Research Projects
Aboriginal patients experience a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular disease, with hypertension being a key modifiable risk factor. The...
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In this project we will explore midwives beliefs, perspectives and practices around food in pregnancy and its relationship to birth outcomes. We...
Supervisor: Dr Christie Bennett
The pediatric bladder can be influenced by various poorly understood factors, despite ongoing efforts by international organizations, such as the...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kiarash Taghavi
In this PhD you will explore the sociological, political, environmental and cultural influences on birthing peoples relationship with their body...
Supervisor: Dr Christie Bennett
This project involves a systematic scoping review of literature related to the involvement of families in research co-design following the death of a...
Supervisor: Sid Vemuri
There is a proposed link between cardiovascular disease and dementia. This may be an important public health message to amplify to increase risk...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is a disorder with a growing incidence and hidden clinical burden of disease. At present, there are relatively few...
Supervisor: Dr Shayanti Mukherjee
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) are characterised by ineffective erythropoiesis, which suppresses the production of hepcidin in the liver, leading to...
Supervisor: Dr Jim Vadolas
Perimenopause is the transition period in which women experience changes in reproductive hormones resulting in significant decrease in circulating...
Supervisor: Dr Kay Nguo
Food security exists when individuals have regular and reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food, which meets their dietary needs and...
Supervisor: Dr Sue Kleve
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small, nanosized vesicles produced by most cells and readily found in bodily fluids which carry surface markers and...
Supervisor: Dr Thomas Tapmeier
Clinical practise around the management of nutrition for extremely preterm infants may vary across NICUs. This may include the use of probiotic...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kenneth Tan
Extracellular vesicles are nanoparticles that contain bioactive cargo and provide crucial information about the donor cell's identity and...
Supervisor: Dr Shanti Gurung
Monochorionic twin pregnancies are at significantly higher risks of pregnancy complications when compared to dichorionic twin pregnancies or...
Supervisor: A/Prof Daniel Lorber Rolnik
This is an exciting opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary research team that is changing the face of autoimmune disease management, making ground-...
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Jones
Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer-related death, with a five year overall survival of 33...
Supervisor: Dr Geraldine Ooi
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Medical imaging technologies are advancing rapidly, especially with the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based techniques. AI has...
Supervisor: Prof. Sergio Uribe
Background: Acute Erythroleukemia (AEL) is an aggressive and poor outcome subtype of AML that is largely resistant to standard treatments. Unlike...
Supervisor: Dr Catherine Carmichael