Neuroscience

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Understanding the plasticity of skeletal muscle in health and disease	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
Tackling the high incidence of suicide in working men		Centre for Health Equity
'What Works for Depression' and 'What Works for Anxiety'	Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
A clinical test of dark adaptation for age-related macular degeneration	Project Leader Dr Michael Pianta	Optometry and Vision Sciences
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 gut feeling about new therapies for glioma	Joint Project Leaders Dr Lincon Stamp & Dr Marlene Hao	Anatomy and Physiology
A multi-centre randomised controlled trial of polysomnographic titration of non-invasive ventilation in motor neurone disease		Physiotherapy
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age (AUPOA)		Psychiatry
Accelerated Gene Identification Program (Gene Discovery)	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Acid-sensitivity in auditory neurons	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Australian Centre for Cannabinoid Clinical and Research Excellence (ACRE): Quality and safety in the implementation of medicinal cannabis use in the community	Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice and Primary Care
Advanced Interventions for Mood Disorders	Head of Department, Professor Christopher Davey	Psychiatry
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Ageing in Mind (AiM)	Senior Research Fellow in Psychiatry of Old Age Terence Chong	Psychiatry
Allen laboratory: Central cardiovascular regulation	Head of Laboratory Professor Andrew Allen	Anatomy and Physiology
An ultrasensitive assay to detect aggrecan degradation products in patient fluids	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Analysing visual field data in macular disease	Project Leader Dr Andrew Anderson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Angiotensin and chemoreceptor function	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen	Anatomy and Physiology
Application of stem cell-derived neurons to the deaf cochlea	Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer Dr Bryony Nayagam	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Aptamers: developing a novel technology for hormone measurement	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Linda Fothergill, Professor John Furness	Anatomy and Physiology
ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine
ARCADIA: Nutraceutical and Lifestyle Medicine Mental Health Research Group	Group Head and Honorary Principal Research Fellow Professor Jerome Sarris	Psychiatry
Arterial grafting for coronary artery revascularisation	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Arthritis Research Group	Laboratory Head Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Assessing novel compounds for diagnostic retinal imaging
Auditory deficits in autism	Principle Investigator Associate Professor Gary Rance	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Auditory Neuroscience Unit	Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer Dr Bryony Nayagam	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Austin Health Research		Psychiatry
Autism Research Team	Laboratory Head Professor Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Autologous stem cell therapies in Australia	Project Leader Professor Megan Munsie	Anatomy and Physiology
Behavioural Ethics, Affect and Meaning Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Brock Bastian	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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Bilateral and Binaural Hearing	Dr Karyn Galvin	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Biomedical Engineering for Cochlear Implants	Senior Research Fellow Dr Carrie Newbold	Surgery
Biomedical Neuroscience
Black Saturday Post-Traumatic Roadshow	Project Leader Associate Professer Louise Harms	Social Work
Blood Atlas: Understanding cell state and differentiation using genomics data from blood cells	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells	Anatomy and Physiology
Bornstein laboratory: Enteric neuroscience	Head of Laboratory Professor Joel C Bornstein	Anatomy and Physiology
Andre Peterson	Group Leader Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine
Brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Physiology
Brain-gut axis: Neural pathways controlling the stomach and their relevance for treatment of gastroparesis	Project Leader/Supervisor Professor John Furness, Dr Martin Stebbing	Anatomy and Physiology
Brainwave and Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Cognition Enhancing Drugs	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Building a urogenital nervous system connectome	Project Leaders Professor Janet Keast / Dr Peregrine Osborne	Anatomy and Physiology
Bushfires, Social Connectedness and Mental Health	Project Leader Associate Professer Louise Harms	Social Work
Can We Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Cardiac Rehabilitation in Stroke Survivors to Improve Survivorship (CRiSSIS)	Natasha Machado Prof Gavin Williams	Physiotherapy
Carers of People Living with Psychosis	Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Cell state and cell fate: Systems biology approaches to understanding cell identity	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells	Anatomy and Physiology
Cellular Reprogramming Group	Senior Research Fellow Dr Raymond Wong	Surgery
Centre for Health Analytics	Director Kate Lucas	Paediatrics
Centre of Research Excellence in Childhood Adversity and Associated Depression and Anxiety	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Centre of Research Excellence – Newborn Medicine	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in patients with vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid haemorrhage	Dr Alexios Adamides	Surgery
Cheng laboratory: Stem cell and organ size control regulation	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Louise Cheng	Anatomy and Physiology
Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Director, Mindful A/Professor Alessandra (Sandra) Radovini	Psychiatry
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Clark laboratory: Transcriptomics and Neurogenetics	Head of Laboratory Dr Mike Clark	Anatomy and Physiology
Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Stephen C Bowden	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Clinical and Health Psychology	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Carol Hulbert	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Clinical and Music Neuroscience Laboratory	Professor Sarah Wilson
Wendyl D'Souza	Research Group Leader Assoc. Prof Wendyl D'Souza	Medicine
Clinical Neuropsychiatry	Professor Dennis Velakoulis	Psychiatry
Mark Cook	Group Leader Professor Mark Cook	Medicine
Clinical Psychophysics Unit	Lab Director Professor Allison McKendrick	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Clinical Trials Research Centre, Centre for Eye Research Australia	Head, Clinical Trials Research Centre Associate Professor Lyndell Lim	Surgery
Cochlear implantation for children with single-sided deafness or very asymmetrical hearing loss	Dr Karyn Galvin	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Coding the future: next-gen bioinformatic tools for nanopore data	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark	Anatomy and Physiology
Cognitive and Neuropsychological Development Laboratory	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Robert Reeve	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
Cognitive Interventions Technologies and Evaluation Research Group (CITE)	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs Dr Amit Lampit	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Cognitive Interventions Technologies and Evaluation	Dr Amit Lampit	Psychiatry
Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Rob Hester	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Cognitive Neuroscience and Computational Psychiatry Lab	Laboratory Head Associate Professor Marta Garrido	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory	Laboratory Director Dr Jason Forte	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Cognitive Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience
Comparing oculomotor decision-making models for halting inappropriate actions	Project Leader Dr Andrew Anderson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Computational Cognitive Science Lab	Lab Leader A/Prof Andrew Perfors	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Computational Memory Lab	Laboratory Director Dr Adam Osth	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Computational Modelling		Audiology and Speech Pathology
Contemplating stem cells in society	Project Leader Dr Claire Tanner	Anatomy and Physiology
Peter Crouch laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Peter Crouch	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Cytoprotection Pharmacology Research	Professor Greg Dusting	Surgery
Decision-making & Affective Learning in Emotional Conditions (DALEC)	Director Dr Nicholas Van Dam	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Daniel Hoyer laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Daniel Hoyer	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Danny Hatters laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Danny Hatters	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia		General Practice and Primary Care
Deciphering the mysteries of human brain development	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark	Anatomy and Physiology
Decision Neuroscience Laboratory	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Stefan Bode	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Defining new roles for the Hippo signalling pathway in skeletal muscle	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Depression and Anxiety Neuroscience	Professor Ben Harrison	Psychiatry
Depression and Anxiety Neuroscience	Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Ben Harrison	Psychiatry
Developing consensus on physical activity measurement following stroke	Project Leader Dr Natalie Fini	Physiotherapy
Developing innovative animal and cell culture models to study and treat muscular dystrophies	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Developing iPad home-monitoring platforms for multiple sclerosis assessment
Developing methods for measuring magnetic susceptibility in the brain	Associate Professor Leigh Johnston	Medicine
Developing New Mathematical Methods to Understand Patient-specific Epileptic Networks	PhD Candidate Isabelle Harris	Medicine
Developing novel ocular biomarkers for drug testing and neurodegenerative disease of the CNS		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders A/Prof Nicholas Opie and A/Prof Thomas Oxley	Medicine
Development of new radio frequency pulses to improve 7T MRI	Professor Roger Ordidge	Medicine
Development of open source tools for vision research
Development of Scaffolds for Restoration of Myotendous Junctions	Project Lead Associate Professor Robert Kapsa	Medicine
Diagnosis and management of Auditory Processing Disorder	Principle Investigator Dani Tomlin	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study)	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice and Primary Care
Directed Differentiation of stem cells to cochlear phenotypes	Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer Dr Bryony Nayagam	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Discovering differences and similarities between phenotype and biology of twins with autism and children with known genetic problems with a high risk of autism	Project Leader Dr Felicity Klopper	Paediatrics
Towards understanding new therapies for obesity and diabetes: discovering new regulators of lipid metabolism	Research Project Leader Professor Matthew Watt	Anatomy and Physiology
Discovery of circulating RNA biomarkers in autism	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Disease modelling	Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer Dr Bryony Nayagam	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Doctors in Secondary Schools	Head of Department Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice and Primary Care
Early detection and intervention for infants at high risk of motor impairments	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Effective strength training for walking in neurological rehabilitation	Project Leader Prof Gavin Williams	Physiotherapy
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine	Research Group Leader Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Employment and Vocational Occupation	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Engaging young people in early psychosis mental health services	CPN Director Assoc. Prof Bridget Hamilton	Nursing
Evaluation of vascular, glial and functional deficits in diabetic eye disease		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Evaluation of Victorian Safewards trial	CPN Director Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton	Nursing
Evolution Lab	Director Dr Khandis Blake	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Exercise-induced liver-muscle cross-talk and mitochondrial adaptations	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery	Anatomy and Physiology
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
EXTEND-IA TNK	Group Leader Associate Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine
Eye Movement Laboratory	Lab Director Associate Professor Larry Abel	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Eye movements in neurodegenerative disease	Project Leader Associate Professor Larry Abel	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Factors that accelerate photoreceptor death: The role of purines	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher	Anatomy and Physiology
First Aid Training for Parents of Teenagers: A Randomized Controlled Trial (TPOT Study)	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Fletcher laboratory: Visual neuroscience	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher	Anatomy and Physiology
Focal Spasticity Management: Guidelines, usual care & outcomes	Prof Gavin Williams Ms Edwina Sutherland	Physiotherapy
Fogg laboratory: Surgical Anatomy	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Quentin Fogg	Anatomy and Physiology
Food entertainment of circadian rhythms	Project Supervisor Dr Lalita Oparija	Anatomy and Physiology
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Functional assessment of individual photoreceptors in the human eye	Project Leader Associate Professor Andrew Metha	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Functional microcircuitry of the primary Visual Cortex		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Functional neuroanatomy of genitourinary vasculature	Project Leaders Professor Janet Keast / Dr Peregrine Osborne	Anatomy and Physiology
Functional Neurological Disorders	Chair of Psychiatry, Austin Health Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Functions of Emotions in Everyday Life (FEEL) Research Lab		Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Furness laboratory: Digestive physiology and nutrition	Head of Laboratory Professor John Furness	Anatomy and Physiology
Gender differences in autism	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Gene-Environment Neuropsychiatry (GENe)	Dr Chad Bousman	Psychiatry
Genes, Brain and Behaviour Laboratory	Director Dr Patrick Goodbourn	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Genetics of blood brain barrier formation	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Getting back on track after the unexpected happens: decision making in predictable and unpredictable environments	Project Leader Dr Andrew Anderson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Glaucoma Research Laboratory	Head Glaucoma Research Laboratory Jonathan Crowston	Surgery
Glial cells as a source of progenitor cells in degenerative disease	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher	Anatomy and Physiology
Global and Cultural Mental Health	Unit Head Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Gregorevic laboratory: Muscle Research and Therapeutics	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Growth factors and peptide mimetics	Project Leader Dr Susan Northfield	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Gunnersen laboratory: Neuron development and plasticity	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Jenny Gunnersen	Anatomy and Physiology
Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire	Research Assistant Tessa Cutler	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health outcomes in children conceived using Assisted Reproduction Technologies	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Healthy Ageing Program	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
Hearing Neurosciences	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Hearing Regeneration and Protection	William Gibson Chair of Otolaryngology Professor Stephen O'Leary
Heart health in people with long-term mental health problems	Project Leader Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton	Nursing
Hogan laboratory: Vascular Cell and Developmental Biology	Head of Laboratory Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Honorary Appointments’ Research Projects		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 our genes cause neuropsychiatric disorders?	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark	Anatomy and Physiology
How do tumours compete for resources to grow?	Project Leader A/Professor Louise Cheng	Anatomy and Physiology
How does GM-CSF prevent brain damage after traumatic injury?	Head of Laboratory Dr Jenny Gunnersen Project Leader Dr Sandy Shultz	Anatomy and Physiology
Human brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Physiology
Human Experience Laboratory	Head of Lab Prof Olivia Carter	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Hypothalamic modulation of basal sympathetic activity	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen	Anatomy and Physiology
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice and Primary Care
Identification and Management of Hearing Disorders	Associate Professor Gary Rance	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Identification and Management of Vestibular Disorders	Dr Jessica Vitkovic	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Identifying factors that improve gastrointestinal function in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
Identifying novel cartilage proteins with new functions	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine
Imaging Retinal Cells Human Unit	Lab Director Associate Professor Andrew Metha	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Improving clinical tests for diagnosis and management of vision loss (imaging and perimetry)
Improving delivery of RNA therapeutics	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Improving mental health for young people in out-of-home care: Providing participatory evidence-based mental health care across services	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Improving mobility after traumatic brain injury with ballistic strength training	Prof Gavin Williams	Physiotherapy
Improving the dispatch of Australia's first stroke ambulance	Dr Henry Zhao	Medicine
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
In vivo physiological characterisation of Parkinson’s disease
Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for autism. What can we learn from databases and existing administrative data?	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
INDIGO Study: physical activity and goal-setting intervention for sedentary older adults at risk of cognitive decline	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Infant Discrimination and Early Acquisition of Language – the IDEAL study	Principle Investigator Associate Professor Gary Rance	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Innate immunity and neural injury	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Insulin on the Brain	Research Project Leader Dr Garron Dodd	Anatomy and Physiology
Integrative Neurophysiology	Associate Professor Tony Verberne	Medicine
Investigating the role of intracranial pressure in glaucoma		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Is the “shed” form of Sez-6 proteins responsible for their synapse-promoting effects?	Head of Laboratory Dr Jenny Gunnersen Project Leader Dr Kathryn Munro	Anatomy and Physiology
Isabelle Rouiller laboratory	Associate Professor Isabelle Rouiller	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Ivanusic laboratory: Pain and sensory mechanisms	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Jason Ivanusic	Anatomy and Physiology
John Trinder Sleep Laboratory	Laboratory Director Prof Amy Jordan Senior Lecturer Dr Christian L Nicholas	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Joint hypermobility in functional neurological disorders	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Kaat Koort - Aboriginal Brain Health Study	Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Keast-Osborne Laboratory: Neural and Bioelectronic Control of Pelvic Organs	Joint Heads of Laboratory Professor Janet Keast & Dr Peregrine Osborne	Anatomy and Physiology
Knowledge, Information & Learning Laboratory	Laboratory Director A/Prof Daniel R Little	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Lawson laboratory: Transmissible neurodegeneration	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
Learning and Teaching Laboratory		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Learning from skeletal muscles to develop new treatments for cancer	Research Project Leader Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic	Anatomy and Physiology
Let's CHAT Dementia	A/Prof. Dina LoGiudice	Medicine
Life-span Development Laboratory	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Jeanette Lawrence	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine
Link-me: A randomised controlled trial of a systematic model of stepped mental health care in general practice	Link-me Trial Lead Investigator Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice and Primary Care
Live imaging of cellular signalling in vascular development and disease models	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Living an active life with Parkinson’s disease	Project Leader Associate Professor Jennifer McGinley	Physiotherapy
Longitudinal investigation of neurovascular dysregulation and capillary angiopathy in young people with diabetes	Lab Director Associate Professor Andrew Metha	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Macular Research Unit	Professor Robyn Guymer	Surgery
Memory and Language Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Simon Dennis	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Mapping the distribution of angiotensin receptors in the brain	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen	Anatomy and Physiology
Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Mature and developing synaptic transmission between defined classes of enteric neurons	Research Project Leader Dr Jaime Foong	Anatomy and Physiology
Mazzone laboratory: Respiratory Sensory Neuroscience	Head of Research Group Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Physiology
Mechanisms of Mental Health	Head of Lab Dr Caitlin Hitchcock	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Melbourne Clinic Research		Psychiatry
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Research		Psychiatry
Melbourne Psychology and Ageing	Co-leader Associate Professor Christina Bryant Co-leader Associate Professor Kathryn Ellis	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Men's Health	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Mental and Cognitive Health in Ageing	Professor Nicola Lautenschlager	Psychiatry
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine
Mental Health	Head of Research Group Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton	Nursing
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
Mice resistant to collagen degradation teach us about skeletal development and arthritis	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Mike Griffin laboratory	Head of Laboratory Dr Michael Griffin	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Mindful		Psychiatry
Mindfulness, cognitive processes and coping in chronic illness: insights from a study of joint replacement surgery	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
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
Mitochondria and Neurodegeneration Group	Associate Professor Ian A Trounce	Surgery
Modelling Epilepsy and Epilepsy Drug Effects–Computational Neuroscience Project	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
Molecular mechanisms controlling lymphangiogenesis	Project Leader Professor Ben Hogan	Anatomy and Physiology
Molecular mechanisms that contribute to skeletal pain	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Jason Ivanusic	Anatomy and Physiology
Montgomery laboratory: Metabolic Tissue Cross-Talk	Head of Laboratory Dr Magdalene Montgomery	Anatomy and Physiology
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory	Head of Lab Dr Litza Kiropoulos
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory		Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Mood-Psychosis Spectrum Group	Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry
Moral Psychology Laboratory	Laboratory Director Dr Simon Laham	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Motor Control and Rehabilitation	Group Leader Professor Mary Galea AM	Medicine
Motor trajectories of children born <30 weeks’ gestation from birth to 5 years: early predictors and functional outcome	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
Mueller laboratory: Visualising the immune system in action	Head of Laboratory Professor Scott Mueller	Microbiology and Immunology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Genetics of Neurodisability	Research Group Leader Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Murray laboratory: Myelin biology	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Simon Murray	Anatomy and Physiology
Muscle wasting in multiple system atrophy	Research Project Leader Professor Gordon Lynch	Anatomy and Physiology
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine
National Vision Research Institute	Lab Director Professor Michael Ibbotson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Negotiation and Interactive Behaviour Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Mara Olekalns	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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
Neural Mechanisms of Attention		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Neuro-immune interactions: Nerve pathways that control inflammation in the intestine	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Martin Stebbing	Anatomy and Physiology
Neuroanatomy of human visceral systems	Professor Janet Keast	Anatomy and Physiology
Neurocognitive Disorders Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Sarah Wilson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Laboratory Head Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Neuroepidemiology	Unit Head Dr Sandra Neate	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Neurologic bases of hearing impairment	Principle Investigator Associate Professor Gary Rance	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Neurological rehabilitation		Physiotherapy
Neuropsychiatric disorder gene characterisation with Nanopore sequencing	Project Leader Dr Mike Clark	Anatomy and Physiology
Neuropsychiatry of Neurodegenerative Disorders	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
Neuropsychiatry	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Neuroregeneration	Professor Alice Pébay	Surgery
Neuroscience & Mental Health
Neuroscience & Psychiatry
Neurotrophins - how do they influence neural firing and ion channels?	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Norman Saunders laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Norman Saunders	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Novel heteromeric receptors in gut control: ghrelin receptors and dopamine receptors working together	Project Leader/Supervisor Professor John Furness & Dr Ruslan Pustovit	Anatomy and Physiology
Priya Sumithran	Dr Priya Sumithran	Medicine
Ocular Biomarker Laboratory	Lab Director Dr Christine Nguyen
Ocular Biomarkers, Bioenergetics and Angiogenesis Research Group	Head of Laboratory Dr Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery
Ocular Genetics	Head, Ocular Genetics Professor Paul N Baird	Surgery
Ocular Physiology Laboratory	Lab Director Associate Professor Bang Bui	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Group	Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Optimising the Capability of the Allied Health Workforce within Cancer Prehabilitation	Project Leader Professor Lynette Joubert	Social Work
Optological Laboratory	Lab Director Dr Andrew J Anderson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Oxidative stress and neural injury	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Pain and Cognition Neuroimaging Lab	Director Natalia Egorova	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Pain management using ultrasound-guided local anaesthetic techniques	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Jason Ivanusic	Anatomy and Physiology
Parallel Pathways in Vision		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Patient reported outcomes: getting the timing right	Project Leader Chris Schilling	Centre for Health Policy
Patient voices: An analysis of patients’ information-based priorities and needs	Project Leader Professor Megan Munsie	Anatomy and Physiology
Paul Gooley laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Paul Gooley	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Performance		Audiology and Speech Pathology
Personality Processes Laboratory	Laboratory Director Associate Professor Luke D Smillie	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Perturbation-based Biomarkers for Tracking Brain Dynamics	PhD Candidate Wei Qin
Peter Crack laboratory	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Phase 4 Evaluation of the Victorian Mental Health Interprofessional Leadership Network		Nursing
Physical Appearance Research Team (PART)		Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Point of Care Ultrasound Simulation Education	Dr David Canty	Surgery
Population Mental Health	Unit Head Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
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
Predicting the onset of dementia using Positron Emission Tomography	Rob Williams	Medicine
Prediction and Decision-Making Laboratory
Prevention and Recovery Care	Director of the Centre for Mental Health Professor Jane Pirkis	Psychiatry
Prevention and Recovery Care Services (PARCS) Evaluation	Project Leader Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton	Nursing
Primary Care Mental Health	Research Program Leader Prof Victoria Palmer	General Practice and Primary Care
Prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target discovery in stroke	Project Leader Dr Jonathon Mangum	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Program Theory & Logic and the Monitoring & Evaluation Framework for Independent Mental Health Advocacy Service	Project Leader Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton	Nursing
Project 1. Should we worry about prion associated heart disease?	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
Project 2. COVID-19 associated brain injury and inflammation	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Vicki Lawson	Microbiology and Immunology
PROSPER: PRevalence Of unwanted Sexual contact: Pursuing Early Recognition	Project Leader A/Prof Laura Tarzia	General Practice and Primary Care
Protecting the gut from the damaging consequences of obesity	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Rachel McQuade	Anatomy and Physiology
Psychosis & Developmental Neuropsychiatry	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Psychosocial Research Group	Head of Group Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Pupillary Indicators of Fatigue	Project Leader Associate Professor Larry Abel	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Reconceptualising and supporting disaster recovery as growth	Project Leader Professor Louise Harms	Social Work
Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint in Mental Health Care	Project Leader Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton	Nursing
Relaxin family peptide hormones	Project Leader Associate Professor Tony Hughes	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Research	Lab Head Leigh Johnston Johnston Associate Professor
RESEARCH
Retinal structure and function in ageing and disease	Project Leader Dr Michael Pianta	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Retinal Structure and Function Laboratory	Lab Director Dr Michael Pianta	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Rett Syndrome and related genes	Project Leader Dr Nicole van Bergen	Paediatrics
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice and Primary Care
Ruparelia Laboratory: Muscle Growth, Regeneration and Ageing	Head of Laboratory Dr Avnika Ruparelia	Anatomy and Physiology
Saccadic Eye Movements	Associate Professor Larry Abel	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Safe resumption of high-level mobility and cardiovascular fitness following traumatic brain injury	Ms Sara Aldous Prof Gavin Williams	Physiotherapy
Saving Brain and Changing Practice in Stroke	Project Lead Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine
Saving Sight Through Novel BioTech Innovations for Inherited Retinal Disease		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Scott Laboratory: Neural Circuits and Behaviour	Head of Laboratory Professor Ethan Scott	Anatomy and Physiology
Screening for Prevalence of Illicit Toxins in the emergency department: Mapping pathways to care	Project Leader Professor Marie Gerdtz	Nursing
Self-help for Depression and Diabetes-related Distress in People With Type 2 Diabetes (SpringboarD)	Project Leader (University of Melbourne) Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice and Primary Care
Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE	Research Program Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice and Primary Care
Social Action Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Yoshihisa Kashima	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Social Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Social and Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Social Networks Laboratory	Director Dr Johan Koskinen	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Social/Personality Laboratory	Director Professor Nick Haslam	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Spotlight Project	Principal Research A/Prof Katherine Johnson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Stamp & Hao laboratory: Plasticity of the enteric nervous system	Joint Heads of Laboratory Dr Lincon Stamp & Dr Marlene Hao	Anatomy and Physiology
STOP MS Study	Dr Jeanette Reece	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Stroke	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Stroke Imaging and Treatment	Group Leader Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine
Stroke Research Group	Group Leader Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine
Subcortical Cognitive Dysfunction Laboratory	Laboratory Director Dr Jacqueline Anderson	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP)	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Systems Neuropsychiatry	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Systems Neuropsychiatry	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
The CORE Study	Principal Investigator Prof Victoria Palmer	General Practice and Primary Care
The effect of intraocular pressure on retinal ganglion cell function	Project Leader Dr Andrew Anderson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
The emotional and social burden of caring for a young child with complex health needs	Project Leader Professor Louise Harms	Social Work
The Enteric Neural Circuitry Activated During Bacterial-toxin Induced Diarrhoea	Research Project Leader Dr Jaime Foong	Anatomy and Physiology
The feasibility of smart-phones in the early detection of cerebral palsy	Project Leader Dr Alicia Spittle	Physiotherapy
The gastrointestinal complications of Parkinson's Disease	Project Leader/Supervisor Dr Rachel McQuade	Anatomy and Physiology
The heart as a central player in tissue cross-talk	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery	Anatomy and Physiology
The HOLISM Study	A/Prof Sandra Neate	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The impact of classroom environment on auditory comprehension and academic progress	Principle Investigator Associate Professor Gary Rance	Audiology and Speech Pathology
The long-term effects of conductive hearing loss	Principal Investigator Ms Kelley Graydon	Audiology and Speech Pathology
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 Neuropsychiatry of Androgen Deprivation	Chair of Psychiatrry Austin Health Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
The role of an aggrecan 32mer fragment in developing osteoarthritis	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
The Role of enteric neurons in gastrointestinal symptoms associated with Autism Spectrum disorders	Research Project Leader Dr Elisa Hill-Yardin	Anatomy and Physiology
The role of fixational eye movements in spatial vision	Project Leader Dr Andrew Anderson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
The role of glia in inner retinal changes during retinal degeneration	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher	Anatomy and Physiology
The role of glial cells in retinal vascular disease	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher	Anatomy and Physiology
The role of microglia in age-related macular degeneration	Head of Laboratory Professor Erica Fletcher	Anatomy and Physiology
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
The Stemformatics Stem Cell Atlas	Project Leader Professor Christine Wells	Anatomy and Physiology
The Target-D Trial	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice and Primary Care
The Vascular Bionics Laboratory	Heads of Laboratory Associate Professor Nicholas Opie and Associate Professor Thomas Oxley	Medicine
Therapeutic Innovations in Affective Disorders	Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry Professor Chee Ng	Psychiatry
Therapeutic Innovations in Mood and Anxiety Disorders	Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry Professor Chee Ng	Psychiatry
Time in Brain and Behaviour Laboratory	Principle Investigator Dr. Hinze Hogendoorn	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Tissue communication in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) and liver fibrosis	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery	Anatomy and Physiology
Tony Hughes & Susan Northfield laboratory	Joint Heads of Laboratory Associate Professor Tony Hughes & Dr Susan Northfield	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine
Transcriptional profiling of sensory neurons	Project Leader Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Physiology
Transdiagnostic Research Program (TRP)
Translational Neurobiology (Psychosis Studies)	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Trauma Anxiety and Stress (TAS) Lab	Director Professor Kim Felmingham	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Trauma Recovery and Resilience Research Program	Professor Lou Harms	Social Work
Traumatic brain injury	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Peter Crack	Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Traumatic Stress	Professor Meaghan O'Donnell	Psychiatry
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
UDP - Victoria	Project Leader Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Ultrasound Education Group	Co-director Professor Colin Royse Co-director Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Understanding metabolic cross-talk in health and disease - Focus on type 2 diabetes and fatty liver	Research Project Leader Dr Magdalene Montgomery	Anatomy and Physiology
Understanding progressive vision loss in the eye disease glaucoma	Project Leader Dr Andrew Anderson	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Understanding the aetiology of hypertension	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen	Anatomy and Physiology
Understanding the outcomes, including their language, participation and quality of life, of children with autism	Project Leader Prof Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Understanding the role of angiotensin in the rostral ventrolateral medulla	Research Project Leader Professor Andrew Allen	Anatomy and Physiology
Understanding the role of blood pressure, vascular autoregulation in ageing and glaucoma		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Undestanding trajectories and biological underpinnings of children with autism who lose skills	Project Leader Veronica Rose	Paediatrics
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 MRI to examine the human auditory brainstem	Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer Dr Bryony Nayagam	Audiology and Speech Pathology
Using our novel model of glaucoma to understand if ganglion cells can recover from injury		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Using systematic reviews to understand prognosis, diagnosis and effective interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difference and disability	Project Leader Dr Kristine Egberts	Paediatrics
Using the eye as a window into Alzheimer’s disease
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine
Virtual Reality Surgery Simulation	Professor Stephen O'Leary	Surgery
Vision and Attention Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Philip L Smith	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Vision in migraine
Vision Optimisation Laboratory	Dr Lauren Ayton	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Vision Optimisation Unit	Laboratory Director Dr Lauren Ayton	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Vision, Cognition and Behaviour Lab	Laboratory Director A/Prof Piers Douglas Howe	Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory	Lab Director Professor Trichur Vidyasagar (Sagar)	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Visual Attention, Reading & Dyslexia		Optometry and Vision Sciences
Visual Functions Laboratory	Prof Algis Vingrys	Optometry and Vision Sciences
Understanding visual processing in aging and development
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Watt laboratory: Metabolism and Diabetes	Head of Laboratory Professor Matthew Watt	Anatomy and Physiology
What is the function of Sez6L2 in the forebrain?	Head of Laboratory Dr Jenny Gunnersen Project Leader Dr Kathryn Munro	Anatomy and Physiology
What workplaces can do to improve mental health	Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
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Why your birth control might be dampening your desire to compete
Wilkinson-Berka laboratory: Retinal vascular biology and inflammation	Head of Laboratory Professor Jennifer Wilkinson-Berka	Anatomy and Physiology
Wireless electroretinography and visual evoked potentials for central nervous system drug testing
WITH: Women’s Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings	Primary Investigator Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice and Primary Care
Yao laboratory: Cardiovascular Neuroscience	Head of Laboratory Dr Song Yao	Anatomy and Physiology

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