Research Projects
Imagine a world where every expecting mother has access to accurate and reliable information about exercising during pregnancy. A world where she can...
Supervisor: Dr Filippe Oliveira
Meta-analysis represents the highest level of evidence synthesis. Induction of labour is among the most frequently performed obstetric procedures...
Supervisor: Professor Ben Mol
There is a lack of literature understanding the experience of people in larger bodies who also experience eating disorders. Often the experiences...
Supervisor: Dr Christie Bennett
The Switch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF) DNA remodelling complexes regulate gene expression and aberrant SWI/SNF function is associated with...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Cain
Surprisingly little is known about the immune system and the microbiome of preterm infants, which therefore represent problematically blank pages for...
Supervisor: Professor Marcel Nold
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
Food and nutrition security is a social determinant of health. It exists when individuals have regular and reliable access to sufficient, safe, and...
Supervisor: Dr Sue Kleve
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 is a social determinant of health. It exists when individuals have regular and reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food...
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