Medical Projects by Theme

Ageing

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Altered functional and phenotypic characteristics following treatment of age-related macular degeneration	Ben J. Gu	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Alzheimer’s diseases modelling with human cerebral organoids	Alice Pebay	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	Cassandra	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Bioenergetics in the optic nerve	Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Can machine learning improve the diagnostic prediction of imaging measures in dementia and epilepsy?	Vijay	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Characteristics associated with drug-related hospital admissions in older patients	Elizabeth	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	David Scott	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Cognitive impairment and its interference with Activities of Daily Living	Julian Sacre	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
COMPUFALLS: Computer-Based System to Early Detect Risk of Falling in Older People: An International Collaborative Study	Gustavo	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Diagnostic accuracy of a screening tool to identify patients at risk of sarcopenia	Esmee M. Reijnierse	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Do individuals age in the same way? Inter- and intra-individual pattern of diseases accumulation	Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Early detection of cognitive decline and disease	Stephen Campbell	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
EMPOWER the power of human muscle	Kwang Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Enabling treatment trials of atrophic age-related macular degeneration	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examining neuropsychological trajectories using data collected from a longitudinal study	Alex Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Exploiting IPads for vision self-monitoring in age-related macular degeneration	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Gait, Cognition and Decline (The GOOD Project)	Gustavo	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Goal-directed cognitive rehabilitation for self-management in older diabetic adults	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Identification of protective pathways in mitochondrial disease: what protects retinal cells from Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy?	Isabel Lopez Sanchez	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Iron and Fatigue	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Life-long exposures for Healthy Ageing	Alex Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Lifestyle Factors for Healthy Ageing	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Meta-cognition training in older adults with subjective cognitive decline	Alex Bahar-Fuchs Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Methodological quality and evidence synthesis in cognitive interventions for the prevention of dementia in older adults	Alex Bahar-Fuchs Amit Lampit	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	Ebrahim Bani Hassan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Multimorbidity and ageing women	Alex Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Neuroprotective electrical stimulation in retinal and optical nerve disease	Carla Abbott Chi Luu	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Novel biological marker combinations to determine physical biological age	Camilla Tuttle	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Novel senescence markers predicting chemotherapy related toxicity and treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients	Claire Maddison	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Novel Ways of Detecting and Managing Chronic Diseases (Chronic Kidney Disease/ Diabetes/Cardiovascular Disease) in Primary Care	Craig Nelson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Nutritional needs of hospitalized older patients admitted to geriatric rehabilitation wards	Esmee M. Reijnierse	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Alex Bahar-Fuchs Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	David Scott	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Physical Activities for Healthy Ageing	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	Lakshman Singh	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Pressure injuries and functional outcomes in older inpatients	Rebecca Iseli	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Promoting Independence though quality dementia care at home (the PITCH project).	Anita Goh Briony Dow	Psychiatry	PhD
Reducing the dementia risk of people with depression and cognitive impairment in residential aged care	Anita Goh Eleanor Curran	Psychiatry	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Kwang Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Risk factors for Violence in Australian Women – A twenty year follow up Study	Melissa Coulson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Search early diagnosis biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease	Ben J Gu	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Senescence as a measure of morbidity	Camilla Tuttle	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Simultaneous physical and cognitive exercise in older adults	Amit Lampit Amit Lampit	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Social and physical activities in ageing women	Melissa Coulson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Taking the "guesswork" out of glaucoma clinical management with novel imaging	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Test-retest and practice effects in common cognitive measures in older adults with and without cognitive impairment	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The blood pressure drop makes you fall	Julian Sacre	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
The effect of anxiety on cardiovascular risk in healthy ageing women	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The intra-individual rate of ageing	Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Towards a biological geriatric assessment	Camilla Tuttle	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding the Role of Vitamin D in Muscle Adaptation	Alan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Unravelling the genetic cause of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency	Elena Tucker Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics	PhD, Honours
Using pluripotent stem cells to model AMD	Alice Pebay	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Using pupillary light responses to enable early glaucoma detection	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	David	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Virtual reality-based cognitive training in older adults with mild cognitive impairment	Alex Bahar-Fuchs Ken	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Vitamin D deficiency and balance	Cassandra	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science

Cancer in Medicine

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A study of the extracellular vesicles in glioblastoma tissue	Laura Vella	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
ADAR1 and RNA editng	Alistair Chalk	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for the detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response in a pre-apoptotic mechanism	Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Analysing the mutations in calcitonin receptor (CTR) mRNA transcripts, and identifying the isoforms and polymorphisms of CTR expressed in high grade glioma cell lines from glioblastoma	Peter	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Biomarkers of human papillomavirus-related cancers	Alyssa Cornall	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Building a Tumourigenesis Atlas for Lynch syndrome related-colorectal cancer	Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	Wayne Crismani	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Cell death regulation in B cell immunity and B cell lymphona	A/Prof Jorg Heierhorst	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Characterising the seeds of breast cancer metastasis	Delphine Merino	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Characterizing metastatic heterogeneity in colorectal cancer	Frederic Hollande	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Circulating nucleic acid biomarkers for tumour surveilance in Merkel cell carcinoma	Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology	Masters by Research, Honours
Defining the role of p53 in cancer immunotherapy	Ygal Haupt	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	John Price	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Determine the key signalling pathways/ genes that regulate phenotype changes in prostate cancer in response to androgen deprivation therapy.	Niall Corcoran	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing a human pre-cancer atlas of colonic polyps for predicting future risk of colorectal cancer or polyps	Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing a multifactorial classification approach for germline variants in the colorectal cancer susceptibility genes POLE and POLD1	Daniel Buchanan Khalid Mahmood	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Dissecting the relevance of a novel molecular pathway in stem cells and immunodeficiencies	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Epigenetic regulators of endometrial cancer as new treatment targets to halt metastatic spread.	Peter Rogers Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examining A New Drug Target For Preventing Stomach Cancer	Philip	Paediatrics	PhD
Experiences and priorities of women living with ovarian cancer	Jennifer Marino Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Exploration of novel approaches to anti-cancer treatment: manipulation of mutant p53	Ygal Haupt	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Genomic and Immune cell profiling of sebaceous skin lesions for optimising identification of patients with Lynch syndrome	Daniel Buchanan Ingrid Winship	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Hearing protection in surgery	Dr Hayden Eastwood Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	John Price	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Identification of osteoblast lineage cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting	Alistair Chalk	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes	Meaghan Wall	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Improving therapy in breast cancer associated with an inherited risk	Dr Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the link between histone modifications, gene expression and phenotype change in prostate cancer in response to androgen deprivation therapy.	Niall Corcoran Christopher Hovens	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the role of signalling-specific mechanisms on tumour cell invasion	Theo Mantmadiotis Stanley Stylli	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
New inhibitors for mitochondrial fission protein DRP1	Dr Jessica Holien Dr Shiang (Max) Lim	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Novel Approaches in Therapeutic Endoscopy	Alan Moss	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Regulation of Cancer Development by Transforming Growth Factor-beta Signalling	Hong-Jian Zhu	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Dr Stanley Styllianos Stylli	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Sexual dysfunction in women who have experienced cancer	Jennifer Marino Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Supporting fertility presentation decisions in women with breast cancer	Michelle Peate Lesley Stafford	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Targeting cell death pathways in biliary tract cancers	John Mariadason	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Targeting stem cells as a new treatment for stomach cancer	Dr Trevelyan Menheniott A/Professor Philip Sutton	Paediatrics	Honours
Testing the effect of aspirin on colonic organoids from people with Lynch syndrome	Eric Jihoon Joo Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The experience of clinical trials for palliative care patients	Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	Christopher Hovens Niall Corcoran	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The health economics of caring for people with advanced cancer	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
The Medical Genome Reference Bank as a population control for germline variants in colorectal and prostate cancer	Bernard Pope Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The role of an isoform of calcitonin receptor in glioma stem cells	Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Rodney Luwor	Surgery	Masters by Research, Honours
The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	Dr Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Dr Stanley Styllianos Stylli	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	Dr Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Rodney Luwor	Surgery	Masters by Research, Honours
Ubiquitination and Fanconi Anemia	Dr Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding how A-to-I RNA editing modifies the immunogenicity of endogenous RNA	Dr Alistair Chalk	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding palliative care as an effective intervention	Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Unravelling the aetiology of Colonic Polyposis through multi-omic profiling	Daniel Buchanan Mark Clendenning	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Use of retinoic acid receptor ligands to increase the numbers of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for transplantation purposes	Alistair	Medicine and Radiology	PhD

Cardiometabolic

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A randomised controlled trial of anti-androgen treatment for transgender women.	Jeffrey Zajac	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
A randomised controlled trial of transdermal versus intramuscular testosterone therapy in transgender males	Jeffrey Zajac	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
AMPK regulation of cholesterol metabolism	Prof Bruce Kemp	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
AMPK regulation of lipid metabolism	Prof Bruce Kemp	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for the detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response in a pre-apoptotic mechanism	Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Analysing the mutations in calcitonin receptor (CTR) mRNA transcripts, and identifying the isoforms and polymorphisms of CTR expressed in high grade glioma cell lines from glioblastoma	Peter	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Arterial coronary artery bypass surgery	Alistair Royse Colin Royse	Surgery	PhD
Assessment of mitochondrial function in a mouse model of obesity and type 2 diabetes	Sof Andrikopoulos	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Can preoperative focused cardiac ultrasound improve morbidity and mortality after emergency noncardiac surgery? a pilot RCT	David Canty Colin Royse	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Cardioprotection with Nano-MDIVI-1	Dr Shiang (Max) Lim	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Cardiovascular Risk in Nephrotic Syndrome	Dr Jonathan Mynard Dr Catherine Quinlan	Paediatrics	Honours
Characterisation of GLUT12 knockout mice	Prof Bruce Kemp	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Characterization of GPR35 in models of cardiac and renal disease	Andrew Kompa Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Comparison of learning focused cardiac ultrasound between self-directed and proctored simulator teaching pf medical students	David Canty Colin Royse	Surgery	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Connecting a macro-vessel to a pre-vascularized scaffold	A/Prof Geraldine Mitchell	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Creating transplantable human capillary networks derived from adult human stem cells	A/Prof Geraldine Mitchell	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Effect of uraemic toxins of vascular reactivity	Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Effects of Dichloroacetic Acid (DCA) on Exercise Performance in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Trial	Chris Neil	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Exploring the microbiome and epigenetic links in obesity development	Barbara Fam	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Genetic Analysis of Impaired beta Cell Function and Loss in Type 2 diabetes	Sof Andrikopoulos	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Goal-directed cognitive rehabilitation for self-management in older diabetic adults	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
High Dose Vitamin D and Post-Stroke Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Tissa Wijeratne	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
How do HLA-DQ2 and DQ-8 increase the risk of people developing Type 1 diabetes?	A/Prof Stuart Mannering	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How do long noncoding RNAs (IncRNAs) regulate dendritic cell function and prevent autoimmune disease?	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How does amino acid supply immune cell function and the development of autoimmune disease?	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identifying IL-17 receptor functions in pancreatic beta cells	Helen Thomas	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Inhibiting hypoxia and inflammation-induced damage to improve the outcomes of islet transplantation	Helen Thomas	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigation of inter-arm blood pressure differences during paediatric exercise testing	Dr Jonathan Mynard Dr Michael Cheung	Paediatrics	Honours
Modulating fibrosis and myocardial injury in Muscular Dystrophy	Dr Adam Piers A/Professor Salvatore Pepe	Paediatrics	Honours
Modulation of CAMKK-Beta signalling by genetic variants	Prof Bruce Kemp	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Molecular mediators of gene:environment interactions underlying early life programming of cardiovascular and metabolic risk.	Professor Richard Saffery Dr David Burgner	Paediatrics	Honours
New inhibitors for mitochondrial fission protein DRP1	Dr Jessica Holien Dr Shiang (Max) Lim	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – characterising disease features in order to develop new therapies	Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal syndrome	Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
Peak exercise capacity in patients with a Fontan circulation	Professor Yves D'Udekem Dr Rachael Cordina	Paediatrics	Honours
Post-translational regulation of AMPK	Prof Bruce Kemp	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Quantitating Corneal Density in Fabry Disease	Kathy Nicholls	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Kwang Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Repurposing JAK1/JAK2 inhibitors to treat Type 1 diabetes	Tom Kay	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Serial Evaluation of Cardiac and Vascular Function in Preeclampsia: Full Recovery or Persistent LV Contractile Impairment?	Joanne Said	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Significance and Temporal Course of Advanced Echocardiographic Measurements of Left Ventricular Function in an Australian Cohort of Stage A Heart Failure, with High Baseline Cardiovascular Risk	Chris Neil	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Small vessel disease as a marker for poorly controlled hypertension	Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Spermtyping – Single cell analysis of the generation of genetic diversity via DNA repair pathways	Wayne Crismani	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Targeting inflammation and fibrosis for the treatment of retinal disease	Roy Kong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
The blood pressure drop makes you fall	Julian Sacre	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The economic impact of total arterial grafting in coronary arterial bypass graft surgery compared to arterial and venous grafting	David Canty Andrew Palmer	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The intra-individual rate of ageing	Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The radial artery in coronary bypass surgery	Alistair Royse Colin Royse	Surgery	PhD
The role of an isoform of calcitonin receptor in glioma stem cells	Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
The role of nucleic acid sensing in triggering autoimmune diabetes	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Therapeutic Inertia for Glycaemic and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Real-world Electronic Medical Records Based Study	Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
Towards a biological geriatric assessment	Camilla Tuttle	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Treating fibrosis and inflammation to prevent end-organ damage in diabetes	Roy Kong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding how interferons are involved in autoimmune diabetes	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding if islet-infiltrating CTL can be identified in peripheral blood as biomarkers of Type 1 diabetes	Dr Bala Krishnamurthy	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Validation and Reliability of a Japanese ver. of PostopQRS	Colin Royse	Surgery	PhD

Child Health in Medicine

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Adolescent2Emerging Adult Development Study	Sarah Whittle Julian Simmons	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Adult Pneumonia In Mongolia In The Era Of A Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccine Programme	Kim	Paediatrics	PhD
Advancing vaccine development for infectious diseases: bioinformatics, antibody engineering, immunoassay development and human cohort studies	Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
An alternative method to temporarily secure umbilical catheter(s) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Women’s Hospital, in routine care of newborns requiring central vascular access	Marta Thio Peter G Davis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Applying New Genomic Technologies To Understand The Genetic Basis Of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Paul	Paediatrics	PhD
Associations between domestic violence in pregnancy and women’s and their subsequent children’s outcomes	Ashlee Smith Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
BiliNappy: Novel low cost point-of-care diagnostic for Jaundice embedded in a newborn nappy	Dr Anushi Rajapaksa Dr Ronda Greaves	Paediatrics	Honours
Burden of disease associated with genetic aetiology at a paediatric hospital	Professor Jane Halliday Professor Agnes Bankier	Paediatrics	Honours
Characterisation of the parkin protein and how it causes parkinson disease	Dr Alison Compton Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics	Honours
Characterisation of the specificity and activity of bio-engineered antibodies in children	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic A/Professor Christoph Hagemeyer	Paediatrics	Honours
Deepening Our Understanding Of Severe Irritability In Children	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Developing and commercialising new diagnostic tests for tropical infectious diseases	Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing field-based tools and health systems for malaria elimination	Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing New Therapies For Childhood Heart Disease Using Stem Cell Technology	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Developing Objective Measures To Improve Outcomes In ADHD	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools	Philippe Boeuf	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Early Life Molecular Pathways Underpinning Later Health And Disease	Richard	Paediatrics	PhD
Early Life Molecular Pathways Underpinning Later Health And Disease	Richard	Paediatrics	PhD
Effect of ACTN3 on corticosteroid response in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	Dr Jane Seto Professor Kathryn North	Paediatrics	Honours
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Engineering artificial bone marrow	Professor Andrew Elefanty Ms Elizabeth Ng	Paediatrics	Honours
Evaluating health outcomes of transgender children and adolescents	Ken Pang Michelle Tollit	Psychiatry	PhD
Examining A New Drug Target For Preventing Stomach Cancer	Philip	Paediatrics	PhD
Examining A New Drug Target For Preventing Stomach Cancer	Philip	Paediatrics	PhD
Examining novel markers of pneumococcal vaccine immunity	Paul	Paediatrics	PhD
Examining the effect of alpha-actinin-3 deficiency in skeletal muscle injury	Professor Kathryn North Dr Peter Houweling	Paediatrics	Honours
Examining the evolutionary role of alpha-actinin-3 in adaptive thermogenesis	Professor Kathryn North Dr Peter Houweling	Paediatrics	Honours
Functional studies of sodium channel mutations contributing to severe childhood epilepsy	Geza Berecki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
Haemostatic abnormalities in children with venous thromboembolism and stroke	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Professor Paul Monagle	Paediatrics	Honours
Haemostatic system in Fontan patients with liver dysfunction	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Chantal Attard	Paediatrics	Honours
Handling Missing Data In Complex Longitudinal Studies	Margarita	Paediatrics	PhD
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Maternal metabolic disturbances, inflammation, and poor nutrition and their impact on pregnancy outcomes	Philippe Boeuf	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How Do Monocytes Remember? Characterisation Of The Early Life Exposures That Induce Innate Immune Memory	Boris	Paediatrics	PhD
How do mutations in dynein motor components cause birth defects?	A/Prof Jorg Heierhorst	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How is hair cortisol related to mother's mental health and wellbeing over time?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
How to increase numbers of neural precursor cells in vitro for cell therapy for the birth defect Hirschsprung disease.	Dr Donald Newgreen Mr Lincon Stamp	Paediatrics	Honours
How to transfer neural precursor cells to the aneural colon for cell therapy for the birth defect Hirschsprung disease.	Dr Donald Newgreen Mr Lincon Stamp	Paediatrics	Honours
Human Stem Cell Models of Mitochondrial Disease	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Human Stem Cell Models of Mitochondrial Disease	Dr Ann Frazier Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics	Honours
Human Testis Organoids From Stem Cells - A Novel Model For Reproductive Disorders	Andrew	Paediatrics	PhD
Identification Of New Genes That Cause Disorders/Differences Of Sex Development	Andrew	Paediatrics	PhD
Identification of novel vaccine targets that induce protective immunity against malaria	Gaoqian Feng	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identifying The Genetic Causes Of Brain Malformation In Children	Paul	Paediatrics	PhD
In vitro models of type 1 diabetes	Professor Edouard Stanley Professor Andrew Elefanty	Paediatrics	Honours
Infusion Safety in Newborn Babies	Christiane Theda Omar Kamlin	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigation of the age-specific changes in Blood Microparticles	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Mara Galli	Paediatrics	Honours
Investigation of the in vitro effect of the antiplatelet drug Tirofiban in children	A/Professor Vera Ignjatovic Ms Mara Galli	Paediatrics	Honours
Malaria drug resistance in the Asia Pacific region	Freya Fowkes	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Measuring low value care across inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings	Professor Harriet Hiscock Ms Rachel Neely	Paediatrics	Honours
Measuring low value care in the emergency department; a multi-site study	Professor Harriet Hiscock Ms Rachel Neely	Paediatrics	Honours
Mechanisms of anxiety risk across development and sex	Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
MenstrualNeeds Study: Exploring the physical, psychological and social needs of adolescent girls with heavy menstrual bleeding and pain	Michelle Peate Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Modelling childhood leukaemias using human pluripotent stem cells	Professor Andrew Elefanty Ms Elizabeth Ng	Paediatrics	Honours
Oral Health and Attitudes in Young Adults Aged 15-25 Years with Diabetes Mellitus: A Case - Control Study	Chritine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Placental dysfunction in the causal pathway to cerebral palsy	Professor David Amor Dr Susan Reid	Paediatrics	Honours
Postnatal complications among women in Papua New Guinea	Chris Morgan Alyce Wilson	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Honours
Predicition of ovarian malignancy in children with ovarian cysts	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Preventing gestational diabetes	Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Restacking The Odds: Understanding The Barriers And Solutions To Antenatal Care Participation	Sharon	Paediatrics	PhD
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	Dr Alison Compton Professor David Thorburn	Paediatrics	Honours
Solving Rare Diseases Via The Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	Alison	Paediatrics	PhD
Solving Rare Diseases via the Australian Genomics Mitochondrial Disease Flagship	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics	Honours
Spermtyping – Single cell analysis of the generation of genetic diversity via DNA repair pathways	Wayne Crismani	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgical experience in paediatric gynaecology	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Susceptibility to adult disorders in carriers of Mendelian alleles	Professor Martin Delatycki Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics	Honours
Targets of protective immunity in severe malaria	Michael Duffy	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The application of a novel dried blood spot collection device for future diagnostic applications	A/Professor Jeffrey Craig Dr Andrew Gooley	Paediatrics	Honours
The Application Of Genomic Testing In Adults With Intellectual Disability	David	Paediatrics	PhD
The early origins of autism: a focus on epigenetic differences within identical twin pairs	A/Professor Jeffrey Craig Dr Yuk Loke	Paediatrics	Honours
The epidemiology of childhood food allergy and other allergic diseases	Dr Rachel Peters Dr Jennifer Koplin	Paediatrics	Honours
The feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness meditation program within the preschool setting	Professor Harriet Hiscock Dr Jane Sheehan	Paediatrics	Honours
The human microbiome in gut, oral and mental health	Julian G Simmons	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
The immune response to infection in early cystic fibrosis	A/Professor Philip Sutton A/Professor Sarath Ranganathan	Paediatrics	Honours
The prognosis/diagnosis of common pregnancy complications utilising genetic material found in extracellular vesicles derived from maternal blood and urine.	Bill Kalionis Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The ‘Premmie Health Profile’: Do babies born early or small have distinct patterns of health and metabolic disparities?	Dr Susan Clifford Professor Melissa Wake	Paediatrics	Honours
The “Best Age and Size to be Born”	Dr Susan Clifford Professor Melissa Wake	Paediatrics	Honours
Umbilical cord pulsation at the time of Delayed cord clamping in preterm infants	Marta	Paediatrics	Honours
Understanding brain development in ADHD using longitudinal, multimodal neuroimaging.	Dr Timothy Silk Dr Charles Malpas	Paediatrics	Honours
Understanding malaria transmission and immunity to inform malaria elimination	James	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding Rab39b-Mediated Parkinson's Disease	Paul	Paediatrics	PhD
Understanding Significance Of Low Level Mosaicism In Rare Paediatric Disease Associated With Intellectual Disability And Autism	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Understanding Significance Of Low Level Mosaicism In Rare Paediatric Disease Associated With Intellectual Disability And Autism	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Understanding The Development Of Cognition And Academic Performance	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Understanding The Early Development Of Cognition And Psychopathology	David	Paediatrics	PhD
Unravelling the genetic cause of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency	Elena Tucker Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics	PhD, Honours
Unravelling The Genetic Cause Of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency	Andrew	Paediatrics	PhD
Uptake of immunisation services in rural Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Chris Morgan Alyce Wilson	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
Using Cerebral Organoids For The Study Of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex	Paul	Paediatrics	PhD
Using cerebral organoids for the study of tuberous sclerosis complex	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics	Honours
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
Videorecording to guide newborn resuscitation: a feasibility study	Marta	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
What are the education and training needs of health professionals incorporating genomics into healthcare? A mixed methods study	Dr Amy Nisselle Dr Belinda McClaren	Paediatrics	Honours
What does it cost to do research with women experiencing adversity?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
What influences mental health treatment choices for children in Australia? A qualitative study of family and clinician factors.	Ms Melissa Mulraney Professor Harriet Hiscock	Paediatrics	Honours

Infectious Diseases and Immunity

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Bacterial factors for pneumococcal transmission	Dr Catherine Satzke Dr Salvatore Manna	Paediatrics	Honours
Bacterial gene expression in pneumococcal pneumonia	Dr Eileen Dunne Dr Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics	Honours
Cell death regulation in B cell immunity and B cell lymphona	A/Prof Jorg Heierhorst	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Contributing to efforts to end AIDS and eliminate hepatitis B and hepatitis C as public health threats by 2030	Margaret Hellard	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing a new treatment for stomach cancer	A/Professor Philip Sutton Dr Sohinee Sarkar	Paediatrics	Honours
Discovering new pathways controlling T lymphocyte development and autoimmunity	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Dissecting genomic and transcriptional complexities underlying immune competence and immune diseases	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Dissecting the relevance of a novel molecular pathway in stem cells and immunodeficiencies	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examination of cross-neutralising immunity following HPV vaccination in Fiji	A/Professor Paul Licciardi Mr Zheng Quan Toh	Paediatrics	Honours
How do antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes induce transmission blocking immunity?	Siddhartha	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
How do long noncoding RNAs (IncRNAs) regulate dendritic cell function and prevent autoimmune disease?	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How does amino acid supply immune cell function and the development of autoimmune disease?	Dr Tom Brodnicki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identification of how vitamin A alters distinct B lymphocyte niches in the bone marrow	Gavin Tjim Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Immunomodulatory effects of Vitamin D on the host response to bacterial and viral infections	A/Professor Paul Licciardi Dr Lien Anh Ha Do	Paediatrics	Honours
Inhaled RSV therapeutics: Aerosol delivery of novel therapies to the infant lung	Dr Anushi Rajapaksa A/Professor Paul Licciardi	Paediatrics	Honours
MicroRNA pathway control of T cell activation	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Molecular Epidemiology of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Children under 2 years of age	Dr Danielle Wurzel Dr Lien Anh Ha Do	Paediatrics	Honours
Otitis media (ear infection) in Indigenous Australians	Katie Stephen	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Regulation of microRNA biogenesis	Dr Mark Chong	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Synergistic interactions between Streptococcus pneumoniae and respiratory viruses on bacterial pathogenesis	Dr Catherine Satzke Dr Salvatore Manna	Paediatrics	Honours
Systematic review of HIV and other STIs among transgendered populations in middle to high-income countries	Assoc Prof Mark Stoove Ms Carol El-Hayek	Medical Education	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Trends in STI testing and positivity in priority populations in Australia	Assoc Prof Mark Stoove Ms Carol El-Hayek	Medical Education	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science

Integrated Critical Medicine

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools	Philippe Boeuf	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Genotype-phenotype correlations in renal complementopathies	Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identifying risks for Thunderstorm Asthma in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (TAISAR) cohort study	Jo Douglass	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Is the severity of illness associated with clinical malaria regulated by extracellular vesicles and their micro-RNA cargo?	Siddhartha	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Measuring capacity building in gastroenterology in the Pacific	Finlay Macrae	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Real time recovery monitoring after surgery	Colin Royse Doa El-Ansary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research
The health economics of caring for people with advanced cancer	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
Virtual reality and surgery	Dr Sudanthi Wijewickrema Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science

Musculoskeletal

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Analysis of synovial fluid and peripheral blood samples from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and using patients with osteoarthritis as controls.	Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
BioFabrication of the osteo-chondral interface using multimodal 3D bioprinting	Peter	Surgery	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Bioink development for cartilage tissue engineering	Dr Romane Blanchard Dr Cathal O’Connell	Surgery	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Bone Substrate Composition Affecting Bone Cell Formation, Function and Bone Turnover	Damian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	David Scott	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Cognitive impairment and its interference with Activities of Daily Living	Julian Sacre	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Controlled mechanical stimulation for cartilage regeneration modelling with 3D bioprinting techniques	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research
Design of tensile strength tests for very soft materials	Dr Cathal O’Connell Dr Romane Blanchard	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Determining the role of CCL17 in arthritis and inflammation	Andrew Cook	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing a patient reported outcome measure for joint replacement patients	A/Prof Michelle Dowsey Dr Darshini Ayton	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research
Development and characterisation of an animal model of neurological heterotopic ossification	Rhys Brady	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Development of mechanical testing protocols for very soft tissues	Dr Cathal O’Connell Dr Romane Blanchard	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Development of scaffolds for restoration of myotendous junctions	A/Prof Robert Kapsa	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Diffusion properties in hydrogel materials	Dr Cathal O’Connell Dr Romane Blanchard	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Dynamic microfluidic in vitro differentiation of stem cells for cartilage regeneration in surgical 3D bioprinting	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Elucidating the Effect of Hyperglycaemia (Short and Long Term) on Bone and Muscle Quality and Metabolism	Itamar Levinger	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
EMPOWER the power of human muscle	Kwang Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of total joint replacement	Prof Philip Clarke A/Prof Michelle Dowsey	Surgery	PhD
Gait, Cognition and Decline (The GOOD Project)	Gustavo	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Generation of an ex vivo regeneration model for 3D bioprinting applications	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research
GM-CSF-mediated molecular signalling pathways contributing to inflammation	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
HDAC6 inhibitors as a treatment for Rett syndrome: Resolving neuronal trafficking deficits	Dr Nicole Van Bergen Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics	Honours
How does bone matrix composition determine bone strength?	A/Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating lipotoxic impacts of fatty acid synthesis on: (1) osteoblasts, and (2) osteoclast, in vitro and (3) Skeletal Muscle	Damian Myers	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	Ebrahim Bani Hassan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Musculoskeletal Health: Associations with Inflammation and Social Determinants in Young Adults	Sharon Brennan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Novel biological marker combinations to determine physical biological age	Camilla Tuttle	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Optimal Pain Assessment in Joint Replacement Patients	Adjunct A/Prof Maria Inacio A/Prof Michelle Dowsey	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research
Optimising Recovery Following Fracture in Older Adults – What Does the Evidence Tell Us?	Kerrie Sanders	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	David Scott	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	Damian Myers	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Pre-Clinical Studies Identifying Novel Molecular Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Atrophy	Alan Hayes	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Predicting outcomes for people with knee osteoarthritis in general practice	Prof Jane Gunn A/Prof Michelle Dowsey	General Practice	PhD
Probing the complexity of cartilage using the Atomic Force Microscope	Dr Cathal O’Connell Dr Romane Blanchard	Surgery	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Quantitative Measure of Effusions	Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Re-Purposed Pharmacological Agents for Rapid Therapeutic Translation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy	Alan Hayes	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Kwang Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Structural biology of proteins involved in bone diseases	Brett Bennetts	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The blood pressure drop makes you fall	Julian Sacre	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
The Effect of Antidepressants on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenesis and Adipogenesis	Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The effect of epilepsy on bone	Rhys Brady	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
The intra-individual rate of ageing	Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The role of a novel GM-CSF-CCL17 pathway in osteoarthritis	Andrew Cook	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Towards a biological geriatric assessment	Camilla Tuttle	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Type I interferon regulation of macrophage metabolism and activation	Andrew	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Understanding Patient Capacity to Adhere to Prescribed Treatment Regime Post-Fracture	Sharon	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Using health-related quality of life scores as predictor of outcomes and to advance health economic evaluation methodologies in lower limb arthroplasty patients	Michelle Dowsey Philip Clarke	Surgery	PhD
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	David	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Vitamin D deficiency and balance	Cassandra	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
What controls the development of strong cortical bone?	A/Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine and Radiology	PhD

Neuroscience & Psychiatry

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Nanoparticles and optical stimulation of neurons	A/Prof Paul Stoddart Dr Karina Needham	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
A framework for creating subject-specific mathematical brain models	Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
A study of the extracellular vesicles in glioblastoma tissue	Laura Vella	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Acquired epilepsy in Alzheimer’s disease	Patrick	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Adolescent2Emerging Adult Development Study	Sarah Whittle Julian Simmons	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Advanced MRI in multiple sclerosis	Scott Kolbe	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Alcohol and striatal adaptation	Andrew Lawrence	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Altered functional and phenotypic characteristics following treatment of age-related macular degeneration	Ben J. Gu	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Alzheimer’s diseases modelling with human cerebral organoids	Alice Pebay	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	Cassandra	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies	Mark	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Association between Serum Levels of Vitamin D and the Risk of Post-Stroke	Tissa Wijeratne	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Barriers to early epilepsy diagnosis and the impact of diagnostic delay	Anne McIntosh	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Bioenergetics in the optic nerve	Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Biomarkers for sports concussion	Sandy Shultz	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Biomarkers in younger onset neurocognitive disorders	Dennis Velakoulis Mark Walterfang	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Biophenotypes for Personalised Psychiatry	Bernhard Baune	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Brain cells in a dish: strategies for novel therapeutics in the CDKL5 disorder	Dr Nicole Van Bergen Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics	Honours
Circulating microparticles in neurodegenerative diseases	Ben J Gu James S. Wiley	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of genomic sequencing for epilepsy	Patrick	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript in alcohol seeking	Andrew	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Cognitive impairment and its interference with Activities of Daily Living	Julian Sacre	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Context-induced relapse to alcohol-seeking after voluntary abstinence	Andrew Lawrence Erin Campbell	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals	Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Development and characterisation of an animal model of neurological heterotopic ossification	Rhys Brady	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Development of a low cost, point-of-care diagnostic platform	Patrick	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Development of regenerative therapy for photoreceptor losses using cellular reprogramming technology	Raymond Wong	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Development of scaffolds for restoration of myotendous junctions	A/Prof Robert Kapsa	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Diet induced obesity: is it an addiction?	Andrew Lawrence	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Disease mechanisms in a novel mouse model of progressive myoclonus epilepsy	Snezana Maljevic	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Disentangling the predictors of depressive symptomatology in multiple sclerosis	Tomas Kalincik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
Does stress contribute to epilepsy?	Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Does sugar really affect cognition?	Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Early detection of cognitive decline and disease	Stephen Campbell	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
EEG/ MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Alan Lai	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Chris French	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Epileptic Seizure Forecasting	Dean	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Evaluating health outcomes of transgender children and adolescents	Ken Pang Michelle Tollit	Psychiatry	PhD
Evaluating sodium selenate as a new therapy to prevent post-stroke epilepsy and associated neurological impairments	Pablo Casillas-Espinosa	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Examination of brain structure in schizophrenia subgroups stratified by hallucination types	Vanessa Cropley Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examining brain structure in first-episode mania	Tamsyn Van Rheenen Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examining modifiable risk factors for bipolar disorder: focus on cigarette smoking and the brain	Vanessa Cropley Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examining neuropsychological trajectories using data collected from a longitudinal study	Alex Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Exploring data from ENROLL-HD - an international observational study in Huntington’s disease	Anita Goh Anita Goh	Psychiatry	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Factors affecting anxiety disorders in adolescence: social isolation, exercise, and neurogenesis	Jee Hyun Kim	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Finding a cure for a devastating form of epilepsy	Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Functional studies of sodium channel mutations contributing to severe childhood epilepsy	Geza Berecki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
Functional characterisation of a novel gene linked to autism spectrum disorder	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics	Honours
Functional characterization of epilepsy-causing mutations	Snezana Maljevic	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Gamma oscillations in genetic mouse models of schizophrenia	Matt Hudson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Hearing loss and acidosis in the cochlea	Dr Karina Needham	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Hearing protection in surgery	Dr Hayden Eastwood Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
High Dose Vitamin D and Post-Stroke Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Tissa Wijeratne	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
How does aging affect traumatic brain injury pathology and outcomes?	Sandy Shultz	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identifying germline and somatic mutations that cause brain malformations and epilepsy	Michael	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Chris French	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Inflammatory markers and cognitive function in schizophrenia	Vanessa Cropley Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Inter-relationship of stated diet adherence and biometric/physical activity trajectories in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Inter-relationship of stated diet adherence and depression and quality of life in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Inter-relationship of stated diet adherence and relapse, disability, and fatigue in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Investigating Alcohol-Related Dementia	Andrew Lawrence	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Investigating microglia as effectors of supragranular cortical thinning in first-episode psychosis	Vanessa Cropley Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating whether mild traumatic brain injuries cause neurodegenerative disease	Sandy Shultz	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Latent inhibition during adolescence	Jee Hyun Kim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Linking brain activity to behaviour: neural oscillations and cognition	Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Long-term Prognosis of Antiepilpetic Drug Therapy in People with Newly Diagnosed and Treated Epilepsy	Patrick	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Longitudinal predictors & characteristics of diet engagement in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Longitudinal predictors & characteristics of OMS engagement in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Longitudinal predictors of cognitive performance in bipolar disorder	Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research
Longitudinal trajectories of medication use and relationship with clinical features in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Longitudinal trajectories of smoking, alcohol and other health behaviours and relationship with clinical features in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Longitudinal trajectory of medical comorbidities & relationship with clinical outcomes	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Management and prognosis of first seizure and newly diagnosed epilepsy	Patrick	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Mapping the human connectome in psychosis	Vanessa	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Measuring whole brain activity during behaviour	Lucy Palmer	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Mechanisms and treatment of noise induced hearing loss	Dr Hayden Eastwood Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Mechanisms of anxiety risk across development and sex	Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Mechanisms of voltage-gated sodium channel inhibition by phrixotoxin	Geza Berecki	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
Meta-cognition training in older adults with subjective cognitive decline	Alex Bahar-Fuchs Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Methodological quality and evidence synthesis in cognitive interventions for the prevention of dementia in older adults	Alex Bahar-Fuchs Amit Lampit	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Multi-modal interrogation of the brain using functionalised carbon micro-yarns	Nick Apollo	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Multiphoton imaging of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived brainoids	Snezana Maljevic	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Muscarinic Receptor Deficits in Schizophrenia	Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Neuroimaging in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders	Vanessa Cropley Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research
Neurological soft signs and neurodevelopment in schizophrenia and their unaffected first-degree relatives	Vanessa Cropley Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Neuropathological MRI: informing in-vivo brain imaging with ultra-high resolution MRI and histology	Scott Kolbe	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Neuropharmacological strategies for disease modification and prevention of the development of epilepsy.	Pablo Casillas-Espinosa	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Alex Bahar-Fuchs Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Optical assessment of neuronal networks' function	Timothy Karle	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Pacemaker channels and brain excitability	Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Personalised Clinical Trials in Psychiatry	Bernhard Baune	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Personalised surgical rehearsal with virtual reality simulation to improve efficiency in the operating theatre	Dr Sudanthi Wijewickrema Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Plasma biomarkers for epileptogenesis and epileptic seizures	Idrish Ali	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Predictors and mechanisms of cutaneous adverse drug reactions: a multi-omic approach	Patrick	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Prospective relationship of diet and relapse, disability & fatigue in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours
Prospective relationship of mastery & depression and quality of life in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Prospective relationship of mastery & relapse, disability and fatigue in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Prospective relationship of physical activity/BMI and relapse, disability, and fatigue in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Psychiatric Biomarker and Pharmacogenomics	Bernhard Baune	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Psychological distress associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with anorexia nervosa	Simon Knowles Lara McCartney	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Kwang Lim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Relationship of mastery trajectory and change in health behaviours in multiple sclerosis	Steve Simpson, Jr.	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Search early diagnosis biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease	Ben J Gu	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Simultaneous physical and cognitive exercise in older adults	Amit Lampit Amit Lampit	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Single pulse electrical stimulation for epilepsy monitoring and tuning of DBS therapy	Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Chris French	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Speech biometrics in Multiple Sclerosis	Adam Vogel	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
Stroke Biomarker Study; Role of Infections and Ischemic Stroke	Tissa Wijeratne	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Structural biology of proteins involved in mental illnesses	Prof Michael Parker	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Test-retest and practice effects in common cognitive measures in older adults with and without cognitive impairment	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The central amygdala endogenous opioid system in salt appetite	Andrew Lawrence	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The effect of anxiety on cardiovascular risk in healthy ageing women	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The human microbiome in gut, oral and mental health	Julian G Simmons	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
The modulation of sensory perception by the prefrontal cortex	Lucy Palmer	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The neural basis of learning	Lucy Palmer	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The role of NMDA NR2B signalling in fear memory erasure in juvenile rats	Jee Hyun Kim	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Treatment Gap in People with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy in Australia	Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Trying to stop Sudden Unexpected Death in EPilepsy (SUDEP)	Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Uncovering the role of extracellular vesicles in Frontotemporal Dementia	Laura Vella	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding neurotransmitter system dysfunction in schizophrenia	Andrea	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding rab39b-mediated parkinson's disease	A/Professor Paul Lockhart Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics	Honours
Validation of diet engagement against dietary intake in multiple sclerosis	Steve	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours
Virtual reality and surgery	Dr Sudanthi Wijewickrema Prof Stephen O’Leary	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Wearable devices for non-invasive, ambulatory seizure monitoring and prediction	Patrick	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science

Women's Health

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A pilot trial of innovative communication approaches in clinical care to promote health literacy for women with low English proficiency	Dr Jane Yelland	General Practice	PhD
Abnormal Placental Stem Cells And Their Role In Human Pregnancy Pathologies	Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Advancing vaccine development for infectious diseases: bioinformatics, antibody engineering, immunoassay development and human cohort studies	Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Analysis of gene regulations on gonocyte transformation into spermatogonial stem cells	Dr Ruili Li Professor John Hutson	Paediatrics	Honours
Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	Cassandra	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Associations between domestic violence in pregnancy and women’s and their subsequent children’s outcomes	Ashlee Smith Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
Biomarkers of human papillomavirus-related cancers	Alyssa Cornall	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Defining the regulators of embryo implantation to facilitate IVF success	Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing and commercialising new diagnostic tests for tropical infectious diseases	Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing epigenetic biomarkers and treatments for the pregnancy disorder preeclampsia.	Peter Rogers Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing field-based tools and health systems for malaria elimination	Jack Richards	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Early detection of cognitive decline and disease	Stephen Campbell	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Eggsurance? Making decisions about elective egg freezing	Michelle Peate Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Endometriosis: Characterising genetic risk, disease pathogenesis and unexplored therapeutic opportunities.	Sarah Holdsworth-Carson Jacqui Donoghue	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
EndoNeeds: exploring the physical, psychological and social needs of Australian women with endometriosis	Michelle Peate Jennifer Marino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Epigenetic regulators of endometrial cancer as new treatment targets to halt metastatic spread.	Peter Rogers Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Examining neuropsychological trajectories using data collected from a longitudinal study	Alex Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Experiences and priorities of women living with ovarian cancer	Jennifer Marino Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Group pregnancy care for women of refugee background: a qualitative study examining the experiences of multidisciplinary provider teams	Dr Jane Yelland	General Practice	PhD, Masters by Research
Group Pregnancy Care: improving access, health literacy and social inclusion	Elisha	General Practice	PhD, Masters by Research
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Maternal metabolic disturbances, inflammation, and poor nutrition and their impact on pregnancy outcomes	Philippe Boeuf	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
How is hair cortisol related to mother's mental health and wellbeing over time?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
Identification of novel vaccine targets that induce protective immunity against malaria	Gaoqian Feng	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating maternal tolerance and pregnancy complications to develop biomarkers and treatment options.	Peter Rogers Ellen Menkhorst	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Iron and Fatigue	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Life-long exposures for Healthy Ageing	Alex Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Lifestyle Factors for Healthy Ageing	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Long-term health and social implications of risk-taking in adolescence	Jennifer Marino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD
Malaria drug resistance in the Asia Pacific region	Freya Fowkes	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
MenstrualNeeds Study: Exploring the physical, psychological and social needs of adolescent girls with heavy menstrual bleeding and pain	Michelle Peate Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Multimorbidity and ageing women	Alex Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Physical Activities for Healthy Ageing	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Postnatal complications among women in Papua New Guinea	Chris Morgan Alyce Wilson	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Honours
Predicition of ovarian malignancy in children with ovarian cysts	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Preventing gestational diabetes	Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Psychological distress associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with anorexia nervosa	Simon Knowles Lara McCartney	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Restacking The Odds: Understanding The Barriers And Solutions To Antenatal Care Participation	Sharon	Paediatrics	PhD
Risk factors for Violence in Australian Women – A twenty year follow up Study	Melissa Coulson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Serial Evaluation of Cardiac and Vascular Function in Preeclampsia: Full Recovery or Persistent LV Contractile Impairment?	Joanne Said	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
Sexual dysfunction in women who have experienced cancer	Jennifer Marino Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
Social and physical activities in ageing women	Melissa Coulson	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Spermtyping – Single cell analysis of the generation of genetic diversity via DNA repair pathways	Wayne Crismani	Medicine and Radiology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Supporting fertility presentation decisions in women with breast cancer	Michelle Peate Lesley Stafford	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Surgical experience in paediatric gynaecology	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
The effect of anxiety on cardiovascular risk in healthy ageing women	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The human microbiome in gut, oral and mental health	Julian G Simmons	Psychiatry	PhD, Masters by Research, Master of Biomedical Science
The prognosis/diagnosis of common pregnancy complications utilising genetic material found in extracellular vesicles derived from maternal blood and urine.	Bill Kalionis Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Timely antenatal care for women and newborns in rural Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Chris Morgan Michelle Scoullar and Alyce Wilson	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Honours
Understanding the genetic basis of lipedema	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Unexplained recurrent miscarriage and effect of commonly used treatments: effects in immune cells and endometrial receptivity.	Peter Rogers Ellen Menkhorst	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Unravelling the genetic cause of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency	Elena Tucker Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics	PhD, Honours
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
Vitamin D deficiency and balance	Cassandra	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
What does it cost to do research with women experiencing adversity?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics	Masters by Research, Honours
What kind of antibody response to women need to be protected from placental malaria?	Elizabeth	Medicine and Radiology	Honours