Research themes
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
 Alpitsis group Neuropsychology, neurological diseases |  Jones group Epilepsy, Neuropharmacology |  Jupp Group Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Addiction, Impulsivity, Neuroimaging, Neuropharmacology |
Brain injury and trauma
 Batchelor group Spinal cord injury, Decompressive Surgery, Hypothermia, Trauma/ Neurotrauma |  Davies group Spinal cord injury, Decompressive Surgery, Hypothermia, Trauma/ Neurotrauma |  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 |  Perucca group |
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 |
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 |
Oculomotor
 Fielding / White group Human Behaviour, Human System Disorders, MRI Techniques, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurocognitive Processes, Neuroimaging, Ocular Motor System |
Stroke
 Abbott group |  Cloud group Stroke, cerebrovascular disease, vertebrobasilar, carotid, stroke recovery, stroke rehabilitation |  Lannin group |