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
AgeHAPPY: Healthy Ageing Project Population Youth-senior	Principal investigator Professor Cassandra Szoeke Study coordinator Monique Stagnitti	Medicine
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
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
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
Associations Between Sarcopenia, Intramuscular Fat, Mental/Physical Function and Brain Atrophy: An Imaging and Machine Learning Approach	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Brain storming therapeutics for neurodegeneration with novel research models	A/Prof Brian Drew	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Circulating Osteogenic Precurors: Building Bone from Blood	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
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
Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Imaging Biomarkers for Treatment Discovery)	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	Surgery
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
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine	Research Group Leader Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Enabling earlier and more accurate detection	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	Surgery
Evaluating information resources for women considering elective egg freezing	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Exploring how diabetes causes increased proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells carrying a mutation in DNMT3A	Prof Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Genotype and Phenotype Characterisation Human Circulating Osteo-Progenitor (COP) Cells	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Glaucoma Progression Transforming the Detection and Prediction of Progression	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	Surgery
How do bone marrow microenvironments regulate B lymphocyte production?	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine
IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	Prof Wen Kwang Lim	Medicine
IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE)	Professor Jill Francis	Medicine
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 palliative care in residential aged care using telehealth (IMPART)	A/Prof Kirsten Moore	Medicine
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
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Karin Thursky	Professor Karin Thursky	Infectious Diseases
Let's CHAT Dementia	A/Prof. Dina LoGiudice	Medicine
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
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
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
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
Novel regenerative therapies in cardiovascular diseases	Prof Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Novel therapies for atherosclerotic plaque stabilization	Prof Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	Dr. David Scott	Medicine
Jennifer Philip	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine
Pathology begins in the cells: Studying lipotoxic stress generated from adipocytes in bone and muscle cell cultures	A/prof Damian Myers	Medicine
Pre-clinical Analysis of Effects of Lamin A Overexpression on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation into Myocytes	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Promoting and advancing midlife health in women	Project Leader Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Prof Patricia Desmond	Radiology
Quantitative Measure of Effusions	A/Prof Keith Lim	Medicine
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine
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
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Sheena Sullivan	Associate Professor Sheena Sullivan	Infectious Diseases
Social and physical activities in ageing women	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine
Synovial Knee Arthritis Research (SKAR)	Professor John Hamilton	Surgery
Synthesising, dismantling and optimising cognitive interventions	Dr Amit Lampit	Psychiatry
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	A/Prof Keith Lim	Medicine
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
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
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	Dr David Scott	Medicine
Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	A/Prof Alan Hayes	Medicine

Cancer in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies a unique marker, a membrane protein expressed by pericytes and meningeal cells	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine
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
A phase I/II double-blind, randomised controlled trial assessing effect of medicinal cannabis on overall quality of life for people with cancer		Medicine
A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine
A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine
A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine
A5 SDHB Genomics Study	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
ACRF Translational Research Laboratory	Group Leader Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response to cell stress	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine
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
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
Cancer Immunotherapy symptoms: the experience and expectations around management	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine
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
Care Plus Study	Research Assistant Roslyn Le Gautier	Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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
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 new biomarkers and therapeutic targets in heart failure	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Defining the Role of Transcriptional Stress Pathways in Cancer Cell Resistance Towards Anti-Cancer Therapeutics	A/prof John Price	Medicine
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
Enteric Neuropathy as a Target to Alleviate Gastrointestinal Side-effects of Chemotherapy	A/prof Kulmira Nurgali	Medicine
Establishing patterns of primary health care usage in cancer at the end of life	Matthew Grant	Medicine
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
Gene regulation in the developing retina and the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma	Prof David Eisenstat	Paediatrics
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
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
Identification and Characterisation of Molecular Mediators of Cancer Metastasis	A/prof John Price	Medicine
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
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
Informal Communities in Cancer Treatment	Project Lead Dr Matt Grant	Medicine
Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	Professor David Ritchie	Medicine
Integrative genomics and immunobiology in Hairy Cell Leukaemia	Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine
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	Project Lead Dr Rachel Koldej	Medicine
Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine
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
Metastasis Research Group	Professor Albert G Frauman	Medicine
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
Novel genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine
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
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
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	A/Prof Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Jennifer Philip	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine
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
Prostate Cancer Research Group	Professor Christopher Hovens	Surgery
RAPID Postmarketing Study - Medicinal Cannabis		Medicine
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
Recipient immunity as a determinant of long term outcome in bone marrow transplantation	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine
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
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
Renal supportive care of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease	Kathryn Ducharlet	Medicine
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Professor Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine
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
The role of the Renin Angiotensin System in tumour progression and recurrence following tumour resection	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Serum biomarkers of brain cancer	Dr Andrew Morokoff	Surgery
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Spinal Biology Laboratory	Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
STEP Care Clinical Trial	Project Lead Anna Collins	Medicine
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine
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
Fully Funded. Systematic EndoscopIc Staging of Mediastinum to determine Impact on radiotherapy for locally advanced lung Cancer (SEISMIC): an international multi-centre cohort study	Associate Professor Daniel Steinfort	Medicine
T cell function as a determinant of blinatumomab efficacy in B-ALL	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine
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 application of a patient centred service design approach to improve patients experience of breast cancer care	Professor Christobel Saunders
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
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
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
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
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
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
The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine
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
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine
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
Unravelling the causes of persistent exercise intolerance in cancer survivors	Dr Steve Foulkes	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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
Western Health Cancer Research	Group Leader Professor Michael Green	Medicine
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 a unique marker, a membrane protein expressed by pericytes and meningeal cells	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine
A New reagent for detection of program cell death	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
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
Adult Hybrid Closed Loop Study	Project Lead Professor David O'Neal	Medicine
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response to cell stress	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine
An antibody (mAb2E1) that detects a novel, high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells, developing brain and bone, and an osteosarcoma cell line	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
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
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
Assessing the therapeutic effects of plasmalogen supplementation in a mouse model of heart failure	Dr Yow Keat Tham	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Group	Head of Laboratory Professor Karlheinz Peter Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health Research		Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Darren Kelly	Group Leader Professor Darren Kelly	Medicine
Brain storming therapeutics for neurodegeneration with novel research models	A/Prof Brian Drew	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cardiac Cellular Systems	Laboratory Head Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health Research
Cardiac Hypertrophy Group	Head of Laboratory 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
Cardiovascular Inflammation and Redox Biology	Head of Laboratory Professor Judy de Haan	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Driving Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Children	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
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 nanoparticles for targeted theranostics delivery of drug and gene therapeutics	Dr Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Developing platelet derived nanoparticles for targeted thrombolysis	Prof Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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 Professor John Furler	General Practice
Diabetes Discovery - prevalence and outcomes in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine
David O'Neal	Group Leader Professor David O'Neal	Medicine
Laima Brazionis	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine
Diagnosis and therapy of inflammatory diseases using molecular ultrasound imaging	Dr Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Chris Ryan	Group Leader Chris Ryan	Medicine
Do short chain fatty acids prevent gut leakiness and enhanced haematopoiesis induced by a high salt diet?	Prof Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Does epicardial adipose tissue contribute to atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes?	Dr Erin Howden	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Drug development for metabolic diseases	A/Prof Jon Oakhill	Medicine
Dyslipidemia Decision Support		Medicine
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine	Research Group Leader Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Engineering a tissue flap	Dr Geraldine Mitchell	Surgery
Exploring how a high salt diet promotes bone destruction through immune cell activation	Prof Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Exploring how diabetes causes increased proliferation of haematopoietic stem cells carrying a mutation in DNMT3A	Prof Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Exploring the contribution of intrinsic lipids to immune cell development and function	Professor Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Exploring the therapeutic potential of protein phosphatases in cardiometabolic disease	Dr Kate Weeks	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Factors that determine islet antigen-specific T cell expansion before the onset of Type 1 diabetes	Prof Helen Thomas	Medicine
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
Genomics of asthma mortality due to thunderstorm asthma	Prof Jo Douglass	Medicine
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
Human Integrative Physiology	Head of Laboratory Dr Erin Howden	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Identification of additional markers of ferroptosis with mass spectrometry	Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Identifying circadian clock and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) interactions in heart disease	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine
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
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
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
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine
Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Health	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
Lipid Metabolism and Cardiometabolic Disease Group	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Anna Calkin	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Lipidomic Profiling of Atrial Fibrillation Progression in a Murine Model	Dr Yow Keat Tham	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Risk from Mid- to Late-life in Women	Senior Research Fellow Alexandra Gorelik	Medicine
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine
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
Metabolomics Group	Head of Laboratory Professor Peter Meikle	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Mineralocorticoid receptor activation pathways in macrophages ; new mechanisms of heart failure	Associate Professor Morag Young	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
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
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – characterising disease features in order to develop new therapies	Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine
Novel regenerative therapies in cardiovascular diseases	Prof Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Novel therapies for atherosclerotic plaque stabilization	Prof Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal disease	Project Lead Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal syndrome	Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease	Professor Darren Kelly Project Lead Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine
Nuclear receptor co-regulators in heart disease and inflammation; new targets for fine-tuning receptor actions in health and disease	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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
Preclinical Disease and Prevention	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Melinda Carrington	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine
Data interoperability for remote patient monitoring		Medicine
Artificial Intelligence-assisted Retinal Photography		Medicine
Sex and the broken heart: sex-specific mechanisms driving heart failure	Dr Alexander Pinto	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
SMS Diabetes Education		Medicine
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
Targeting Pyroptosis to improve diabetic cardiovascular disease.	Prof Judy de Haan	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
The cellular fuel gauge: Novel mechanisms of metabolic control	A/Prof Jon Oakhill	Medicine
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
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
The effect of ageing and sex differences on heart recovery following a heart attack	Associate Professor Anna Calkin	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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
The treatment of the brain tumour glioblastoma (GBM): the efficacy of immunotoxin derived from anti-calcitonin receptor antibodies	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine
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
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
Understanding the role of the circadian molecular clock in the development of dilated cardiac myopathy and atrial fibrillation.	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Understanding the role of the mineralocorticoid receptor in diabetic cardiac myopathy?	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Unravelling the causes of persistent exercise intolerance in cancer survivors	Dr Steve Foulkes	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Using the JAK1/JAK2 Inhibitor Baricitinib to treat new-onset Type 1 diabetes	Prof Helen Thomas	Medicine
Validation of 4D Flow with Exercise using CMR	Doctor Ben Costello	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine
What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	A/Prof Stuart Mannering	Medicine

122

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 clinical trial-in-a-dish using iPSC-derived cartilage and bone organoids	A/Prof Shireen Lamande	Paediatrics
A high throughput drug screen to identify candidate targets for the treatment of Neurofibromatosis Type 1.	Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	Paediatrics
Adapt an evidence-based healthy lifestyle program to an Australian context	Prof Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
Adjunct Cord Blood Cell Therapy for Paediatric Heart Failure	A/Prof Salvatore Pepe	Paediatrics
Adverse health consequences of infant food allergy: a population-based longitudinal study.	Dr Rachel Peters	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
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
BRACE trial PhD opportunities	Prof Nigel Curtis	Paediatrics
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Can the allergic march from infant food allergy to asthma be prevented?	A/Prof Rachel Peters	Paediatrics
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
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
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	Dr Nicole Messina	Paediatrics
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Project Leader Professor Steve Graham	Paediatrics
Determinants of COVID-19 risk and severity	Dr Nicole Messina	Paediatrics
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics tests and surveillance tools for malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine
Development of novel vaccines against malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine
Laima Brazionis	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine
Discovering novel genes and pathways to ataxia	Prof Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine
Does neonatal BCG vaccination protect against infection and allergic disease in the first 5 years of life?	Prof Nigel Curtis	Paediatrics
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	A/prof Christine Rodda	Medicine
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	A/Prof Christine Rodda	Medicine
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology and Public Health	Research Group Leader Professor Jodie McVernon	Infectious Diseases
Expanding pancreatic progenitor cells for treatment of type 1 diabetes	Prof Ed Stanley	Paediatrics
Expanding the molecular understanding, and advancing personalised therapeutics for KIF1A-Associated Neurological Disorders	Dr Simranpreet Kaur	Paediatrics
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Foot deformities in children with cerebral palsy	Dr Elyse Passmore	Paediatrics
Gene regulation in the developing retina and the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma	Prof David Eisenstat	Paediatrics
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Genetics of childhood hearing loss	Dr Valerie Sung	Paediatrics
Global Health	Research Group Leader Professor Beverley Ann-Biggs	Infectious Diseases
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
Healthy Trajectories: Promoting wellbeing and quality of life for those with child-onset disability and their families	Prof Christine Imms	Paediatrics
healthYpulse: A Learning Healthcare System for Improving Paediatric Patient Experience and Outcomes	Prof Jim Buttery	Paediatrics
High Dimensional Immune and Epigenetic Profiling of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)	Prof Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
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
Identifying the causes of brain malformation in children	Prof Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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
Infertility in women and embryo implantation failure: identifying how infertility develops using new technologies	Prof Eva Dimitriadis	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
Interrogating the spatial dynamics of gene regulatory networks during embryonic development and disease	A/Prof Mirana Ramialison	Paediatrics
Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Investigating 'silent' newborn viral infections and outcomes in the GenV cohort	A/Prof Valerie Sung	Paediatrics
Investigating a Unique Dwelling Space for New Mothers and Babies	Prof Samuel Menahem	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 role of FBX proteins in Neurodevelopment	Dr Sarah Stephenson	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
Learning Health System for identification and prevention of vaccination errors	Prof Jim Buttery	Paediatrics
Linking determination of cell fate in the developing nervous system to paediatric brain tumours	Prof David Eisenstat	Paediatrics
Longitudinal and secular trends in outcomes for adolescents with hearing impairment in Victoria	Dr Valerie Sung	Paediatrics
Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Measuring developmental outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children	Dr Anita d'Aprano	Paediatrics
Microbial changes following pneumococcal conjugate vaccination	A/Prof Catherine Satzke	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
Molecular remodelling of endothelial cells in response to specific lymphocytes and other signals	Prof Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
Motor function assessment using video-based motion capture and machine-learning for children with movement disorders	Dr Elyse Passmore	Paediatrics
Neuropsychological profile of children with childhood apraxia of speech	Prof 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
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	A/Prof 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
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
Prevention of nut allergies in high risk infants	A/Prof 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
RCT of Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of allergy	A/Prof Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics
Resolving inflammation in childhood respiratory disease	Dr Melanie Neeland	Paediatrics
Respiratory strategies to protect the preterm lung at birth	Dr Prue Pereira-Fantini	Paediatrics
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Savige Laboratory	Group Leader Professor Judy Savige	Medicine
Sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis	Research Group Leader Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
Simon Graham	Dr Simon Graham	Infectious Diseases
SNOTWATCH: Mapping real-time respiratory and gastrointestinal viral information to inform and improve health outcomes	Prof Jim Buttery	Paediatrics
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
Supporting young people with complex disability to participate in important life situations	Prof Christine Imms	Paediatrics
Targeting novel mediators of chronic pain to improve analgesia for Epidermolysis Bullosa	A/Prof Ken Pang	Paediatrics
The development of feeding in infants with oesophageal atresia between birth and nine months of age	PhD student Libby Ferguson	Paediatrics
The impact of air pollution and other environmental factors on food allergy and other allergic diseases across the first 10 years of life: a population-based, longitudinal study.	A/Prof Rachel Peters	Paediatrics
The LongSTEPPP Project	Prof Sonia Grover	Paediatrics
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine
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 beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration using stem cell models	Prof Paul Lockhart	Paediatrics
Understanding pneumococcal pathogenesis	A/Prof Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics
Understanding the neurobiology of autism in NF1 using patient derived stem cell models	Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu	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
Use and impact of psychotropic medication in pregnancy	Prof Melissa Wake	Paediatrics
Use of a respiratory function monitor to improve training efficiency in neonatal face mask ventilation	Dr MD PhD Marta Thio	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
Using parasite and vector serosurveillance to inform malaria elimination	Professor Freya Fowkes	Medicine
Using single-cell omics to determine disease mechanism and improve clinical management of children with epilepsy	Dr Sarah Stephenson	Paediatrics
Vitamin D supplementation and food allergy risk in early life: immunological and molecular mechanisms	Prof Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
Why are babies in SCNs/NICUs at higher risk of permanent hearing loss?	A/Prof Valerie Sung	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

128

Critical Care

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
7-SIGMA Study	Principal Investigator Dr Lachlan Miles	Critical Care
Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine	Professor and Head, APPMU; Director, Melbourne Clinical and Translational Science Research Platform (MCATS) David Story	Critical Care
ASAP Study	Professor 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
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 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
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine	Research Group Leader Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
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
Genomics of asthma mortality due to thunderstorm asthma	Prof Jo Douglass	Medicine
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
International Register of Meta-Research (IRMR)	Principal Investigator Dr Georgina Imberger	Critical Care
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research	Director, JECEMR Professor Anne-Maree Kelly	Medicine
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
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
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
Jennifer Philip	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine
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		Critical Care
ROCKet Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Philip Peyton	Critical Care
Sepsis	Professor Rinaldo Bellomo	Critical Care
Siddhartha Mahanty	Associate Professor Siddhartha Mahanty	Infectious Diseases
SNAKE Study	Principal Investigator Associate Professor Bill Nimo	Critical Care
SNAP3 Study	Principal Investigator Tom Poulton	Critical Care
Student Engagement and Experience	Professor Clare Delany	Medical Education
Study		Critical Care
Study
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 ENCORE Study	Dr Julia Dubowitz	Critical Care
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
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

Infectious Diseases and Immunity

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Coin Laboratory: Cancer Bioinformatics	Head of Laboratory Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
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
Development of malaria transmission blocking drugs.	Dr Matthew Dixon	Infectious Diseases
Evaluating molecular biomarkers of anal cancer risk		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
General Internal Medicine	Group Leader Professor Edward Janus	Medicine
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
Malaria: Going bananas for sex	Dr Matthew Dixon	Infectious Diseases
Kirsty Buising	Professor Kirsty Buising	Infectious Diseases
National HPV Monitoring Program (IMPACT)	Head of Lab Dr Gerald Murray Project Lead Dr Dorothy Machalek	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
The Renovators Dream: Malaria host cell remodelling	Dr Matthew Dixon	Infectious Diseases
Transgenerational influence of diet on autoimmune susceptibility	A/Prof Mark Chong	Medicine
What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	A/Prof Stuart Mannering	Medicine
What are the functional properties of human CD4+ T cells, from people with type 1 diabetes, that respond to proinsulin C-peptide?	A/Prof Stuart Mannering	Medicine

Musculoskeletal

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
@AgeMelbourne	Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine
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
Adipocytes as Weapons of Bone Destruction: The bone as a War Zone	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
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
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
Balance Gym for Falls Prevention in Older Adults	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
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
Bone and Mineral Research Group	Group Leader Associate Professor Chris Yates	Medicine
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
Bone Substrate Composition Affecting Bone Cell Formation, Function and Bone Turnover	A/prof Damian Myers	Medicine
CASE: Cartilage Analytic Screening Environment	A/Prof Claudia di Bella Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Centre for Health Analytics	Director Kate Lucas	Paediatrics
Characterization of Osteosarcopenia in Older Persons: A Bench to Bedside Approach	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
Community engagement and policy discourse: Musculoskeletal disease	Principal Fellow A/Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Medicine
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
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine
Development of Marrow Fat Quantification as a Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Osteosarcopenia	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
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
Effects of Vitamin D Status on DEXA Femoral Neck BMD in Children and Adolescents	A/prof Christine Rodda	Medicine
Effects of Vitamin D Status on Forearm Fracture Healing Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study	A/Prof Christine Rodda	Medicine
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine	Research Group Leader Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
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
Exploring how a high salt diet promotes bone destruction through immune cell activation	Prof Andrew Murphy	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Foot deformities in children with cerebral palsy	Dr Elyse Passmore	Paediatrics
Generation of an ex vivo regeneration model for 3D bioprinting applications	Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Healthy Ageing Program	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
How are autophagic processes involved in bone mineralisation?	Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine
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
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
Inflammatory cytokines involved in obesity and osteoarthritis	Dr Kevin Lee	Medicine
Investigating Lipotoxic Impacts of Fatty Acid Synthesis on: (1) Osteoblasts, and (2) Osteoclast, in Vitro and (3) Skeletal Muscle	Aprof Damian Myers	Medicine
Investigating the Anabolic Effect Drugs (Picolinic Acid) on Osteocytes in Vitro	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Investigating the Rapamycin Effect on Induced-Palmitic osteocytes in Vitro	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
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
Marrow Adipose Tissue Functions: Studying Lipotoxicity in Hip Replacement Candidates	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine
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
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
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine
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
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine
Osteosarcopenia as a Geriatric Syndrome	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Osteosarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults attending the Falls and Fracture Clinic	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Osteosarcopenia in Older Adults Attending a Fracture Liaison Service	Dr. David Scott	Medicine
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
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
Pre-Clinical Studies Identifying Novel Molecular Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Atrophy	Associate Professor Alan Hayes	Medicine
Predicting Disability and Frailty in Older Persons: The Western Osteosarcopenia and Frailty (WOSF) Study	Prof Gustavo Duque	Medicine
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Professor Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine
Research at Epworth	Professor Richard de Steiger
Rheumatology	Group Leader Associate Professor Keith Lim	Medicine
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
Structural biology of proteins involved in bone diseases	Dr Brett Bennetts	Medicine
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
The Correlation between Knee Effusions and Clinical Presentation in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis	A/Prof Keith Lim	Medicine
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 SHAPE Study: Nutritional Needs, Physical Function and Sarcopenia in Geriatric Outpatient	Project Lead Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine
The Vascular Bionics Laboratory	Heads of Laboratory Associate Professor Nicholas Opie and Associate Professor Thomas Oxley	Medicine
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
Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Monitor Physical Activity in Older Adults Undergoing Exercise Interventions for Falls	Dr David Scott	Medicine
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine
What controls the development of strong cortical bone?	Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine
Your Muscles Matter – The Sarcopenia Study	A/Prof Alan Hayes	Medicine

Neuroscience & Psychiatry

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	Professor John Hamilton	Medicine
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
Ageing in Mind (AiM)	Senior Research Fellow in Psychiatry of Old Age Terence Chong	Psychiatry
An antibody (mAb2E1) that detects a novel, high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells, developing brain and bone, and an osteosarcoma cell line	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine
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
ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine
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
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
Brain storming therapeutics for neurodegeneration with novel research models	A/Prof Brian Drew	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Brainwave and Electrophysiological Biomarkers of Cognition Enhancing Drugs	Dr Chris French	Medicine
Can we Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	Dr Chris French	Medicine
Can We Fix Dementia with Deep Brain Stimulation?	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Carers of People Living with Psychosis	Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Causes of Depressive Symptoms in Early Ageing	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
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
Wendyl D'Souza	Research Group Leader Assoc. Prof Wendyl D'Souza	Medicine
Clinical Neuropsychiatry	Professor Dennis Velakoulis	Psychiatry
Mark Cook	Group Leader Professor Mark Cook	Medicine
Clinical Trials Research Centre, Centre for Eye Research Australia	Head, Clinical Trials Research Centre Associate Professor Lyndell Lim	Surgery
Cognition and brain connectivity in psychosis	Prof Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
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
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
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
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
Developing methods for measuring magnetic susceptibility in the brain	Associate Professor Leigh Johnston	Medicine
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine
Development of a low cost, point-of-care diagnostic platform	Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine
Development of new radio frequency pulses to improve 7T MRI	Professor Roger Ordidge	Medicine
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
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
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
Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Imaging Biomarkers for Treatment Discovery)	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	Surgery
EEG/ MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Dr Alan Lai	Medicine
EEG/MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Dr Chris French	Medicine
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rodents	Dr Chris French	Medicine
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	Dr Chris French	Medicine
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine	Research Group Leader Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
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
Enabling earlier and more accurate detection	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	Surgery
Epilepsy in twins: the importance of genetic factors	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine
Epilepsy Research Centre	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine
Epileptic Encephalopathies: Finding the cause	Group Leader Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine
Epileptic Seizure Forecasting	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine
Expanding the molecular understanding, and advancing personalised therapeutics for KIF1A-Associated Neurological Disorders	Dr Simranpreet Kaur	Paediatrics
Exploring data from ENROLL-HD - an international observational study in Huntington’s disease	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Exploring mosaic brain variants that cause focal epilepsies	Associate Professor Michael Hildebrand	Medicine
EXTEND-IA TNK	Group Leader Associate Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine
Ferroptosis in Schizophrenia	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Finding a cure for a devastating form of epilepsy	A/Prof Christopher Reid	Medicine
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
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
Genetic Diagnosis of Children with Vascular Anomalies for a Therapeutic Clinical Drug Trial	A/Professor Michael Hildebrand	Medicine
Glaucoma Progression Transforming the Detection and Prediction of Progression	A/Prof Zhichao Wu	Surgery
Glaucoma Research Laboratory	Head Glaucoma Research Laboratory Jonathan Crowston	Surgery
Glucagon secretion in Type 1 diabetes	Project Lead Associate Professor Tony Verberne	Medicine
Health outcomes in children conceived using Assisted Reproduction Technologies	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Healthy Ageing Program	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine
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
How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	Dr Chris French	Medicine
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 state and trait components of sensory and motor disturbances across the schizophrenia spectrum	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine
Improve the diagnostic prediction of imaging measures in dementia and epilepsy	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine
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
Improving the dispatch of Australia's first stroke ambulance	Dr Henry Zhao	Medicine
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Dr Chris French	Medicine
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine
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
Integrative Neurophysiology	Group Leader Associate Professor Tony Verberne	Medicine
Investigating the electrophysiology of neuronal network dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine
Irani Thevarajan	Dr Irani Thevarajan	Infectious Diseases
IRIS: Patient-level meta-analysis of 6 randomized controlled studies on direct thrombectomy(IRIS)	Professor Bernard Yan	Medicine
Joint hypermobility in functional neurological disorders	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine
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
Massively Parallel Optical Imaging of Cognition Events in Neuronal Networks in Freely Behaving Mice	Dr Chris French	Medicine
Melbourne Clinic Research		Psychiatry
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Research		Psychiatry
Mental and Cognitive Health in Ageing	Professor Nicola Lautenschlager	Psychiatry
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine
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
Modellling severe childhood epilepsy	Dr Snezana Maljevic	Medicine
Mood-Psychosis Spectrum Group	Dr Tamsyn Van Rheenen	Psychiatry
Motor Control and Rehabilitation	Group Leader Professor Mary Galea AM	Medicine
Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine
Multinuclear MRI biomarkers in schizophrenia	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
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
Network communication in the brain	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Neural Dynamics Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Andre Peterson	Co-Group Leaders Dr Dean Freestone & Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Laboratory Head Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Neurodevelopmental trajectories and biopsychosocial risk factors in autism and schizophrenia	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Neuropsychiatry of Neurodegenerative Disorders	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
Neuropsychiatry	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Neuroregeneration	Professor Alice Pébay	Surgery
Neurotrophins - how do they influence neural firing and ion channels?	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
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
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Cognition in Ageing Women	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Precision diagnosis for the remaining 50% of unsolved developmental and epileptic encephalopathies	Associate Professor Michael Hildebrand	Medicine
Predicting the onset of dementia using Positron Emission Tomography	Rob Williams	Medicine
Prefrontal cortex, sympathetic activity and blood pressure regulation	Dr Tye Dawood	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Prevention and Recovery Care	Director of the Centre for Mental Health Professor Jane Pirkis	Psychiatry
Primary Care Mental Health	Research Program Leader Prof Victoria Palmer	General Practice
PROSPER: PRevalence Of unwanted Sexual contact: Pursuing Early Recognition	Project Leader A/Prof Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Psychosis & Developmental Neuropsychiatry	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Psychosocial Research Group	Head of Group Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine
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
Role of the family environment in shaping children's brains and mental health	A/Prof Sarah Whittle	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
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
Social Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Social and Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Socioeconomic status and sleep in late childhood	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Dr Chris French	Medicine
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Group leader Dr Chris French	Medicine
Stentrode: Tissue Response to Endovascular Stimulation	Dr Sam John	Medicine
Stroke assessment with multi-modal imaging	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine
Stroke Imaging and Treatment	Group Leader Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine
Stroke Research Group	Group Leader Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine
Structural biology of proteins involved in mental illnesses	Prof Michael Parker	Medicine
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)	Project Lead Associate Professor Doug Crompton	Medicine
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
Targeting microglia in neurodegenerative diseases	Professor Michael Parker	Medicine
The CORE Study	Principal Investigator 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 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
The Vascular Bionics Laboratory	Heads of Laboratory Associate Professor Nicholas Opie and Associate Professor Thomas Oxley	Medicine
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	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine
Translational Neurobiology (Psychosis Studies)	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Traumatic Stress	Professor Meaghan O'Donnell	Psychiatry
Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Schizophrenia	Professor Christos Pantelis	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
Use and impact of psychotropic medication in pregnancy	Prof Melissa Wake	Paediatrics
Using Graph Theory and Neural Stem Cell Models to Understand Brain Network Resilience	Dr Maria Di Biase	Psychiatry
Using novel animal and stem cell models to investigate the role of genetic cardiac arrhythmia in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).	Professor Christopher Reid	Medicine
Using systematic reviews to understand prognosis, diagnosis and effective interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difference and disability	Project Leader Dr Kristine Egberts	Paediatrics
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine
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
WITH: Women’s Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings	Primary Investigator Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice

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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
Antibody to PfEMP1: role in immunity to malaria in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine
Application of computational biology approaches to identify and develop biomarkers to predict preeclampsia	Dr Fiona Brownfoot	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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
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
Breast Cancer	Head of Group Professor Bruce Mann Lead Researcher Dr Anita Skandarajah	Surgery
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
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 new biomarkers and therapeutic targets in heart failure	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Defining the essential functions of red blood cell modifying proteins in malaria parasites	A/Prof Paul Gilson	Infectious Diseases
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
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
Early intervention with men who use violence (eMATE)	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Elizabeth Vincan	Professor Elizabeth Vincan	Infectious Diseases
Embryo Implantation Research Group	Professor Evdokia Dimitriadis	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
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
From causes to cures: Improving health outcomes for women’s gynaecology and reproductive health	Professor Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Functional role of VEZT over expression in endometrium	Dr Jacqueline Donoghue	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Global Health	Research Group Leader Professor Beverley Ann-Biggs	Infectious Diseases
Gynaecology Research Centre - Hickey Group	Research Group Leader Professor Martha Hickey	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
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
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 circadian clock and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) interactions in heart disease	Associate Professor Morag Young	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
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
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
Improving Vitamin D status and related health in young women; the Safe-D study – (part A)	Group Leader Professor John D. Wark	Medicine
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
Integrative analysis of OMICs and phenotypic data for disease stratification of endometriosis	Project Leader Dr Sarah Holdsworth-Carson	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Investigating a Unique Dwelling Space for New Mothers and Babies	Prof Samuel Menahem	Paediatrics
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
Is there a role for adipose (fat) tissue in malaria?	Project Lead Dr Elizabeth Aitken	Medicine
Labour & Delivery	Research Clinician Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine
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
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
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Critical Care
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine
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	A/Prof 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
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Prof Patricia Desmond	Radiology
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll: Young people and risk behaviours	Dr Megan Lim	Medicine
Sexting, porn, and Tinder: An investigation of education and health promotion	Dr Megan Lim	Medicine
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
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 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
Using parasite and vector serosurveillance to inform malaria elimination	Professor Freya Fowkes	Medicine
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine
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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