Cancer in Medicine

Cancer in all its forms, encompasses research, prevention, detection, treatment, care and health system transformation to address this most significant burden of disease.

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Projects	Supervisor(s)	Department	Research Opportunity
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines.	Peter J Wookley	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
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
Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	Monica Slavin	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
Developing interactome (Protein binding maps) maps for BRCA1 and the collagen I molecule affected in osteogenesis imperfecta	Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Development of new treatments to halt the spread of endometrial cancer.	Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Research
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	Frederic Hollande	Clinical Pathology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Identification of novel therapeutic targets in mucinous ovarian cancer	Jessica Holien	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	Niall Corcoran	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
microRNAs in Endometrial Cancer	Ellen Menkhorst	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Predicting tumour evolution, immune surveillance and editing using integromic classification of the tumour microenvironment	Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology	Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Prediction of ovarian malignancy in children with ovarian cysts	Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Honours
Priorities and Needs of Women Living with Advanced Cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Stanley Stylli	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Sepsis pathway compliance and outcomes for haematology patients	Monica Slavin	Medicine and Radiology	Honours
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Structure-based drug design of selective Drp1 inhibitors	Jessica Holien	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Peter J Wookley	Medicine and Radiology	PhD
The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	Christopher Hovens	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The Impact of Inflammation-Driven Cancers on Immune Ageing	David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research
The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Rodney Luwor	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Honours
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Stanley Stylli	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	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	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Understanding how A-to-I RNA editing modifies the immunogenicity of endogenous RNA	Carl Walkley	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours
Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	Ramin Shayan	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	Ramin Shayan	Surgery	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	PhD, Masters by Research, Honours, Master of Biomedical Science