Medicine at St Vincent's Hospital
Biomedical Translational Research Group: Developing Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease
Our group adopts a “bench to bedside” approach to research, where we evaluate the efficacy of novel therapies on structural and functional aspects of heart, kidney, lung, liver and eye disease using robust in vivo animal models that display key aspects of human disease.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Darren Kelly
Clinical Epilepsy Epidemiology
Our research group is focused on clinical epilepsy epidemiology, electrophysiology and co-morbidity.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Assoc. Professor Wendyl D'Souza
Clinical Neurosciences
The Clinical Neurosciences group sustains a large research focus principally centred on epilepsy modelling, clinical and animal studies of epilepsy and other neurological disorders, epidemiological studies of epilepsy and other neurological disorders.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Mark Cook
Diabetes Technology Research Group
The D.T.R.G. mission is to improve the lives of people with diabetes through exceptional research that drives advancement in innovative technologies
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Professor David O'Neal
Diabetic Retinopathy Research Group
The Diabetic Retinopathy Research Group aims to address the multidisciplinary challenges associated with chronic disease diagnosis and management.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Dr Laima Brazionis
Digital Health
The Digital Health Group at St Vincent's Hospital develops, integrates and evaluates applications to support clinical trials and evidence-based clinical decision making.
Health Outcomes
The Health Outcomes Research Group seeks to understand the outcomes and end results of medical care – the effect of the health care process on the health and well-being of patients and populations.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Associate Professor Vijaya Sundararajan
Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases
The Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases group seeks to understand the role of the innate immune system in a variety of infectious diseases, including viral hepatitis, septic shock and mycobacterial infections; so that we can better dissect the complex interactions between the host and the innate immune system.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Kumar Visvanathan
Kamm Gut Research Group
Professor Michael Kamm leads a team of clinicians and scientists conducting broadly based research which ranges from basic science, through translational to clinical. Clinical programs in gastro intestinal research are undertaken in parallel with laboratory-based research, which aims to improve treatments and elucidate the pathogenesis of gut disorders. The main research streams are in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis) and functional gastro intestinal disorders.
Neural Engineering and Brain Dynamics
The Neural Engineering and Brain Dynamics aspects of the research group are unified under the common goal of improving the lives of people who have uncontrolled epileptic seizures. The theory of Brain Dynamics provides a description of the biophysics of the brain, which can be utilised by Neural Engineering methods in clinical devices.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leaders: Dr Dean Freestone and Dr Andre Peterson
- ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies
- Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals
- EEG/MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients
- Epileptic Seizure Forecasting
- Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics
- Single pulse electrical stimulation for epilepsy monitoring and tuning of DBS therapy
- Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis
Obesity
Our goal is to reduce the impact of obesity on health and wellbeing. We are working on a range of studies aimed at improving the treatment of obesity, and at making effective treatment more widely accessible.
Palliative Nexus
Our team brings together clinicians, researchers and allied health professionals, under the leadership of the VCCC Chair of Palliative Medicine. We seek to effect positive and systemic change in palliative care practice and accelerate the translation of research-generated knowledge into improved patient care nationally and internationally.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Professor Jennifer Philip
- A phase I/II double-blind, randomised controlled trial assessing effect of medicinal cannabis on overall quality of life for people with cancer
- Cancer Immunotherapy symptoms: the experience and expectations around management
- Care Plus Study
- Enhance: A multi-centre, randomised phase IV study
- Establishing patterns of primary health care usage in cancer at the end of life
- Examination of palliative care provision for patient groups experiencing vulnerability
- Informal Communities in Cancer Treatment
- Informing choices for care if faced with serious illness
- OPPtiC: A pilot feasibility study of establishing a clinical opioid pharmacogenomics database in palliative care
- PaCCSC RAPID Series - Cancer-related Lymphoedema
- Palliative Care Triage Tool
- RAPID Postmarketing Study - Medicinal Cannabis
- Renal supportive care of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
- STEP Care Clinical Trial
- VCCC Building Capability in Clinical Trials Program
Translational Cardiovascular Biology
Our lab focuses on bench to bedside research focused on the link between obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Academic site: Medicine @ St Vincent's Hospital
Group Leader: Associate Professor Andrew Wilson