Research Projects
The vagina is central to a woman’s sexuality, her sexual health, body image and sense of wellbeing. Vaginal epithelial stem cells and mesenchymal...
Supervisor: Adjunct Prof Caroline Gargett
Regular physical activity is important for maintaining physical function and quality of life in people with chronic respiratory disease. In people...
Supervisor: Dr Narelle Cox
There is a requirement for paediatric surgical specific models and simulators to be used in a laparoscopic bench trainer for the acquisition of...
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Validation of a 3D printed and moulded high fidelity and realism simulator for paediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
Interstitial lung disease (or ILD) are a disabling group of chronic lung conditions associated with interstitial inflammation and fibrosis to the...
Supervisor: Dr Leona Dowman
Caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) is a simple, safe, inexpensive bedside neuromodulation technique that has been shown to induce a wide range of...
Supervisor: Dr Steven Miller
Volumetric analysis of Meckel’s cave and the foramen ovale- its relationship to outcomes of balloon compression
Supervisor: Professor Julian Smith
This is a rapidly emerging field with the recent legislative changes in Victoria (and now Western Australia). There is a need to better understand...
Supervisor: Dr Eli Ristevski
A new frontier in biomedical research will involve watching individual proteins work in real time, in living organs. Traditionally, researchers have...
Supervisor: Professor Kieran Harvey
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affects 1-5% of otherwise healthy children and high rates of children with certain medical comorbidities such as Down...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Gillian Nixon
Plasma cells produce antibodies making them important for protection from infectious diseases. However, sometimes antibody responses go awry and...
Supervisor: Dr Marcus Robinson
Natural Killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells which play an important role in eliminating malignant and virally-infected cells but emerging...
Supervisor: Dr Anna Hearps
The development of reliable, accurate, non-invasive methodologies for continuous, long-term seizure monitoring is a critical part of the precision...
Supervisor: Professor Patrick Kwan
GPs have a key role in meeting the needs of women’s reproductive care including pregnancy, termination, contraception and sexual health. In practice...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James
Once a registered medical practitioner has prescribed medical abortion medicines, also known as MS-2 Step, an individual must access a community...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Our team in the Department of General Practice has access to data from the Building a New Life in Australia study (BNLA). This longitudinal study...
Supervisor: Professor Grant Russell
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects up to one in seven Australian women by the age of 44. It is a significant public...
Supervisor: Dr Satish Melwani
International students often face challenges such as cultural differences, language barriers, employment, and housing issues after moving to a new...
Supervisor: Dr Satish Melwani
Uptake of reliable and cost-effective long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants, is lower in...
Supervisor: Dr Nadia Lusis
There is limited information on men's perspectives on culturally appropriate information on how to prepare to become a parent. In this project,...
Supervisor: Dr Asvini Subasinghe