Research groups

The Department of Neuroscience, in strong partnership with the Alfred Health Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Radiology and Psychiatry, has 22 different research groups and over 200 staff and students. We do basic/fundamental and clinical neuroscience research and research training relevant to a broad range of neurological and related disciplines, including epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and other neuroinflammatory conditions, neuroophthalmology, headache and pain, neuroimaging, neuromuscular disorders, Parkinson’s Disease, dementing disorders, neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders, brain tumours, stroke and traumatic brain injury/spinal cord injury.

Research themes

Behaviour / Oculomotor

Alpitsis group Neuropsychology, neurological diseases

Jones group Epilepsy, Neuropharmacology

Jupp Group Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Addiction, Impulsivity, Neuroimaging, Neuropharmacology

Fielding / White group Human Behaviour, Human System Disorders, MRI Techniques, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurocognitive Processes, Neuroimaging, Ocular Motor System

Brain / Spinal cord injury and trauma

Davies group Spinal cord injury, Neurotrauma, Neuro-Plasticity, Axon Regeneration, Glial Biology, Inflammation, Glial Scar ECM, Translational Neuroscience

Monash Trauma Group Traumatic brain injury, concussion, mild traumatic brain injury, PTSD, epilepsy, polytrauma, fracture, muscle injury, heterotopic ossification, pain

Semple group Neurotrauma, traumatic brain injury, inflammation, epilepsy, animal models, behaviour, paediatric

Epilepsy

Kwan group Epilepsy, Neurology, Outcomes research, Genomics, Biomedical engineering, Translational medicine, Precision medicine, Pharmacogenetics

O’Brien group Epilepsy, Neuropharmacology

Multiple Sclerosis / Neuroimmunology

Butzkueven group Clinical, translational neuroimmunology, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Glial Biology, Genetics, MSBase

Jokubaitis group Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroimmunology, Genetics, Prognostics, Pharmacogenomics, Pregnancy, Women’s Health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology

Monif group Neurology, Neuroimmunology, Neuroinflammation, Multiple Sclerosis, Autoimmune Encephalits, Gliomas, Microglia, Purinergic Receptors

Van Der Walt group Multiple sclerosis, Neuroopthalmology

Neurodegenerative

Bertram group Parkinson’s Disease, Movement Disorders, Atypical Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Tremor, Deep Brain Stimulation surgery

Hutton group Peripheral neuropathy, pain, headache

Petratos group Stem cell therapies, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis

Harding group Freidreich Ataxia, functional neuroimaging techniques, brain networks

Neuroimaging

Kolbe group Brain Imaging, biomarkers, multiple sclerosis, visuomotor neuroscience, ultrahigh field MRI

Law group Brain tumours, Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Ageing, Neuroimaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Wright group Imaging, Biomarkers, MRI, PET, CT, FLECT, Image Analysis

Stroke and Brain Recovery

Cloud group Cerebrovascular disease, Clinical trials, Thrombectomy, Stroke related diseases, Clinical management and practice, Quality patient care

Lannin group Rehabilitation, Brain injury, Implementation science, Clinical trials, Participatory research, Allied health, Guideline implementation