Graduate Research completions
Completed CCS Graduate Research students
Central Clinical School's completed and passed postgraduate students by year. Note, the current year is updated as and when completions take place. Hyperlinks go to their respective year list.
For Graduate Research completions from 2023, please visit the Monash Graduate Research Office page.
2022
ACBD
Krystal Bergin
Patterns of Care and Novel Therapeutics for Multiple Myeloma
Mr Martin Ezeani
An Investigation of Therapy and Non-invasive Molecular Imaging for Atrial Myopathy and Myocardial Fibrosis
Feng Yan
Deciphering epigenetic alterations in pre-leukemic stem cells during T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia development
Department of Surgery
Christopher Groombridge
Clinician performance during resuscitation: stress, decision-making and life-saving interventions
Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Sarah Janssens
Shared leadership in healthcare emergency teams
Department of Infectious Diseases
Ryan Wick
Perfecting bacterial genome assembly
Department of Medicine
Ms Anna Beale
Sex differences in determinants of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Dr Bradley Gardiner
Individualizing cytomegalovirus preventive strategies following solid organ transplantation
Department of Neuroscience
Andrew Ma
Evaluating the Progression of Parkinson's Disease with Dynamic 4D Laryngeal CT
Muhammad Javaid
Drug-resistant focal cortical dysplasia in epilepsy: insights from cellular models of neuronal development"
Mr Rishabh Sharma
Systemic Inflammation after Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Consequences for Acute and Chronic Outcomes
Dr Robb Wesselingh
Autoimmune encephalitis: examining the peripheral and central nervous system immunological pathways
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Xianglong (Eric) Xu
Investigating the transmission dynamics and predicting the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections using mathematical modelling and machine learning algorithms
2021
ACBD
Ms Anna Kalff
Multiple myeloma- strategies to predict outcomes in the era of novel anti-myeloma therapies
Mr Ethan Oxley
Pu.1 And Maturational Plasticity In Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Ms Jaclyn Lange
Copper And Gallium Pet Imaging Agents For Applications In HIV And Cancer
Ms Katherine Cummins
Modification And Targeting Of Myeloid Cell Surface Antigens (Cd33 And Cd123) To Enhance The Therapeutic Index Of Car T-Cells For Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Baker
Mr Gerard Pernes
The Cellular Lipid Landscape Is A Defining Trait Of Human And Murine Immune Systems
Mr Habtamu Beyene
Plasma lipidomics to define the relationship of lipid metabolism with cardiometabolic risk factors and type 2 diabetes
Ms Michelle Flynn
Investigating The Role Of Neutrophil Glucose Metabolism In Inflammation And Diabetes-Associated Myelopoiesis And Atherosclerosis
Department of Diabetes
Mr Muthukumar Mohan
The protective role of Lipoxins against diabetes-associated atherosclerosis
Department of Gastroenterology
Dr Britt Christensen
Improving Clinical, Endoscopic And Histological Outcomes In Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mr Daniel So
Translating functional characteristics of dietary fibre to clinical value in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Department of Immunology
Ms Nina Hagan
Unique Requirements For Ki-67 In Mouse Haematopoiesis
Department of Infectious Diseases
Dr Iain Abbott
Antimicrobial resistant urinary tract infections: Pharmacodynamic profiling of oral fosfomycin
Dr Jillian Lau
Social and clinical studies of interventions towards HIV cure
Department of Medicine (Alfred)
Dr Sarah Gutman
Advanced Tissue Characterisation Techniques in the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease
Department of Medicine (Peninsula)
Dr Justin Cole
Physiology Of Inflammation, Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction And Myocardial Injury Resulting From Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Department of Neuroscience
Mr Daniel Merlo
Early Diagnosis, Monitoring, Subjective Performance And Predictors Of Subclinical Cognitive Decline In Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Emma Foster
Optimisation Of First Seizure Management
Ms Lin Zhang
Chronic migraine and cervical dystonia
Ms Wendy Wang
Detecting Cognitive Impairments In Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Using Neuropsychological And Ocular Motor Testing
Department of Psychiatry
Ms Ellie Aniulis
Attentional and Perceptual Responses to Diverse Body Types: Cognitive Contributors to Body Ideals
Department of Surgery
Ms Harmeet Bhullar
The investigation of fat necrosis in abdominally based flaps utilised for breast reconstruction
Ms Nicole Garcia
Graft-Host Interactions In Full-Thickness Wounds Using Mouse Models
Dr Rowan Miller
Establishing Prostate MRI as a Standard of Care in Early Prostate Cancer Detection
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC)
Ms Erica Plummer
Investigating The Pathogenesis Of Bacterial Vaginosis
Dr Rosie Latimer
Emerging Issues In Sexual Health: Mycoplasma Genitalium And 'Stealthing'
2020
ACBD
Mr Andrej Terzic
The Role Of Prmt5 In Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Mr Michael De Vries
The Role of Grainyhead-like 2 (Grhl2) Transcription Factor in Embryonic Development
Mr Mitchell Moon
Developing unique antiplatelet drugs for improved heart attack and stroke prevention
Ms Sarah Luu
Improving outcomes in patients with reduced splenic function
Dr Sung Chiu
The study of transcription factors SCL and LYL1 in normal and malignant haematopoiesis
Ms Wing Yu Man
Investigating the Role of CD45 in the Pathogenesis and Disease Progression in Multiple Myeloma
Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine (APOM)
Dr Jonathan Hiller
An evaluation of perioperative therapies re-purposed for oncoanaesthesia to improve cancer outcomes
Baker
Ms Amy Searle
Innovative Precision Medicine Approaches For Thrombo-Inflammatory Driven Cardiovascular Diseases
Ms Julia Loseff-Silver
Development Of Novel Compounds For Inhibition Of Pro-Inflammatory C-Reactive Protein And Investigation Into Shear-Induced CRP Dissociation
Mr Michael Keating
An Integrated Systems Biology Approach to the Discovery and Characterisation of Novel Regulators of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism
Mr Sudip Paul
Novel Approaches For Modulating Endogenous Plasmalogens: Applications To The Treatment Of Metabolic Disease
Burnet
Mr Jasper Cornish
Haploinsufficiency Of Murine Nfkb1 Confers A Defective Immune Response And Diverse Late-Onset Complications
Department of Diabetes
Ms Runa Lindblom
Mitochondrial Function in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Insights from Targeting Mitochondrial Pore-forming Cell Death Proteins
Ms Varaporn Suphapimol
Interactions between the immune system and vasoactive factors in neovascular retinopathy
Department of Gastroenterology
Mr Paul Gill
Investigating immune effects of short-chain fatty acids in healthy humans
Mr Ramakrishna Singh
Processing xylan rich residues to produce prebiotic- xylooligosaccharides
Mrs Shara Ket
Gastrointestinal bleeding: optimising peri-endoscopic management
Department of Immunology
Mr Abhirup Jayasimhan
Role of MHC class I expression in the pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes
Ms Amy Wilson
Improving In Vivo Detection Methods And Immunotherapies For Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Ms Angela Nyugen
Characterisation of the murine non-classical MHC I molecule, H2-Q10
Department of Infectious Diseases
Dr Nenad Macesic
Combating Gram negative multi-drug resistance with insights from novel bioinformatics approaches
Department of Medicine
Dr Gauri Mishra
Evaluation of prognostic factors for survival in patients with Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with Transarterial Chemoembolisation
Dr Jyoti Prasad
Defining clinically meaningful outcomes in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Department of Neuroscience
Mr Ho Hin Yau
An Ocular Motor Investigation of Attention in Multiple Sclerosis
Department of Surgery
Mr Cheng Lo
Cultured Epithelial Autografts (Cea) & Skin Tissue Engineering In Burn Injuries
Mr James Farag
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC)
Dr Janet M Towns
Modern Ethical Syphilology: Elucidating Treponema Pallidum Transmission; And Novel Strategies For Improving Early Detection Of Syphilis And Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre
Ms Sin Ki Ng
Investigating the role of cognitive risk factors and underlying neurobiological processes associated with chronic low back pain
2019
ACBD
Ms Rose Brazilek
Engineering and validation of an integrated lab on a chip platform for platelet research and clinical diagnostics
Mr Jay Hocking
Investigating MEK inhibition in the treatment of multiple myeloma
Dr Eileen Merriman
Isolated Distal Vein Deep Vein Thrombosis: Diagnosis and Management Strategies
Mr Steven Ngo
Mechanisms of differentiation therapy response and relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia
Ms Maria Selvadurai
Examining PI3KC2alpha as an anti-thrombotic drug target
Baker
Miss Beverly Giam
Roles of Nitric Oxide and Oxidative Stress on Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 2
Mr Kevin Huynh
Improving targeted lipidomics to elucidate lipid pathways in Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease
Mr Shane Nanayakkara
Mechanisms and Therapeutics of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Ms Ya-Lan Ying
Identification and Characterisation of Novel Therapeutic Targets Associated with Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability
Miss Ee Fang Yu
The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Development of Molecular Agents for Inflammation and Thrombosis
Burnet
Miss Alicia Chenoweth
Novel Approaches for the Generation of Human Antibody Therapeutics by IgG Hinge and Fc Engineering
Ms Liriye Kurtovic
The role of complement in antibody-mediated immune mechanisms against malaria
Ms Riya Palchaudhuri
Towards a point-of-care test for sepsis- Biomarkers of inflammation
Department of Diabetes
Mr Matthew Snelson
The effects of dietary advanced glycation endproducts on gut homeostasis and chronic kidney disease
Department of Gastroenterology
Ms Mary Ajamian
Investigating Markers of Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction in Gastrointestinal Diseases
Department of Immunology
Mr Kristopher Nilsen
Assessment of the reactance lung volume relationship from the forced oscillation technique
Department of Medicine including APoM, DID, MSHC and AIRmed
Dr Vincent Cornelisse
Epidemiology of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and HIV in men who have sex with men, and evaluation of new prevention strategies.
Department of Neuroscience
Ms Min Kim
Developing novel therapeutic strategies to promote neuroprotection and neurorepair in progressive MS
Ms Anna Scovelle
Associations between Sleep and Attentional Control on the Anti-Saccade Task in 'Cognitively Vulnerable' Adults
Department of Surgery
Ms Geraldine Ooi
Clinical and pathophysiological aspects of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in bariatric surgery
Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre
Mr Xianwei Che
Examining the Role and Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Social Support in Pain Experience
Ms Elizabeth Thomas
Cognition across the schizotypy-schizophrenia continuum and the role of the glutamatergic system
2018
ACBD
Ms Ashlee Conway
Characterisation of red cell mutants identified in an ENU mutagenesis screen
Ms Maria Daglas
Investigating the long term effects of traumatic brain injury on the immune and fibrinolytic system
Mr Dominik Draxler
New approaches for traumatic brain injury
Miss Shauna French
Defining the function of the thrombin receptor, PAR4, on human platelets
Burnet
Ms Liriye Kurtovic
The role of complement in antibody-mediated immune mechanisms against malaria
Baker
Mr Annas Al-Sharea
Modulation of hematopoiesis in cardiovascular disease
Mrs Shanzana Khan
The influence of y chromosome lineage on blood pressure regulation and vascular function
Ms My-Nhan Nguyen
Functional improvement anti-arrhythmic efficacy by anti-fibrotic inventions
Miss Maria Zaldivia
Investigations into the effects of renal denervation on monocyte activation in hypertension
Dr Benedict Costello
Non-Invasive Assessment of Central Haemodynamics and Cardiac Performance
Ms Dragana Dragoljevic
Mechanisms of accelerated atherogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis
Dr Alex Huang
Role of HMGB1 in atherothrombosis
Mr Waled Shihata
Pathophysiological Effects of High Intraluminal Pressure in Cardiovascular Disease
Burnet Institute
Ms Jessica Anania
Characterisation of a New Fc Receptor for Antibodies: Implications for Antibody Therapeutics in Cancer, Immunity and Infection
Ms Ashlee Burt
Characterisation of the Novel Influenza Haemagglutinin MicroCube Vaccine
Gastroenterology
Ms Marina Iacovou
Exploring the role of FODMAPs in the diet of breastfeeding mothers in alleviating symptoms of colic in breastfed infants
Ms Chu Yao
Exploring colonic fermentation and new technical applications for understanding functional & inflammatory bowel disease
Mrs Judith Moore
Novel interventional strategies for chronic constipation
Mr Soumya Majumdar
Clinical predictors and outcomes in cirrhosis and portal hypertension
Department of Immunology and Pathology including AIRMed
Mr Saeed Alrashdi
The contribution of inflammation to the development of retinal microvascular disease
Mr Timothy Gottschalk
Identifying and targeting signaling pathways in lupus using a clinically relevant model
Mr Andrew Guy
Computational approaches for examining the impact of protein structure and dynamics on malaria immunity
Dr Nirmala Kampan
The role of immune responses in preventing relapse in women with epithelial ovarian cancer
Ms Kirsty Wilson
Investigating nanoparticle based vaccines for the optimal induction of CD8 T cell responses against minimal peptide epitopes
Mr Nikolce Kocovski
Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies to Snake Venom
Ms Pin Quah
The roles of BAFF, B , NK and NKT cells in solid tumours
Miss Mahtab Parvaresh
The role of NFKB molecules in NK cell development
Kristopher Nilsen
Detection and quantification of ventilation heterogeneity in asthma using hyperpolarised helium MRI
Department of Medicine including APoM, DID, MSHC and AIRmed
Miss Sarila Gulcan
Role of histone methyltransferase Set7 in cardiac gene regulation and mitochondrial function
Mr Ishant Khurana
Epigenomic profile of Type 1 diabetes: FinnDiane 200 study
Mr Scott Maxwell
The biochemical characterisation of MeCP2 in the brain
Dr Nicholas Medland
Accessible but not accessed: Optimising Engagement with Antiretoviral Therapy
Mr Yow Tham
Protecting the heart and other organs in a setting of obesity
Dr Michelle Yong
The use of a novel interferon-gamma release assay (Quantiferon) to characterrise immunilogical and cytomegalovirus (CMV) clinical outcomes in HIV infected and transplant patients
Mr Pacific Huynh
The role of CDA1 in an Experimental Model of Diabetes-Associated Renal Fibrosis
Dr Vincent Cornelisse
Gonococcal transmission patterns in Australia
Mr Sung Chung
Developing optimal methods for theta burst prefrontal brain stimulation
Department of Surgery and NTRI
Master's students
Mr Charles Milne
Inner Branched Endografts for the Treatment of AorticArch Aneurysms
Ms Nicola Sandler
The inflammatory response to surgery
Dr Luke Wang
Long term outcomes of radiation vs surgery for prostate cancer
2017
ACBD
Mr James McFadyen
Investigating the mechanisms of platelet hyperactivity in diabetes mellitus
Ms Ioanna Savvidou
Role of Wnt pathway dysregulation in Multiple Myeloma (MM)
Baker Institute
Mr Paddy Dempsey
Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting: Implications for Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Mr Anmar Khan
Analysis of the Plasma and HDL lipidomes in Metabolic Syndrome patients following weight loss and weight loss plus exercise treatments
Mr Man Kit Lee
Lipid Matabolism in different monocyte and macrophage subsets in cardiovascular disease
Ms Hannah Pearce
VCAM-1 targeted AAV6 gene therapy for atherosclerosis treatment
Ms Gulcan Sarial
Set 7 regulates mitochondrial genes in the heart
Ms Natasha Tuano
Role of the lysine methyltransferase Set7 in smooth muscle gene expression and function
Gastroenterology
Ms Marina Iacovou
Possible role of poorly absorbed short chain carbohydrates (FODMAPs) in the genesis of infant colic
Ms Caroline Tuck
Adjunctive therapy to the low FODMAP dietary management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr Mark Ward
Therapeutic optimization in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Ms Chu Kion Yao
Exploring colonic fermentation and new technical applications for understanding functional & inflammatory bowel disease
Immunology
Miss Yaping Chen
Aberrant T helper cells in Autoimmune diseases
Ms Maria Demaria
The function of leucocyte-specific tetraspanins CD37 and CD53 in the immune system - regulators of leucocyte migration
Mr Qian Gao
Developing a therapeutic nano-vaccine against ovarian cancer
Dr Li Jiaze
Role of CDA1 in vascular disease
Ms Eleanor Jones
A reserve genetic approach to tetraspanin CD82
Mr Craig McKenzie
The immunomodulatory role of short chain fatty acids
Ms Kirsty Wilson
Enhancing the immune response to vaccines using nanoparticles
MAPrc
Mrs Natalia Contreras
Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia - improving our theoretical understandings and translation into practice
Mr Phillip Law
Investigating binocular rivalry in healthy individuals and bipolar disorder: excluding confounds and optimising methods for large-scale endophenotype studies
Medicine
Anaesthesia and Perioperative medicine
Dr David McIlroy
Perioperative acute kidney injury (AKI): diagnostic criteria, risk factors and the challenge of early recognition
Surgery
Mr Charles Milne
Inner branched endografts for the treatment of aortic arch aneurysms
Ms Nicola Sandler
The inflammatory response to surgery
2016
ACBD
Mr Tse-Chieh Teh
Targeting survival pathways in acute myeloid leukaemia
Baker/IDI
Dr Mei Choy
Targeted delivery of MMP14 inhibitor in a nanodrug construct for stabilization of unstable atherosclerotic plaques to prevent plaque rupture
Ms Elise Di Marco
Exploring the roles of NADPH oxidase (NOX) isoforms, NOX1 and NOX4 in the accelerated development and progression of atherosclerosis in diabetes
Dr Nay Min Htun
Chatacterization and diagnosis of atherosclerosis: imaging and urine proteomics
Mr Aaron McClelland
MicroRNA-21 in diabetic nephropathy and a cross-sectional analysis of the role of TGF Beta in proximal tubule epithelial cells and mesangial cells
Mr Ashish Nair
Activated platelets: a potential new diagnostic and therapeutic target in preclinical experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a murine model of multiple sclerosis
Gastroenterology
Ms Sreepurna Malakar
Understanding food hypersensitivity: identifying clinical targets and biomarkers of non-coeliac gluten intolerance
Ms Simone Peters
Exploring the link between mental health and functional gastrointestinal disorders
Immunology including Van Cleef/Roet and AIRMed
Ms Louise Rowntree
The combination of common viral hits and heterologous immunity strongly influences clinical outcomes in 'at risk' lungs
Dr Astrid Voskamp
Clinical Allergy: Basophils, T cells and Therapeutic Design
Ms Tong (Pam) Zhu
The role of renin angiotensin system in retinal inflammation
Infectious Diseases
Ms Janet Gare
Antiretroviral therapy in Papua New Guinea: biological and social factors contributing to HIV treatment failure and drug resistance
Ms Nitasha Kumar
Dendritic cell regulation of HIV-1 latency in CD4+ T-cells
MAPrc
Ms Sacha Filia
A comprehensive assessment of factors related to smoking and other cardiovascular disease risk factors among people experiencing severe mental illness
Ms Amity Green
A biological and clinical investigation of episodic memory encoding deficits in schizophrenia
Mr Phillip Hall
A neuroeconomic investigation into major depression and anhedonia
Medicine including MSHC and AIRMed
Ms Amani Alrehaili
The role of NgR on microglial activity within MS lesions and EAE
Ms Maha Bakhuraysah
Identifying the immune function of NgR in EAE and multiple sclerois
Mr Antony Friedman
When old drugs become new again - optimising thiopurine metabolism to improve clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Sara Mokhtar
The amyloid-beta-dependent phosphorylation of CRMP-2 and its contribution in Alzheimer's disease
Mr Jae Young
Targeting the molecular mechanisms of axonal degeneration, demyelination and remyelination in mulitple sclerosis
2015
ACBD
Dr Zane Kaplan
Biochemical and biomechanical factors regulating leukocyte-thrombus interactions
Dr Belden Mado
Investigation of New Anti-clotting approaches
Dr Sewa Rijal
Characterizing the role of inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase type II (INPP4B) in acute myeloid leukaemia
Baker IDI
Dr Prabhu Mathiyalagan
Role of histone modifications and chromatin interacting non-coding RNAs in regulating cardiac gene transcription
Dr Jonathan Habersberger
Proinflammatory effects of monomeric C reactive protein in vascular endothelium
Dr Michael Christopher
Dyslipidaemia resulting from obesity is a major contributor to the onset and progression of Type 2 diabetes
Burnet Institute
Dr Sarah Charnaud
Mechanism of protein export in the malaria parasite
Dr Brendan Elsworth
Characterisation of PTEX150 a core component of the malaria parasite export complex
Dr Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah
Dimeric IgA for serodiagnosis of active mucosal infections
Gastroenterology
Dr Evan Newnham
Shifting treatment paradigms in newly diagnosed coeliac disease
Infectious Disease
Dr Tanya Millard
The development and evaluation of an online self management program for men living with HIV in Australia
Immunology
Dr Jodie Abramovitch
Influence of food processing on the humoral and cellular immune response to shared and unique allergens of crustacean species
Dr Ying Ying Kong
Effects of cancer cells on the cells of the dendritic cell lineage
Dr Mutsa Madondo
Immunomodulatory effects of cyclophosphamide: optimising treatment for improved efficacy in patients with refractory gynaecological cancers
Dr Benjamin Fancke
Dendritic cells: development, tolerance and immunity. A novel cross-species study
Dr Amit Joglekar
Mechanisms of immune tolerance following genetic manipulation and transplantation of bone marrow-haematopoietic stem cells
Medicine
Dr Michael Cangkrama
Analysis of the grainyhead-like genes in mammalian development and disease
Dr Gabriela Khoury
HIV persistence on antiretroviral therapy - the role of homeostatic proliferation and T-cell trafficking
Dr Matthew Kitson
A study of the relationship between vitamin D status and the severity and outcomes of chronic non-cholestatic liver disease
Dr Janine Trevillyan
Pathogenesis and prevention of cariodvascular disease in HIV positive patients
MAPRc
Dr Melissa Kirkovski
The influence of biological sex on neurobiological mechanisms underlying austism spectrum disorder: An investigation of neural activity and connectivity
Surgery
Dr Mark Fitzgerald
Computer-aided decision support for trauma reception and resuscitation
Dr Jeremy Ruben
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy: Effect on Dose Distribution and Scattered Dose and Implications for Carcinogenesis
Dr Juliana Van Der Merwe
A comparison of pulsatile and non-pulsatile flow in ventricular assist devices: Effects on bacteraemia, end-organ function and vascular reactivity
2014
MAPRc
Dr Eric Tan
Speech disturbances and quality of life in schizophrenia
ACBD
Dr Amanda Au
Investigating the effects of platelet-released factors (PRFs) on the brain
Dr Andrew Guirguis
Apoptosis and its regulation in myelodysplasia - using basic mouse models and human samples
Dr Miriel Ho
The bone and bone marrow interface and its relationship to haematopoiesis
AIRMed
Dr Aislin Meehan
Investigating the function of natural killer cells during Immunological responses following human lung transplantation
Baker IDI
Dr Karina Huynh
Targeting the increase in oxidative stress in diabetic cardiomyopathy using coenzyme Q10
Dr Leah Iles
Myocardial fibrosis in heart failure
Dr Jay Jha
Role of NADPH oxidases NOX1 and NOX4 in diabetic nephropathy: Genetic Deletion and Pharmacological inhibition studies
Dr Nicholas Lam
Cardiac regeneration: effect of nerve growth factor
Dr Danielle Michell
Hypertension induced inflammation in the endothelium: The signalling pathways involved
Dr Mansur Shmela
Regulation of genomic imprinting at the human 11p15 region
Dr David White
The role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in post-infarct inflammation and cardiac remodelling
Dr Yih Yap
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and receptor for AGEs (RAGE) in pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction
Gastroenterology
Dr Emma Halmos
Management of irritable bowel syndrome and enteral nutrition associated diarrhoea by reducing intake of poorly absorbed sugars
Immunology
Dr Jainxiong Chan
The intracellular localisation of ATP13A2 and its possible role in cholesterol and manganese transport
Dr Devy Deliyanti
An evaluation of aldosterone's pathogenic role in the ischemic and diabetic retina
Dr Chindu Govindaraj
The role of TNFR2+ regulatory T cells in cancer
Dr Rohimah Mohamud
Investigation of a novel subset of TNFR2 expressing regulatory T cell in lung diseases
Dr Zeyad Nasa
The establishment of immune tolerance through genetic manipulation of haematopoietic stem cells
MAPrc
Dr Nigel Rogasch
The relationship between depression and dysfunctional coordination of neural activity as measured by EEG Activity
Medicine
Dr Christina Chang
Immunopathogenesis and diagnosis of cryptococcal-associated immune restoration disease in people with HIV
Dr Perdita Cheshire
Is dysfunction of the serotonin system responsible for L-DOPA induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease?
Dr Andris Ellims
Ventricular remodelling in cardiomyopathy - impact on ventricular physiology and cardiovascular outcomes
Dr Kathryn Hackman
Diabetes Mellitus in Lung Transplant Recipients - prevalence, risk factors and effect on survival
Dr Jeremy Wrobel
Pulmonary hupertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Surgery
Dr Philip Lewis
Measurement of cerebral autoregulation: clinical, physiological and technical concepts
Dr Silvana Marasco
Surgical rib rixation
Dr Emma Tavender
Improving the management of mild traumatic brain injury in the emergency department
Masters
Mr Casey Lo
Right ventricular mechanical support in pre-cardiac transplant patients
2013
ACBD
Dr Saheb Al-Daher
Studying platelet prothrombotic mechanisms in diabetes mellitus
Dr Hannah Lee
Defining the roles of protease-activated receptors in thrombosis
Dr Cindy Lin
The role of phosphatase CD45 in determining the signalling, proliferation and therapeutic drug sensitivities of human myeloma cells
Dr Bernadine Lu
Structural and functional analysis of the interaction of plasmin lysine binding sites with antiplasmin C-terminus
Dr Be'Eri Niego
Effects of tissue-type plasminogen activator on the structure and function of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease
Dr Jianlin Qiao
Shedding of platelet receptors in health and disease
Baker IDI
Dr Micah Burch
A novel link between G-protein coupled receptors and serine/theonline kinase receptors in the regulation of proteoglycan synthesis in vascular smooth muscle
Dr Lisa Chang
Gene activity patterns associated with the development of pathological cardiac hypertrophy are mediated by specific epigenetic changes
Dr Brooke Harcourt
RAGE, adipose derived estrogens and dietary AGEs; interactions in obesity induced kidney disease
Dr Samuel Keating
The role of epigenetic chomatin remodelling in the expression of genes relevant to diabetic nephropathy
Dr Sebastian Lunke
Epigenetic regulation of the human survival of motor neuron gene in spinal muscular atrophy.
Dr Jenny Ooi
The role of chromatin modifiers and DNA methylation in transcription regulation during cardiac hypertrophy
Gastroenterology
Masters student
Dr Salena Ward
Investigation of Pancreatic Exocrine Function in Patients Undergoing Resection of Upper-Gastrintestinal Cancer
Immunology
Dr Christopher Chan
The role of NK cell receptors in immunity and cancer
Dr Hong-An Nguyen
The activin A/follistatin axis in regulation of airway inflammation and remodelling using a murine model of chronic allergic asthma
MAPrc
Dr Neil Bailey
The relationship between depression and dysfunctional coordination of neural activity as measured by EEG Activity
Dr Erica Neill
Investigating the neural basis of memory impairments in schizophrenia
Medicine
Dr Judith Allen-Graham
Inhibition of APP and APLP2 using siRNA to investigate protein function and Alzheimer's disease
Dr Philipp Diehl
New diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in thrombosis and inflammation.
Dr Sarah Hellewell
Pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies for the treatment of traumatic brain injury: investigating the role of erythropoietin
Dr James Mcmahon
Social and behavioural factors associated with poor outcomes in patients infected with HIV on antiretroviral therapy
Dr Dion Stub
Improving prognosis in Out Of Hospital cardiac arrest utilising circulatory support
Surgery
MD(Supervised)
Dr Jin Tee
Predictors of Functional Outcomes of Patients with Traumatic Spine Fractures
2012
ACBD
Dr Rachael Borg
Investigation into the interaction between tissue-type plasminogen activator and dead neuronal cells
Dr Katherine Monaghan
Microenvironmental factors impacting on multiple myeloma drug resistance
Dr Jessica Mountford
Defining the cellular functions of class II P13Ks
Baker IDI
Dr Sacha Mei Leng Khong
The role of arginase I and II in the vasculature
Dr Poay Sian Lee
Immunopathogenesis and diagnosis of cryptococcal-associated immune restoration disease in people with HIV
Department of Gastroenterology
Dr Jessica Biesiekierski
Understanding the role of gluten in the genesis of gastrointestinal symptoms in individuals who do not have coeliac disease
Department of Immunology
Dr Craig Nicholls
The molecular regulation of telomeres and telomerase
Dr Louis Meng-Chin Tsai
Novel mechanisms of T and B lymphocyte homeostasis and differentiation
Department of Medicine
Dr Dilinie Herbert (Centre for Ethics in Medicine and Society)
Attitudes, beliefs and experiences of genetic testing: A study of the haemophilia community.
Dr Mukherjee Swati
Role of oxidative stress in coronary artery disease and its clinical presentations
Dr Gregor Frederik Lichtfuss
Signals through ITAM
Dr Michael Roche
Understanding HIV-1 entry: insights through the envelope protein
Dr Emma Tippett
Contribution of moncyte subset to HIV-1 viral reservoirs
MD
Department of Medicine
Dr Christine Ball
A history of anaesthesia
2011
Baker IDI
Dr William Chan
Novel aspects of acute coronary syndromes, reperfusion injury, and post‐infarction myocardial
fibrosis
Immunology
Dr Mohammad Al-Tamimi
Transition of platelet receptor shedding: platelet‐specific collagen receptor GPVI
Dr Yen Pham
The profibrotic role of CDA1 in modulating the down stream targets of TGF‐beta in a diabetic model
of atherosclerosis
Department of Medicine
Dr Edwina Wright
HIV neurological disease: Asia Pacific regional prevalence and response to different antiretroviral
treatment strategies across international resource‐varied settings
Dr Vanessa Evans
Dendritic cell and T cell interactions: their role in HIV‐1 spread and latency
Dr Daniel Cowley
Transcriptional regulation of human immunodeficiency virus type‐1 in the central nervous system
Dr Mark Berzsenyi
Chronic Hepatitis C virus infection: aspects of GB virus C & Human Immunodeficiency Virus coinfection,
associations with reduced liver disease and immunity
Dr Dianne Goeman
Improving the quality and content of General Practice Consultations for people with asthma
Dr Roslin Botlero
Prevalence, incidence and associated risk factors of urinary incontinence, its socio‐economic
consequences and impact on quality of life in women in Australia
Dr Reena Rajasuriar
Predictors of drug hypersensitivity reactions in HIV infected patients
2010
Dr Irene Szollosi (Medicine)
Central sleep apnoea in heart failure: diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment
MBiomedSc (Part 1)
Ms Hannah Ambrose
Survey of current usage, attitudes and barriers to information systems in healthcare
2009
Dr Alexis Adamides (Surgery)
Multimodality neuromonitoring in severe traumatic brain injury
Dr Julie Dwyer (Immunology)
Molecular regulation of the enzyme telomerase in cancer
Dr Jacqueline Flynn (Immunology)
The stimulation and maintenance of T cell responses in early HCV infection
Dr Mary Panjari (Medicine)
A randomized trial of oral DHEA treatments for sexual function, wellbeing, and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women with low libido
Dr Trifina Sofian (ACBD)
Structural and functional characterisation of the serpin; alpha2- antiplasmin
Dr Gautam Vaddadi (BakerIDI/Medicine)
Sympathetic nervous system dysfunction in postural syncope phenotypes