgia: Development and Validation of an AI Algorithm Utilising Radiomic MRI Features for Severity Classification...
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
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