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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, 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
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
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
IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	Jill Francis	Medicine	PhD students
IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	Wen Kwang Lim	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
Improving palliative care in residential aged care using telehealth (IMPART)	Kirsten Moore	Medicine	PhD students
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	Radiology	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Quantitative Measure of Effusions	Keith Lim	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
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