Cancer

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
'What Works for Depression' and 'What Works for Anxiety'	Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
A culturally appropriate approach to improve mental health outcomes in Sri Lanka and China: Mental Health First Aid	Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
A health systems approach to an economic evaluation of nurse mentoring models in India		Nossal Institute for Global Health
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies a unique marker, a membrane protein expressed by pericytes and meningeal cells	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine
A mouse model of duodenal atresia	Project Leader Associate Professor Warrick Teague	Paediatrics
A new automated measure of breast cancer risk from digital and film mammography (Cirrus)	Project Leader Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
A novel approach to discovering genes associated with cancer risk from GWAS and EWAS data	Project Leader Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
A novel link between metabolism and host defence: O-GlcNAc glycosylation	Professor Jose Villadangos	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
A novel strategy for the early diagnosis of COPD in middle-aged adults	Project leader Dr Jennifer Perret	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
A phase I/II double-blind, randomised controlled trial assessing effect of medicinal cannabis on overall quality of life for people with cancer		Medicine
A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine
A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine
A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine
A5 SDHB Genomics Study	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
ACRF Translational Research Laboratory	Group Leader Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine
Adaptive remodelling of metabolism during liver regeneration	Project Leader Dr Andrew Cox	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Ageing
Allergy and Lung Health	Professor Shyamali Dharmage	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response to cell stress	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine
An antibody (mAb2E1) that detects a novel, high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells, developing brain and bone, and an osteosarcoma cell line	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
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	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine
Analysing genetic roles of RNA-binding proteins and alternative splicing in Drosophila stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
Analysing protein structures	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Anatomy and Neuroscience
Andrew Cox laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Andrew Cox	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Australian Mammographic Density Research Facility (AMDRF)	Project Leader Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Barrow laboratory: Tissue immunosurveillance strategies	Head of Laboratory Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Brain Cancer Invasion Group	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Brain Cancer Microenvironment and Biology Laboratory	Dr Theo Mantamadiotis	Surgery
Brain Tumours and Epilepsy	Associate Professor Andrew Morokoff	Surgery
Brain Tumours Online – Implementing and evaluating a digital platform for people affected by brain cancer
Breast Cancer	Head of Group Professor Bruce Mann Lead Researcher Dr Anita Skandarajah	Surgery
Breast Cancer	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Breast cancer follow-up and prospective analyses	Project Leader Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Buchanan laboratory: Oncogenomics (colorectal cancer)	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Coin Laboratory: Cancer Bioinformatics	Head of Laboratory Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Cancer Biology Research Group	Professor Graham Baldwin	Surgery
Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	Dr Wayne Crismani	Medicine
Cancer Immunotherapy symptoms: the experience and expectations around management	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine
Cancer in Biomedicine
Cancer
Cancer in Medicine
Cancer Nursing Research	Chair in Cancer Nursing; VCCC Research and Education Lead – Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamy	Nursing
Cancer Signaling Research Laboratory	Dr Hong-Jian Zhu	Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery	Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Care Plus Study	Research Assistant Roslyn Le Gautier	Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Centre for research excellence in cervical cancer control		Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Centre of Research Excellence in Childhood Adversity and Associated Depression and Anxiety	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Characterisation of complex structural variation in bacterial and human genomes	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	Professor Monica Slavin	Medicine
Cheng laboratory: Stem cell and organ size control regulation	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Louise Cheng	Anatomy and Physiology
Children of Twins: The Effects Of Parental Mental Health On Child Mental Health Outcomes	Project leader Doctor Katrina Scurrah	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Circulating Biomarkers in Liver Malignancy	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Climate change and human health	Professor Kathryn Bowen	Centre for Health Equity
Clinical Proteomics	Project Leader Dr Jonathon Mangum	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Coding the future: next-gen bioinformatic tools for nanopore data	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark	Anatomy and Physiology
Colon Cancer Family Registry Cohort	Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer	Unit Head Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer Screening	Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Communication skills: Consumer led training modules for cancer health care workers	Project Leader Professor Meinir Krishnasamy	Nursing
Community energy resilience pilot project - Maldives		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Continuous Professional Development Strategy for Primary Health Care nurses - Kiribati		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Covid-19 Health Worker Voices		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Continuous Professional Development for Frontline Health Workers - Solomon Islands		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Cutting off the fuel supply to starve cancer: identifying the nutrient dependencies of cancer cells	Project Leader Dr Kristin Brown	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
David Ascher laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Decoding the trafficking of immune receptors	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Defining new biomarkers and therapeutic targets in heart failure	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Defining new roles for the Hippo signalling pathway in skeletal muscle	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Defining nurse practitioner sensitive outcomes in a context of multidisciplinary care	Chair of Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamy	Nursing
Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	A/prof John Price	Medicine
Dental School
Depression in people with Multiple Sclerosis		Centre for Health Equity
Designing better drugs	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Designing new optogenetic tools for biomedical research	A/Prof Danny Hatters	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Developing clinical genomic methods for cancer of unknown primary	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Developing innovative animal and cell culture models to study and treat muscular dystrophies	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Development of a tailored supportive care intervention for women living with advanced breast cancer	Project Leader Professor Meinir Krishnasamy	Nursing
Development of an evidence based clinical care pathway for high risk women following risk reducing hysterectomy +/- bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRBSO)		Centre for Health Equity
Development of an online education resource to improve nursing care of older people with cancer	Project Leader Professor Meinir Krishnasamy	Nursing
Development of automated measures from mammograms that predict masking and risk and pilot implementation into a BreastScreen service		Centre for Health Equity
Development of automated measures from mammograms that predict masking and risk of breast cancer		Centre for Health Equity
Development of effector regulatory T cells	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Diabetes Eye Care
Towards understanding new therapies for obesity and diabetes: discovering new regulators of lipid metabolism	Research Project Leader Professor Matthew Watt	Anatomy and Physiology
Dolcetti Laboratory: Clinical and Translational Immunotherapy	Head of Laboratory Professor Riccardo Dolcetti	Microbiology and Immunology
Eckersley-Maslin laboratory: Stem cell and cancer epigenetics	Head of Laboratory Dr Melanie Eckersley-Maslin	Anatomy and Physiology
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
EMT regulators in intestinal and germline stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
Endocrine Surgery	Associate Professor Julie Miller	Surgery
Enhance: A multi-centre, randomised phase IV study		Medicine
Enteric Neuropathy as a Target to Alleviate Gastrointestinal Side-effects of Chemotherapy	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine
Establishing patterns of primary health care usage in cancer at the end of life	Matthew Grant	Medicine
Ethics of personalised medicine to treat refactory childhood cancer		Centre for Health Equity
Evaluating Global Fund innovation - focused programs in the Asia Pacific		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Evaluating molecular biomarkers of anal cancer risk		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Evaluation of RACS International Eye Health Programs		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Program Evaluation: Pacific Health and Nutrition		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Exercise oncology	Head of Research Group Professor Linda Denehy	Physiotherapy
Exploiting nanoparticles as vaccines	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Exploring how diabetes causes increased proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells carrying a mutation in DNMT3A	Prof Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Exploring new roles for the TGFβ signalling network as a key regulator of skeletal muscle in health and disease	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Family violence in newly-arrived migrant and refugee communities	Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Fertility After Cancer Predictor (FoRECAsT) Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Finding clarity within a blizzard- guiding the solution of cryo-EM structures	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
First Aid Training for Parents of Teenagers: A Randomized Controlled Trial (TPOT Study)	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine
Gavin Reid laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Gavin E. Reid	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Gene regulation in the developing retina and the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma	Prof David Eisenstat	Paediatrics
Genetics of blood brain barrier formation	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Genomic tools for diagnosis of the presence of a solid tumour and for prediction of tumour subtype and likely treatment response from circulating tumour DNA	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Genomic tools for rapid diagnosis of bacterial infection using host and bacterial biomarkers	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Genomics Platform Group	Associate Professor Oliver Hofmann	Clinical Pathology
Giving an adult life after Fontan surgery to those with the most severe congenital heart conditions	Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Glioblastoma Survival Signaling Lab	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
Gregorevic laboratory: Muscle Research and Therapeutics	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Gynaecology Research Centre - Hickey Group	Research Group Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Head and Neck Tumour Stream Research Group	Professor David Wiesenfeld	Surgery
Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire	Research Assistant Tessa Cutler	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health behaviours and outcomes in people with Multiple Sclerosis	Dr Claudia Marck	Centre for Health Equity
Health Professional Education Market Assessment		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health seeking behaviour in four Indian States		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health Star Rating (HSR) label impact on food formulation and consumer purchasing	Professor Tony Blakely	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Systems Governance and Financing	Head of Unit Katherine Gilbert	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health systems strengthening - global learning program		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	AProfessor Frederic Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Hime laboratory: Stem cell genetics and Drosophila models of human disease	Head of Laboratory Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
Hogan laboratory: Vascular Cell and Developmental Biology	Head of Laboratory Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Hollande laboratory: Tumour Heterogeneity in Metastatic Cancer	Head of Laboratory Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Honorary Appointments’ Research Projects		Surgery
Host responses to therapy and the tumour microenvironment contribute to the development of tumour resistance	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
How do dietary nutrients affect the ability of stem cells and stem cell-derived tumours to grow and divide?	Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng	Anatomy and Physiology
How do neural stem cells maintain quiescence?	Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng	Anatomy and Physiology
How do neurons maintain their specialised status?	Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng	Anatomy and Physiology
How do tumours compete for resources to grow?	Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng	Anatomy and Physiology
How infection and trauma cause dendritic cell paralysis and lethal immunosuppression	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
How to harness the immune system to cure cancer: adoptive cell immunotherapy	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
Human Liver Organoids	Project Lead Professor Kumar Visvanathan	Medicine
Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	A/prof John Price	Medicine
Identifying and characterising Lynch syndrome within the population	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine
Identifying biomarkers of risk and poor prognosis in CRC	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Identifying Critical Success Factors for Mammographic Screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women	Project Leader Prof Margaret Kelaher	Centre for Health Policy
Identifying novel genetic risk factors for colorectal cancer	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Immunoregulatory functions of the MARCH family of ubiquitin ligases	Professor Jose Villadangos	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Immunosurveillance pathways in brain cancer	Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Impact of COVID-19 on health workforce policy		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Impact of COVID-19 on the sexual & reproductive health of vulnerable communities in Indonesia		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Implementation research to improve scale-up of depression services in Vietnam (IRIS-DSV)	Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Improving child development outcomes: the role of WASH		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Improving outcomes in lung cancer: implementation of physical activity guidelines	Head of Research Group Professor Linda Denehy	Physiotherapy
Improving reproductive health through infectious diseases research		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving skin cancer prevention: motivating preventive behaviours using knowledge of personalised genomic risk of melanoma		Centre for Health Equity
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
India Health Policy and Systems Research Fellowship		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Indigenous Epidemiology and Health	Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Infectious and nutritional co-morbidities in pregnancy and health outcomes amongst women and newborns in low- and middle-income countries	Dr Michelle Scoullar
Inflammation-induced Cancer: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine
Informal Communities in Cancer Treatment	Project Lead Dr Matt Grant	Medicine
Innovation in radiation skin Toxicity management for patients with curative head and neck cancer: The INTACT Study	Chair of Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamy	Nursing
Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine
Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	Professor David Ritchie	Medicine
Inter and Intra-tumour heterogeneity in metastatic colorectal cancer	Group Leader, acting Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
International Mismatch Repair Consortium	Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Investigating mucosal and systemic immune responses to bacteria	Prof Neil O'Brien-Simpson	Melbourne Dental School
Investigating the Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex to Protect Muscles from Wasting Conditions	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	Associate Professor Niall Corcoran	Surgery
Investigating the role of cachexia in the response to surgical tumour resection in mice	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
Isabelle Rouiller laboratory	Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Jonathan Mangum laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Jonathan Mangum	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Kaat Koort - Aboriginal Brain Health Study	Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kallies laboratory: Molecular immunology	Head of Laboratory Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Kristin Brown laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Kristin Brown	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Learning from skeletal muscles to develop new treatments for cancer	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	Prof David Eisenstat	Paediatrics
Live imaging of cellular signalling in vascular development and disease models	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Liver Group	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Liz Hinde laboratory	Head of Research Group Dr Elizabeth Hinde	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Low Literacy Decision Aid about Reproductive Choices for Younger Women with Breast Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Lynch laboratory: Basic and clinical myology	Head of Laboratory Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
Manipulating immunity to fight infection and tumours	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	Project Lead Dr Rachel Koldej	Medicine
Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine
Manometric studies on oesophageal atresia and colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Mantamadiotis laboratory: Brain Cancer Molecular Biology	Dr Theo Mantamadiotis	Microbiology and Immunology
MatesMonitor	Dr Tania King Professor Tony Lamontagne	Centre for Health Equity
Medical School
Men's Health	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Mental Health Epidemiology	Unit Head Professor Matthew Spittal	Centre for Mental Health
Mental Health Policy and Practice	Unit Head Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine
Metabolic reprogramming and chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer	Project Leader Dr Kristin Brown	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Metabolic reprogramming of skeletal muscle stem cells	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
Michael Parker laboratory	Head of Laboratory and Director, Bio21 Institute Professor Michael Parker	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Microbiology and Immunology
Mindwise: A multifaceted intervention to improve mental health literacy in staff and students of a multi-campus university	Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
Missed nursing care. An exploration of missed nursing are in cancer contexts	Chair of Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamy	Nursing
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in natural killer cells	Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in natural killer cells	Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in plasmacytoid dendritic cells	Project Leader Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular basis for growth factor surveillance in plasmacytoid dendritic cells	Dr Alexander David Barrow	Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular mechanisms controlling lymphangiogenesis	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer	Project Leader Dr Jonathon Mangum	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Molecular Mechanisms of Tumour Resistance Laboratory	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Molecular Oncology	Research Group Leader Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
MR1 – a molecular alarm system that detects pathogen metabolites	Professor Jose Villadangos	Microbiology and Immunology
MRFF Million Minds project - Bringing family, community, culture and country to indigenous youth mental health care	Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Mueller laboratory: Visualising the immune system in action	Head of Laboratory Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Multidisciplinary care for women with metastatic breast cancer	Project Leader Professor Meinir Krishnasamy	Nursing
Nerve transfers for restoration of upper limb function in tetraplegia	Project Leader Dr Arthur Hsueh	Centre for Health Policy
Neural Dynamics Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Neuroepidemiology	Unit Head Dr Sandra Neate	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Neurosurgery	Professor Kate Drummond	Surgery
Novel Approaches in Therapeutic Endoscopy	A/prof Alan Moss	Medicine
Novel genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine
Novel investigations and treatments for intractable, chronic constipation	Project Leader Dr Bridget Southwell	Paediatrics
Novel regulators of germline stem cells	Project Leader Professor Gary HIme	Anatomy and Physiology
Novel treatments for colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
OPPtiC: A pilot feasibility study of establishing a clinical opioid pharmacogenomics database in palliative care	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine
Optimising the Capability of the Allied Health Workforce within Cancer Prehabilitation	Project Leader Professor Lynette Joubert	Social Work
Optimising the management of patients awaiting liver transplantation	Professor Christopher Christophi Senior Lecturer Michael Fink	Surgery
PaCCSC RAPID Series - Cancer-related Lymphoedema	Beth Russell	Medicine
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	A/Prof Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Jennifer Philip	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine
PanSupport - development of an experience based co-design, supportive care app with and for people affected by pancreatic cancer	Chair of Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamay	Nursing
Patient reported outcomes: getting the timing right	Project Leader Chris Schilling	Centre for Health Policy
Personalising treatments for genetic diseases	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Physiology
Population Mental Health	Unit Head Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
Postnatal germ cells are controlled by FSH during ‘minipuberty’ at 3-6 months of age, and deranged by cryptorchidism to cause seminoma and infertility	Project Leader Dr Ruili Li	Paediatrics
Practice Research Program in Health and Mental Health	Head of Research Group Professor Lynette Joubert Head of Research Group A/Prof Ralph Hampson	Social Work
Precision prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome	Associate Professor Aung Win	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Precursor exhausted T cells in chronic infection and tumors	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Predictors and consequences of allergies that impact on children getting a healthy start to life	Unit Head Prof Shyamali Dharmage	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (including cancer), and promotion of mental health
Primary health care service delivery redesign for the COVID 19 new normal		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Priorities and Needs of Women Living with Advanced Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Probiotic therapy		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Project 1. Development of improved cancer vaccines to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy combination strategies	Project Leader Professor Riccardo Dolcetti	Microbiology and Immunology
Project 2. Identification and characterisation of novel classes of therapeutically relevant tumour neo-antigens	Project Leader Professor Riccardo Dolcetti	Microbiology and Immunology
Promoting an improved patient experience in gynaecological cancer care	Project Leader Professor Lynette Joubert	Social Work
Promoting and advancing midlife health in women	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Promoting health, wellbeing and health services efficiency through a tailored navigation program for older adults with cancer (PARTNER)	Chair of Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamy	Nursing
Prostate Cancer	Head of Group Professor Christopher Hovens Deputy Laboratory Head Associate Professor Niall Corcoran	Surgery
Prostate Cancer Research Group	Professor Christopher Hovens	Surgery
RAPID Postmarketing Study - Medicinal Cannabis		Medicine
Rare Disease Oncogenomics	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Rational Protein Engineering	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	Professor David Ritchie	Medicine
Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine
Reducing the burden of colorectal cancer by optimising screening: evidence to clinical practice	Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine
Regulation of cancer stem cell self-renewal in colorectal cancer	Group Leader, Acting deputy Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Regulation of personalised digital closed loop systems to manage diabetes in children		Centre for Health Equity
Renal supportive care of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease	Kathryn Ducharlet	Medicine
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Professor Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine
Resident memory T cells (Trm)	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
RESPONSE		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Responsive health systems		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Rethinking Malaria		Nossal Institute for Global Health
The role of the essential biometal zinc in pathological and physiological processes	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Oneel Patel Dr Joseph Ischia	Surgery
Role of p-21-activated kinases in pancreactic cancer	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Mehrdad Nikfarjam	Surgery
Role of the Nervous System in Cancer Development and Progression	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine
The role of the Renin Angiotensin System in tumour progression and recurrence following tumour resection	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Saving Lives at Birth (SLAB)		Nossal Institute for Global Health
School of Biomedical Sciences
School of Health Science
Serum biomarkers of brain cancer	Dr Andrew Morokoff	Surgery
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Sex-specific regulation of adipose tissue immune cells	Project Leader Professor Axel Kallies	Microbiology and Immunology
Shabih Shakeel laboratory	Lab Head & Principal Research Fellow Dr Shabih Shakeel	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Small molecules for BIG targets- Targeting protein-protein interactions with fragments	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Social & Cultural Dimensions of Health Systems	Head of Unit Sumit Kane	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Spinal Biology Laboratory	Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
Stem Cell Disease Modelling	Professor Alice Pèbay	Surgery
STEP Care Clinical Trial	Project Lead Anna Collins	Medicine
STOP MS Study	Dr Jeanette Reece	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Strengthening the impact measurement of MMV investments		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Structural Biology of Cancer	Professor Michael Parker	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine
Surgical Research Group	Chair of Paediatric Surgery Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Fully Funded. Systematic EndoscopIc Staging of Mediastinum to determine Impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung Cancer (SEISMIC): an international multi-centre cohort study	Associate Professor Daniel Steinfort	Medicine
T cell function as a determinant of blinatumomab efficacy in B-ALL	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine
Tackling drug resistance	Dr David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Targeting the angiogenic and osteoclastic pathways in spinal cancer	Doctor Gerald Quan Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
Targeting the Lymphatics in colorectal Liver metastasis	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Taylor: Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit	Head of Research Unit Professor Ian Taylor	Anatomy and Physiology
teen Mental Health First Aid	Project Leader Dr Laura Hart	Centre for Mental Health
The ABACUS group	Project Leader DA/Prof Carolyn Nickson	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The application of a patient centred service design approach to improve patients experience of breast cancer care	Professor Christobel Saunders
The assessment of oral cancer risk using a chair-side tool for salivary aldehyde production	Professor Michael McCullough	Surgery
The ATTUNE Study: Feasibility of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Lung Cancer	Chair of Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamy	Nursing
The Bonn and Melbourne Research and Graduate School	Melbourne Coordinator Dr Marie Greyer
The CGA-Oncology Study: Comprehensive geriatric assessment and intervention in older lung cancer patients	Project Lead Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine
The development of a nurse-sensitive, cancer care complexity index	Project Leader Professor Meinir Krishnasamy	Nursing
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
The EXPERT Study. Defining characteristics of cancer nursing expertise	Chair of Cancer Nursing Professor Mei Krishnasamy	Nursing
The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	Professor Christopher Hovens	Surgery
The HOLISM Study	A/Prof Sandra Neate	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The impact of cancer therapies on the bone marrow microenvironment	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine
Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Pro-Poor Policy—The Knowledge Sector Initiative (KSI)		Nossal Institute for Global Health
The Mental Health First Aid Conversations About Suicide Trial	Project Leader Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
The MSOC Study	Maggie Yu & William Bevens	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The National Centre for Infections in Cancer		Nursing
The perception of special needs dentistry amongst newly graduate dentists	Dr Hajer Derbi	Melbourne Dental School
The QUAL MS study	Associate Professor Sandra Neate	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
The role of masculinity in the suicidality of men aged 80 or more		Centre for Health Equity
The role of miRNA in oral mucosal disorders	Professor Michael McCullough	Surgery
The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	Dr Andrew Deans	Medicine
The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine
The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
Therapeutic potential of skeletal muscle plasticity and slow muscle programming for muscular dystrophy	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
TIGER home based rehab for advanced lung cancer: RCT	Project Leader Professor Linda Denehy	Physiotherapy
Toward the health promoting university: enhancing the student experience and academic outcomes	Project Leader Prof Lena Sanci (Department of General Practice) Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Trans-generational effects: exposures before conception & offspring risk of asthma and allergies	Unit Head Professor Shyamali Dharmage	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Transcriptional regulation of cancer cell metabolism	Project Leader Dr Kristin Brown	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Transcriptional regulation of intestinal organoid differentiation	Project Leader Professor Gary Hime	Anatomy and Physiology
Transcriptional reprogramming of metabolism in liver cancer	Project Leader Dr Andrew Cox	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Translating Evidence into Practice: Optimising and Facilitating Prevention and Screening in Women with a Strong Family History of Breast Cancer		Centre for Health Equity
Twin and Family Registry Management	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Understanding and Addressing Catastrophic Health Events in India		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine
Understanding how the ATPase p97 functions at molecular level	Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Understanding immune dysfunction in acute myeloid leukemia	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Understanding the aetiology of Serrated Polyposis Syndrome	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Understanding the biology of Merkel cell carcinoma	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Understanding The Immune Environment in Metastatic Melanoma	Surgeon, Project Leader Dr David Gyorki	Surgery
Understanding the immune microenvironment in brain tumours	Dr Theo Mantamadiotis	Microbiology and Immunology
Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	Dr Ramin Shayan	Surgery
Understanding the Molecular Consequences of Mutations	Dr David Ascher David Ascher	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	Dr Ramin Shayan	Surgery
Undescended testis and inguinal hernia result from defects in the same mechanism	Project Leader Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Unravelling the causes of persistent exercise intolerance in cancer survivors	Dr Steve Foulkes	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Unravelling the mysteries of E3 ubiquitin ligase in regulating skeletal muscle size and function	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Use of Connexin43 peptides as a treatment for glioma	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Using the immune system to kill tumours	A/Prof Justine Mintern	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Using transcriptional analyses to understand recognition of tumours by natural killer cells	Professor Andrew Brooks	Microbiology and Immunology
Vaccine design and development to improve immune responses to viral diseases and cancer	Prof Neil O'Brien-Simpson	Melbourne Dental School
Violence Against Women and Girls: Understanding the Indonesian health system response		Nossal Institute for Global Health
VCCC Building Capability in Clinical Trials Program	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine
Villadangos laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Jose Villadangos	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Watt laboratory: Metabolism and Diabetes	Head of Laboratory Professor Matthew Watt	Anatomy and Physiology
Western Health Cancer Research	Group Leader Professor Michael Green	Medicine
What causes adult asthma, COPD and sleep disordered breathing	Unit Head Professor Shyamali Dharmage	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
What workplaces can do to improve mental health	Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Impact of risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy on non-cancer outcomes in young high-risk women: a multicentre prospective study.	Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, The Royal Women's Hospital Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
WorkplaceAid: a trial on improving mental health and physical first aid skills in the workplace	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health

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