Medical Projects by Theme

Ageing

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Adipocytes as Weapons of Bone Destruction: The bone as a War Zone	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
An exploration of the experience of care at the end of life for patients with a history of illicit drug use: A qualitative medical record review	Jennifer Philip	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Analysis of Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood Samples from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Using Patients with Osteoarthritis as Controls	Keith Lim	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: from data to algorithm and real-world application	Mingguang He	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	Mingguang He	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Assessment of the Falls and Fractures Prevention Clinic as the Most Effective Setting toReduce Falls and Fractures in High-Risk Older Persons: A Care Program Assessment	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Associations Between Sarcopenia, Intramuscular Fat, Mental/Physical Function and Brain Atrophy: An Imaging and Machine Learning Approach	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Brain storming therapeutics for neurodegeneration with novel research models	Brian Drew	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Circulating Osteogenic Precurors: Building Bone from Blood	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	Masters by Research
Diet and Healthy Ageing	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine	Masters by Research
Effective relationships in dementia community care: Promoting Independence though quality dementia care at home (the PITCH project).	Anita Goh	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Elucidating the functional roles of CCL17 in obesity-associated osteoarthritis	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students
Evidence-Based Practice in the Management of Glaucoma Suspects	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD students
Exploring how diabetes causes increased proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells carrying a mutation in DNMT3A	Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Genotype and Phenotype Characterisation Human Circulating Osteo-Progenitor (COP) Cells	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
How do bone marrow microenvironments regulate B lymphocyte production?	Louise Purton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Implementation of a Virtual Reality sensory room in a sub-acute ward for people living with dementia with behaviours and psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD)	Anita Goh	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	Wen Kwang Lim	Medicine	PhD students
IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	Jill Francis	Medicine	PhD students
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	Mingguang He	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Investigating the relationship between fat, bone and muscle	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Machine learning prediction of brain and body ageing	Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Marrow Adipose Tissue Functions: Studying Lipotoxicity in Hip Replacement Candidates	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
New methods for investigating bone muscle and fat mass using 2D DXA images to predict performance, risk of falls and fractures	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel regenerative therapies in cardiovascular diseases	Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel therapies for atherosclerotic plaque stabilization	Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	David Scott	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Pathology begins in the cells: Studying lipotoxic stress generated from adipocytes in bone and muscle cell cultures	Damian Myers	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Patricia Desmond	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Quantitative Measure of Effusions	Keith Lim	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Andrea Maier	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Louise Purton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery	PhD students
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Social and physical activities in ageing women	Jesse Zanker	Medicine	PhD students
Synthesising, dismantling and optimising cognitive interventions	Amit Lampit	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Taking the “Guesswork” Out of Glaucoma Clinical Management with Novel Imaging	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD students
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	Keith Lim	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The relationship between cognitive impairment seen in chronic mental illness and dementia - what can mortality information tell us?	Samantha Loi	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Andrea Maier	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Using Artificial Intelligence to improve the diagnostic predictions of corneal topography machines for Keratoconus subjects	Srujana Sahebjada	Surgery	PhD students
Using Marrow Adipose Tissue to Diagnose Osteoporosis and Predict Fragility Fractures	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	David Scott	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	Alan Hayes	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research

Cancer in Medicine

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies the expression of a putative growth factor	Peter Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	Jennifer Philip	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Jennifer Philip	Medicine	Masters by Research
A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
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	PhD students
Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	Wayne Crismani	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	Monica Slavin	Medicine	PhD students
Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	John Price	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Enteric Neuropathy as a Target to Alleviate Gastrointestinal Side-effects of Chemotherapy	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Exploring the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on diversity of circulating genotypes	Reza Haqshenas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Honours students
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology	Masters by Research
Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students
Gene regulation in the developing retina and the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma	David Eisenstat	Paediatrics	PhD students
Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	Frederic Hollande	Clinical Pathology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	John Price	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Identification of biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis human papillomavirus associated cancer	Gerald Murray	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.	Louise Purton	Medicine	Masters by Research
Inflammation-induced Cancer: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students
Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	Niall Corcoran	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	David Eisenstat	Paediatrics	PhD students
Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Novel Approaches in Therapeutic Endoscopy	Alan Moss	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	Carl Walkley	Medicine	Masters by Research
Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Louise Purton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Role of the Nervous System in Cancer Development and Progression	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Roles of mammary adipose macrophages in breast cancer	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Craig Morton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Fully Funded. Systematic EndoscopIc Staging of Mediastinum to determine Impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung Cancer (SEISMIC): an international multi-centre cohort study	Daniel Steinfort	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
T cell function as a determinant of blinatumomab efficacy in B-ALL	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Peter J Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	Christopher Hovens	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
The impact of cancer therapies on the bone marrow microenvironment	Louise Purton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of Critical Signalling Pathways in Glioblastoma Mediated Immunosuppression	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Rodney Luwor	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Stanley Stylli	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	Carl Walkley	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Rodney Luwor	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Andrea Maier	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	David Ritchie	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	Ramin Shayan	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	Ramin Shayan	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Unravelling the causes of persistent exercise intolerance in cancer survivors	Steve Foulkes	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research

Cardiometabolic

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
: Unravelling the role of breast milk ether lipids in modulating immune function in early life	Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies the expression of a putative growth factor	Peter Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
A novel approach in improving lipidomics throughput for population profiling	Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students
Activated platelets targeted drug therapy	Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
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	PhD students
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines	Peter J Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	Mingguang He	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Assessing the therapeutic effects of plasmalogen supplementation in a mouse model of heart failure	Yow Keat Tham	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
Brain storming therapeutics for neurodegeneration with novel research models	Brian Drew	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Closing the Gap on Aboriginal Cardiovascular Health disparities- Using Big Data to understand the patient health journey	Luke Burchill	Medicine	Masters by Research
Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	David Burgner	Paediatrics	PhD students
Detecting the tissue of origin of circulating cell free DNA	Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology	Masters by Research
Developing epigenetic biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing nanoparticles for targeted theranostics delivery of drug and gene therapeutics	Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Developing platelet derived nanoparticles for targeted thrombolysis	Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Development and validation of a high throughput clinical lipidomics platform	Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Diagnosis and therapy of inflammatory diseases using molecular ultrasound imaging	Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Do short chain fatty acids prevent gut leakiness and enhanced haematopoiesis induced by a high salt diet?	Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Does epicardial adipose tissue contribute to atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes?	Erin Howden	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
Drug development for metabolic diseases	Jon Oakhill	Medicine	PhD students
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Elucidating the functional roles of CCL17 in obesity-associated osteoarthritis	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students
Engineering a tissue flap	Geraldine Mitchell	Surgery	PhD students
Exploring how a high salt diet promotes bone destruction through immune cell activation	Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Exploring how diabetes causes increased proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells carrying a mutation in DNMT3A	Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Exploring innate immune memory	Andrew Fleetwood	Medicine	Honours students
Exploring the contribution of intrinsic lipids to immune cell development and function	Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
Exploring the therapeutic potential of protein phosphatases in cardiometabolic disease	Kate Weeks	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Masters by Research, Honours students
Factors that determine islet antigen-specific T cell expansion before the onset of Type 1 diabetes	Helen Thomas	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Future Health Today - health informatics	Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice	PhD students
Future Health Today Changing the course of cardiovascular disease	Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice	PhD students
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Tara Karnezis	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Genomics of asthma mortality due to thunderstorm asthma	Jo Douglass	Medicine	PhD students, Honours students
Heart Health in Women: Role of Physical Activity to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease	Erin Howden	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students
Identification of additional markers of ferroptosis with mass spectrometry	Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Immunity, Chronic Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease	Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Inhibition of microglia inflammation by AMPK for obesity treatment	Sandra Galic	Medicine	PhD students
Integration of population level ‘omics data to target cardiometabolic disease	Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
Investigating a novel mechanism for improving beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes	Kim Loh	Medicine	PhD students
Investigating cardiovascular disease in Friedreich's ataxia using human induced pluripotent stem cells	Shiang (Max) Lim	Surgery	PhD students
Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Health	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Lipidomic Profiling of Atrial Fibrillation Progression in a Murine Model	Yow Keat Tham	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Risk from Mid- to Late-life in Women	Alexandra Gorelik	Medicine	PhD students
Mechanotransduction in blood cells and consequences for thrombosis and inflammation	Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Modelling cardiovascular diseases using human cardiac organoids	Shiang Lim	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – characterising disease features in order to develop new therapies	Amanda Edgley	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel regenerative therapies in cardiovascular diseases	Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel therapies for atherosclerotic plaque stabilization	Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal syndrome	Andrew Kompa	Medicine	PhD students
Plasmalogen modulation as a therapeutic approach for fatty liver disease	Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Andrea Maier	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Singing for breathing in people with severe non-malignant, chronic lung diseases	Natasha Smallwood	Medicine	PhD students
Sympathetic activation in adults with inadequate sleep	Stephanie Yiallourou	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Targeting inflammation and fibrosis for the treatment of retinal disease	Roy Kong	Medicine	PhD students
Targeting Pyroptosis to improve diabetic cardiovascular disease.	Judy de Haan	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
The cellular fuel gauge: Novel mechanisms of metabolic control	Jon Oakhill	Medicine	PhD students
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Peter J Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
The effect of ageing and sex differences on heart recovery following a heart attack	Anna Calkin	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
The role of AMP-activated kinase in suppressing atherosclerosis	Kim Loh	Medicine	PhD students
Treating fibrosis and inflammation to prevent end-organ damage in diabetes	Roy Kong	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Andrea Maier	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Type I interferon as a novel endogenous trigger of trained immunity	Andrew Fleetwood	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students
Understanding how Type 17 immunity and IL-17 cytokines regulate Type 1 diabetes	Andrew Sutherland	Medicine	PhD students
Unravelling the causes of persistent exercise intolerance in cancer survivors	Steve Foulkes	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
Using the JAK1/JAK2 Inhibitor Baricitinib to treat new-onset Type 1 diabetes	Helen Thomas	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Validation of 4D Flow with Exercise using CMR	Ben Costello	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	Stuart Mannering	Medicine	PhD students

Child Health in Medicine

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
3D stem cell organoid models to investigate the phenotypic alterations induced by autism risk genes during early brain development	Silvia Velasco	Paediatrics	PhD students
: Unravelling the role of breast milk ether lipids in modulating immune function in early life	Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
A clinical trial-in-a-dish using iPSC-derived cartilage and bone organoids	Shireen Lamande	Paediatrics	PhD students
A high throughput drug screen to identify candidate targets for the treatment of Neurofibromatosis Type 1.	Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics	PhD students
Adverse health consequences of infant food allergy: a population-based longitudinal study.	Rachel Peters	Paediatrics	PhD students
Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics	PhD students
Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics	PhD students
Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to treat childhood syndromes	Andrew Deans	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Assessment and management of fatigue following paediatric acquired brain injury	Sarah Knight	Paediatrics	PhD students
BRACE trial PhD opportunities	Nigel Curtis	Paediatrics	PhD students
Clinical features in a common inherited cause of kidney failure	Judy Savige	Medicine	PhD students
Cluster RCT of a multi-component intervention package to improve maternal and childhood vaccination in Victoria	Margie Danchin	Paediatrics	PhD students
Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	David Burgner	Paediatrics	PhD students
Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	Vicki Anderson	Paediatrics	PhD students
Controlling nephron patterning and segmentation in kidney organoids	Melissa Little	Paediatrics	PhD students
Developing computational approaches to analyse development and disease	Melissa Little	Paediatrics	PhD students
Developing epigenetic biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Developing high content screens of novel treatments for congenital nephrotic syndrome	Melissa Little	Paediatrics	PhD students
Developing novel methods for the diagnosis of tree nut allergies	Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics	PhD students
Development of malaria transmission blocking drugs.	Matthew Dixon	Infectious Diseases	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Development of novel human stem cell derived models of beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration for disease modelling and drug screening	Paul Lockhart		PhD students
Development of novel human stem cell derived models of beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration for disease modelling and drug screening	Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics	PhD students
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools for malaria	James Beeson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Development of novel vaccines against malaria	James Beeson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	James Beeson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Discovery of new treatments for brain development disorders linked to epigenetic regulatory genes	Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics	PhD students
Dose optimisation of antibiotics in children with cystic fibrosis	Amanda Gwee	Paediatrics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	Christine Rodda	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	Christine Rodda	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Expression systems for pluripotent stem cells and their differentiated derivatives	Ed Stanley	Paediatrics	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Gene regulation in the developing retina and the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma	David Eisenstat	Paediatrics	PhD students
Genetics of childhood hearing loss	Valerie Sung	Paediatrics	PhD students
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	James Beeson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
High Dimensional Immune and Epigenetic Profiling of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)	Richard Saffery	Paediatrics	PhD students
Identifying targets and mechanisms of acquired immunity to severe malaria in children	James Beeson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Identifying the genetic causes of brain malformation in children	Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics	PhD students
Immune mechanisms of peanut allergy remission	Mimi Tang	Paediatrics	PhD students
Immunoregulatory effects of Vitamin D supplementation on the development of allergy in the first year of life	Richard Saffery	Paediatrics	PhD students
Implementation considerations for a national program for expanded reproductive carrier screening	Alison Archibald	Paediatrics	PhD students
Improving lifetime outcomes for babies in special care nurseries	Melissa Wake	Paediatrics	PhD students
Inequities in children’s mental health: evidence to inform precision policy responses	Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics	PhD students
Infertility in women and embryo implantation failure: identifying mechanistic insights using new genetic human technologies	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Interplay between Streptococcus pneumoniae and respiratory viruses	Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics	PhD students
Investigating a Unique Dwelling Space for New Mothers and Babies	Samuel Menahem	Paediatrics	PhD students
Investigating the molecular basis of parkinson's disease using novel genetic models	Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics	PhD students
Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	David Eisenstat	Paediatrics	PhD students
Long-term impact of moderate and late preterm birth: effects on neurodevelopment, brain development and respiratory health at school age	Jeanie Cheong	Paediatrics	PhD students
Longitudinal and secular trends in outcomes for adolescents with hearing impairment in Victoria	Valerie Sung	Paediatrics	PhD students
Making B-lymphocytes form pluripotent stem cells	Ed Stanley	Paediatrics	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Malaria: Going bananas for sex	Matthew Dixon	Infectious Diseases	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Mapping hospital health records in Victoria, Australia for tracking pregnancy medicines use	Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics	PhD students
Measuring developmental outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children	Anita d'Aprano	Paediatrics	PhD students
Metabolic reprogramming of the failing heart	Alejandro Hidalgo-Gonzalez	Paediatrics	PhD students
Microbial changes following pneumococcal conjugate vaccination	Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics	PhD students
Modelling T-cell Development using pluripotent stem cells	Ed Stanley	Paediatrics	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Molecular remodelling of endothelial cells in response to specific lymphocytes and other signals	Richard Saffery	Paediatrics	PhD students
Nephrotoxicity screening using stem cell-derived proximal tubules	Melissa Little	Paediatrics	PhD students
Neuropsychological profile of children with childhood apraxia of speech	Angela Morgan	Paediatrics	PhD students
Optimising use of everyday technology for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury	Sarah Knight	Paediatrics	PhD students
Oral Health and Attitudes in Young Adults Aged 15-25 Years with Diabetes Mellitus: A Case - Control Study	Christine Rodda	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Pain in children with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities	Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics	PhD students
Placental Cord Blood Cell Therapy in Children at High Risk of Heart Failure	Salvatore Pepe	Paediatrics	PhD students
Precision prediction of maternal and child outcomes from routine fetal ultrasounds	Melissa Wake	Paediatrics	PhD students
Predictors of infection, clinical severity and immunological legacy of SARS-CoV-2 in extant longitudinal LifeCourse population cohorts of children and their household/family contacts	Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics	PhD students
Prevention of nut allergies in high risk infants	Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics	PhD students
Rare Diseases Now - Great care for rare	Tiong Tan	Paediatrics	PhD students
Regulating the vascularisation of the human glomerulus in vitro.	Melissa Little	Paediatrics	PhD students
Resolving inflammation in childhood respiratory disease	Melanie Neeland	Paediatrics	PhD students
Respiratory strategies to protect the preterm lung at birth	Prue Pereira-Fantini	Paediatrics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Reverse translation to better understand fetal growth restriction	Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Craig Morton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Supporting young people with complex disability to participate in important life situations	Christine Imms	Paediatrics	PhD students
Taking placenta to scale: The population burden of disordered placentation and placental function	Melissa Wake	Paediatrics	PhD students
Targeting novel mediators of chronic pain to improve analgesia for Epidermolysis Bullosa	Ken Pang	Paediatrics	PhD students
The Renovators Dream: Malaria host cell remodelling	Matthew Dixon	Infectious Diseases	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Towards treatment of intellectual disability caused by errors in the chromatin machinery	David Amor	Paediatrics	PhD students
Understanding and defining supportive health/NDIS service environments	Christine Imms	Paediatrics	PhD students
Understanding pneumococcal pathogenesis	Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics	PhD students
Understanding the neurobiology of autism in NF1 using patient derived stem cell models	Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics	PhD students
Unravelling the Inflammatory Signatures of Paediatric Respiratory Disease	Melanie Neeland	Paediatrics	PhD students
Use of a respiratory function monitor to improve training efficiency in neonatal face mask ventilation	Marta Thio	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours students
Using parasite and vector serosurveillance to inform malaria elimination	Freya Fowkes	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Utilizing technology to optimise ADHD care	Dave Coghill	Paediatrics	Masters by Research
Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of allergy in the first year of life	Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics	PhD students

Infectious Diseases and Immunity

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Cluster RCT of a multi-component intervention package to improve maternal and childhood vaccination in Victoria	Margie Danchin	Paediatrics	PhD students
COVID-19 and the common cold: does pre-existing immunity to seasonally circulating coronaviruses influence the severity of COVID-19	Siddhartha Mahanty	Medicine	Masters by Research
Monocytes in COVID-19: the great influencer of disease severity?	Siddhartha Mahanty	Medicine	Masters by Research
Transgenerational influence of diet on autoimmune susceptibility	Mark Chong	Medicine	PhD students
What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	Stuart Mannering	Medicine	PhD students
What are the functional properties of human CD4+ T cells, from people with type 1 diabetes, that respond to proinsulin C-peptide?	Stuart Mannering	Medicine	PhD students

Critical Care

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A parallel group, blinded, placebo controlled, ranDomised pRagmatic clinical trial investigating the Effect of temazepAM on objective and subjective measures of sleep in critically ill patients (The DREAM trial)	Adam Deane	Medicine	Masters by Research
COVID-19 and the common cold: does pre-existing immunity to seasonally circulating coronaviruses influence the severity of COVID-19	Siddhartha Mahanty	Medicine	Masters by Research
Genomics of asthma mortality due to thunderstorm asthma	Jo Douglass	Medicine	PhD students, Honours students
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Monocytes in COVID-19: the great influencer of disease severity?	Siddhartha Mahanty	Medicine	Masters by Research

Musculoskeletal

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	John Hamilton	Medicine	PhD students
Adipocytes as Weapons of Bone Destruction: The bone as a War Zone	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Analysis of Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood Samples from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Using Patients with Osteoarthritis as Controls	Keith Lim	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Associations Between Sarcopenia, Intramuscular Fat, Mental/Physical Function and Brain Atrophy: An Imaging and Machine Learning Approach	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Biofabrication of an in vitro 3D osteosarcoma model	Claudia di Bella Serena Duchi	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Bone Substrate Composition Affecting Bone Cell Formation, Function and Bone Turnover	Damian Myers	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
CASE: Cartilage Analytic Screening Environment	Claudia di Bella Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Controlled mechanical stimulation for cartilage regeneration modelling with 3D bioprinting techniques	Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Development of Marrow Fat Quantification as a Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Osteosarcopenia	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Dynamic microfluidic in vitro differentiation of stem cells for cartilage regeneration in surgical 3D bioprinting	Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Effect of HMB and Vitamin D Supplementation on osteosarcoPenia In oldeR pErsons (EMPIRE)	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	Christine Rodda	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	Christine Rodda	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Elucidating the functional roles of CCL17 in obesity-associated osteoarthritis	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students
Exploring how a high salt diet promotes bone destruction through immune cell activation	Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Generation of an ex vivo regeneration model for 3D bioprinting applications	Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
How are autophagic processes involved in bone mineralisation?	Natalie Sims	Medicine	PhD students
Inflammation-induced Osteosarcopenia: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Inflammatory cytokines involved in obesity and osteoarthritis	Kevin Lee	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Post Doctor Researchers
Investigating Lipotoxic Impacts of Fatty Acid Synthesis on: (1) Osteoblasts, and (2) Osteoclast, in Vitro and (3) Skeletal Muscle	Damian Myers	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Investigating the Anabolic Effect Drugs (Picolinic Acid) on Osteocytes in Vitro	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Investigating the Rapamycin Effect on Induced-Palmitic osteocytes in Vitro	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Marrow Adipose Tissue Functions: Studying Lipotoxicity in Hip Replacement Candidates	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	David Scott	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Pathology begins in the cells: Studying lipotoxic stress generated from adipocytes in bone and muscle cell cultures	Damian Myers	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Pre-Clinical Studies Identifying Novel Molecular Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Atrophy	Alan Hayes	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Andrea Maier	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Structural biology of proteins involved in bone diseases	Brett Bennetts	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	Keith Lim	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
The role of CCL17 in osteoarthritis	Kevin Lee	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Andrea Maier	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Using Marrow Adipose Tissue to Diagnose Osteoporosis and Predict Fragility Fractures	Gustavo Duque	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	David Scott	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
What controls the development of strong cortical bone?	Natalie Sims	Medicine	PhD students
Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	Alan Hayes	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research

Neuroscience & Psychiatry

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	John Hamilton	Medicine	PhD students
A novel biomarker strategy to predict neurogenerative disease risk	Samantha Loi	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
A validation study of verbal learning measures in a bipolar disorder sample	Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Honours students
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines	Peter J Wookey	Medicine	PhD students
An examination of emotional intelligence and emotional dysregulation in bipolar disorder	Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Honours students
Animal models of Brain Development assessed using histology	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research
Animal models of Brain Development assessed using MRI	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	Andrew Hua	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: from data to algorithm and real-world application	Mingguang He	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	Mingguang He	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Brain development and the pathophysiology of psychosis	Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry	PhD students
Brain mapping: Brain atlases with multiple topographic features	Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Brain stimulation and clinical translation	Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Brain storming therapeutics for neurodegeneration with novel research models	Brian Drew	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students, Honours students
Brainwave and Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Cognition Enhancing Drugs	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Can we Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Causes of Depressive Symptoms in Early Ageing	Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Cerebellar grey and white matter changes in children with Autism spectrum disorders	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students
Characterizing brain-body relationship with respect to biological aging in elderly population	Ye Tian	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Cognition and brain connectivity in psychosis	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	Masters by Research
Comparing the mental health and social determinants of family members who have HD in their family	Samantha Loi	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks	Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	Vicki Anderson	Paediatrics	PhD students
Debilitating Symptom Complexes attributed to Ticks - neuroimaging	Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research
Decoding neural mechanisms underpinning human cognition in health and disease using machine learning	Ye Tian	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Development of a low cost, point-of-care diagnostic platform	Patrick Kwan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Development of regenerative therapy for photoreceptor losses using cellular reprogramming technology	Raymond Wong	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Discovering genes for singing ability in Australian families	Michael Hildebrand	Medicine	PhD students
EEG/ MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Alan Lai	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rodents	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students
Evidence-Based Practice in the Management of Glaucoma Suspects	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD students
Exploring data from ENROLL-HD - an international observational study in Huntington’s disease	Anita Goh	Psychiatry	Masters by Research
Exploring mosaic brain variants that cause focal epilepsies	Michael Hildebrand	Medicine	PhD students
Exploring the genetic basis of brain alterations in schizophrenia	Maria Di Biase	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research
Ferroptosis in Schizophrenia	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Finding a cure for a devastating form of epilepsy	Christopher Reid	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Tara Karnezis	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Genetic Diagnosis of Children with Vascular Anomalies for a Therapeutic Clinical Drug Trial	Michael Hildebrand	Medicine	Honours students
How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
How trauma shapes empathy and resilience in bipolar disorder	Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Honours students
Identifying state and trait components of sensory and motor disturbances across the schizophrenia spectrum	Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Imaging genetics in psychiatry	Maria Di Biase	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Imaging life events in acute conversion disorder	Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry	PhD students
Imaging the brain circuits required for new learning	Simon Fisher	Medicine	Masters by Research, Honours students
Improve the diagnostic prediction of imaging measures in dementia and epilepsy	Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
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	Mingguang He	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Investigating biomarkers, clinical and cognitive symptoms in Huntington's disease and Alzheimer’s disease	Anita Goh	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Investigating the electrophysiology of neuronal network dynamics	Andre Peterson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Is medication use related to cognitive variability? An examination of cross-diagnostic cognitive subgroups on the bipolar-schizophrenia spectrum	Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry	Honours students
Machine learning prediction of brain and body ageing	Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Mapping cerebellar connectivity in neurodevelopmental disorders	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students
Markers in Neuropsychiatric Disorders (MiND) study	Dennis Velakoulis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Modellling severe childhood epilepsy	Snezana Maljevic	Medicine	Masters by Research
Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Multinuclear MRI biomarkers in schizophrenia	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Network communication in the brain	Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Andre Peterson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Neurodevelopmental trajectories and biopsychosocial risk factors in autism and schizophrenia	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Pacemaker channels and brain excitability	Christopher Reid	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Perceptual Disturbance in younger onset dementia	Anita Goh	Psychiatry	Masters by Research
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Cognition in Ageing Women	Jesse Zanker	Medicine	PhD students
Precision diagnosis for the remaining 50% of unsolved developmental and epileptic encephalopathies	Michael Hildebrand	Medicine	PhD students
Prefrontal cortex, sympathetic activity and blood pressure regulation	Tye Dawood	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Honours students
Role of the family environment in shaping children's brains and mental health	Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry	Honours students
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery	PhD students
Socioeconomic status and sleep in late childhood	Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Chris French	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Stentrode: Tissue Response to Endovascular Stimulation	Sam John	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Stroke assessment with multi-modal imaging	Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Structural biology of proteins involved in mental illnesses	Michael Parker	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Symptom comorbidity networks in psychiatry	Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Synthesising, dismantling and optimising cognitive interventions	Amit Lampit	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Taking the “Guesswork” Out of Glaucoma Clinical Management with Novel Imaging	Zhichao Wu	Surgery	PhD students
Targeting microglia in neurodegenerative diseases	Michael Parker	Medicine	PhD students
The influence of sleep on brain development and psychopathology over adolescence	Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research
The neurobiology of anxiety across development and sex	Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry	PhD students
The relationship between cognitive impairment seen in chronic mental illness and dementia - what can mortality information tell us?	Samantha Loi	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
The role of microglial cells in epilepsy	Nigel Jones	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Mark Cook	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Schizophrenia	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Using Graph Theory and Neural Stem Cell Models to Understand Brain Network Resilience	Maria Di Biase	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Using light to control brain activity	Nigel Jones	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Using novel animal and stem cell models to investigate the role of genetic cardiac arrhythmia in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).	Christopher Reid	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Utilizing technology to optimise ADHD care	Dave Coghill	Paediatrics	Masters by Research
When might the brain go wrong: the role of immune cells at critical time-points during development	Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research
White matter imaging in the aging brain	Chris Steward	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Younger-onset dementia - carer mental health and service use.	Samantha Loi	Psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers

Women's Health

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
Abnormal Placental Stem Cells And Their Role In Human Pregnancy Pathologies	Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics	PhD students
Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Defining the essential functions of red blood cell modifying proteins in malaria parasites	Paul Gilson	Infectious Diseases	Honours students
Defining the role of embryo implantation failure in infertility and IVF success.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Developing epigenetic biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools for malaria	James Beeson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Exploring the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on diversity of circulating genotypes	Reza Haqshenas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Honours students
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Functional role of VEZT over expression in endometrium	Jacqueline Donoghue	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	James Beeson	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Heart Health in Women: Role of Physical Activity to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease	Erin Howden	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	PhD students
Identification of biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis human papillomavirus associated cancer	Gerald Murray	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Improving women’s knowledge of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors following the diagnosis of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.	Anthea Lindquist	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Master of Biomedical Science
Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Investigating a Unique Dwelling Space for New Mothers and Babies	Samuel Menahem	Paediatrics	PhD students
Investigating the basis of antibiotic resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium	Gerald Murray	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Most Bothersome Symptom: a new research outcome in women with endometriosis	Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Patricia Desmond	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Regulation of Placental Growth Factor in pregnancy complications	Fiona Brownfoot	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Honours students
Relationship between the microbiome and female infertility.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Roles of mammary adipose macrophages in breast cancer	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll: Young people and risk behaviours	Megan Lim	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Sexting, porn, and Tinder: An investigation of education and health promotion	Megan Lim	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Craig Morton	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research
Studying novel proteins in preeclampsia	Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Honours students
Testing therapeutics for infertility in organoid models	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
The prognosisdiagnosis of common pregnancy complications utilising genetic material found in extracellular vesicles derived from maternal blood and urine.	Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Understanding the burden and consequences of Mycoplasma genitalium infection	Dorothy Machalek	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students
Understanding the genetic basis of lipedema	Ramin Shayan	Surgery	PhD students, Masters by Research
Using parasite and vector serosurveillance to inform malaria elimination	Freya Fowkes	Medicine	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD students, Masters by Research