Medical Projects by Theme

Ageing

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Adipocytes as Weapons of Bone Destruction: The bone as a War Zone	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
AgeHAPPY: Healthy Ageing Project Population Youth-senior	Principal investigator Professor Cassandra Szoeke Study coordinator Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
An exploration of the experience of care at the end of life for patients with a history of illicit drug use: A qualitative medical record review	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Analysis of Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood Samples from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Using Patients with Osteoarthritis as Controls	A/prof Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: from data to algorithm and real-world application	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Assessment of the Falls and Fractures Prevention Clinic as the Most Effective Setting toReduce Falls and Fractures in High-Risk Older Persons: A Care Program Assessment	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Associations Between Sarcopenia, Intramuscular Fat, Mental/Physical Function and Brain Atrophy: An Imaging and Machine Learning Approach	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Circulating Osteogenic Precurors: Building Bone from Blood	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive Interventions Technologies and Evaluation	Dr Amit Lampit	Psychiatry
Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Core Outcomes in Menopause	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Diet and Healthy Ageing	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Effective relationships in dementia community care: Promoting Independence though quality dementia care at home (the PITCH project).	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Elucidating the functional roles of CCL17 in obesity-associated osteoarthritis	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluating information resources for women considering elective egg freezing	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Evidence-Based Practice in the Management of Glaucoma Suspects	Dr Zhichao Wu	Surgery
Field tests for evaluation and prognostication in interstitial lung disease	Dr Yet Hong Khor	Medicine and Radiology
Genotype and Phenotype Characterisation Human Circulating Osteo-Progenitor (COP) Cells	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
How do bone marrow microenvironments regulate B lymphocyte production?	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
Implementation of a Virtual Reality sensory room in a sub-acute ward for people living with dementia with behaviours and psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD)	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Improved early diagnosis of eye diseases by integration of retinal photography and artificial intelligence to build an opportunistic screening service in metro, regional and remote primary care settings	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
In Vivo Tibiofemoral Biomechanics in Healthy Adults During Functional Activity	Dr Hans Gray	Surgery
INDIGO Study: physical activity and goal-setting intervention for sedentary older adults at risk of cognitive decline	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Influenza and other respiratory viruses	Research Group Leader Associate Professor Sheena Sullivan	Infectious Diseases
Investigating the relationship between fat, bone and muscle	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Karin Thursky	Professor Karin Thursky	Infectious Diseases
Let's CHAT Dementia	A/Prof. Dina LoGiudice	Medicine and Radiology
Machine learning prediction of brain and body ageing	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Marrow Adipose Tissue Functions: Studying Lipotoxicity in Hip Replacement Candidates	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Molecular Oncology	Research Group Leader Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Multimedia (MyStay) Intervention for managing patient experience (MIME) following total hip replacement surgery: a cluster randomised trial.	Ms Jo McDonall	Surgery
Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
New methods for investigating bone muscle and fat mass using 2D DXA images to predict performance, risk of falls and fractures	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	Dr. David Scott	Medicine and Radiology
Palliative Nexus	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Pathology begins in the cells: Studying lipotoxic stress generated from adipocytes in bone and muscle cell cultures	A/prof Damian Myers	Medicine and Radiology
Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Promoting and advancing midlife health in women	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Prof Patricia Desmond	Medicine and Radiology
Quantitative Measure of Effusions	A/Prof Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
Research at Epworth	Professor Richard de Steiger
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	A/Prof Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery
Sheena Sullivan	Associate Professor Sheena Sullivan	Infectious Diseases
Social and physical activities in ageing women	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine and Radiology
Synovial Knee Arthritis Research (SKAR)	Professor John Hamilton	Surgery
Synthesising, dismantling and optimising cognitive interventions	Dr Amit Lampit	Psychiatry
Taking the “Guesswork” Out of Glaucoma Clinical Management with Novel Imaging	Dr Zhichao Wu	Surgery
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	A/Prof Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
The relationship between cognitive impairment seen in chronic mental illness and dementia - what can mortality information tell us?	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Using Artificial Intelligence to improve the diagnostic predictions of corneal topography machines for Keratoconus subjects	Dr Srujana Sahebjada	Surgery
Using Marrow Adipose Tissue to Diagnose Osteoporosis and Predict Fragility Fractures	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	Dr David Scott	Medicine and Radiology
Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	A/Prof Alan Hayes	Medicine and Radiology

Cancer in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies the expression of a putative growth factor	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
A mouse model of duodenal atresia	Project Leader Associate Professor Warrick Teague	Paediatrics
A New reagent for detection of program cell death	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
A phase I/II double-blind, randomised controlled trial assessing effect of medicinal cannabis on overall quality of life for people with cancer		Medicine and Radiology
A randomised controlled trial of short-course antibiotics in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia	Dr Gabrielle Haeusler	Paediatrics
A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
A5 SDHB Genomics Study	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Academic Department of Surgery, Western Health	Associate Professor Justin Yeung	Surgery
ACRF Translational Research Laboratory	Group Leader Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for the detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response in a pre-apoptotic mechanism	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Analysis of circulating microRNAs in patient serum as a non-invasive biomarker platform	Project Lead Dr Rachel Koldej	Medicine and Radiology
Boussioutas Laboratory: Gastrointestinal Cancer	Group Leader Professor Alex Boussioutas	Medicine and Radiology
Brain Cancer Invasion Group	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Brain Cancer Microenvironment and Biology Laboratory	Dr Theo Mantamadiotis	Surgery
Brain Tumours and Epilepsy	Associate Professor Andrew Morokoff	Surgery
Breast Cancer	Head of Group Professor Bruce Mann Lead Researcher Dr Anita Skandarajah	Surgery
Buchanan laboratory: Oncogenomics (colorectal cancer)	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Coin Laboratory: Cancer Bioinformatics	Head of Laboratory Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Cancer Biology Research Group	Professor Graham Baldwin	Surgery
Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	Dr Wayne Crismani	Medicine and Radiology
Cancer Immunotherapy symptoms: the experience and expectations around management	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine and Radiology
Cancer in Primary Care	Research Program Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Cancer Signaling Research Laboratory	Dr Hong-Jian Zhu	Surgery
Cardiovascular and Tumourivascular Laboratory	Dr Peter J Wookey Professor David Hare	Medicine and Radiology
Care Plus Study	Research Assistant Roslyn Le Gautier	Medicine and Radiology
Centre for research excellence in cervical cancer control		Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Characterisation of complex structural variation in bacterial and human genomes	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	Professor Monica Slavin	Medicine and Radiology
CHEST Australia Trial: An Intervention to Reduce Time-to-Consult with Symptoms of Lung Cancer	Project Leader Professor Jon Emery, Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research	General Practice
Circulating Biomarkers in Liver Malignancy	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
CRISP-DNA: The feasibility of assessing bowel cancer risk using genomic testing to target screening in general practice	Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	A/prof John Price	Medicine and Radiology
Developing clinical genomic methods for cancer of unknown primary	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Development and validation of triage guidelines for colonoscopy and gastroscopy		General Practice
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Endocrine Surgery	Associate Professor Julie Miller	Surgery
Enhance: A multi-centre, randomised phase IV study		Medicine and Radiology
Enteric Neuropathy as a Target to Alleviate Gastrointestinal Side-effects of Chemotherapy	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine and Radiology
Establishing patterns of primary health care usage in cancer at the end of life	Matthew Grant	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluating molecular biomarkers of anal cancer risk		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility After Cancer Predictor (FoRECAsT) Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
Genomic tools for diagnosis of the presence of a solid tumour and for prediction of tumour subtype and likely treatment response from circulating tumour DNA	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Genomic tools for rapid diagnosis of bacterial infection using host and bacterial biomarkers	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Glioblastoma Survival Signaling Lab	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
Gynaecology Research Centre - Hickey Group	Research Group Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Harnessing novel immunotherapies to restore immunity in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Head and Neck Tumour Stream Research Group	Professor David Wiesenfeld	Surgery
Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	AProfessor Frederic Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Hollande laboratory: Tumour Heterogeneity in Metastatic Cancer	Head of Laboratory Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Honorary Appointments’ Research Projects		Surgery
Host responses to therapy and the tumour microenvironment contribute to the development of tumour resistance	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Human Liver Organoids	Project Lead Professor Kumar Visvanathan	Medicine and Radiology
Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	A/prof John Price	Medicine and Radiology
Identification of biomarkers to novel therapies in Myelodysplasia	Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Identifying and characterising Lynch syndrome within the population	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
Identifying biomarkers of risk and poor prognosis in CRC	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Identifying novel genetic risk factors for colorectal cancer	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Improving reproductive health through infectious diseases research		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Inflammation-induced Cancer: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine and Radiology
Informal Communities in Cancer Treatment	Project Lead Dr Matt Grant	Medicine and Radiology
Inter and Intra-tumour heterogeneity in metastatic colorectal cancer	Group Leader, acting Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	Associate Professor Niall Corcoran	Surgery
Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	Prof David Eisenstat	Paediatrics
Liver Group	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Low Literacy Decision Aid about Reproductive Choices for Younger Women with Breast Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Manometric studies on oesophageal atresia and colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colorectal Cancer	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine and Radiology
Metastasis Research Group	Professor Albert G Frauman	Medicine and Radiology
Molecular Mechanisms of Tumour Resistance Laboratory	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Neurosurgery	Professor Kate Drummond	Surgery
NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence for Reducing the Burden of Colorectal Cancer by Optimising Screening	Project Leader Professor Jon Emery, Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research	General Practice
Novel Approaches in Therapeutic Endoscopy	A/prof Alan Moss	Medicine and Radiology
Novel genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine and Radiology
Novel investigations and treatments for intractable, chronic constipation	Project Leader Dr Bridget Southwell	Paediatrics
Novel treatments for colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
OPPtiC: A pilot feasibility study of establishing a clinical opioid pharmacogenomics database in palliative care	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine and Radiology
Optimising the management of patients awaiting liver transplantation	Professor Christopher Christophi Senior Lecturer Michael Fink	Surgery
PaCCSC RAPID Series - Cancer-related Lymphoedema	Beth Russell	Medicine and Radiology
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Palliative Nexus	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Postnatal germ cells are controlled by FSH during ‘minipuberty’ at 3-6 months of age, and deranged by cryptorchidism to cause seminoma and infertility	Project Leader Dr Ruili Li	Paediatrics
Prevalence of Risk Factors for Melanoma in Primary Care Patients using the MelaTools Risk Calculator	Project Leader Professor Jon Emery, Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research,	General Practice
Priorities and Needs of Women Living with Advanced Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Probiotic therapy		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Promoting and advancing midlife health in women	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prostate Cancer	Head of Group Professor Christopher Hovens Deputy Laboratory Head Associate Professor Niall Corcoran	Surgery
Prostate cancer progression inhibition	Group Leader Professor Albert G Frauman	Medicine and Radiology
Prostate Cancer Research Group	Professor Christopher Hovens	Surgery
RAPID Postmarketing Study - Medicinal Cannabis		Medicine and Radiology
Rare Disease Oncogenomics	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	Professor David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Reducing disparities in mortality and survival for rural Victorians with colorectal cancer	Rebecca Bergin	General Practice
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
Regulation of cancer stem cell self-renewal in colorectal cancer	Group Leader, Acting deputy Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Regulators of allogeneic stem cell engraftment, graft versus host disease and graft-versus leukaemia	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Renal supportive care of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease	Kathryn Ducharlet	Medicine and Radiology
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Professor Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine and Radiology
The role of the essential biometal zinc in pathological and physiological processes	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Oneel Patel Dr Joseph Ischia	Surgery
Role of p-21-activated kinases in pancreactic cancer	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Mehrdad Nikfarjam	Surgery
Role of the Nervous System in Cancer Development and Progression	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine and Radiology
The role of the Renin Angiotensin System in tumour progression and recurrence following tumour resection	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Serum biomarkers of brain cancer	Dr Andrew Morokoff	Surgery
Spinal Biology Laboratory	Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
STEP Care Clinical Trial	Project Lead Anna Collins	Medicine and Radiology
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology
Studying the Continuum of Cancer Care through Linking Primary Data	Research Project Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Supporting earlier cancer diagnosis and efficient referral pathways in general practice		General Practice
Surgical Research Group	Chair of Paediatric Surgery Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Targeting the angiogenic and osteoclastic pathways in spinal cancer	Doctor Gerald Quan Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
Targeting the Lymphatics in colorectal Liver metastasis	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
The assessment of oral cancer risk using a chair-side tool for salivary aldehyde production	Professor Michael McCullough	Surgery
The CGA-Oncology Study: Comprehensive geriatric assessment and intervention in older lung cancer patients	Project Lead Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The characterisation of CT Receptor expression in the CNS and perinatal PNS: the distribution, intracellular associations and functions of isoforms.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	Professor Christopher Hovens	Surgery
The impact of cancer therapies on the bone marrow microenvironment	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
The role of miRNA in oral mucosal disorders	Professor Michael McCullough	Surgery
The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	Dr Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine and Radiology
The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
The treatment of the brain tumour glioblastoma (GBM): the efficacy of immunotoxin derived from anti-calcitonin receptor antibodies	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Ultrasound	Group Leader Professor Robert N Gibson	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding the aetiology of Serrated Polyposis Syndrome	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Understanding The Immune Environment in Metastatic Melanoma	Surgeon, Project Leader Dr David Gyorki	Surgery
Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	Dr Ramin Shayan	Surgery
Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	Dr Ramin Shayan	Surgery
Undescended testis and inguinal hernia result from defects in the same mechanism	Project Leader Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Use of Connexin43 peptides as a treatment for glioma	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
VCCC Building Capability in Clinical Trials Program	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine and Radiology
Western Health Cancer Research	Group Leader Professor Michael Green	Medicine and Radiology
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Impact of risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy on non-cancer outcomes in young high-risk women: a multicentre prospective study.	Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, The Royal Women's Hospital Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Cardiometabolic

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
: Unravelling the role of breast milk ether lipids in modulating immune function in early life	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies the expression of a putative growth factor	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
A New reagent for detection of program cell death	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
A novel approach in improving lipidomics throughput for population profiling	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Activated platelets targeted drug therapy	Dr Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Additional Signals	Project Lead Professor David O'Neal	Medicine and Radiology
Adipocyte Biology, Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Adult Hybrid Closed Loop Study	Project Lead Professor David O'Neal	Medicine and Radiology
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for the detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response in a pre-apoptotic mechanism	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Arterial grafting for coronary artery revascularisation	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Group	Head of Laboratory Professor Karlheinz Peter Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Biomedical Translational Research Group: Developing Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease	Group Leader Professor Darren Kelly	Medicine and Radiology
Cardiac Hypertrophy Group	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Julie McMullen	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cardiothoracic Surgery	Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Cardiovascular and Tumourivascular Laboratory	Dr Peter J Wookey Professor David Hare	Medicine and Radiology
Cardiovascular Inflammation and Redox Biology	Head of Laboratory Professor Judy de Haan	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health Research
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Management of people with Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice	Project Leader Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Clinical Diabetes and Epidemiology Group	Deputy Director (Clinical and Population Health), Baker Institute Professor Jonathan Shaw	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health Research
Closing the Gap on Aboriginal Cardiovascular Health disparities- Using Big Data to understand the patient health journey	Associate Professor Luke Burchill	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
Detecting the tissue of origin of circulating cell free DNA	Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Developing novel therapies for the treatment of retinal disease	Professor Darren Kelly Project Lead Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Development and validation of a high throughput clinical lipidomics platform	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Development of novel therapeutics to prevent or treat preeclampsia	Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Conditions	Research Program Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
Diabetes and Obesity	Associate Professor Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetes Discovery - prevalence and outcomes in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetes Technology Research Group	Group Leader Professor David O'Neal	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Diagnosis and therapy of inflammatory diseases using molecular ultrasound imaging	Dr Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Drug development for metabolic diseases	A/Prof Jon Oakhill	Medicine and Radiology
Elucidating the functional roles of CCL17 in obesity-associated osteoarthritis	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Engineering a tissue flap	Dr Geraldine Mitchell	Surgery
Evaluation of cardio-metabolic effects of Incretin-based therapies in type 2 diabetes	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluation of the obesity paradox in diabetes: A longitudinal case-control study of half a million patients	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Factors that determine islet antigen-specific T cell expansion before the onset of Type 1 diabetes	Prof Helen Thomas	Medicine and Radiology
Field tests for evaluation and prognostication in interstitial lung disease	Dr Yet Hong Khor	Medicine and Radiology
Future Health Today - health informatics	Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Future Health Today Changing the course of cardiovascular disease	Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery
Haematopoesis and Leukocyte Biology Group	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Heart Health in Women: Role of Physical Activity to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease	Dr Erin Howden	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Hypoglycaemia and its consequences	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Identification of additional markers of ferroptosis with mass spectrometry	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
Immunity, Chronic Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease	Professor Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Inhibition of microglia inflammation by AMPK for obesity treatment	Dr Sandra Galic	Medicine and Radiology
Integration of population level ‘omics data to target cardiometabolic disease	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Investigating a novel mechanism for improving beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes	Dr Kim Loh	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating cardiovascular disease in Friedreich's ataxia using human induced pluripotent stem cells	Dr Shiang (Max) Lim	Surgery
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Islet Biology & Metabolism Group	A/Professor Sof Andrikopoulos	Medicine and Radiology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Health	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Lipid Metabolism and Cardiometabolic Disease Group	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Anna Calkin	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Risk from Mid- to Late-life in Women	Senior Research Fellow Alexandra Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Mechanotransduction in blood cells and consequences for thrombosis and inflammation	Professor Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Metabolomics Group	Head of Laboratory Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Modelling cardiovascular diseases using human cardiac organoids	Doctor Shiang Lim	Surgery
Molecular Imaging and Theranostics Group	Head of Laboratory Dr Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Molecular Metabolism and Ageing Group	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Brian Drew	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity and glycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes attending Australian general practice: a cross-sectional study utilising data from NPS MedicineInsight	Principal Investigator A/Prof Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – characterising disease features in order to develop new therapies	Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal disease	Project Lead Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal syndrome	Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease	Professor Darren Kelly Project Lead Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Obesity	Dr Priya Sumithran	Medicine and Radiology
Pathophysiology of glycaemic and cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Plasmalogen modulation as a therapeutic approach for fatty liver disease	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Point of Care Ultrasound Simulation Education	Dr David Canty	Surgery
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Singing for breathing in people with severe non-malignant, chronic lung diseases	Assoc Prof Natasha Smallwood	Medicine and Radiology
Sympathetic activation in adults with inadequate sleep	Dr Stephanie Yiallourou	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Targeting inflammation and fibrosis for the treatment of retinal disease	Dr Roy Kong	Medicine and Radiology
The cardiometabolic legacy of SARS-CoV-2 in longitudinal adolescents	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
The cellular fuel gauge: Novel mechanisms of metabolic control	A/Prof Jon Oakhill	Medicine and Radiology
The characterisation of CT Receptor expression in the CNS and perinatal PNS: the distribution, intracellular associations and functions of isoforms.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The GP-OSMOTIC trial: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes	Project Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
The role of AMP-activated kinase in suppressing atherosclerosis	Dr Kim Loh	Medicine and Radiology
The treatment of the brain tumour glioblastoma (GBM): the efficacy of immunotoxin derived from anti-calcitonin receptor antibodies	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Translational Cardiovascular Biology	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Treating fibrosis and inflammation to prevent end-organ damage in diabetes	Dr Roy Kong	Medicine and Radiology
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Type I interferon as a novel endogenous trigger of trained immunity	Dr Andrew Fleetwood	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Ultrasound Education Group	Co-director Professor Colin Royse Co-director Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Understanding antibiotic prescribing and use of guidelines in general practice – the GP National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (GP NAPS) pilot study	Principal Investigator Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Understanding how Type 17 immunity and IL-17 cytokines regulate Type 1 diabetes	Dr Andrew Sutherland	Medicine and Radiology
Using the JAK1/JAK2 Inhibitor Baricitinib to treat new-onset Type 1 diabetes	Prof Helen Thomas	Medicine and Radiology
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine and Radiology
What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	A/Prof Stuart Mannering	Medicine and Radiology
You are what you eat? The gut microbiome and its regulation of heart disease	Dr Yung-Chih Chen	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health

106

Child Health in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
: Unravelling the role of breast milk ether lipids in modulating immune function in early life	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
A randomised controlled trial of short-course antibiotics in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia	Dr Gabrielle Haeusler	Paediatrics
Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics
Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics
Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to treat childhood syndromes	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
Application of intra-oral 3-Dimensional Scanning to monitor oral health in children	Professor David Burgner	Paediatrics
Assessment and management of fatigue following paediatric acquired brain injury	Dr Sarah Knight	Paediatrics
Beverley Ann-Biggs	Professor Beverley Ann-Biggs	Infectious Diseases
Biomarker Discovery Group	Associate Professor Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cerebral Palsy Research	Group Leader Professor Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
Changing the Trajectories of Australia's Most Vulnerable Children- The Early Years Education Program Randomised Controlled Trial	Professor Jeff Borland	Paediatrics
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Clinical features in a common inherited cause of kidney failure	Professor Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Cluster RCT of a multi-component intervention package to improve maternal and childhood vaccination in Victoria	A/Prof Margie Danchin	Paediatrics
Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
Community Child Health Group	Group Lead Professor Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	Professor Vicki Anderson	Paediatrics
Controlling nephron patterning and segmentation in kidney organoids	Prof Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Defining the mechanisms that underpin the beneficial off-target effects of BCG	Prof Nigel Curtis	Paediatrics
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Project Leader Professor Steve Graham	Paediatrics
Developing computational approaches to analyse development and disease	Prof Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Developing high content screens of novel treatments for congenital nephrotic syndrome	Prof Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Developing novel methods for the diagnosis of tree nut allergies	Dr Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics
Development of novel human stem cell derived models of beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration for disease modelling and drug screening	A/Prof Paul Lockhart
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools for malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Development of novel vaccines against malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Discovery of new treatments for brain development disorders linked to epigenetic regulatory genes	A/Prof Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Dose optimisation of antibiotics in children with cystic fibrosis	Dr Amanda Gwee	Paediatrics
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	A/prof Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	A/Prof Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology and Public Health	Research Group Leader Professor Jodie McVernon	Infectious Diseases
Expression systems for pluripotent stem cells and their differentiated derivatives	Professor Ed Stanley	Paediatrics
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Genetics of childhood hearing loss	Dr Valerie Sung	Paediatrics
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Human resource capacity building for child health in Laos PDR	Project Leader Dr Amy Gray	Paediatrics
Identifying targets and mechanisms of acquired immunity to severe malaria in children	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Identifying the genetic causes of brain malformation in children	A/Prof Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Immune mechanisms of peanut allergy remission	Prof Mimi Tang	Paediatrics
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Implementation considerations for a national program for expanded reproductive carrier screening	Dr Alison Archibald	Paediatrics
Improving lifetime outcomes for babies in special care nurseries	Prof Melissa Wake	Paediatrics
Inequities in children’s mental health: evidence to inform precision policy responses	Professor Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics
Infant and Family Wellbeing after Cardiac Surgery: Life as a Pre-schooler	PhD student Tamera Clancy	Paediatrics
Infectious Diseases Group	Research Group Leader Professor Nigel Curtis
Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
International and Immigrant Health	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Investigating metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in association with the short cervix and fetal fibronectin for the prediction of preterm labour in symptomatic women.	Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Investigating the molecular basis of parkinson's disease using novel genetic models	A/Prof Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Jodie McVernon	Professor Jodie McVernon	Infectious Diseases
Kidney Development, Disease and Regeneration	Research Group Leader Professor Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Kids In Communities Study (KiCS)	Project Lead Dr Karen Villanueva	Paediatrics
Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	Prof David Eisenstat	Paediatrics
Long-term impact of moderate and late preterm birth: effects on neurodevelopment, brain development and respiratory health at school age	Professor Jeanie Cheong	Paediatrics
Longitudinal and secular trends in outcomes for adolescents with hearing impairment in Victoria	Dr Valerie Sung	Paediatrics
Making B-lymphocytes form pluripotent stem cells	Professor Ed Stanley	Paediatrics
Mapping hospital health records in Victoria, Australia for tracking pregnancy medicines use	Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics
Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Measuring child and family centred outcomes following spinal surgery for children with neuromuscular scoliosis	A/Professor Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Measuring developmental outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children	Dr Anita d'Aprano	Paediatrics
Measuring pain in children with developmental disabilities	Dr Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Mental health and participation outcomes for children and youth with cerebral palsy	Prof Christine Imms	Paediatrics
Metabolic reprogramming of the failing heart	Dr Alejandro Hidalgo-Gonzalez	Paediatrics
MIND the Vax Gap: Measuring Immunisation in NeuroDiverse populations and developing an intervention to improve uptake	Associate Professor Margie Danchin	Paediatrics
Modelling T-cell Development using pluripotent stem cells	Professor Ed Stanley	Paediatrics
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Molecular Oncology	Research Group Leader Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Nephrotoxicity screening using stem cell-derived proximal tubules	Prof Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Neuropsychological profile of children with childhood apraxia of speech	Professor Angela Morgan	Paediatrics
New vaccines group	Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Newborn Health Project, Solomon Islands	Project Lead Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Newborn Research Centre	Head of Research Group Professor Peter Davis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Obstetrics, Nutrition and Endocrinology Group	Research Group Leader Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Optimising use of everyday technology for children and adolescents with acquired brain injury	Dr Sarah Knight	Paediatrics
Oral Health and Attitudes in Young Adults Aged 15-25 Years with Diabetes Mellitus: A Case - Control Study	A/Prof Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric social work research group	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Pain in children with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities	A/Professor Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Pathogenesis and Immunity in Malaria	Research Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Infectious Diseases
Placental Cord Blood Cell Therapy in Children at High Risk of Heart Failure	A/Prof Salvatore Pepe	Paediatrics
Pneumococcal Research	Project Lead Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Precision prediction of maternal and child outcomes from routine fetal ultrasounds	Prof Melissa Wake	Paediatrics
Predictors of infection, clinical severity and immunological legacy of SARS-CoV-2 in extant longitudinal LifeCourse population cohorts of children and their household/family contacts	Associate Professor Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics
Prognostic biomarkers of preterm labour. Development of a predictive test kit for preterm labour.	Associate Professor Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Psychosocial determinants of health in infants & preschool children with Cystic Fibrosis diagnosed via newborn screening	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
R E Ross Trust Regional Child Health Fellowship Program	Project Leader Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Rare Diseases Now - Great care for rare	A/Prof Tiong Tan	Paediatrics
Regulating the vascularisation of the human glomerulus in vitro.	Prof Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Respiratory strategies to protect the preterm lung at birth	Dr Prue Pereira-Fantini	Paediatrics
Reverse translation to better understand fetal growth restriction	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Savige Laboratory	Group Leader Professor Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis	Research Group Leader Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
Short course antibiotic therapy for acute septic arthritis and haematogenous osteomyelitis in children	Dr Amanda Gwee	Paediatrics
Simon Graham	Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
Stephen Rogerson	Professor Stephen Rogerson	Infectious Diseases
Stress Reactivity in Pre-schoolers with Congenital Heart Disease	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology
Supporting young people with complex disability to participate in important life situations	Prof Christine Imms	Paediatrics
Taking placenta to scale: The population burden of disordered placentation and placental function	Prof Melissa Wake	Paediatrics
The cardiometabolic legacy of SARS-CoV-2 in longitudinal adolescents	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
The development of feeding in infants with oesophageal atresia between birth and nine months of age	PhD student Libby Ferguson	Paediatrics
Towards treatment of intellectual disability caused by errors in the chromatin machinery	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Tuning in to Kids emotion-focused interventions	Professor, Principal Researcher, Program Author Sophie Havighurst	Psychiatry
Understanding and defining supportive health/NDIS service environments	Prof Christine Imms	Paediatrics
Understanding the molecular basis of canvas-a novel neurological disorder caused by an expanded dna repeat	A/Prof Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Understanding the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Understanding what triggers birth? New opportunities for prevention of early delivery	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Unravelling the Inflammatory Signatures of Paediatric Respiratory Disease	Dr Melanie Neeland	Paediatrics
Using biomarkers and ultrasound in late pregnancy to minimise preventable stillbirth: the BUMPS study	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Utilizing technology to optimise ADHD care	Professor Dave Coghill	Paediatrics
What is the microbiological effect of a single dose of azithromycin given in labour?	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics
‘Find and Follow’: scoping the data capture, reporting and follow-up of (i) pregnancies complicated by congenital abnormalities, (ii) health and development among ‘high risk’ newborns	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology

127

Integrated Critical Care in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
7-SIGMA Study	Principal Investigator Dr Lachlan Miles	Critical Care
A parallel group, blinded, placebo controlled, ranDomised pRagmatic clinical trial investigating the Effect of temazepAM on objective and subjective measures of sleep in critically ill patients (The DREAM trial)	A/Prof Adam Deane	Medicine and Radiology
Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine	Professor and Head, APPMU; Director, Melbourne Clinical and Translational Science Research Platform (MCATS) David Story	Critical Care
Asia Pacific Research Accelerator (APRA) Program	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Cancer in Primary Care	Research Program Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Cardiothoracic Surgery	Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Chewy Trial	Principal Investigator Dr Jai Darvall	Critical Care
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Management of people with Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice	Project Leader Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Clinical ethics	Professor George Braitberg	Critical Care
Clinical Ethics Study	Principal Investigator Professor George Braitberg AM	Critical Care
COVID-19 and the common cold: does pre-existing immunity to seasonally circulating coronaviruses influence the severity of COVID-19	Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty	Medicine and Radiology
Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST)	Project Leader Dr Phyllis Lau	General Practice
DAEUM Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Critical Care
Development of an automated web-based screening system for eye diseases	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Conditions	Research Program Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study)	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Focused cardiac and lung ultrasound in clinical care	Co-Director Professor Colin Royse	Surgery
Fostering Health: Examining health care systems for children and young people in Out-of-Home Care	Honorary Research Fellow Dr Susan Webster	General Practice
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
International Register of Meta-Research (IRMR)	Principal Investigator Dr Georgina Imberger	Critical Care
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research	Director, JECEMR Professor Anne-Maree Kelly	Medicine and Radiology
Let's talk about medical research: research equity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) patients	Robyn Woodward-Kron	Medical Education
Malaria and Immunology	Research Group Leader Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty	Infectious Diseases
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Mapping the process of care in spinal cord injury: a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
Melbourne Clinic Research		Psychiatry
Meta-Research	Dr Georgina Imberger	Critical Care
Mindfulness, cognitive processes and coping in chronic illness: insights from a study of joint replacement surgery	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Monocytes in COVID-19: the great influencer of disease severity?	Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty	Medicine and Radiology
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Critical Care
NATO Study	Principal Investigator Dr Lachlan Miles	Critical Care
New genes and treatments for inherited renal disease	Project Lead Prof Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Palliative Nexus	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Placental Stem Cells	Deputy Head of Research, Director Head of the Stem Cell Laboratory Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Point of Care Ultrasound Simulation Education	Dr David Canty	Surgery
POISE-3 Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Kate Leslie AO FAHMS	Critical Care
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Preterm Labour	Senior Research Fellow Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prevalence of Risk Factors for Melanoma in Primary Care Patients using the MelaTools Risk Calculator	Project Leader Professor Jon Emery, Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research,	General Practice
PROMPT BOLUS Study		Critical Care
RedOX Survey	Principal Investigator Dr Megan Allen	Critical Care
Research projects		Medicine and Radiology
ROCKet Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Philip Peyton	Critical Care
Safety and feasibility trial of immediate cooling followed by early decompression in patients with cervical SCI; a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
Sepsis	Professor Rinaldo Bellomo	Critical Care
Siddhartha Mahanty	Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty	Infectious Diseases
SNAKE Study	Principal Investigator Associate Professor Bill Nimo	Critical Care
Student Engagement and Experience	Professor Clare Delany	Medical Education
Study		Critical Care
Studying the Continuum of Cancer Care through Linking Primary Data	Research Project Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
The Arthroplasty and Bariatric Surgery (ABS) Study: a randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding prior to total knee arthroplasty	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
The effects of glucocorticoids on glycaemic control in pregnant women with gestational diabetes	Shane Hamblin
The fear of medical error: A growth mindset approach to ‘second victim’ support	Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Medical School and Professor, Melbourne Business School Professor Jill Klein	Medical Education
The MARKA Study: Maximum Acceptable Risk of complication in total Knee Arthroplasty	Dr Michelle Dowsey	Surgery
They do tell you a lot. Supporting staff who support Medical Students	Associate Professor Eleanor Flynn	Medical Education
Toxicology	A/Professor Jonathan Knott	Critical Care
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
TRICS-IV Trial	Principal Investigator Professor David Scott	Critical Care
Ultrasound Education Group	Co-director Professor Colin Royse Co-director Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Validation of a rapid neurological assessment of spinal cord injury (SPEED): a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
VAPOR-C Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Bernhard Riedel	Critical Care
Virtual Reality Surgery Simulation	Professor Stephen O'Leary	Surgery
Ways of Thinking and Ways of Doing (WoTWoD) - An Indigenous Cultural Respect Program in General Practice	Project Leader Dr Phyllis Lau	General Practice
Web-based automated vision testing for cataract surgery outcome monitoring	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
WeHELP Study	Principal Investigator Professor David Story	Critical Care
ZOC-BHVI High Myopia Cohort Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery

Musculoskeletal

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
@AgeMelbourne	Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
A computer-aided decision system for gait analysis	Project Leader Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	Professor John Hamilton	Medicine and Radiology
Adipocytes as Weapons of Bone Destruction: The bone as a War Zone	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
An ultrasensitive assay to detect aggrecan degradation products in patient fluids	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Analysis of Synovial Fluid and Peripheral Blood Samples from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Using Patients with Osteoarthritis as Controls	A/prof Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Arthritis Research Group	Laboratory Head Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Associations Between Sarcopenia, Intramuscular Fat, Mental/Physical Function and Brain Atrophy: An Imaging and Machine Learning Approach	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Biofabrication of an in vitro 3D osteosarcoma model	A/Prof Claudia di Bella Dr Serena Duchi	Surgery
Biological mechanisms underpinning the social gradient of health	Principal Fellow A/Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Medicine and Radiology
Bone and Mineral Research Group	Group Leader Associate Professor Chris Yates	Medicine and Radiology
Bone strength in young healthy females, older patients with low-trauma fracture and older healthy adults: peripheral quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Bone Substrate Composition Affecting Bone Cell Formation, Function and Bone Turnover	A/prof Damian Myers	Medicine and Radiology
CASE: Cartilage Analytic Screening Environment	A/Prof Claudia di Bella Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Centre for Health Analytics	Laboratory Head Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Community engagement and policy discourse: Musculoskeletal disease	Principal Fellow A/Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Medicine and Radiology
Controlled mechanical stimulation for cartilage regeneration modelling with 3D bioprinting techniques	Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Determining the mechanism by which the male sex hormone, testosterone, acts to decrease fat mass.	Project Lead Associate Professor Rachel Davey	Medicine and Radiology
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Development of Marrow Fat Quantification as a Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Osteosarcopenia	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Dynamic microfluidic in vitro differentiation of stem cells for cartilage regeneration in surgical 3D bioprinting	Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Effect of HMB and Vitamin D Supplementation on osteosarcoPenia In oldeR pErsons (EMPIRE)	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	A/prof Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	A/Prof Christine Rodda	Medicine and Radiology
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Elucidating the functional roles of CCL17 in obesity-associated osteoarthritis	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluating the impact of obesity on knee load over time in those who have undergone optimal surgical re-alignment after total knee replacement	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Field tests for evaluation and prognostication in interstitial lung disease	Dr Yet Hong Khor	Medicine and Radiology
Generation of an ex vivo regeneration model for 3D bioprinting applications	Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Healthy Ageing Program	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
How are autophagic processes involved in bone mineralisation?	Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine and Radiology
Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory/Orthopaedic Department	Research Group Leader Professor Kerr Graham	Paediatrics
Identifying novel cartilage proteins with new functions	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
In Vivo Tibiofemoral Biomechanics in Healthy Adults During Functional Activity	Dr Hans Gray	Surgery
Inflammation-induced Osteosarcopenia: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments	A/Prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating Lipotoxic Impacts of Fatty Acid Synthesis on: (1) Osteoblasts, and (2) Osteoclast, in Vitro and (3) Skeletal Muscle	Aprof Damian Myers	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating the Anabolic Effect Drugs (Picolinic Acid) on Osteocytes in Vitro	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating the Rapamycin Effect on Induced-Palmitic osteocytes in Vitro	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Is muscle surgery or bone surgery better for young children with cerebral palsy who have hip displacement? The Cerebral Palsy Hip Interventions Project (CP-HIP)	Project Leader Dr Kate Willoughby	Paediatrics
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Marrow Adipose Tissue Functions: Studying Lipotoxicity in Hip Replacement Candidates	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Mice resistant to collagen degradation teach us about skeletal development and arthritis	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Mid-Thigh Bone and Muscle Mass Measurements as an Assessment Tool for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/penia, Sarcopenia and Osteosarcopenia: A Longitudinal Validation Study	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Mindfulness, cognitive processes and coping in chronic illness: insights from a study of joint replacement surgery	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Molecular Endocrinology and Musculoskeletal Research Group	Group Leader Associate Professor Rachel Davey	Medicine and Radiology
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Multimedia (MyStay) Intervention for managing patient experience (MIME) following total hip replacement surgery: a cluster randomised trial.	Ms Jo McDonall	Surgery
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	Dr. David Scott	Medicine and Radiology
Outcomes of Hip Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy – An International, Multi-Centre Prospective, Comparative Cohort Study	Project Leader Dr Kate Willoughby	Paediatrics
Pathology begins in the cells: Studying lipotoxic stress generated from adipocytes in bone and muscle cell cultures	A/prof Damian Myers	Medicine and Radiology
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Pre-Clinical Studies Identifying Novel Molecular Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Atrophy	Associate Professor Alan Hayes	Medicine and Radiology
Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Professor Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine and Radiology
Research at Epworth	Professor Richard de Steiger
Rheumatology	Group Leader Associate Professor Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Single Event Multilevel Surgery in Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Multi-centre, Long-term, Follow-up Study	Project Leader Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
Social determinants of musculoskeletal disease across the lifecourse	Principal Fellow A/Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Medicine and Radiology
Structural biology of proteins involved in bone diseases	Dr Brett Bennetts	Medicine and Radiology
Surgery Research		Surgery
Synovial Knee Arthritis Research (SKAR)	Professor John Hamilton	Surgery
The Arthroplasty and Bariatric Surgery (ABS) Study: a randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding prior to total knee arthroplasty	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
The CGA Study: Development of an evidence based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment	Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	A/Prof Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
The Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL): Validation of a new measure of gait function for children with cerebral palsy	Project Leader Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
The MARKA Study: Maximum Acceptable Risk of complication in total Knee Arthroplasty	Dr Michelle Dowsey	Surgery
The role of an aggrecan 32mer fragment in developing osteoarthritis	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
The role of CCL17 in osteoarthritis	Dr Kevin Lee	Medicine and Radiology
The SHAPE Study: Nutritional Needs, Physical Function and Sarcopenia in Geriatric Outpatient	Project Lead Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding the effect of lower limb torsional deformities in typically developing children and adolescents	Project Leader Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
Using Marrow Adipose Tissue to Diagnose Osteoporosis and Predict Fragility Fractures	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	Dr David Scott	Medicine and Radiology
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine and Radiology
What controls the development of strong cortical bone?	Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine and Radiology
Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	A/Prof Alan Hayes	Medicine and Radiology

Neuroscience & Psychiatry

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	Professor John Hamilton	Medicine and Radiology
A novel biomarker strategy to predict neurogenerative disease risk	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age (AUPOA)		Psychiatry
Accelerated Gene Identification Program (Gene Discovery)	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Acid-sensitivity in auditory neurons	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Australian Centre for Cannabinoid Clinical and Research Excellence (ACRE): Quality and safety in the implementation of medicinal cannabis use in the community	Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Advanced Interventions for Mood Disorders	Head of Department, Professor Christopher Davey	Psychiatry
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Animal models of Brain Development assessed using histology	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Animal models of Brain Development assessed using MRI	Prof Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	Dr Andrew Hua	Medicine and Radiology
ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
ARCADIA: Nutraceutical and Lifestyle Medicine Mental Health Research Group	Group Head and Honorary Principal Research Fellow Professor Jerome Sarris	Psychiatry
Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: from data to algorithm and real-world application	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Artificial intelligence system to detect eye and cardiovascular diseases	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Austin Health Research		Psychiatry
Autism Research Team	Laboratory Head Professor Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Biomedical Engineering for Cochlear Implants	Senior Research Fellow Dr Carrie Newbold	Surgery
Body Image and Eating Disorders	Chair of Psychiatry St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Brain development and the pathophysiology of psychosis	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Brain mapping: Brain atlases with multiple topographic features	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Brain stimulation and clinical translation	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Brainwave and Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Cognition Enhancing Drugs	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Building Early Attachment and Resiliance (BEAR) - an early intervention for parents and infants	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Can we Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Can We Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Carers of People Living with Psychosis	Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Causes of Depressive Symptoms in Early Ageing	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Cellular Reprogramming Group	Senior Research Fellow Dr Raymond Wong	Surgery
Cerebellar grey and white matter changes in children with Autism spectrum disorders	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in patients with vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid haemorrhage	Dr Alexios Adamides	Surgery
Characterizing brain-body relationship with respect to biological aging in elderly population	Dr Ye Tian	Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Director, Mindful A/Professor Alessandra (Sandra) Radovini	Psychiatry
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Clinical Epilepsy Epidemiology	Research Group Leader Assoc. Prof Wendyl D'Souza	Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Neuropsychiatry	Professor Dennis Velakoulis	Psychiatry
Clinical Neurosciences	Group Leader Professor Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Trials Research Centre, Centre for Eye Research Australia	Head, Clinical Trials Research Centre Associate Professor Lyndell Lim	Surgery
Clinical, cognitive and biological correlates of early-life deprivation and threat in individuals with schizophrenia	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Cognition and brain connectivity in psychosis	Prof Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive Interventions Technologies and Evaluation	Dr Amit Lampit	Psychiatry
Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Coming soon		General Practice
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Comparing the mental health and social determinants of family members who have HD in their family	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
Computational neuroscience: Simulating brain dynamics and generative modelling of brain networks	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	Professor Vicki Anderson	Paediatrics
Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Cytoprotection Pharmacology Research	Professor Greg Dusting	Surgery
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Debilitating Symptom Complexes attributed to Ticks - neuroimaging	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Decoding neural mechanisms underpinning human cognition in health and disease using machine learning	Dr Ye Tian	Psychiatry
Depression and Anxiety Neuroscience	Professor Ben Harrison	Psychiatry
Depression and Anxiety Neuroscience	Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Ben Harrison	Psychiatry
Detection of somatic mutations in sporadic epilepsies	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine and Radiology
Developing methods for measuring magnetic susceptibility in the brain	Associate Professor Leigh Johnston	Medicine and Radiology
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Development of a low cost, point-of-care diagnostic platform	Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Development of new radio frequency pulses to improve 7T MRI	Professor Roger Ordidge	Medicine and Radiology
Development of regenerative therapy for photoreceptor losses using cellular reprogramming technology	Dr Raymond Wong	Surgery
Development of Scaffolds for Restoration of Myotendous Junctions	Project Lead Associate Professor Robert Kapsa	Medicine and Radiology
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study)	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Discovering differences and similarities between phenotype and biology of twins with autism and children with known genetic problems with a high risk of autism	Project Leader Dr Felicity Klopper	Paediatrics
Discovering genes for singing ability in Australian families	A/Professor Michael Hildebrand	Medicine and Radiology
Discovery of circulating RNA biomarkers in autism	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Doctors in Secondary Schools	Head of Department Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
EEG/ MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Dr Alan Lai	Medicine and Radiology
EEG/MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rodents	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Employment and Vocational Occupation	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Epilepsy in twins: the importance of genetic factors	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine and Radiology
Epileptic Encephalopathies: Finding the cause	Group Leader Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Epileptic Seizure Forecasting	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Evidence-Based Practice in the Management of Glaucoma Suspects	Dr Zhichao Wu	Surgery
Exploring data from ENROLL-HD - an international observational study in Huntington’s disease	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Exploring the genetic basis of brain alterations in schizophrenia	Dr Maria Di Biase	Psychiatry
EXTEND-IA TNK	Group Leader Associate Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Finding a cure for a devastating form of epilepsy	A/Prof Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Frameworks for Health	Chair of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Functional Neurological Disorders	Chair of Psychiatry, Austin Health Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Gender differences in autism	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery
Glaucoma Research Laboratory	Head Glaucoma Research Laboratory Jonathan Crowston	Surgery
Glucagon secretion in Type 1 diabetes	Project Lead Associate Professor Tony Verberne	Medicine and Radiology
Health outcomes in children conceived using Assisted Reproduction Technologies	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Healthy Ageing Program	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Healthy Lifestyles	Group Leader Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Hearing Neurosciences	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Hearing Regeneration and Protection	William Gibson Chair of Otolaryngology Professor Stephen O'Leary
Honorary Appointments’ Research Projects		Surgery
How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
Imaging genetics in psychiatry	Dr Maria Di Biase	Psychiatry
Imaging life events in acute conversion disorder	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Improve the diagnostic prediction of imaging measures in dementia and epilepsy	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
Improved early diagnosis of eye diseases by integration of retinal photography and artificial intelligence to build an opportunistic screening service in metro, regional and remote primary care settings	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Improving delivery of RNA therapeutics	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Improving mental health for young people in out-of-home care: Providing participatory evidence-based mental health care across services	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for autism. What can we learn from databases and existing administrative data?	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
INDIGO Study: physical activity and goal-setting intervention for sedentary older adults at risk of cognitive decline	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Integrated Mental Health	Research Program Leader A/Prof Victoria Palmer	General Practice
Integrative Neurophysiology	Group Leader Associate Professor Tony Verberne	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating biomarkers, clinical and cognitive symptoms in Huntington's disease and Alzheimer’s disease	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Investigating the electrophysiology of neuronal network dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Investigation of systemic inflammation on symptoms, functional outcome and course of illness in psychotic disorders	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Joint hypermobility in functional neurological disorders	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Link-me: A randomised controlled trial of a systematic model of stepped mental health care in general practice	Link-me Trial Lead Investigator Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Machine learning prediction of brain and body ageing	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Macular Research Unit	Professor Robyn Guymer	Surgery
Mapping cerebellar connectivity in neurodevelopmental disorders	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Markers in Neuropsychiatric Disorders (MiND) study	Prof Dennis Velakoulis	Psychiatry
Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Melbourne Clinic Research		Psychiatry
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Research		Psychiatry
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Mindful		Psychiatry
Mindfulness, cognitive processes and coping in chronic illness: insights from a study of joint replacement surgery	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Mitochondria and Neurodegeneration Group	Associate Professor Ian A Trounce	Surgery
Modelling Epilepsy and Epilepsy Drug Effects–Computational Neuroscience Project	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Modellling severe childhood epilepsy	Dr Snezana Maljevic	Medicine and Radiology
Mood-Psychosis Spectrum Group	Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry
Motor Control and Rehabilitation	Group Leader Professor Mary Galea AM	Medicine and Radiology
Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Genetics of Neurodisability	Research Group Leader Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
Network communication in the brain	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Neural Dynamics Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Neural Engineering and Brain Dynamics	Co-Group Leaders Dr Dean Freestone & Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Laboratory Head Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Neuroimaging	Group Leader Professor Patricia Desmond	Medicine and Radiology
Neuropsychiatry of neurodegenerative disorders	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
Neuropsychiatry	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Neuropsychology, Ageing, and Huntington's Disease	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Neuroregeneration	Professor Alice Pébay	Surgery
Neurotrophins - how do they influence neural firing and ion channels?	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Obesity	Dr Priya Sumithran	Medicine and Radiology
Ocular Biomarkers, Bioenergetics and Angiogenesis Research Group	Head of Laboratory Dr Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery
Ocular Genetics	Head, Ocular Genetics Professor Paul N Baird	Surgery
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Group	Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Pacemaker channels and brain excitability	A/Prof Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology
Perceptual Disturbance in younger onset dementia	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Cognition in Ageing Women	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine and Radiology
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Predicting the onset of dementia using Positron Emission Tomography	Rob Williams	Medicine and Radiology
Prevention and Recovery Care	Director of the Centre for Mental Health Professor Jane Pirkis	Psychiatry
PROSPER: PRevalence Of unwanted Sexual contact: Pursuing Early Recognition	Project Leader A/Prof Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Proteomic profiles of psychotic symptom severity	Senior Research Fellow Dr Chad Bousman	Psychiatry
Psychosis & Developmental Neuropsychiatry	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Psychosis and Sczhophrenia	Chair of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Psychosocial Research Group	Head of Group Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Psychosocial Research	Prof Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Rett Syndrome and related genes	Project Leader Dr Nicole van Bergen	Paediatrics
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Safe Mothers, Safe Babies - Promoting safety and early parenting in high-risk relationships	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	A/Prof Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery
Saving Brain and Changing Practice in Stroke	Project Lead Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine and Radiology
Self-help for Depression and Diabetes-related Distress in People With Type 2 Diabetes (SpringboarD)	Project Leader (University of Melbourne) Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE	Research Program Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Single pulse electrical stimulation for epilepsy monitoring and tuning of DBS therapy	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Social Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Social and Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Stentrode: Tissue Response to Endovascular Stimulation	Dr Sam John	Medicine and Radiology
Stroke assessment with multi-modal imaging	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
Stroke Imaging and Treatment	Group Leader Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Stroke Research Group	Group Leader Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine and Radiology
Structural biology of proteins involved in mental illnesses	Prof Michael Parker	Medicine and Radiology
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)	Project Lead Associate Professor Doug Crompton	Medicine and Radiology
Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP)	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Symptom comorbidity networks in psychiatry	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Synthesising, dismantling and optimising cognitive interventions	Dr Amit Lampit	Psychiatry
Systems Neuropsychiatry	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Systems Neuropsychiatry	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Taking the “Guesswork” Out of Glaucoma Clinical Management with Novel Imaging	Dr Zhichao Wu	Surgery
Targeting microglia in neurodegenerative diseases	Professor Michael Parker	Medicine and Radiology
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
The CORE Study	Principal Investigator A/Prof Victoria Palmer	General Practice
The influence of sleep on brain development and psychopathology over adolescence	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
The neurobiology of anxiety across development and sex	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
The Neuropsychiatry of Androgen Deprivation	Chair of Psychiatrry Austin Health Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
The relationship between cognitive impairment seen in chronic mental illness and dementia - what can mortality information tell us?	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
The role of microglial cells in epilepsy	A/Prof Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology
The role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in schizophrenia	Group Leader Professor Ian Everall	Psychiatry
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
The Target-D Trial	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Therapeutic Innovations in Affective Disorders	Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry Professor Chee Ng	Psychiatry
Therapeutic Innovations in Mood and Anxiety Disorders	Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry Professor Chee Ng	Psychiatry
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Translational Neurobiology (Psychosis Studies)	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Traumatic Stress	Professor Meaghan O'Donnell	Psychiatry
UDP - Victoria	Project Leader Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Understanding the outcomes, including their language, participation and quality of life, of children with autism	Project Leader Prof Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Undestanding trajectories and biological underpinnings of children with autism who lose skills	Project Leader Veronica Rose	Paediatrics
Using light to control brain activity	Prof Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology
Using systematic reviews to understand prognosis, diagnosis and effective interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difference and disability	Project Leader Dr Kristine Egberts	Paediatrics
Utilizing technology to optimise ADHD care	Professor Dave Coghill	Paediatrics
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine and Radiology
When might the brain go wrong: the role of immune cells at critical time-points during development	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
White matter imaging in the aging brain	Dr Chris Steward	Medicine and Radiology
WITH: Women’s Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings	Primary Investigator Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Younger-onset dementia - carer mental health and service use.	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry

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Women's Health

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence		General Practice
Abnormal Placental Stem Cells And Their Role In Human Pregnancy Pathologies	Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Antibiotic stewardship and related polices impact on child health outcomes	Dr Yanhong Jessika Hu	Paediatrics
Antibody to PfEMP1: role in immunity to malaria in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict pregnancy disorders and guide clinical practice.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Australians’ expectations of personal genomics: the GeNIOz project		Paediatrics
Beverley Ann-Biggs	Professor Beverley Ann-Biggs	Infectious Diseases
Beyond Silence	Project Leader A/Prof Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Biomarker Discovery Group	Associate Professor Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Bone and Mineral Research Group	Group Leader Associate Professor Chris Yates	Medicine and Radiology
Bone strength in young healthy females, older patients with low-trauma fracture and older healthy adults: peripheral quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Breast Cancer	Head of Group Professor Bruce Mann Lead Researcher Dr Anita Skandarajah	Surgery
Building Early Attachment and Resiliance (BEAR) - an early intervention for parents and infants	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Centre for research excellence in cervical cancer control		Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Characterising the functional role of VEZT in endometriosis	Project Leader Dr Jacqueline Donoghue	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Core Outcomes in Menopause	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Centre of research excellence on women and non-communicable disease (CRE WaND): Prevention and Detection	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Critical regulators of endometrial receptivity	Project Leader Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Critical regulators of placentation	Project Leader Prof Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Defining the role of embryo implantation failure in infertility and IVF success.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Developing novel therapeutic strategies to reduce spontaneous pre-term birth	Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Development and evaluation of guidelines and an intervention for moving on from IVF in women with a low chance of success	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools for malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Development of novel therapeutics to prevent or treat preeclampsia	Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Discovery and translation of interventions to control sexually transmitted infections and their consequences		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Does weekly iron supplementation increase iron uptake in pregnant Vietnamese women, and improve maternal and infant health?	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Early intervention with men who use violence (eMATE)	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Elucidating the role of SPINT1 in placental insufficiency	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Endocrine Surgery	Associate Professor Julie Miller	Surgery
EndoNeeds: Investigating the unmet physical, psychological and social needs of Australian women with endometriosis.	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Epigenomic remodelling of immunity by reproductive and sex-hormones	Dr Boris Novakovic	Paediatrics
Evaluating information resources for women considering elective egg freezing	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Evaluating molecular biomarkers of anal cancer risk		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Facilitating endometrial receptivity to improve pregnancy outcomes	Project Leader Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility After Cancer Predictor (FoRECAsT) Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fetal Welfare Assessment	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Gynaecology Research Centre - Hickey Group	Research Group Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Gynaecology Research Centre - Reproductive Biology Group	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Gynaecology Research Centre - Rogers Group	Professor Women's Health Research Professor Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Healthy Ageing Program	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies in Papua New Guinea – The impact of nutrition, malaria, and other infections on pregnant women and infants	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Heart Health in Women: Role of Physical Activity to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease	Dr Erin Howden	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Identifying new therapeutics for endometriosis using high throughput molecular and compound phenotypic screens	Project Leader Dr Jacqueline Donoghue	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Identifying novel placental-released biomarkers of preeclampsia	Project Leader Dr Ellen Menkhorst	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
Improving diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis	Project Leader Professor Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving reproductive health through infectious diseases research		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Improving Vitamin D status and related health in young women: The Safe-D study – Part B	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Improving Vitamin D status and related health in young women; the Safe-D study – (part A)	Group Leader Professor John D. Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Improving women’s knowledge of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors following the diagnosis of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.	Dr Anthea Lindquist	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Integrative analysis of OMICs and phenotypic data for disease stratification of endometriosis	Project Leader Dr Sarah Holdsworth-Carson	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
International and Immigrant Health	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating current and future education and training needs of the Australian workforce in genomic medicine		Paediatrics
Investigating metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in association with the short cervix and fetal fibronectin for the prediction of preterm labour in symptomatic women.	Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Investigating the basis of antibiotic resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium	Dr Gerald Murray	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Is there a role for adipose (fat) tissue in malaria?	Project Lead Dr Elizabeth Aitken	Medicine and Radiology
Labour & Delivery	Research Clinician Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Low Literacy Decision Aid about Reproductive Choices for Younger Women with Breast Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mechanistic and translational studies in female reproductive health	Project Leader Professor Eva Dimitriadis
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Molecular Oncology	Research Group Leader Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Most Bothersome Symptom: a new research outcome in women with endometriosis	Prof Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Critical Care
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
Nanomedicine targeted delivery of therapeutics to the placenta to treat preeclampsia	Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Newborn Research Centre	Head of Research Group Professor Peter Davis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Obstetrics, Nutrition and Endocrinology Group	Research Group Leader Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Pathogenesis and Immunity in Malaria	Research Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Infectious Diseases
Perinatal Research Group	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Pre-eclampsia - Eclampsia	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prenatal testing: a longitudinal study - the PeTALS project	Project Leader Dr Jan Hodgson	Paediatrics
Preterm Labour	Senior Research Fellow Dr Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Priorities and Needs of Women Living with Advanced Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Probiotic therapy		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prognostic biomarkers of preterm labour. Development of a predictive test kit for preterm labour.	Associate Professor Harry Georgiou	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
Promoting and advancing midlife health in women	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
PROSPER: PRevalence Of unwanted Sexual contact: Pursuing Early Recognition	Project Leader A/Prof Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Prof Patricia Desmond	Medicine and Radiology
Regulation of Placental Growth Factor in pregnancy complications	Dr Fiona Brownfoot	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Relationship between the microbiome and female infertility.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Safe Mothers, Safe Babies - Promoting safety and early parenting in high-risk relationships	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll: Young people and risk behaviours	Dr Megan Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Sexting, porn, and Tinder: An investigation of education and health promotion	Dr Megan Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE	Research Program Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Adolescence	Director of Research Training Professor Meredith Temple-Smith	General Practice
Sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis	Research Group Leader Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
Simon Graham	Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
Stephen Rogerson	Professor Stephen Rogerson	Infectious Diseases
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology
Studying novel proteins in preeclampsia	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
SUSTAIN: Sustainability of Identification and Response to Family Violence in antenatal care	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Testing therapeutics for infertility in organoid models	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The prognosisdiagnosis of common pregnancy complications utilising genetic material found in extracellular vesicles derived from maternal blood and urine.	Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function Group	Associate Professor Natalie Hannan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Translational Obstetrics Group	Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Professor Stephen Tong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Understanding the burden and consequences of Mycoplasma genitalium infection	Dr Dorothy Machalek	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Understanding the genetic basis of lipedema	Dr Ramin Shayan	Surgery
Understanding the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Understanding what triggers birth? New opportunities for prevention of early delivery	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Using biomarkers and ultrasound in late pregnancy to minimise preventable stillbirth: the BUMPS study	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine and Radiology
WITH: Women’s Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings	Primary Investigator Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Impact of risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy on non-cancer outcomes in young high-risk women: a multicentre prospective study.	Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, The Royal Women's Hospital Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
‘Find and Follow’: scoping the data capture, reporting and follow-up of (i) pregnancies complicated by congenital abnormalities, (ii) health and development among ‘high risk’ newborns	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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