Surgery Projects

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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	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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Professor Peter Choong Dr Cathal OConnell		BioFabrication of the osteo-chondral interface using multimodal 3D bioprinting	Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Cathal O'Connell	oconnell.c@unimelb.edu.au	Bioink development for cartilage tissue engineering	Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	Cartilage regeneration for in surgical 3D bioprinting	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Cathal O'Connell	oconnell.c@unimelb.edu.au	Design of tensile strength tests for very soft materials	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Cathal O'Connell	oconnell.c@unimelb.edu.au	Development of mechanical testing protocols for very soft tissues	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Cathal O'Connell	oconnell.c@unimelb.edu,au	Diffusion properties in hydrogel materials	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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	Dr Zhichao Wu Prof Robyn Guymer	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au	Enabling Treatment Trials of Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration	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, Honours students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Zhichao Wu A/Prof Laura Downie	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au ldownie@unimelb.edu.au	Evidence-Based Practice in the Management of Glaucoma Suspects	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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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, Master of Biomedical Science
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	How do we protect hearing with advanced cochlear implant electrode arrays?	Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Professor Mingguang He	mingguang.he@unimelb.edu.au	Improved early diagnosis of eye diseases by integration of retinal photography and artificial intelligence to build an opportunistic screening service in metro, regional and remote primary care settings	PhD students, Masters by Research
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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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, Honours students
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Andrea Bowyer	andrea.bowyer@unimelb.edu.au	Leveraging the power of the digital PostopQRS Registry to determine patient and clinical influences on ultimate quality of postoperative recovery.	Honours students
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, Post Doctor Researchers
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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	Surgery, Otolaryngology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Prof Stephen O'Leary Dr Katie Ozdowska	sjoleary@unimelb.edu.au katie.ozdowska@unimelb.edu.au	Otitis Media (Ear Infection) in Indigenous Australians	Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Andrea Bowyer	andrea.bowyer@unimelb.edu.au	PostopQRS Registry	Honours students
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Cathal O'Connell	oconnell.c@unimelb.edu.au	Probing the complexity of cartilage using the Atomic Force Microscope	Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Zhichao Wu	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au	Taking the “Guesswork” Out of Glaucoma Clinical Management with Novel Imaging	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, Honours students
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, Honours students
Surgery	Surgery, Otolaryngology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Hayden Eastwood	haydente@unimelb.edu.au	The role of endolymphatic hydrops after cochlear implantation	Honours students
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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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, Honours students
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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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	Understanding the hearing loss caused by cochlear implantation	Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
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, Honours students