Research Projects
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
Systemic Lupus Erythematous is a complex heterogeneous disease in which the pathogenesis remains poorly understood. The measurement of immune...
Supervisor: Professor Eric Morand
Background: Heart failure remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality despite significant advances in treatment. Patients with heart failure...
Supervisor: Professor Morag J. Young
A biomarker is an objectively measured characteristic of a normal or pathologic biological process. The development of novel interventions to treat,...
Supervisor: A/Prof Pablo Casillas-Espinosa MD, PhD
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has a mortality rate 12 times higher than the annual death rate from all causes in females aged 15 to 24. Currently, there is...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Oldfield
We propose pioneering studies to prevent the consequences of infection-related exacerbations of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that...
Supervisor: Professor Philip Bardin
Blood clots and stroke from atrial fibrilation in the left atrial appendage based on fluid mechanics
Atrial fibrillation greatly increases the risk of ischemic stroke. This is primarily due to clots forming in the left atrial appendage, embolizing,...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dave Bark
Brain edema occurs soon after stroke onset. This occurrence can be visually difficult to detect early, To accentuate this detection, we use a...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Surgery is the most effective treatment for stopping seizures in epilpesy. But which patients will benefit from surgery, and how to best perform the...
Supervisor: Dr Ben Sinclair
The glymphatic system, which clears waste from the brain and is most active during sleep, plays a crucial role in maintaining brain health.
This...
Supervisor: Dr Akram Zamani
Obesity is an enormous health concern, both in Australia and worldwide. Our laboratory recently published a function for the ETS-5 transcription...
Supervisor: Professor Roger Pocock
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide, disproportionately affecting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds....
Supervisor: Dr Lachlan Dalli
One of the fundamental mysteries in neuroscience concerns how microscopic (i.e., cellular and molecular) processes shape the complex array of large-...
Supervisor: Dr James Pang
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (notably, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia) are a significant cause of severe morbidity, long-term disability and...
Supervisor: Dr Maureen Makama
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Antimicrobial resistance is a key global...
Supervisor: Ben Vezina
This project explores: (1) the physical and mental health needs of paramedic students to function safely in the paramedic industry, and (2) methods...
Supervisor: Dr Simon Sawyer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects over 33,000 Australians and 2.8 million people worldwide, and it's the leading cause of non-traumatic...
Supervisor: Dr. Nevin John
Background and Rationale: Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE) are generalized epilepsy syndromes characterized by...
Supervisor: Adj Clinical Professor Udaya Seneviratne
Background and Rationale: Differentiating idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) from focal epilepsy (FE) can be challenging, particularly when...
Supervisor: Adj Clinical Professor Udaya Seneviratne