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 | ![]() Semple group |
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 | 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
![]() Abbott group | ![]() Cloud group Stroke, cerebrovascular disease, vertebrobasilar, carotid, stroke recovery, stroke rehabilitation | ![]() Lannin group |