Research Projects
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 and exists when individuals have regular and reliable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious...
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 project aims to investigate how dietary patterns influence gut physiology and, in turn, shape cardiovascular health. Emerging evidence suggests...
Supervisor: Dr Aimee Dordevic
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
Juvenile granulosa cell tumours (jGCT) are rare ovarian tumours that occur predominantly in children and young women and are biologically distinct...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Simon Chu
Invasive lobular breast cancer is a specific histological type of breast cancer that makes up about 10% of all invasive breast cancer diagnoses. It...
Supervisor: Professor Melissa Southey
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with its burden disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)....
Supervisor: Dr Lachlan Dalli