Research Projects
Lower jaw (mandible) fractures are the most common fractures of the head in civilians and military
personnel, disproportionately affecting minority...
Supervisor: Dr Olga Panagiotopoulou
Recent technological advances in micro and nano-fabrication technology and high-yield electrophysiology techniques allowed us to record the activity...
Supervisor: Dr Mehdi Adibi
The adaptive arm of immune system uses lymphocytes to generate antibody and memory responses to challenges throughout life. Three lineages of...
Supervisor: Dr Martin Davey
The adaptive arm of immune system uses lymphocytes to generate antibody and memory responses to challenges throughout life. Three lineages of...
Supervisor: Dr Martin Davey
Animal and human behaviour frequently involves a choice between actions or goals with conflicting positive and negative outcomes (e.g. rewards and...
Supervisor: Professor Zane Andrews
Pregnancy can be a challenging time for women with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), as they face higher risks of complications. Maintaining optimal glucose...
Supervisor: Dr Negar Naderpoor
In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka and colleagues made the groundbreaking discovery that differentiated cells can be reprogrammed back to a pluripotent state...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Matthew McCormack
Sarcomas are a rare type of cancer that originate in the connective tissue of the body, including fat, muscle, bone, and cartilage. Sarcoma’s can...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Cain
Brain cancers are notoriously aggressive, and current treatments are often ineffective at preventing disease progression. This research project...
Supervisor: Dr Iman Azimi
Despite advancement in treatment, cancer remains a leading public health burden worldwide. Our understanding of genetic alterations in cancer has...
Supervisor: Dr Terry Lim
Whilst dichotomous thresholds are currently used to diagnose primary aldosteronism (PA), emerging data support the concept of a continuum of...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
Shortly following invasion, Babesia bovis induces the formation of unique structures on the RBC surface, which we have termed ‘ridges’. Importantly,...
Supervisor: Professor Brian Cooke
There remains a dearth of multi-centre trials in paediatric surgery and urology despite a wealth of important questions that remain unanswered by...
Supervisor: A/Prof Kiarash Taghavi
Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome characterized by reduced physiological reserve across multiple health domains that collectively make a person...
Supervisor: Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo
Calls to ambulance for stroke represent approximately 3% of emergency calls. Current versions of emergency calling taking protocol include a Stroke...
Supervisor: Professor Janet Bray
Infection triggers large-scale changes in the phenotype and function of killer T cells that are critical for immune function, yet the gene regulatory...
Supervisor: Professor Stephen Turner
Stroke is a debilitating disease that can cause permanent neurological damage, complications, and death. At present, there are very few treatment...
Supervisor: Dr Bradley Broughton
Paediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) represent some of the most deadly brain cancers in children, differing significantly from adult gliomas in...
Supervisor: Dr Yichen Zhou
Project Aims: To link databases of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program of Melbourne Epilepsy Centres with the National Death Index and National...
Supervisor: Professor Terence O'Brien
This mixed methods research will focus on exploring the experiences of diagnosis and management of endometriosis and/or chronic pelvic pain in...
Supervisor: Dr Sharinne Crawford