Medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospital
@AgeMelbourne
@AgeMelbourne conducts innovative, translational and multi-disciplinary research in Gerontology, Geriatrics and Biogerontology.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Andrea B Maier
- EMPOWER-GR: Enhancing Muscle POWER in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Student Opportunities
- The CGA Study: Development of an evidence based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- The CGA-Oncology Study: Comprehensive geriatric assessment and intervention in older lung cancer patients
- The SHAPE Study: Nutritional Needs, Physical Function and Sarcopenia in Geriatric Outpatient
ACRF Translational Research Laboratory
The ACRF Translational Research Laboratory is focused on translational and biomarker research in cancer.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital/ Victorian Cancer Comprehensive Centre
Group Leader: Professor David S Ritchie
- Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia
- Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation
- Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation
- T cell function as a determinant of blinatumomab efficacy in B-ALL
- Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies
Bone and Mineral Research Group
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group leader: Associate Professor Chris Yates
- Bone strength in young healthy females, older patients with low-trauma fracture and older healthy adults: peripheral quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis
- Improving Vitamin D status and related health in young women: The Safe-D study – Part B
- Improving Vitamin D status and related health in young women; the Safe-D study – (part A)
Hamilton Laboratory
Research in the Hamilton Laboratory has a major focus on inflammation. Inflammation is increasingly being seen to have a significant impact on many chronic diseases such as arthritis, atherosclerosis and cancer.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Professor John Hamilton
- A new host-pathogen interaction in arthritis
- Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids
- GM-CSF-mediated molecular signalling pathways contributing to inflammation
- Molecular signaling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression
- Student Opportunities
- The role of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in arthritis and inflammation
Healthy Ageing Program
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Cassandra Szoeke
Motor Control and Rehabilitation
Research in the Galea lab encompasses basic neuroscience research in both animals and humans, and clinical research on the control of movement in healthy and impaired populations, including those with spinal cord injury, stroke and multiple sclerosis.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Mary Galea AM
Neural Dynamics Laboratory
The Neural Dynamics Laboratory researches neural systems in action “neural dynamics”– from pathological states of hyperexcitability to how memories are encoded.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Dr Chris French
- Brainwave and Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Cognition Enhancing Drugs
- Can We Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?
- Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat
- Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue
- How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?
- In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy
- Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice
- Modelling Epilepsy and Epilepsy Drug Effects–Computational Neuroscience Project
- Sodium Channels in Epilepsy
- Student Opportunities
Savige Laboratory
We work on inherited renal disease, and look for new genes in families with interesting but undiagnosed real diseases. In addition we look at ocular features in inherited renal disease, and what they tell us about disease pathogenesis. We also use the retinal photographs to test for uncontrolled hypertension.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Judy Savige
Stroke Imaging and Treatment
This research group investigates the advanced imaging of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage to improve diagnosis and identify patients likely to respond to treatments. We apply this imaging to clinical trials of new stroke treatments.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Bruce Campbell
Stroke Research Group
The stroke research group works to improve acute stroke management and secondary stroke prevention through a variety of research projects, as well as improving the rehabilitation and recovery from stroke.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Stephen Davis
The Vascular Bionics Laboratory
The Vascular Bionics Laboratory is a group of multi-disciplinary researchers collaborating across 11 departments in the Parkville Precinct. These include the Dept. of Medicine, the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. The Lab is developing a novel model for minimally-invasive brain machine interfacing, capable of recording neural activity. Our primary interest lies in feature extraction of motor cortical signals for the ultimate purpose of thought directed machine control. One of its major achievements is the development of Stentrode devices.
Academic site: Medicine @ Royal Melbourne Hospital
Group Leaders: Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley