All Department 2019 projects

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Department	Nodes	Supervisor(s)	Email(s)	Project	Research Opportunity
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Peter Meikle Dr Sudip Paul	peter.meikle@baker.edu.au sudip.paul@baker.edu.au	: Unravelling the role of breast milk ether lipids in modulating immune function in early life	PhD students, Honours students
Medicine		Professor John Hamilton Dr Ming-Chin (Kevin) Lee	jahami@unimelb.edu.au ming-chin.lee@unimelb.edu.au	A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	PhD students
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter Wookey	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies the expression of a putative growth factor	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Peter Meikle Dr Kevin Huynh	peter.meikle@baker.edu.au kevin.huynh@baker.edu.au	A novel approach in improving lipidomics throughput for population profiling	PhD students
Psychiatry		Dr Samantha Loi Professor Danny Hatters	samantha.loi@unimelb.edu.au dhatters@unimelb.edu.au	A novel biomarker strategy to predict neurogenerative disease risk	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	A/Prof Adam Deane Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid	adam.deane@mh.org.au Yasmine.Aliabdelhamid@mh.org.au	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)	Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Gabrielle Haeusler Prof Karin Thursky	gabrielle.haeusler@petermac.org	A randomised controlled trial of short-course antibiotics in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Jennifer Philip Dr Anna Collins	jphilip@unimelb.edu.au anna.collins@svha.org.au	A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Jennifer Philip Dr Anna Collins	jphilip@unimelb.edu.au anna.collins@svha.org.au	A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans	adeans@svi.edu.au	A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen	tamsyn.van@unimelb.edu.au	A validation study of verbal learning measures in a bipolar disorder sample	Honours students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology		Dr Bill Kalionis Dr Maria Kokkinos	kalionis@unimelb.edu.au Maria.Kokkinos@thewomens.org.au	Abnormal Placental Stem Cells And Their Role In Human Pregnancy Pathologies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Dr Xiaowei Wang Professor Karlheinz Peter	xiaoweiw@unimelb.edu.au karlheinz.peter@unimelb.edu.au	Activated platelets targeted drug therapy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr. Ahmed Al Seadi	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ahmed.mohan@unimelb.edu.au	Adipocytes as Weapons of Bone Destruction: The bone as a War Zone	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter Wookey	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	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	PhD students
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter J Wookey Prof David Hare	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines	PhD students
Psychiatry		Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen	tamsyn.van@unimelb.edu.au	An examination of emotional intelligence and emotional dysregulation in bipolar disorder	Honours students
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Jennifer Philip Dr Anna Collins	jphilip@unimelb.edu.au anna.collins@svha.org.au	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	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Keith Lim Prof John Hamilton	kklim@unimelb.edu.au jahami@unimelb.edu.au	Analysis of Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood Samples from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Using Patients with Osteoarthritis as Controls	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christos Pantelis Dr Liliana Laskaris	cpant@unimelb.edu.au lily.laskaris@unimelb.edu.au	Animal models of Brain Development assessed using histology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Christos Pantelis Dr Warda Taqdees Syeda	cpant@unimelb.edu.au warda.syeda@unimelb.edu.au	Animal models of Brain Development assessed using MRI	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu Prof Melissa Wake	jessika.hu@mcri.edu.au melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au	Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu Prof Melissa Wake	jessika.hu@mcri.edu.au melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au	Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Andrew Hua Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis A/Professor Kim-Anh Le Cao	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au kimanh.lecao@unimelb.edu.au	Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans Dr Astrid Glaser	adeans@svi.edu.au aglaser@svi.edu.au	Application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to treat childhood syndromes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor David Burgner Dr Mihiri Silva	david.burgner@mcri.edu.au mihiri.silva@unimelb.edu.au	Application of intra-oral 3-Dimensional Scanning to monitor oral health in children	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Professor Mingguang He	mingguang.he@unimelb.edu.au	Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: from data to algorithm and real-world application	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Professor Mingguang He	mingguang.he@unimelb.edu.au	Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Sarah Knight A/Prof Adam Scheinberg	sarah.knight@mcri.edu.au adam.scheinberg@mcri.edu.au	Assessment and management of fatigue following paediatric acquired brain injury	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	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	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Associations Between Sarcopenia, Intramuscular Fat, Mental/Physical Function and Brain Atrophy: An Imaging and Machine Learning Approach	PhD students, Masters by Research
		Assoc Prof Natasha Smallwood Prof Karen Willis	natasha.smallwood@mh.org.au k.willis@latrobe.edu.au	Australian Frontline Healthcare Workers Study: Understanding the psychoscial impacts of COVID-19 and other crises on the health workforce	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Serena Duchi Dr Carmine Onofrillo	serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au	Biofabrication of an in vitro 3D osteosarcoma model	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Damian Myers Prof Natalie Sims	damianem@unimelb.edu.au nsims@unimelb.edu.au	Bone Substrate Composition Affecting Bone Cell Formation, Function and Bone Turnover	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au	Brain development and the pathophysiology of psychosis	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Ye Tian	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au	Brain mapping: Brain atlases with multiple topographic features	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Robin Cash	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au robin.cash@unimelb.edu.au	Brain stimulation and clinical translation	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Brainwave and Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Cognition Enhancing Drugs	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Can we Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Wayne Crismani	wcrismani@svi.edu.au	Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	CASE: Cartilage Analytic Screening Environment	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au ldenn@unimelb.edu.au	Causes of Depressive Symptoms in Early Ageing	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry		Professor Christos Pantelis Professor Stan Skafidas	cpant@unimelb.edu.au sskaf@unimelb.edu.au	Cerebellar grey and white matter changes in children with Autism spectrum disorders	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Monica Slavin Dr Michelle Yong	Monica.Slavin@mh.org.au Michelle.Yong@unimelb.edu.au	Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Ye Tian Dr Vanessa Cropley	ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au vcropley@unimelb.edu.au	Characterizing brain-body relationship with respect to biological aging in elderly population	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque A/Prof Kulmira Nurgali	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Circulating Osteogenic Precurors: Building Bone from Blood	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Judy Savige A/Prof Deb Colville	j.savige@unimelb.edu.au colville@unimelb.edu.au	Clinical features in a common inherited cause of kidney failure	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Luke Burchill Dr Aneta Kotevski	blj@unimelb.edu.au aneta.kotevski@unimelb.edu.au	Closing the Gap on Aboriginal Cardiovascular Health disparities- Using Big Data to understand the patient health journey	Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Margie Danchin Dr Jessica Kaufman	margie.danchin@rch.org.au jess.kaufman@mcri.edu.au	Cluster RCT of a multi-component intervention package to improve maternal and childhood vaccination in Victoria	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Christos Pantelis Ms Cassandra Wannan	cpant@unimelb.edu.au cwannan@student.unimelb.edu.au	Cognition and brain connectivity in psychosis	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Psychiatry	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	alex.bahar@unimelb.edu.au	Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof David Burgner Dr Siroon Bekkering	david.burgner@mcri.edu.au siroon.bekkering@mcri.edu.au	Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Samantha Loi Dr Anita Goh	samantha.loi@unimelb.edu.au goha@unimelb.edu.au	Comparing the mental health and social determinants of family members who have HD in their family	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Caio Seguin	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au caio.seguin@unimelb.edu.au	Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Vicki Anderson	Vicki.Anderson@rch.org.au	Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	Controlled mechanical stimulation for cartilage regeneration modelling with 3D bioprinting techniques	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Little Dr Jessica Vanslambrouk	melissa.little@mcri.edu.au jessica.vanslambrouk@mcri.edu.au	Controlling nephron patterning and segmentation in kidney organoids	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty Dr Louise Randall	smahanty@unimelb.edu.au louise.randall@unimelb.edu.au	COVID-19 and the common cold: does pre-existing immunity to seasonally circulating coronaviruses influence the severity of COVID-19	Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Austin Health	Professor Richard Kanaan Professor Sarah Wilson	richard.kanaan@unimelb.edu.au swilson@unimelb.edu.au	Debilitating Symptom Complexes attributed to Ticks - neuroimaging	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Ye Tian A/Prof Andrew Zalesky	ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au azalesky@unimelb.edu.au	Decoding neural mechanisms underpinning human cognition in health and disease using machine learning	Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Infectious Diseases	Burnet Institute	A/Prof Paul Gilson Dr Hayley Bullen	paul.gilson@burnet.edu.au hayley.bullen@burnet.edu.au	Defining the essential functions of red blood cell modifying proteins in malaria parasites	Honours students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Nigel Curtis Dr Nicole Messina	Nigel.Curtis@rch.org.au nicole.messina@mcri.edu.au	Defining the mechanisms that underpin the beneficial off-target effects of BCG	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au	Defining the role of embryo implantation failure in infertility and IVF success.	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof John Price	john.price@unimelb.edu.au	Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Clinical Pathology	Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)	Professor Lachlan Coin	lachlan.coin@unimelb.edu.au	Detecting the tissue of origin of circulating cell free DNA	Masters by Research
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	Dr Niki Gunewardene A/Prof Andrew Wise	NGunewardene@bionicsinstitute.org awise@bionicsinstitute.org	Developing a drug therapy for hearing loss	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Little Dr Kynan Lawlor	melissa.little@mcri.edu.au kynan.lawlor@mcri.edu.au	Developing computational approaches to analyse development and disease	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Little Dr Aude Dorison	melissa.little@mcri.edu.au aude.dorison@mcri.edu.au	Developing high content screens of novel treatments for congenital nephrotic syndrome	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Dr Xiaowei Wang Dr Laura Bienvenu	xiaoweiw@unimelb.edu.au laura.bienvenu@unimelb.edu.au	Developing nanoparticles for targeted theranostics delivery of drug and gene therapeutics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Kirsten Perrett Dr Thanh Dang	kirsten.perrett@mcri.edu.au thanh.dang@mcri.edu.au	Developing novel methods for the diagnosis of tree nut allergies	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Prof Karlheinz Peter Dr Mitchell Moon	karlheinz.peter@unimelb.edu.au mitchell.moon@baker.edu.au	Developing platelet derived nanoparticles for targeted thrombolysis	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Peter Meikle Dr Thomas Meikle	peter.meikle@baker.edu.au thomas.meikle@baker.edu.au	Development and validation of a high throughput clinical lipidomics platform	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Patrick Kwan Dr Jianxiong Chan	patrick.kwan@unimelb.edu.au jianxiong.chan@unimelb.edu.au	Development of a low cost, point-of-care diagnostic platform	PhD students, Masters by Research
Infectious Diseases	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Matthew Dixon Prof James McCarthy	matthew.dixon@unimelb.edu.au james.mccarthy@unimelb.edu.au	Development of malaria transmission blocking drugs.	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Development of Marrow Fat Quantification as a Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Osteosarcopenia	PhD students, Masters by Research
	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Paul Lockhart Prof Martin Delatycki	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au martin.delatycki@vcgs.org.au	Development of novel human stem cell derived models of beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration for disease modelling and drug screening	PhD students
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Assoc Prof David Anderson	beeson@burnet.edu.au david.anderson@burnet.edu.au	Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools for malaria	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr Gaoqian Feng	beeson@burnet.edu.au gaoqian.feng@burnet.edu.au	Development of novel vaccines against malaria	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Raymond Wong	wongcb@unimelb.edu.au	Development of regenerative therapy for photoreceptor losses using cellular reprogramming technology	PhD students, Masters by Research
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Dr Xiaowei Wang Professor Karlheinz Peter	xiaoweiw@unimelb.edu.au karlheinz.peter@unimelb.edu.au	Diagnosis and therapy of inflammatory diseases using molecular ultrasound imaging	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke Dr Alexandra Gorelik	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au alexandra.gorelik@unimelb.edu.au	Diet and Healthy Ageing	Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	A/Professor Michael Hildebrand Professor Sarah Wilson	michael.hildebrand@unimelb.edu.au sarahw@unimelb.edu.au	Discovering genes for singing ability in Australian families	PhD students
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr Herbert Opi	beeson@burnet.edu.au herbert.opi@burnet.edu.au	Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Paul Lockhart Prof David Amor	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au david.amor@mcri.edu.au	Discovery of new treatments for brain development disorders linked to epigenetic regulatory genes	PhD students
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	Dr Thushara Perera	TPERERA@bionicsinstitute.org	Disease detection and quantification with inertial sensors	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Amanda Gwee Prof Sarath Ranganathan	amanda.gwee@rch.org.au Sarath.Ranganathan@rch.org.au	Dose optimisation of antibiotics in children with cystic fibrosis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	A/Prof Andrew Wise	awise@bionicsinstitute.org	Drug delivery to treat hearing loss	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Jon Oakhill Prof Bruce Kemp	joakhill@svi.edu.au bkemp@svi.edu.au	Drug development for metabolic diseases	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	Dynamic microfluidic in vitro differentiation of stem cells for cartilage regeneration in surgical 3D bioprinting	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Alan Lai Dr Andre Peterson	alan.lai@unimelb.edu.au peterson@unimelb.edu.au	EEG/ MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ben Kirk	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ben.kirk@unimelb.edu.au	Effect of HMB and Vitamin D Supplementation on osteosarcoPenia In oldeR pErsons (EMPIRE)	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Anita Goh Professor Briony Dow	goha@unimelb.edu.au b.dow@nari.edu.au	Effective relationships in dementia community care: Promoting Independence though quality dementia care at home (the PITCH project).	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rodents	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Christine Rodda	christine.rodda@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Christine Rodda	christine.rodda@unimelb.edu.au	Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan	aaa@unimelb.edu.au	Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan	aaa@unimelb.edu.au	Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan Dr Kevin Lee	aaa@unimelb.edu.au ming-chin.lee@unimelb.edu.au	Elucidating the functional roles of CCL17 in obesity-associated osteoarthritis	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Mercy Health	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	t.klino@unimelb.edu.au nhannan@unimelb.edu.au	Elucidating the role of SPINT1 in placental insufficiency	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Zhichao Wu Prof Robyn Guymer	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au	Enabling Treatment Trials of Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Geraldine Mitchell Dr Anne Kong	gmitchell@svi.edu.au akong@svi.edu.au	Engineering a tissue flap	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Enteric Neuropathy as a Target to Alleviate Gastrointestinal Side-effects of Chemotherapy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Boris Novakovic Prof Richard Saffery	boris.novakovic@mcri.edu.au richard.saffery@mcri.edu.au	Epigenomic remodelling of immunity by reproductive and sex-hormones	PhD students
		Prof Caroline Homer Dr Joshua Vogel	caroline.homer@burnet.edu.au joshua.vogel@burnet.edu.au	Evaluating the use, impact and ongoing sustainability of maternal and newborn health training programs in LMIC of immediate newborn care programs in the Asia-Pacific region	Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Zhichao Wu A/Prof Laura Downie	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au ldownie@unimelb.edu.au	Evidence-Based Practice in the Management of Glaucoma Suspects	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Anita Goh Professor Dennis Velakoulis	goha@unimelb.edu.au dennisv@unimelb.edu.au	Exploring data from ENROLL-HD - an international observational study in Huntington’s disease	Masters by Research
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	Prof Colette McKay	cmckay@bionicsinstitute.org	Exploring the effect of neural dead regions in the cochlea on hearing with a cochlear implant	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Reza Haqshenas Dr Gerald Murray	reza.haqshenas@unimelb.edu.au gerald.murray@unimelb.edu.au	Exploring the effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on diversity of circulating genotypes	Masters by Research, Honours students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Maria Di Biase AProf Andrew Zalesky	dibiasem@unimelb.edu.au andrewzalesky@gmail.com	Exploring the genetic basis of brain alterations in schizophrenia	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Ed Stanley Professor Andrew Elefanty	ed.stanley@mcri.edu.au Andrew.elefanty@mcri.edu.au	Expression systems for pluripotent stem cells and their differentiated derivatives	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Helen Thomas Dr Bala Krishnamurthy	hthomas@svi.edu.au bmurthy@svi.edu.au	Factors that determine islet antigen-specific T cell expansion before the onset of Type 1 diabetes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Michelle Peate	mpeate@unimelb.edu.au	Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	yasmin.jayasinghe@unimelb.edu.au	Fertility preservation in children with cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Yet Hong Khor Prof Anne E Holland	yet.khor@unimelb.edu.au anne.holland@monash.edu	Field tests for evaluation and prognostication in interstitial lung disease	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	A/Prof Christopher Reid Dr Paulo Pinares-Garcia	christopher.reid@florey.edu.au paulo.pinaresgarcia@florey.edu.au	Finding a cure for a devastating form of epilepsy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Clinical Pathology	Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)	Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan Dr Ryan Hutchinson	daniel.buchanan@unimelb.edu.au ryan.hutchinson@unimelb.edu.au	Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans Dr Rohan Bythell-Douglas	adeans@svi.edu.au	Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Jacqueline Donoghue	jacqueline.donoghue@unimelb.edu.au	Functional role of VEZT over expression in endometrium	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
General Practice	Western Health	Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	jomn@unimelb.edu.au	Future Health Today - health informatics	PhD students
General Practice	Western Health	Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	jomn@unimelb.edu.au	Future Health Today Changing the course of cardiovascular disease	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Tara Karnezis	tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Carmine Onofrillo Dr Serena Duchi	carmine.onofrillo@unimelb.edu.au serena.duchi@unimelb.edu.au	Generation of an ex vivo regeneration model for 3D bioprinting applications	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Valerie Sung Prof David Amor	valerie.sung@rch.org.au david.amor@mcri.edu.au	Genetics of childhood hearing loss	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Srujana Sahebjada A/Prof Mark Daniel	Srujana.sahebjada@unimelb.edu.au	Genome-wide expression profiling of keratoconus and non-keratoconus corneas	Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Jo Douglass Dr Vanessa Bryant	jdouglass@unimelb.edu.au bryant.v@wehi.edu.au	Genomics of asthma mortality due to thunderstorm asthma	PhD students, Honours students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Genotype and Phenotype Characterisation Human Circulating Osteo-Progenitor (COP) Cells	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr Michelle Scoullar	beeson@burnet.edu.au michelle.scoullar@burnet.edu.au	Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	A/Prof James Fallon	JFALLON@bionicsinstitute.org	Hearing but not listening: Using behavioural training in pre-clinical studies to test the ability to listen to complex sounds	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Dr Erin Howden Dr Leah Wright	erin.howden@baker.edu.au leah.wright@baker.edu.au	Heart Health in Women: Role of Physical Activity to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease	PhD students
Clinical Pathology	Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)	AProfessor Frederic Hollande	frederic.hollande@unimelb.edu.au	Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Natalie Sims	nsims@svi.edu.au	How are autophagic processes involved in bone mineralisation?	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Gavin Tjin	lpurton@svi.edu.au gtjin@svi.edu.au	How do bone marrow microenvironments regulate B lymphocyte production?	PhD students, Masters by Research
	Burnet Institute	Dr Alyce Wilson Prof Caroline Homer	alyce.wilson@burnet.edu.au Caroline.homer@burnet.edu.au	How do we improve the knowledge and skills of midwives and doctors in assessment and classification of perineal tears?	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen	tamsyn.van@unimelb.edu.au	How trauma shapes empathy and resilience in bipolar disorder	Honours students
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof John Price	john.price@unimelb.edu.au	Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Peter Meikle Dr Kevin Huynh	peter.meikle@baker.edu.au kevin.huynh@baker.edu.au	Identification of additional markers of ferroptosis with mass spectrometry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	DR Gerald Murray Dr Monica Molano	gerald.murray@unimelb.edu.au Monica.MolanoLuque@thewomens.org.au	Identification of biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis human papillomavirus associated cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Jessica Holien	lpurton@svi.edu.au jessica.holien@rmit.edu.au	Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.	Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Prof James Beeson Dr JoAnne Chan	beeson@burnet.edu.au JoAnne.Chan@unimelb.edu.au	Identifying targets and mechanisms of acquired immunity to severe malaria in children	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Paul Lockhart Prof Richard Leventer	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au Richard.Leventer@rch.org.au	Identifying the genetic causes of brain malformation in children	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Maria Di Biase Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	maria.dibiase@unimelb.edu.au azalesky@unimelb.edu.au	Imaging genetics in psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Austin Health	Professor Richard Kanaan	richard.kanaan@unimelb.edu.au	Imaging life events in acute conversion disorder	PhD students
Medicine	Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health	Dr Simon Fisher Associate Professor Jess Nithianantharajah	simon.fisher@florey.edu.au jess.n@florey.edu.au	Imaging the brain circuits required for new learning	Masters by Research, Honours students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Mimi Tang Dr Sarah Ashley	mimi.tang@rch.org.au sarah.ashley@mcri.edu.au	Immune mechanisms of peanut allergy remission	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Karlheinz Peter Dr Jonathan Noonan	karlheinz.peter@unimelb.edu.au noonan.j@unimelb.edu.au	Immunity, Chronic Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Surgery, Otolaryngology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Christofer Bester Prof Stephen O'Leary	christofer.bester@unimelb.edu.au sjoleary@unimelb.edu.au	Impedance triggered therapeutic intervention after cochlear implantation	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Alison Archibald Dr Belinda McClaren	alison.archibald@vcgs.org.au belinda.mcclaren@unimelb.edu.au	Implementation considerations for a national program for expanded reproductive carrier screening	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Anita Goh Professor Kwang Lim	goha@unimelb.edu.au Kwang.Lim@mh.org.au	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)	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
		Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Implementing the Gait and Balance Gym and the Effect on Falls and Falls Risk Factors	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vijay Venkatraman Prof Roland Bammer	vijay.venkatraman@unimelb.edu.au roland.bammer@unimelb.edu.au	Improve the diagnostic prediction of imaging measures in dementia and epilepsy	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Professor Mingguang He	mingguang.he@unimelb.edu.au	Improved early diagnosis of eye diseases by integration of retinal photography and artificial intelligence to build an opportunistic screening service in metro, regional and remote primary care settings	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Wake Dr Jing Wang	melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au jing.wang@mcri.edu.au	Improving lifetime outcomes for babies in special care nurseries	PhD students
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	Prof Colette McKay	cmckay@bionicsinstitute.org	Improving speech understanding of cochlear implant users with neural dead regions	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Austin Health	Dr Anthea Lindquist Dr Roxanne Hastie	anthea.lindquist@unimelb.edu.au hastie.r@unimelb.edu.au	Improving women’s knowledge of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors following the diagnosis of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.	Master of Biomedical Science
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French Dr Rod Luwor	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au rluwor@unimelb.edu.au	In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Sharon Goldfeld Associate Professor Susan Woolfenden	sharon.goldfeld@rch.org.au susan.woolfenden@health.nsw.gov.au	Inequities in children’s mental health: evidence to inform precision policy responses	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammation-induced Cancer: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammation-induced Osteosarcopenia: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Kevin Lee Prof. John Hamilton	mingchinl@unimelb.edu.au jahami@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammatory cytokines involved in obesity and osteoarthritis	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Post Doctor Researchers
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au	Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Sandra Galic Prof Bruce Kemp	sgalic@unimelb.edu.au bkemp@svi.edu.au	Inhibition of microglia inflammation by AMPK for obesity treatment	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Peter Meikle Dr Corey Giles	peter.meikle@baker.edu.au corey.giles@baker.edu.au	Integration of population level ‘omics data to target cardiometabolic disease	PhD students, Honours students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Kim Loh	kloh@svi.edu.au	Investigating a novel mechanism for improving beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Anita Goh Professor Dennis Velakoulis	goha@unimelb.edu.au dennisv@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating biomarkers, clinical and cognitive symptoms in Huntington's disease and Alzheimer’s disease	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Shiang (Max) Lim Dr Jarmon Lees	maxlim@unimelb.edu.au jlees@svi.edu.au	Investigating cardiovascular disease in Friedreich's ataxia using human induced pluripotent stem cells	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Aprof Damian Myers	damianem@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating Lipotoxic Impacts of Fatty Acid Synthesis on: (1) Osteoblasts, and (2) Osteoclast, in Vitro and (3) Skeletal Muscle	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ahmed Al Seadi	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ahmed.mohan@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating the Anabolic Effect Drugs (Picolinic Acid) on Osteocytes in Vitro	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Gerald Murray Professor Suzanne Garland	gerald.murray@mcri.edu.au suzanne.garland@thewomens.org.au	Investigating the basis of antibiotic resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan Professor Stephen Rogerson	aaa@unimelb.edu.au sroger@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Andre Peterson Prof Steve Petrou	peterson@unimelb.edu.au steven.petrou@florey.edu.au	Investigating the electrophysiology of neuronal network dynamics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Niall Corcoran Professor Christopher Hovens	niallmcorcoran@gmail.com cbhovens@gmail.com	Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Paul Lockhart Dr Yujin Gao	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au yujing.gao@mcri.edu.au	Investigating the molecular basis of parkinson's disease using novel genetic models	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr. Ahmed Al Seadi	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ahmed.mohan@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating the Rapamycin Effect on Induced-Palmitic osteocytes in Vitro	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Investigating the relationship between fat, bone and muscle	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen	tamsyn.van@unimelb.edu.au	Is medication use related to cognitive variability? An examination of cross-diagnostic cognitive subgroups on the bipolar-schizophrenia spectrum	Honours students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au	Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Health	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Cassandra Szoeke Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au ldenn@unimelb.edu.au	Lifestyle factors and effects on mood in elderly women	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof David Eisenstat	trish.barber@mcri.edu.au	Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Senior Research Fellow Alexandra Gorelik Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au Cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Risk from Mid- to Late-life in Women	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Jeanie Cheong	jeanie.cheong@thewomens.org.au	Long-term impact of moderate and late preterm birth: effects on neurodevelopment, brain development and respiratory health at school age	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Valerie Sung Dr Lisa Mundy	valerie.sung@rch.org.au lisa.mundy@mcri.edu.au	Longitudinal and secular trends in outcomes for adolescents with hearing impairment in Victoria	PhD students
Medicine		Professor Bernard Yan Professor Marimuthu Palaniswami	bernard.yan@mh.org.au palani@unimelb.edu.au	Machine learning assisted stroke neuroimaging	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Ye Tian	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au ye.tian2@unimelb.edu.au	Machine learning prediction of brain and body ageing	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Ed Stanley Professor Andrew Elefanty	ed.stanley@mcri.edu.au Andrew.elefanty@mcri.edu.au	Making B-lymphocytes form pluripotent stem cells	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Infectious Diseases	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Matthew Dixon Prof James McCarthy	matthew.dixon@unimelb.edu.au james.mccarthy@unimelb.edu.au	Malaria: Going bananas for sex	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christos Pantelis Professor Stan Skafidas	cpant@unimelb.edu.au sskaf@unimelb.edu.au	Mapping cerebellar connectivity in neurodevelopmental disorders	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu Prof Melissa Wake	jessika.hu@mcri.edu.au melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au	Mapping hospital health records in Victoria, Australia for tracking pregnancy medicines use	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Dennis Velakoulis Dr Dhamidhu Eratne	dennisv@unimelb.edu.au deratne@unimelb.edu.au	Markers in Neuropsychiatric Disorders (MiND) study	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Marrow Adipose Tissue Functions: Studying Lipotoxicity in Hip Replacement Candidates	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Professor Adrienne Harvey	adrienne.harvey@mcri.edu.au	Measuring child and family centred outcomes following spinal surgery for children with neuromuscular scoliosis	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Anita d'Aprano	anita.daprano@unimelb.edu.au	Measuring developmental outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Adrienne Harvey Professor David Amor	adrienne.harvey@mcri.edu.au david.amor@mcri.edu.au	Measuring pain in children with developmental disabilities	PhD students, Masters by Research
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Karlheinz Peter Dr Sara Baratchi	karlheinz.peter@unimelb.edu.au sara.baratchi@rmit.edu.au	Mechanotransduction in blood cells and consequences for thrombosis and inflammation	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Christine Imms	christine.imms@unimelb.edu.au	Mental health and participation outcomes for children and youth with cerebral palsy	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Alejandro Hidalgo-Gonzalez Dr Holly Voges	alejandro.hidalgogon@mcri.edu.au holly.vogues@mcri.edu.au	Metabolic reprogramming of the failing heart	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Associate Professor Margie Danchin Dr Alexandra Ure	margie.danchin@rch.org.au alexandra.ure@unimelb.edu.au	MIND the Vax Gap: Measuring Immunisation in NeuroDiverse populations and developing an intervention to improve uptake	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Doctor Shiang Lim Doctor Jarmon Lees	mlim@svi.edu.au jlees@svi.edu.au	Modelling cardiovascular diseases using human cardiac organoids	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Ed Stanley Professor Andrew Elefanty	ed.stanley@mcir.edu.au Andrew.elefanty@mcri.edu.au	Modelling T-cell Development using pluripotent stem cells	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health	Dr Snezana Maljevic	snezana.maljevic@florey.edu.au	Modellling severe childhood epilepsy	Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan	aaa@unimelb.edu.au	Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan	aaa@unimelb.edu.au	Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty Dr Louise Randall	smahanty@unimelb.edu.au louise.randall@unimelb.edu.au	Monocytes in COVID-19: the great influencer of disease severity?	Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Prof Martha Hickey Dr Sarah Lensen	hickeym@unimelb.edu.au sarah.lensen@unimelb.edu.au	Most Bothersome Symptom: a new research outcome in women with endometriosis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vijay Venkatraman Prof Patricia Desmond	vvenkatraman@unimelb.edu.au Patricia.Desmond@mh.org.au	Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Little Dr Jessica Vanslambrouk	melissa.little@mcri.edu.au jessica.vanslambrouk@mcri.edu.au	Nephrotoxicity screening using stem cell-derived proximal tubules	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky Dr Caio Seguin	azalesky@unimelb.edu.au caio.seguin@unimelb.edu.au	Network communication in the brain	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Andre Peterson	peterson@unimelb.edu.au	Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Angela Morgan	angela.morgan@mcri.edu.au	Neuropsychological profile of children with childhood apraxia of speech	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	New methods for investigating bone muscle and fat mass using 2D DXA images to predict performance, risk of falls and fractures	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Amanda Edgley Dr Fay Khong	aedgley@unimelb.edu.au fay.khong@unimelb.edu.au	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – characterising disease features in order to develop new therapies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Alan Moss	alan.moss@unimelb.edu.au	Novel Approaches in Therapeutic Endoscopy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Carl Walkley Dr Alistair Chalk	cwalkley@svi.edu.au achalk@svi.edu.au	Novel genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Andrew Kompa Dr Amanda Edgley	akompa@unimelb.edu.au aedgley@unimelb.edu.au	Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal syndrome	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Tom Edwards Dr Lauren Ayton	thomas.edwards@unimelb.edu.au layton@unimelb.edu.au	Ocular gene therapy: the new era of blindness prevention	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	alex.bahar@unimelb.edu.au	Olfactory-focused cognitive training	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Sarah Knight A/Prof Adam Scheinberg	sarah.knight@mcri.edu.au adam.scheinberg@mcri.edu.au	Optimising use of everyday technology for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury	PhD students
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	A/Prof Rachael Richardson	RRICHARDSON@bionicsinstitute.org	Optogenetics for precise neural stimulation	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Christine Rodda Prof Davis Darby	christine.rodda@unimelb.edu.au ddarby@unimelb.edu.au	Oral Health and Attitudes in Young Adults Aged 15-25 Years with Diabetes Mellitus: A Case - Control Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ben Kirk	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ben.kirk@unimelb.edu.au	Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Prof Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Dr. David Scott Prof Gustavo Duque	d.scott@unimelb.edu.au gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	A/Prof Christopher Reid Dr Paulo Pinares-Garcia	christopher.reid@florey.edu.au paulo.pinaresgarcia@florey.edu.au	Pacemaker channels and brain excitability	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Professor Adrienne Harvey	adrienne.harvey@mcri.edu.au	Pain in children with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Damian Myers Prof John Hamilton	damianem@unimelb.edu.au jahami@unimelb.edu.au	Pathology begins in the cells: Studying lipotoxic stress generated from adipocytes in bone and muscle cell cultures	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Anita Goh Professor Dennis Velakoulis	goha@unimelb.edu.au dennisv@unimelb.edu.au	Perceptual Disturbance in younger onset dementia	Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Jesse Zanker Professor Cassandra Szoeke	healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Cognition in Ageing Women	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Salvatore Pepe Prof Christian Brizard	salvatore.pepe@mcri.edu.au christian.brizard@mcri.edu.au	Placental Cord Blood Cell Therapy in Children at High Risk of Heart Failure	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Professor Peter Meikle Dr Sudip Paul	peter.meikle@baker.edu.au sudip.paul@baker.edu.au	Plasmalogen modulation as a therapeutic approach for fatty liver disease	PhD students, Honours students
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Associate Professor Alan Hayes	hayes.a@unimelb.edu.au	Pre-Clinical Studies Identifying Novel Molecular Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Atrophy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Wake A/Prof Joanne Said	melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au jsaid@unimelb.edu.au	Precision prediction of maternal and child outcomes from routine fetal ultrasounds	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	Prof Gustavo Duque	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Associate Professor Kirsten Perrett Professor David Burgner David Burgner	kirsten.perett@rch.org.au david.burgner@rch.org.au	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	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Patricia Desmond Prof Roland Bammer	Patricia.Desmond@mh.org.au roland.bammer@unimelb.edu.au	Quantitative imaging in dementia	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Keith Lim	kklim@unimelb.edu.au	Quantitative Measure of Effusions	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Tiong Tan A/Prof Sue White	tiong.tan@vcgs.org.au sue.white@vcgs.org.au	Rare Diseases Now - Great care for rare	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof. Andrea Maier Prof. Kwang Lim	andrea.maier@mh.org.au kwang.lim@mh.org.au	Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Little Dr Aude Dorison	melissa.little@mcri.edu.au aude.dorison@mcri.edu.au	Regulating the vascularisation of the human glomerulus in vitro.	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Gavin Tjin	lpurton@svi.edu.au gtjin@svi.edu.au	Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Austin Health	Dr Fiona Brownfoot A/Prof Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	fiona.brownfoot@gmail.com t.klino@unimelb.edu.au	Regulation of Placental Growth Factor in pregnancy complications	PhD students, Honours students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au	Relationship between the microbiome and female infertility.	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Paediatrics		Dr Prue Pereira-Fantini A/Prof David Tingay	prue.pereira@mcri.edu.au David.Tingay@rch.org.au	Respiratory strategies to protect the preterm lung at birth	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	t.klino@unimelb.edu.au nhannan@unimelb.edu.au	Reverse translation to better understand fetal growth restriction	PhD students
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	A/Prof Rachael Richardson	RRICHARDSON@bionicsinstitute.org	Reversible silencing of the cochlea	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	kulmira.nurgali@unimelb.edu.au	Role of the Nervous System in Cancer Development and Progression	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan Dr Yu-Kuan (Tony) Huang	aaa@unimelb.edu.au tony.huang@unimelb.edu.au	Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan Professor Alex Boussioutas	aaa@unimelb.edu.au alexb@unimelb.edu.au	Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan Dr Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar	aaa@unimelb.edu.au ajith.vasanthakumar@unimelb.edu.au	Roles of mammary adipose macrophages in breast cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	A/Prof Peter van Wijngaarden	peterv@unimelb.edu.au	Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	PhD students
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Dr Megan Lim	megan.lim@burnet.edu.au	Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll: Young people and risk behaviours	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Dr Megan Lim	megan.lim@burnet.edu.au	Sexting, porn, and Tinder: An investigation of education and health promotion	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Amanda Gwee Prof Nigel Curtis	amanda.gwee@rch.org.au nigel.curtis@rch.org.au	Short course antibiotic therapy for acute septic arthritis and haematogenous osteomyelitis in children	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Assoc Prof Natasha Smallwood	natasha.smallwood@mh.org.au	Singing for breathing in people with severe non-malignant, chronic lung diseases	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Jesse Zanker Professor Cassandra Szoeke	jesse.zanker@unimelb.edu.au cszoeke@unimelb.edu.au	Social and physical activities in ageing women	PhD students
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley Ms Rebecca Cooper	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au cooperr1@student.unimelb.edu.au	Socioeconomic status and sleep in late childhood	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris French	frenchc@unimelb.edu.au	Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Sam John A/Prof Nicholas Opie	sam.john@unimelb.edu.au n.opie@unimelb.edu.au	Stentrode: Tissue Response to Endovascular Stimulation	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vijay Venkatraman Prof. Roland Bammer	vijay.venkatraman@unimelb.edu.au roland.bammer@unimelb.edu.au	Stroke assessment with multi-modal imaging	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Brett Bennetts Prof Michael Parker	brettb@unimelb.edu.au mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in bone diseases	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Craig Morton Prof Michael Parker	craig.morton@unimelb.edu.au mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Craig Morton Prof Michael Parker	craig.morton@unimelb.edu.au mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Michael Parker	mparker@svi.edu.au	Structural biology of proteins involved in mental illnesses	PhD students, Masters by Research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	t.klino@unimelb.edu.au nhannan@unimelb.edu.au	Studying novel proteins in preeclampsia	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Christine Imms	christine.imms@unimelb.edu.au	Supporting young people with complex disability to participate in important life situations	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Dr Stephanie Yiallourou Professor Vaughan Macefield	stephanie.yiallourou@baker.edu.au vaughan.macefield@baker.edu.au	Sympathetic activation in adults with inadequate sleep	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au azalesky@unimelb.edu.au	Symptom comorbidity networks in psychiatry	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Amit Lampit	amit.lampit@unimelb.edu.au	Synthesising, dismantling and optimising cognitive interventions	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Associate Professor Daniel Steinfort Associate Professor Shankar Siva	Daniel.Steinfort@mh.org.au Shankar.Siva@mh.org.au	Systematic EndoscopIc Staging of Mediastinum to determine Impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung Cancer (SEISMIC): an international multi-centre cohort study	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	T cell function as a determinant of blinatumomab efficacy in B-ALL	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Melissa Wake Prof Richard Saffery	melissa.wake@mcri.edu.au richard.saffery@mcri.edu.au	Taking placenta to scale: The population burden of disordered placentation and placental function	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Zhichao Wu	wu.z@unimelb.edu.au	Taking the “Guesswork” Out of Glaucoma Clinical Management with Novel Imaging	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Roy Kong Dr Amanda Edgley	aedgley@unimelb.edu.au	Targeting inflammation and fibrosis for the treatment of retinal disease	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Michael Parker Dr Jon Gooi	mparker@svi.edu.au jgooi@svi.edu.au	Targeting microglia in neurodegenerative diseases	PhD students
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	Dr Niki Gunewardene	NGunewardene@bionicsinstitute.org	Testing nanoengineered drug delivery systems to treat hearing loss	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Eva Dimitriadis Dr Wei Zhou	eva.dimitriadis@unimelb.edu.au wei.zhou1@unimelb.edu.au	Testing therapeutics for infertility in organoid models	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof David Burgner Assoc Prof Kirsten Perrett	david.burgner@mcri.edu.au kirsten.perrett@mcri.edu.au	The cardiometabolic legacy of SARS-CoV-2 in longitudinal adolescents	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Jon Oakhill Dr John Scott	joakhill@svi.edu.au jscott@svi.edu.au	The cellular fuel gauge: Novel mechanisms of metabolic control	PhD students
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Keith Lim	kklim@unimelb.edu.au	The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Austin Health	Dr Peter J Wookey	pwookey@unimelb.edu.au	The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	PhD students
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health		Associate Professor Anna Calkin Dr Adele Richart	anna.calkin@baker.edu.au adele.richart@baker.edu.au	The effect of ageing and sex differences on heart recovery following a heart attack	Honours students
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christopher Hovens Associate Professor Niall Corcoran	cbhovens@gmail.com niallmcorcoran@gmail.com	The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Professor Louise Purton Dr Gavin Tjin	lpurton@svi.edu.au gtjin@svi.edu.au	The impact of cancer therapies on the bone marrow microenvironment	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Vanessa Cropley AProf Sarah Whittle	vcropley@unimelb.edu.au swhittle@unimelb.edu.au	The influence of sleep on brain development and psychopathology over adolescence	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	swhittle@unimelb.edu.au	The neurobiology of anxiety across development and sex	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Bill Kalionis Assoc Prof Harry Georgiou	kalionis@unimelb.edu.au harrymg@unimelb.edu.au	The prognosisdiagnosis of common pregnancy complications utilising genetic material found in extracellular vesicles derived from maternal blood and urine.	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Samantha Loi Professor Dennis Velakoulis	samantha.loi@unimelb.edu.au dennis.velakoulis@mh.org.au	The relationship between cognitive impairment seen in chronic mental illness and dementia - what can mortality information tell us?	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Infectious Diseases	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Matthew Dixon Prof James McCarthy	matthew.dixon@unimelb.edu.au james.mccarthy@unimelb.edu.au	The Renovators Dream: Malaria host cell remodelling	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Kim Loh	kloh@svi.edu.au	The role of AMP-activated kinase in suppressing atherosclerosis	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Kevin Lee A/Prof Andrew Cook	mingchinl@unimelb.edu.au adcook@unimelb.edu.au	The role of CCL17 in osteoarthritis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Adrian Achuthan Dr Rodney Luwor	aaa@unimelb.edu.au rluwor@unimelb.edu.au	The role of Critical Signalling Pathways in Glioblastoma Mediated Immunosuppression	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Rodney Luwor	rluwor@unimelb.edu.au	The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Andrew Deans Dr Elyse Dunn	adeans@svi.edu.au	The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	PhD students
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Stanley Stylli	sstylli@unimelb.edu.au	The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	A/Prof Nigel Jones Dr Idrish Ali	nigel.jones@monash.edu idrish.ali@monash.edu	The role of microglial cells in epilepsy	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Andrew Deans	adeans@svi.edu.au	The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Carl Walkley Dr Jacki Heraud-Farlow	cwalkley@svi.edu.au jhfarlow@svi.edu.au	The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Surgery	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Rodney Luwor	rluwor@unimelb.edu.au	The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Prof Mark Cook Dr Andre Peterson	markcook@unimelb.edu.au peterson@unimelb.edu.au	Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor David Amor	david.amor@mcri.edu.au	Towards treatment of intellectual disability caused by errors in the chromatin machinery	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Mark Chong	mchong@svi.edu.au	Transgenerational influence of diet on autoimmune susceptibility	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Roy Kong Dr Amanda Edgley	roy.kong@unimelb.edu.au aedgley@unimelb.edu.au	Treating fibrosis and inflammation to prevent end-organ damage in diabetes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof. Andrea Maier Dr. Claire Maddison	andrea.maier@mh.org.au Claire.Maddison@mh.org.au	Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	PhD students, Masters by Research
	Burnet Institute	Dr Joshua Vogel Prof Caroline Homer	joshua.vogel@burnet.edu.au caroline.homer@burnet.edu.au	Trends in maternal and newborn health outcomes in Demographic Household Surveys in Papua New Guinea (2006 and 2018)	Masters by Research
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health	Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Dr Andrew Fleetwood A/Professor Andrew Murphy	andrew.fleetwood@unimelb.edu.au	Type I interferon as a novel endogenous trigger of trained immunity	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Prof Christine Imms Prof Dinah Reddihough	christine.imms@unimelb.edu.au Dinah.reddihough@rch.org.au	Understanding and defining supportive health/NDIS service environments	PhD students
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	A/Prof Andrew Wise	awise@bionicsinstitute.org	Understanding changes in auditory processing from noise induced hearing loss	PhD students
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	Prof Colette McKay	CMcKAY@bionicsinstitute.org	Understanding differences in outcomes of cochlear implants	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof David Ritchie Dr Rachel Koldej	david.ritchie@mh.org.au rachel.koldej@mh.org.au	Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medical Bionics Department	Bionics Institute	A/Prof James Fallon	JFALLON@bionicsinstitute.org	Understanding how the brain processes combined electrical and acoustic stimulation	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Andrew Sutherland	asutherland@svi.edu.au	Understanding how Type 17 immunity and IL-17 cytokines regulate Type 1 diabetes	PhD students
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Dorothy Machalek A/Prof Catriona Bradshaw	dorothy.machalek@thewomens.org.au	Understanding the burden and consequences of Mycoplasma genitalium infection	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Hospital	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	rshayan@svi.edu.au tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Understanding the genetic basis of lipedema	PhD students, Masters by Research
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	rshayan@svi.edu.au tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	A/Prof Paul Lockhart Prof Martin Delatycki	paul.lockhart@mcri.edu.au martin.delatycki@vcgs.org.au	Understanding the molecular basis of canvas-a novel neurological disorder caused by an expanded dna repeat	PhD students
Surgery	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	rshayan@svi.edu.au tkarnezis@svi.edu.au	Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Dr Melanie Neeland Prof Sarath Ranganathan	melanie.neeland@mcri.edu.au sarath.ranganathan@rch.org.au	Unravelling the Inflammatory Signatures of Paediatric Respiratory Disease	PhD students
Surgery	Surgery, Ophthalmology, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	Dr Srujana Sahebjada A/Prof Mark Daniel	srujana.sahebjada@unimelb.edu.au	Using Artificial Intelligence to improve the diagnostic predictions of corneal topography machines for Keratoconus subjects	PhD students
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Prof Nigel Jones Dr. Matt Hudson	matt.hudson@monash.edu	Using light to control brain activity	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Professor Gustavo Duque Dr Ebrahim Bani Hassan	gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au ebrahim.bani@unimelb.edu.au	Using Marrow Adipose Tissue to Diagnose Osteoporosis and Predict Fragility Fractures	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health	Professor Christopher Reid Dr Ming Soh	christopher.reid@unimelb.edu.au mingshiuan.soh@florey.edu.au	Using novel animal and stem cell models to investigate the role of genetic cardiac arrhythmia in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students
Medicine	Burnet Institute	Professor Freya Fowkes Dr Julia Cutts	freya.fowkes@burnet.edu.au julia.cutts@burnet.edu.au	Using parasite and vector serosurveillance to inform malaria elimination	PhD students, Masters by Research, Honours students, Master of Biomedical Science, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Helen Thomas Prof Tom Kay	hthomas@svi.edu.au tkay@svi.edu.au	Using the JAK1/JAK2 Inhibitor Baricitinib to treat new-onset Type 1 diabetes	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Western Health	Dr David Scott Professor Gustavo Duque	d.scott@unimelb.edu.au gustavo.duque@unimelb.edu.au	Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	PhD students, Masters by Research
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Professor Dave Coghill Dr Melissa Mulraney	david.coghill@unimelb.edu.au melissa.mulraney@mcri.edu.au	Utilizing technology to optimise ADHD care	Masters by Research
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Stuart Mannering Dr Colleen Elso	smannering@svi.edu.au celso@svi.edu.au	What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	A/Prof Stuart Mannering Dr Colleen Elso	smannering@svi.edu.au celso@svi.edu.au	What are the functional properties of human CD4+ T cells, from people with type 1 diabetes, that respond to proinsulin C-peptide?	PhD students
Medicine	St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research	Prof Natalie Sims	nsims@svi.edu.au	What controls the development of strong cortical bone?	PhD students
Paediatrics	Royal Children’s Hospital/Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke Professor Fiona Russell	catherine.satzke@mcri.edu.au fmruss@unimelb.edu.au	What is the microbiological effect of a single dose of azithromycin given in labour?	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Professor Christos Pantelis Dr Liliana Laskaris	cpant@unimelb.edu.au lily.laskaris@unimelb.edu.au	When might the brain go wrong: the role of immune cells at critical time-points during development	PhD students, Masters by Research
Medicine	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Chris Steward Prof Roland Bammer	csteward@unimelb.edu.au roland.bammer@unimelb.edu.au	White matter imaging in the aging brain	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Royal Women’s Hospital	Dr Michelle Peate Prof Martha Hickey	mpeate@unimelb.edu.au hickeym@unimelb.edu.au	WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	PhD students, Masters by Research
Psychiatry	Royal Melbourne Hospital	Dr Samantha Loi Professor Dennis Velakoulis	samantha.loi@unimelb.edu.au dennis.velakoulis@mh.org.au	Younger-onset dementia - carer mental health and service use.	PhD students, Masters by Research, Post Doctor Researchers
Medicine	Western Health	A/Prof Alan Hayes Dr. David Scott	hayes.a@unimelb.edu.au d.scott@unimelb.edu.au	Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	PhD students, Masters by Research