Medical Projects by Department

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Projects

Heads up! Use the arrows to sort the table data by column.

Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
Obstetrics and Gynaecology		Dr Bill Kalionis Dr Maria Kokkinos	kalionis@unimelb.edu.au Maria.Kokkinos@thewomens.org.au	Abnormal Placental Stem Cells And Their Role In Human Pregnancy Pathologies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Austin Health	Dr Fiona Brownfoot A/Prof Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	fiona.brownfoot@gmail.com t.klino@unimelb.edu.au	Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict preeclampsia	PhD students, Honours students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis A/Professor Kim-Anh Le Cao	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au kimanh.lecao@unimelb.edu.au	Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Michelle Peate	mpeate@unimelb.edu.au	Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	yasmin.jayasinghe@unimelb.edu.au	Fertility preservation in children with cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Professor Peter Rogers Dr Meaghan Griffiths	parogers@unimelb.edu.au meaghan.griffiths@unimelb.edu.au	From causes to cures: Improving health outcomes for women’s gynaecology and reproductive health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Jacqueline Donoghue	jacqueline.donoghue@unimelb.edu.au	Functional role of VEZT over expression in endometrium	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Prof Eva Dimitriadis Dr Wei Zhou	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au wei.zhou1@unimelb.edu.au	Infertility in women and embryo implantation failure: identifying how infertility develops using new technologies	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	t.klino@unimelb.edu.au nhannan@unimelb.edu.au	Studying novel proteins in preeclampsia	PhD students, Honours students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis Dr Wei Zhou	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au wei.zhou1@unimelb.edu.au	Testing therapeutics for infertility in organoid models	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Bill Kalionis Assoc Prof Harry Georgiou	kalionis@unimelb.edu.au harrymg@unimelb.edu.au	The prognosisdiagnosis of common pregnancy complications utilising genetic material found in extracellular vesicles derived from maternal blood and urine.	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr MD PhD Marta Thio Dr Kate Hodgson	marta.thiolluch@thewomens.org.au kate.hodgson@thewomens.org.au	Use of a respiratory function monitor to improve training efficiency in neonatal face mask ventilation	Honours students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Michelle Peate Prof Martha Hickey	mpeate@unimelb.edu.au hickeym@unimelb.edu.au	WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research

Paediatrics Projects

Heads up! Use the arrows to sort the table data by column.

Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Shireen Lamande Prof John Bateman	shireen.lamande@mcri.edu.au john.bateman@mcri.edu.au	A clinical trial-in-a-dish using iPSC-derived cartilage and bone organoids	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu Prof Paul Lockhart	kiymet.bozaoglu@mcri.edu.au paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au	A high throughput drug screen to identify candidate targets for the treatment of Neurofibromatosis Type 1.	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Dinah Reddihough Prof Prue Morgan	dinah.reddihough@rch.org.au prue.morgan@monash.edu	Adapt an evidence-based healthy lifestyle program to an Australian context	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Salvatore Pepe Prof Christian Brizard	spepe@unimelb.edu.au christian.brizard@rch.org.au	Adjunct Cord Blood Cell Therapy for Paediatric Heart Failure	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Rachel Peters Dr Jennifer Koplin	rachel.peters@mcri.edu.au jennifer.koplin@mcri.edu.au	Adverse health consequences of infant food allergy: a population-based longitudinal study.	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Sarah Knight A/Prof Adam Scheinberg	sarah.knight@mcri.edu.au adam.scheinberg@mcri.edu.au	Assessment and management of fatigue following paediatric acquired brain injury	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Nigel Curtis Dr Nicole Messina	brace@mcri.edu.au brace@mcri.edu.au	BRACE trial PhD opportunities	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Rachel Peters A/Prof Jennifer Koplin	rachel.peters@mcri.edu.au jennifer.koplin@mcri.edu.au	Can the allergic march from infant food allergy to asthma be prevented?	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof David Burgner Dr Siroon Bekkering	david.burgner@mcri.edu.au siroon.bekkering@mcri.edu.au	Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Vicki Anderson	Vicki.Anderson@rch.org.au	Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Little Dr Jessica Vanslambrouk	melissa.little@mcri.edu.au jessica.vanslambrouk@mcri.edu.au	Controlling nephron patterning and segmentation in kidney organoids	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Nicole Messina Prof Nigel Curtis	nicole.messina@mcri.edu.au nigel.curtis@rch.org.au	Defining the mechanisms that underpin the beneficial off-target effects of BCG	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Nicole Messina Prof Nigel Curtis	nigel.curtis@rch.org.au	Determinants of COVID-19 risk and severity	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Paul Lockhart Prof Martin Delatycki	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au martin.delatycki@vcgs.org.au	Discovering novel genes and pathways to ataxia	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Nigel Curtis Dr Nicole Messina	nigel.curtis@rch.org.au	Does neonatal BCG vaccination protect against infection and allergic disease in the first 5 years of life?	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Ed Stanley Dr Jacqui Schiesser	ed.stanley@mcri.edu.au jacqui.schiesser@mcri.edu.au	Expanding pancreatic progenitor cells for treatment of type 1 diabetes	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Simranpreet Kaur Prof John Christodoulou	simran.kaur@mcri.edu.au john.christodoulou@mcri.edu.au	Expanding the molecular understanding, and advancing personalised therapeutics for KIF1A-Associated Neurological Disorders	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Elyse Passmore A/Prof Erich Rutz	elyse.passmore@rch.org.au erich.rutz@rch.org.au	Foot deformities in children with cerebral palsy	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Melbourne Hospital,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)	Prof David Eisenstat Dr Maree Faux	david.eisenstat@mcri.edu.au maree.faux@mcri.edu.au	Gene regulation in the developing retina and the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Valerie Sung Prof David Amor	valerie.sung@rch.org.au david.amor@mcri.edu.au	Genetics of childhood hearing loss	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Christine Imms A/Prof Adrienne Harvey	christine.imms@unimelb.edu.au adrienne.harvey@mcri.edu.au	Healthy Trajectories: Promoting wellbeing and quality of life for those with child-onset disability and their families	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Jim Buttery Dr Gerardo Luis Dimaguila	jim.buttery@mcri.edu.au gerardoluis.dimaguil@mcri.edu.au	healthYpulse: A Learning Healthcare System for Improving Paediatric Patient Experience and Outcomes	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Melbourne Hospital,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)	Prof Richard Saffery Dr Boris Novakovic	richard.saffery@mcri.edu.au boris.novakovic@mcri.edu.au	High Dimensional Immune and Epigenetic Profiling of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Paul Lockhart Prof Richard Leventer	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au richard.leventer@mcri.edu.au	Identifying the causes of brain malformation in children	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Sharon Goldfeld Associate Professor Susan Woolfenden	sharon.goldfeld@rch.org.au susan.woolfenden@health.nsw.gov.au	Inequities in children’s mental health: evidence to inform precision policy responses	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Mirana Ramialison	mirana.ramialison@mcri.edu.au	Interrogating the spatial dynamics of gene regulatory networks during embryonic development and disease	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Valerie Sung A/Prof Gabrielle Haeusler	valerie.sung@rch.org.au gabrielle.haeusler@rch.org.au	Investigating 'silent' newborn viral infections and outcomes in the GenV cohort	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Samuel Menahem Prof Margaret Hay	samuel.menahem@unimelb.edu.au margaret.hay@monash.edu	Investigating a Unique Dwelling Space for New Mothers and Babies	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Sarah Stephenson Prof Paul Lockhart	sarah.stephenson@mcri.edu.au paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au	Investigating the role of FBX proteins in Neurodevelopment	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Jim Buttery Dr Hazel Clothier	jim.buttery@mcri.edu.au hazel.clothier@mcri.edu.au	Learning Health System for identification and prevention of vaccination errors	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof David Eisenstat	david.eisenstat@mcri.edu.au	Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Valerie Sung Dr Lisa Mundy	valerie.sung@rch.org.au lisa.mundy@mcri.edu.au	Longitudinal and secular trends in outcomes for adolescents with hearing impairment in Victoria	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Anita d'Aprano	anita.daprano@unimelb.edu.au	Measuring developmental outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Catherine Satzke Dr Laura Boelsen	catherine.satzke@mcri.edu.au laura.boelsen@mcri.edu.au	Microbial changes following pneumococcal conjugate vaccination	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Melbourne Hospital,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)	Prof Richard Saffery Dr Boris Novakovic	richard.saffery@mcri.edu.au boris.novakovic@mcri.edu.au	Molecular remodelling of endothelial cells in response to specific lymphocytes and other signals	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Elyse Passmore Dr Gareth Ball	elyse.passmore@rch.org.au gareth.ball@mcri.edu.au	Motor function assessment using video-based motion capture and machine-learning for children with movement disorders	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Angela Morgan Prof David Amor	angela.morgan@mcri.edu.au david.amor@mcri.edu.au	Neuropsychological profile of children with childhood apraxia of speech	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Sarah Knight A/Prof Adam Scheinberg	sarah.knight@mcri.edu.au adam.scheinberg@mcri.edu.au	Optimising use of everyday technology for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Women’s Hospital	Professor Denise Harrison	deniseh@unimelb.edu.au	Partnering to reduce neonatal pain	Honours students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Salvatore Pepe Prof Christian Brizard	salvatore.pepe@mcri.edu.au christian.brizard@mcri.edu.au	Placental Cord Blood Cell Therapy in Children at High Risk of Heart Failure	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Wake A/Prof Joanne Said	melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au jsaid@unimelb.edu.au	Precision prediction of maternal and child outcomes from routine fetal ultrasounds	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Kirsten Perrett Dr Vicki McWilliam	kirsten.perrett@mcri.edu.au vicki.mcwilliam@mcri.edu.au	Prevention of nut allergies in high risk infants	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Kirsten Perrett A/Prof Jennifer Koplin	kirsten.perrett@mcri.edu.au jennifer.koplin@mcri.edu.au	RCT of Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of allergy	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Melanie Neeland Prof Sarath Ranganathan	melanie.neeland@mcri.edu.au sarath.ranganathan@rch.org.au	Resolving inflammation in childhood respiratory disease	PhD students
Paediatrics		Dr Prue Pereira-Fantini A/Prof David Tingay	prue.pereira@mcri.edu.au David.Tingay@rch.org.au	Respiratory strategies to protect the preterm lung at birth	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Jim Buttery Dr Hazel Clothier	jim.buttery@mcri.edu.au hazel.clothier@mcri.edu.au	SNOTWATCH: Mapping real-time respiratory and gastrointestinal viral information to inform and improve health outcomes	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Christine Imms	christine.imms@unimelb.edu.au	Supporting young people with complex disability to participate in important life situations	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Melbourne Hospital,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)	A/Prof Ken Pang Dr Nicholas Veldhuis	ken.pang@mcri.edu.au nicholas.veldhuis@monash.edu	Targeting novel mediators of chronic pain to improve analgesia for Epidermolysis Bullosa	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Rachel Peters Dr Suzanne Mavoa	rachel.peters@mcri.edu.au Suzanne.Mavoa@epa.vic.gov.au	The impact of air pollution and other environmental factors on food allergy and other allergic diseases across the first 10 years of life: a population-based, longitudinal study.	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Sonia Grover Prof Andrew Chanen	sonia.grover@rch.org.au andrew.chanen@orygen.org.au	The LongSTEPPP Project	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Christine Imms Prof Dinah Reddihough	christine.imms@unimelb.edu.au Dinah.reddihough@rch.org.au	Understanding and defining supportive health/NDIS service environments	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Paul Lockhart Prof Martin Delatycki	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au martin.delatycki@vcgs.org.au	Understanding beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration using stem cell models	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Catherine Satzke Dr Sam Manna	catherine.satzke@mcri.edu.au sam.manna@mcri.edu.au	Understanding pneumococcal pathogenesis	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu Prof Paul Lockhart	kiymet.bozaoglu@mcri.edu.au paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au	Understanding the neurobiology of autism in NF1 using patient derived stem cell models	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Wake Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu	melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au jessika.hu@mcri.edu.au	Use and impact of psychotropic medication in pregnancy	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Sarah Stephenson Prof Paul Lockhart	sarah.stephenson@mcri.edu.au paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au	Using single-cell omics to determine disease mechanism and improve clinical management of children with epilepsy	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Richard Saffery A/Prof Kirsten Perrett	richard.saffery@mcri.edu.au kirsten.perrett@mcri.edu.au	Vitamin D supplementation and food allergy risk in early life: immunological and molecular mechanisms	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Valerie Sung Dr Jing Wang	valerie.sung@mcri.edu.au jing.wang@mcri.edu.au	Why are babies in SCNs/NICUs at higher risk of permanent hearing loss?	PhD students

Surgery Projects

Heads up! Use the arrows to sort the table data by column.

Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Professor Mingguang He	mingguang.he@unimelb.edu.au	Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: from data to algorithm and real-world application	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Professor Mingguang He	mingguang.he@unimelb.edu.au	Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	A/Prof Zhichao Wu Prof Robyn Guymer AM	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au rh.guymer@unimelb.edu.au	Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Expediting Translation of New Therapies to Clinical Care)	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Serena Duchi Dr Carmine Onofrillo	serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au	Biofabrication of an in vitro 3D osteosarcoma model	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	CASE: Cartilage Analytic Screening Environment	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	Controlled mechanical stimulation for cartilage regeneration modelling with 3D bioprinting techniques	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Raymond Wong	wongcb@unimelb.edu.au	Development of regenerative therapy for photoreceptor losses using cellular reprogramming technology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	Dynamic microfluidic in vitro differentiation of stem cells for cartilage regeneration in surgical 3D bioprinting	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	A/Prof Zhichao Wu Prof Robyn Guymer AM	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au rh.guymer@unimelb.edu.au	Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Imaging Biomarkers for Treatment Discovery)	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au	Enabling earlier and more accurate detection	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Geraldine Mitchell Dr Anne Kong	gmitchell@svi.edu.au akong@svi.edu.au	Engineering a tissue flap	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Tara Karnezis	tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	Generation of an ex vivo regeneration model for 3D bioprinting applications	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Srujana Sahebjada A/Prof Mark Daniel	Srujana.sahebjada@unimelb.edu.au	Genome-wide expression profiling of keratoconus and non-keratoconus corneas	Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au	Glaucoma Progression Transforming the Detection and Prediction of Progression	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Otolaryngology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Christofer Bester Prof Stephen O'Leary	christofer.bester@unimelb.edu.au sjoleary@unimelb.edu.au	Impedance triggered therapeutic intervention after cochlear implantation	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Shiang (Max) Lim Dr Jarmon Lees	maxlim@unimelb.edu.au jlees@svi.edu.au	Investigating cardiovascular disease in Friedreich's ataxia using human induced pluripotent stem cells	PhD students
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Niall Corcoran Professor Christopher Hovens	niallmcorcoran@gmail.com cbhovens@gmail.com	Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Doctor Shiang Lim Doctor Jarmon Lees	mlim@svi.edu.au jlees@svi.edu.au	Modelling cardiovascular diseases using human cardiac organoids	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Tom Edwards Dr Lauren Ayton	thomas.edwards@unimelb.edu.au layton@unimelb.edu.au	Ocular gene therapy: the new era of blindness prevention	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	A/Prof Peter van Wijngaarden	peterv@unimelb.edu.au	Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	PhD students
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christopher Hovens Associate Professor Niall Corcoran	cbhovens@gmail.com niallmcorcoran@gmail.com	The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Rodney Luwor	rluwor@unimelb.edu.au	The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Stanley Stylli	sstylli@unimelb.edu.au	The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Rodney Luwor	rluwor@unimelb.edu.au	The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	rshayan@svi.edu.au tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Understanding the genetic basis of lipedema	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	rshayan@svi.edu.au tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	rshayan@svi.edu.au tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Srujana Sahebjada A/Prof Mark Daniel	srujana.sahebjada@unimelb.edu.au	Using Artificial Intelligence to improve the diagnostic predictions of corneal topography machines for Keratoconus subjects	PhD students

Psychiatry Projects

Heads up! Use the arrows to sort the table data by column.

Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christos Pantelis Dr Liliana Laskaris	cpant@unimelb.edu.au lily.laskaris@unimelb.edu.au	Animal models of Brain Development assessed using histology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Christos Pantelis Dr Warda Taqdees Syeda	cpant@unimelb.edu.au warda.syeda@unimelb.edu.au	Animal models of Brain Development assessed using MRI	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au	Brain development and the pathophysiology of psychosis	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Ye Tian	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au	Brain mapping: Brain atlases with multiple topographic features	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Robin Cash	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au robin.cash@unimelb.edu.au	Brain stimulation and clinical translation	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry		Professor Christos Pantelis Professor Stan Skafidas	cpant@unimelb.edu.au sskaf@unimelb.edu.au	Cerebellar grey and white matter changes in children with Autism spectrum disorders	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Ye Tian Dr Vanessa Cropley	ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au vcropley@unimelb.edu.au	Characterizing brain-body relationship with respect to biological aging in elderly population	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Christos Pantelis Ms Cassandra Wannan	cpant@unimelb.edu.au cwannan@student.unimelb.edu.au	Cognition and brain connectivity in psychosis	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Psychiatry	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	alex.bahar@unimelb.edu.au	Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Caio Seguin	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au caio.seguin@unimelb.edu.au	Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Ye Tian A/Prof Andrew Zalesky	ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au azalesky@unimelb.edu.au	Decoding neural mechanisms underpinning human cognition in health and disease using machine learning	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Anita Goh Professor Briony Dow	goha@unimelb.edu.au b.dow@nari.edu.au	Effective relationships in dementia community care: Promoting Independence though quality dementia care at home (the PITCH project).	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Anita Goh Professor Dennis Velakoulis	goha@unimelb.edu.au dennisv@unimelb.edu.au	Exploring data from ENROLL-HD - an international observational study in Huntington’s disease	Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health	Professor Christos Pantelis Professor Ashley Bush	cpant@unimelb.edu.au ashley.bush@florey.edu.au	Ferroptosis in Schizophrenia	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au	Identifying state and trait components of sensory and motor disturbances across the schizophrenia spectrum	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Ye Tian	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au	Machine learning prediction of brain and body ageing	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christos Pantelis Professor Stan Skafidas	cpant@unimelb.edu.au sskaf@unimelb.edu.au	Mapping cerebellar connectivity in neurodevelopmental disorders	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Dennis Velakoulis Dr Dhamidhu Eratne	dennisv@unimelb.edu.au deratne@unimelb.edu.au	Markers in Neuropsychiatric Disorders (MiND) study	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christos Pantelis Dr Warda Syeda	cpant@unimelb.edu.au warda.syeda@unimelb.edu.au	Multinuclear MRI biomarkers in schizophrenia	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Caio Seguin	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au caio.seguin@unimelb.edu.au	Network communication in the brain	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry		Professor Christos Pantelis Dr Cassandra Wannan	cpant@unimelb.edu.au wannanc@unimelb.edu.au	Neurodevelopmental trajectories and biopsychosocial risk factors in autism and schizophrenia	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	alex.bahar@unimelb.edu.au	Olfactory-focused cognitive training	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	A/Prof Sarah Whittle	swhittle@unimelb.edu.au	Role of the family environment in shaping children's brains and mental health	Honours students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley Ms Rebecca Cooper	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au cooperr1@student.unimelb.edu.au	Socioeconomic status and sleep in late childhood	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au azalesky@unimelb.edu.au	Symptom comorbidity networks in psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Amit Lampit	amit.lampit@unimelb.edu.au	Synthesising, dismantling and optimising cognitive interventions	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley AProf Sarah Whittle	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au swhittle@unimelb.edu.au	The influence of sleep on brain development and psychopathology over adolescence	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	swhittle@unimelb.edu.au	The neurobiology of anxiety across development and sex	PhD students
Psychiatry	Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health	Professor Christos Pantelis Professor Ashley Bush	cpant@unimelb.edu.au ashley.bush@florey.edu.au	Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Schizophrenia	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Maria Di Biase AProf. Andrew Zalesky	dibiasem@unimelb.edu.au azalesky@unimelb.edu.au	Using Graph Theory and Neural Stem Cell Models to Understand Brain Network Resilience	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christos Pantelis Dr Liliana Laskaris	cpant@unimelb.edu.au lily.laskaris@unimelb.edu.au	When might the brain go wrong: the role of immune cells at critical time-points during development	PhD students, Masters by Research

General Practice Projects

Heads up! Use the arrows to sort the table data by column.

Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
General Practice	Western Health	Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	jomn@unimelb.edu.au	Future Health Today Changing the course of cardiovascular disease	PhD students

Clinical Pathology Projects

Heads up! Use the arrows to sort the table data by column.

Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
Clinical Pathology	Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)	Professor Lachlan Coin	lachlan.coin@unimelb.edu.au	Detecting the tissue of origin of circulating cell free DNA	Masters by Research
Clinical Pathology	Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)	Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan Dr Ryan Hutchinson	daniel.buchanan@unimelb.edu.au ryan.hutchinson@unimelb.edu.au	Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Masters by Research
Clinical Pathology	Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)	AProfessor Frederic Hollande	frederic.hollande@unimelb.edu.au	Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	PhD students, Masters by Research

Medicine and Radiology Projects

Heads up! Use the arrows to sort the table data by column.

Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
Medicine		Professor John Hamilton Dr Ming-Chin (Kevin) Lee	jahami@unimelb.edu.au ming-chin.lee@unimelb.edu.au	A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	PhD students
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter Wookey	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies a unique marker, a membrane protein expressed by pericytes and meningeal cells	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Jennifer Philip Dr Anna Collins	jphilip@unimelb.edu.au anna.collins@svha.org.au	A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Jennifer Philip Dr Anna Collins	jphilip@unimelb.edu.au anna.collins@svha.org.au	A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans	adeans@svi.edu.au	A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr. Ahmed Al Seadi	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ahmed.mohan@unimelb.edu.au	Adipocytes as Weapons of Bone Destruction: The bone as a War Zone	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter Wookey	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response to cell stress	PhD students
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter J Wookey Prof David Hare	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	An antibody (mAb2E1) that detects a novel, high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells, developing brain and bone, and an osteosarcoma cell line	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Jennifer Philip Dr Anna Collins	jphilip@unimelb.edu.au anna.collins@svha.org.au	An exploration of the experience of care at the end of life for patients with a history of illicit drug use: A qualitative medical record review	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Keith Lim Prof John Hamilton	kklim@unimelb.edu.au jahami@unimelb.edu.au	Analysis of Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood Samples from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Using Patients with Osteoarthritis as Controls	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Andrew Hua Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans Dr Astrid Glaser	adeans@svi.edu.au aglaser@svi.edu.au	Application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to treat childhood syndromes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Assessment of the Falls and Fractures Prevention Clinic as the Most Effective Setting toReduce Falls and Fractures in High-Risk Older Persons: A Care Program Assessment	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Associations Between Sarcopenia, Intramuscular Fat, Mental/Physical Function and Brain Atrophy: An Imaging and Machine Learning Approach	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Damian Myers Prof Natalie Sims	damianem@unimelb.edu.au nsims@unimelb.edu.au	Bone Substrate Composition Affecting Bone Cell Formation, Function and Bone Turnover	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Brainwave and Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Cognition Enhancing Drugs	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Can we Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Wayne Crismani	wcrismani@svi.edu.au	Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au ldenn@unimelb.edu.au	Causes of Depressive Symptoms in Early Ageing	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Monica Slavin Dr Michelle Yong	Monica.Slavin@mh.org.au Michelle.Yong@unimelb.edu.au	Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque A/Prof Kulmira Nurgali	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Circulating Osteogenic Precurors: Building Bone from Blood	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Judy Savige A/Prof Deb Colville	j.savige@unimelb.edu.au colville@unimelb.edu.au	Clinical features in a common inherited cause of kidney failure	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof John Price	john.price@unimelb.edu.au	Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Patrick Kwan Dr Jianxiong Chan	patrick.kwan@unimelb.edu.au jianxiong.chan@unimelb.edu.au	Development of a low cost, point-of-care diagnostic platform	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Development of Marrow Fat Quantification as a Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Osteosarcopenia	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Assoc Prof David Anderson	beeson@burnet.edu.au david.anderson@burnet.edu.au	Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools for malaria	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr Gaoqian Feng	beeson@burnet.edu.au gaoqian.feng@burnet.edu.au	Development of novel vaccines against malaria	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke Dr Alexandra Gorelik	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au alexandra.gorelik@unimelb.edu.au	Diet and Healthy Ageing	Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr Herbert Opi	beeson@burnet.edu.au herbert.opi@burnet.edu.au	Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Jon Oakhill Prof Bruce Kemp	joakhill@svi.edu.au bkemp@svi.edu.au	Drug development for metabolic diseases	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Alan Lai Dr Andre Peterson	alan.lai@unimelb.edu.au peterson@unimelb.edu.au	EEG/ MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ben Kirk	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ben.kirk@unimelb.edu.au	Effect of HMB and Vitamin D Supplementation on osteosarcoPenia In oldeR pErsons (EMPIRE)	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rodents	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Christine Rodda	christine.rodda@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Christine Rodda	christine.rodda@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan	aaa@unimelb.edu.au	Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Enteric Neuropathy as a Target to Alleviate Gastrointestinal Side-effects of Chemotherapy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	Associate Professor Michael Hildebrand Professor Samuel Berkovic	michael.hildebrand@unimelb.edu.au s.berkovic@unimelb.edu.au	Exploring mosaic brain variants that cause focal epilepsies	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Helen Thomas Dr Bala Krishnamurthy	hthomas@svi.edu.au bmurthy@svi.edu.au	Factors that determine islet antigen-specific T cell expansion before the onset of Type 1 diabetes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	A/Prof Christopher Reid Dr Paulo Pinares-Garcia	christopher.reid@florey.edu.au paulo.pinaresgarcia@florey.edu.au	Finding a cure for a devastating form of epilepsy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans Dr Rohan Bythell-Douglas	adeans@svi.edu.au	Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	PhD students
Medicine	Austin Health	A/Professor Michael Hildebrand	michael.h	Genetic Diagnosis of Children with Vascular Anomalies for a Therapeutic Clinical Drug Trial	Honours students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Jo Douglass Dr Vanessa Bryant	jdouglass@unimelb.edu.au bryant.v@wehi.edu.au	Genomics of asthma mortality due to thunderstorm asthma	PhD students, Honours students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Genotype and Phenotype Characterisation Human Circulating Osteo-Progenitor (COP) Cells	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr Michelle Scoullar	beeson@burnet.edu.au michelle.scoullar@burnet.edu.au	Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Natalie Sims	nsims@svi.edu.au	How are autophagic processes involved in bone mineralisation?	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Gavin Tjin	lpurton@svi.edu.au gtjin@svi.edu.au	How do bone marrow microenvironments regulate B lymphocyte production?	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof John Price	john.price@unimelb.edu.au	Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Jessica Holien	lpurton@svi.edu.au jessica.holien@rmit.edu.au	Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.	Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr JoAnne Chan	beeson@burnet.edu.au JoAnne.Chan@unimelb.edu.au	Identifying targets and mechanisms of acquired immunity to severe malaria in children	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Jill Francis Professor Wen Kwang Lim	jillian.francis@unimelb.edu.au Kwang.Lim@mh.org.au	IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Wen Kwang Lim Prof Jill Francis	Kwang.Lim@mh.org.au jillian.francis@unimelb.edu.au	IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vijay Venkatraman Prof Roland Bammer	vijay.venkatraman@unimelb.edu.au roland.bammer@unimelb.edu.au	Improve the diagnostic prediction of imaging measures in dementia and epilepsy	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine		A/Prof Kirsten Moore Dr Katrin Gerber	k.moore@nari.edu.au k.gerber@nari.edu.au	Improving palliative care in residential aged care using telehealth (IMPART)	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Henry Zhao Prof Bruce Campbell	henry.zhao@mh.org.au bcam@unimelb.edu.au	Improving the dispatch of Australia's first stroke ambulance	Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French Dr Rod Luwor	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au rluwor@unimelb.edu.au	In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammation-induced Cancer: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammation-induced Osteosarcopenia: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Kevin Lee Prof. John Hamilton	mingchinl@unimelb.edu.au jahami@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammatory cytokines involved in obesity and osteoarthritis	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Sandra Galic Prof Bruce Kemp	sgalic@unimelb.edu.au bkemp@svi.edu.au	Inhibition of microglia inflammation by AMPK for obesity treatment	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Kim Loh	kloh@svi.edu.au	Investigating a novel mechanism for improving beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Aprof Damian Myers	damianem@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating Lipotoxic Impacts of Fatty Acid Synthesis on: (1) Osteoblasts, and (2) Osteoclast, in Vitro and (3) Skeletal Muscle	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ahmed Al Seadi	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ahmed.mohan@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating the Anabolic Effect Drugs (Picolinic Acid) on Osteocytes in Vitro	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Andre Peterson Prof Steve Petrou	peterson@unimelb.edu.au steven.petrou@florey.edu.au	Investigating the electrophysiology of neuronal network dynamics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr. Ahmed Al Seadi	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ahmed.mohan@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating the Rapamycin Effect on Induced-Palmitic osteocytes in Vitro	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating the relationship between fat, bone and muscle	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Bernard Yan Professor Peter Mitchell	bernard.yan@mh.org.au peter.mitchell@mh.org.au	IRIS: Patient-level meta-analysis of 6 randomized controlled studies on direct thrombectomy(IRIS)	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au	Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au ldenn@unimelb.edu.au	Lifestyle factors and effects on mood in elderly women	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Senior Research Fellow Alexandra Gorelik Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au Cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Risk from Mid- to Late-life in Women	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Marrow Adipose Tissue Functions: Studying Lipotoxicity in Hip Replacement Candidates	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health	Dr Snezana Maljevic	snezana.maljevic@florey.edu.au	Modellling severe childhood epilepsy	Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan	aaa@unimelb.edu.au	Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vijay Venkatraman Prof Patricia Desmond	vvenkatraman@unimelb.edu.au Patricia.Desmond@mh.org.au	Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Andre Peterson	peterson@unimelb.edu.au	Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	New methods for investigating bone muscle and fat mass using 2D DXA images to predict performance, risk of falls and fractures	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Amanda Edgley Dr Fay Khong	aedgley@unimelb.edu.au fay.khong@unimelb.edu.au	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – characterising disease features in order to develop new therapies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Alan Moss	alan.moss@unimelb.edu.au	Novel Approaches in Therapeutic Endoscopy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Carl Walkley Dr Alistair Chalk	cwalkley@svi.edu.au achalk@svi.edu.au	Novel genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Andrew Kompa Dr Amanda Edgley	akompa@unimelb.edu.au aedgley@unimelb.edu.au	Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal syndrome	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Christine Rodda Prof Davis Darby	christine.rodda@unimelb.edu.au ddarby@unimelb.edu.au	Oral Health and Attitudes in Young Adults Aged 15-25 Years with Diabetes Mellitus: A Case - Control Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ben Kirk	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ben.kirk@unimelb.edu.au	Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Prof Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Dr. David Scott Prof Gustavo Duque	d.scott@unimelb.edu.au gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	A/Prof Christopher Reid Dr Paulo Pinares-Garcia	christopher.reid@florey.edu.au paulo.pinaresgarcia@florey.edu.au	Pacemaker channels and brain excitability	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Damian Myers Prof John Hamilton	damianem@unimelb.edu.au jahami@unimelb.edu.au	Pathology begins in the cells: Studying lipotoxic stress generated from adipocytes in bone and muscle cell cultures	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Jesse Zanker Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Cognition in Ageing Women	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Associate Professor Alan Hayes	hayes.a@unimelb.edu.au	Pre-Clinical Studies Identifying Novel Molecular Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Atrophy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	Associate Professor Michael Hildebrand Professor Ingrid Scheffer	michael.hildebrand@unimelb.edu.au i.scheffer@unimelb.edu.au	Precision diagnosis for the remaining 50% of unsolved developmental and epileptic encephalopathies	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Prof Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Keith Lim	kklim@unimelb.edu.au	Quantitative Measure of Effusions	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Gavin Tjin	lpurton@svi.edu.au gtjin@svi.edu.au	Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Role of the Nervous System in Cancer Development and Progression	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Dr Megan Lim	megan.lim@burnet.edu.au	Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll: Young people and risk behaviours	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Dr Megan Lim	megan.lim@burnet.edu.au	Sexting, porn, and Tinder: An investigation of education and health promotion	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Jesse Zanker Professor Cassandra Szoeke	jesse.zanker@unimelb.edu.au cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Social and physical activities in ageing women	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Sam John A/Prof Nicholas Opie	sam.john@unimelb.edu.au n.opie@unimelb.edu.au	Stentrode: Tissue Response to Endovascular Stimulation	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vijay Venkatraman Prof. Roland Bammer	vijay.venkatraman@unimelb.edu.au roland.bammer@unimelb.edu.au	Stroke assessment with multi-modal imaging	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Brett Bennetts Prof Michael Parker	brettb@unimelb.edu.au mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in bone diseases	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Craig Morton Prof Michael Parker	craig.morton@unimelb.edu.au mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Craig Morton Prof Michael Parker	craig.morton@unimelb.edu.au mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Michael Parker	mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in mental illnesses	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Daniel Steinfort Associate Professor Shankar Siva	Daniel.Steinfort@mh.org.au Shankar.Siva@mh.org.au	Fully Funded. Systematic EndoscopIc Staging of Mediastinum to determine Impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung Cancer (SEISMIC): an international multi-centre cohort study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Roy Kong Dr Amanda Edgley	aedgley@unimelb.edu.au	Targeting inflammation and fibrosis for the treatment of retinal disease	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Michael Parker Dr Jon Gooi	mparker@svi.edu.au jgooi@svi.edu.au	Targeting microglia in neurodegenerative diseases	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Jon Oakhill Dr John Scott	joakhill@svi.edu.au jscott@svi.edu.au	The cellular fuel gauge: Novel mechanisms of metabolic control	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Keith Lim	kklim@unimelb.edu.au	The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter J Wookey	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Gavin Tjin	lpurton@svi.edu.au gtjin@svi.edu.au	The impact of cancer therapies on the bone marrow microenvironment	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Kim Loh	kloh@svi.edu.au	The role of AMP-activated kinase in suppressing atherosclerosis	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans Dr Elyse Dunn	adeans@svi.edu.au	The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Andrew Deans	adeans@svi.edu.au	The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Carl Walkley Dr Jacki Heraud-Farlow	cwalkley@svi.edu.au jhfarlow@svi.edu.au	The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Mark Cook Dr Andre Peterson	markcook@unimelb.edu.au peterson@unimelb.edu.au	Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Mark Chong	mchong@svi.edu.au	Transgenerational influence of diet on autoimmune susceptibility	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Roy Kong Dr Amanda Edgley	roy.kong@unimelb.edu.au aedgley@unimelb.edu.au	Treating fibrosis and inflammation to prevent end-organ damage in diabetes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Andrew Sutherland	asutherland@svi.edu.au	Understanding how Type 17 immunity and IL-17 cytokines regulate Type 1 diabetes	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Using Marrow Adipose Tissue to Diagnose Osteoporosis and Predict Fragility Fractures	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health	Professor Christopher Reid Dr Ming Soh	christopher.reid@unimelb.edu.au mingshiuan.soh@florey.edu.au	Using novel animal and stem cell models to investigate the role of genetic cardiac arrhythmia in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Professor Freya Fowkes Dr Julia Cutts	freya.fowkes@burnet.edu.au julia.cutts@burnet.edu.au	Using parasite and vector serosurveillance to inform malaria elimination	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Helen Thomas Prof Tom Kay	hthomas@svi.edu.au tkay@svi.edu.au	Using the JAK1/JAK2 Inhibitor Baricitinib to treat new-onset Type 1 diabetes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Dr David Scott Professor Gustavo Duque	d.scott@unimelb.edu.au gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Stuart Mannering Dr Colleen Elso	smannering@svi.edu.au celso@svi.edu.au	What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Stuart Mannering Dr Colleen Elso	smannering@svi.edu.au celso@svi.edu.au	What are the functional properties of human CD4+ T cells, from people with type 1 diabetes, that respond to proinsulin C-peptide?	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Natalie Sims	nsims@svi.edu.au	What controls the development of strong cortical bone?	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris Steward Dr Vijay Venkatraman	csteward@unimelb.edu.au vvenkatraman@unimelb.edu.au	White matter imaging in the aging brain	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Alan Hayes Dr. David Scott	hayes.a@unimelb.edu.au d.scott@unimelb.edu.au	Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	PhD students, Masters by Research

Medical Projects by Department

Medical Projects by Department

Medical Education Projects

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Projects

Paediatrics Projects

Surgery Projects

Rural Health Projects

Psychiatry Projects

General Practice Projects

Clinical Pathology Projects

Medicine and Radiology Projects

Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences