Research Projects
We have a large scale National Heart Foundation MRFF Grant in Reducing cardio-metabolic risk of Australian women following pregnancy through risk...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Lisa Moran
This project focuses on congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a birth defect characterised by a failed closure of the diaphragm, creating a...
Supervisor: Dr Kelly Crossley
Reflective practice is a key skill for health professionals to engage in continuous learning and improvement in skills, knowledge and practice....
Supervisor: Dr Louise Reynolds
Regional brain responses and functional connectivity associated with brown adipose tissue activation
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has been implicated in thermoregulation and energy homeostasis. Sympathetic innervation is involved in BAT activation, but...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Michael Farrell
This project involves psychophysical and neuroimaging experiments that investigate the functional neuroanatomy of coughing control and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Michael Farrell
Data collected through the project is analysed by the ReCEnT team at RACGP and their collaborators to provide insights into clinical and educational...
Supervisor: Dr Angelo D'Amore
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) produced by Glutamic Acid Descarboxylase (GAD) is the most abundant neurotransmitter inhibitor in the CNS and is...
Supervisor: Professor James Whisstock
The cells that form into sperm and eggs in adults play a unique and fundamental role in human health and well-being, because they transmit the parent...
Supervisor: Professor Katherine Loveland
The Medical Board of Australia emphasises that Continuing Professional Development (CPD) should deliver meaningful, evidence-based learning for...
Supervisor: Dr Filippe Oliveira
Resting-state fMRI is emerging as a powerful biomarker for neural dysfunction in neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses. Most studies examine...
Supervisor: Dr Sharna Jamadar
Atherosclerotic disease of large arteries such as the carotid artery is responsible for one-quarter of stroke cases. The traditional
Framingham...
Supervisor: Professor Thanh Phan
Interstitial lung diseases (or ILD) are a group of chronic lung scarring diseases, which are characterised by distressing breathlessness, fatigue,...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Yet Hong Khor
People with chronic respiratory conditions can achieve improvements in exercise capacity, breathlessness and quality of life through participation in...
Supervisor: Professor Anne Holland
Global Surgery has changed in focus since the publication of the Lancet Commission. There is an increased focus on the upskilling and increased...
Supervisor: Professor Ram Nataraja
Clinical practice guidelines rely on the integrity of published research to ensure their recommendations are valid. Research integrity represents a...
Supervisor: Dr Miranda Cumpston
This project aims to understand the health benefits of residential greenness on human health.
Supervisor: Professor Yuming Guo
Cognitive resilience refers to the capacity to maintain high cognition despite neuropathological burden. It reflects the level of brain resilience...
Supervisor: Professor Joanne Ryan
Resistant hypertension is estimated to affect ~25% of hypertensive patients on treatment. Screening for a secondary cause such as primary...
Supervisor: A/Prof Jun Yang
Hypertension is a major risk factor for Cardiovascular Disease, the most common cause of death in Western Societies. Obese individuals are more...
Supervisor: Professor Wendy Brown
The laboratory is interested in the transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that govern cell identity, in particular pluripotency and the...
Supervisor: Assoc Professor Jose Polo