Medical Projects by Theme

Ageing

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
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
Multimedia (MyStay) Intervention for managing patient experience (MIME) following total hip replacement surgery: a cluster randomised trial.	Ms Jo McDonall	Surgery
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Research at Epworth	Professor Richard de Steiger
Synovial Knee Arthritis Research (SKAR)	Professor John Hamilton	Surgery
The Evaluation of a Decision Aid for Women Considering Non-medical Egg Freezing	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
VCCC Palliative Medicine Research Group	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
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Cancer in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A mouse model of duodenal atresia	Project Leader Associate Professor Warrick Teague	Paediatrics
A5 SDHB Genomics Study	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Academic Department of Surgery, Western Health	Associate Professor Justin Yeung	Surgery
ACRF Translational Research Laboratory	Group Leader Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Analysis of circulating microRNAs in patient serum as a non-invasive biomarker platform	Project Lead Dr Rachel Koldej	Medicine and Radiology
Boussioutas Laboratory: Gastrointestinal Cancer	Group Leader Associate Professor Alex Boussioutas	Medicine and Radiology
Buchanan laboratory: Oncogenomics (colorectal cancer)	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Cancer Biology Research Group	Professor Graham Baldwin	Surgery
Cancer in Primary Care	Research Group Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Cancer Signalling Research Laboratory	Dr Hong-Jian Zhu	Surgery
Cardiovascular and Tumourivascular Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
CHEST Australia Trial: An Intervention to Reduce Time-to-Consult with Symptoms of Lung Cancer	Project Leader Professor Jon Emery, Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research	General Practice
Circulating Biomarkers in Liver Malignancy	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
CRISP-DNA: The feasibility of assessing bowel cancer risk using genomic testing to target screening in general practice	Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
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
Fertility After Cancer Predictor (FoRECAsT) Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Gynaecology Research Centre	Professor Women's Health Research Professor Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Harnessing novel immunotherapies to restore immunity in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Hickey Research Group		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Hollande laboratory: Tumour Heterogeneity in Metastatic Cancer	Head of Laboratory Associate 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 of biomarkers to novel therapies in Myelodysplasia	Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Identifying and characterising Lynch syndrome within the population	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Identifying 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 Cancer Outcomes for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) Communities	Project Leader, Prof Jon Emery	General Practice
Informal Communities in Cancer Treatment	Project Lead Dr Matt Grant	Medicine and Radiology
Inter and Intra-tumour heterogeneity in metastatic colorectal cancer	Group Leader, acting Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
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
Manometric studies on oesophageal atresia and colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Metastasis Research Group	Professor Albert G Frauman	Medicine and Radiology
Molecular Mechanisms of Tumour Resistance Laboratory	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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 investigations and treatments for intractable, chronic constipation	Project Leader Dr Bridget Southwell	Paediatrics
Novel treatments for colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Optimising the management of patients awaiting liver transplantation	Professor Christopher Christophi Senior Lecturer Michael Fink	Surgery
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
PhD Projects
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
Preparing for clincial trials of synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy for cancer treatment	Professor of Women's Health Research Professsor Peter Rogers	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
Priorities and Needs of Women Living with Advanced Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prostate cancer progression inhibition	Group Leader Professor Albert G Frauman	Medicine and Radiology
Prostate Cancer Research Group	Professor Christopher Hovens	Surgery
Rare Disease Oncogenomics	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Reducing disparities in mortality and survival for rural Victorians with colorectal cancer	Rebecca Bergin	General Practice
Regulation of cancer stem cell self-renewal in colorectal cancer	Group Leader, Acting deputy Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Regulators of allogeneic stem cell engraftment, graft versus host disease and graft-versus leukaemia	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Group Leader Prof Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine and Radiology
Role of calcitonin receptor in stressed cells and diseased tissues: a new paradigm based on expression in the pre-apoptotic cell stress response	Group Leader Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The role of the essential biometal zinc in pathological and physiological processes	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Oneel Patel Dr Joseph Ischia	Surgery
Role of p-21-activated kinases in pancreactic cancer	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Mehrdad Nikfarjam	Surgery
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
Southey laboratory: Genetic epidemiology laboratory	Head of Laboratroy Professor Melissa Southey	Clinical Pathology
Spinal Biology Laboratory	Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
STEP Care Trial	Project Lead Anna Collins	Medicine and Radiology
Studying the Continuum of Cancer Care through Linking Primary Data	Research Project Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Supporting earlier cancer diagnosis and efficient referral pathways in general practice		General Practice
Surgical Research Group	Chair of Paediatric Surgery Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Targeting the angiogenic and osteoclastic pathways in spinal cancer	Doctor Gerald Quan Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
Targeting the Lymphatics in colorectal Liver metastasis	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
The assessment of oral cancer risk using a chair-side tool for salivary aldehyde production	Professor Michael McCullough	Surgery
The CGA-Oncology Study: Comprehensive geriatric assessment and intervention in older lung cancer patients	Project Lead Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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
TRANSFER THEME (5) RESEARCH OUTCOMES INTO HEALTH POLICY
Ultrasound	Group Leader Professor Robert N Gibson	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding the aetiology of Serrated Polyposis Syndrome	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Understanding The Immune Environment in Metastatic Melanoma	Surgeon, Project Leader Dr David Gyorki	Surgery
Undescended testis and inguinal hernia result from defects in the same mechanism	Project Leader Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Use of Connexin43 peptides as a treatment for glioma	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
VCCC Palliative Medicine Research Group	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Western Health Cancer Research	Group Leader Professor Michael Green	Medicine and Radiology
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
Adipocyte Biology, Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Arterial grafting for coronary artery revascularisation	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Biomedical Translational Research Group: Developing Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease	Group Leader Professor Darren Kelly	Medicine and Radiology
Cardiovascular and Tumourivascular Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Management of people with Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice	Project Leader Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Cognitive Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Developing novel therapies for the treatment of retinal disease	Professor Darren Kelly Project Lead Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Conditions	Research Program Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
Diabetes and Obesity	A/Prof Elif Ekinci Professor Joe Proietto	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetes Discovery - prevalence and outcomes in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluation of cardio-metabolic effects of Incretin-based therapies in type 2 diabetes	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluation of the obesity paradox in diabetes: A longitudinal case-control study of half a million patients	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Hypoglycaemia and its consequences	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Imaging	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Mental Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity and glycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes attending Australian general practice: a cross-sectional study utilising data from NPS MedicineInsight	Principal Investigator Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal disease	Project Lead Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease	Professor Darren Kelly Project Lead Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Pathophysiology of glycaemic and cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Quality of Life	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
The GP-OSMOTIC trial: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes	Project Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
Translational Cardiovascular Biology	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Ultrasound Education Group	Co-director Professor Colin Royse 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
Vascular Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Women's Healthy Ageing Project	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology

Child Health in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Associations between domestic violence in pregnancy and women’s and their subsequent children’s outcomes	Ashlee Smith Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cerebral Palsy Research	Group Leader Professor Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Community Child Health Group	Group Lead Professor Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Project Leader Professor Steve Graham	Paediatrics
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Gene Discovery in Families with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Dr Cherie Green	Medicine and Radiology
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
How is hair cortisol related to mother's mental health and wellbeing over time?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Human resource capacity building for child health in Laos PDR	Project Leader Dr Amy Gray	Paediatrics
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Infectious Diseases Group	Research Group Leader Professor Nigel Curtis
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Kidney Development, Disease and Regeneration	Research Group Leader Professor Melissa Little Professor Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Kids In Communities Study (KiCS)	Project Lead Dr Karen Villanueva	Paediatrics
Menstrual concerns in young women: the father's perspective (DADs Study)	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Unit Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
Newborn Health Project, Solomon Islands	Project Lead Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
PhD Projects
Pneumococcal Research	Project Lead Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
R E Ross Trust Regional Child Health Fellowship Program	Project Leader Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Savige Laboratory	Group Leader Professor Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
TRANSFER THEME (5) RESEARCH OUTCOMES INTO HEALTH POLICY
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
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
What does it cost to do research with women experiencing adversity?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
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Integrated Critical Care in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Acute Spinal Therapeutics	Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine	Professor and Head, APPMU; Director, Melbourne Clinical and Translational Science Research Platform (MCATS) David Story	Medicine and Radiology
Asia Pacific Research Accelerator (APRA) Program	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Cancer in Primary Care	Research Group Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Chewy Trial	Principal Investigator Dr Jai Darvall	Centre for Integrated 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
Contact Us		Medicine and Radiology
Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST)	Project Leader Dr Phyllis Lau	General Practice
DAEUM Study	Head of Unit Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
Development of an automated web-based screening system for eye diseases	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Conditions	Research Program Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study)	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Focused cardiac and lung ultrasound in clinical care	Co-Director Professor Colin Royse	Surgery
Fostering Health: Examining health care systems for children and young people in Out-of-Home Care	Honorary Research Fellow Dr Susan Webster	General Practice
Guangzhou Twin Eye Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
International Register of Meta-Research (IRMR)	Dr Georgina Imberger	Medicine and Radiology
Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research	Director, JECEMR Professor Anne-Maree Kelly	Medicine and Radiology
Let's talk about medical research: research equity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) patients	Robyn Woodward-Kron	Medical Education
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Mapping the process of care in spinal cord injury: a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
Melbourne Clinic Research		Psychiatry
Meta-Research	Dr Georgina Imberger	Medicine and Radiology
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 Unit Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
NATO Study	Dr Lachlan Miles	Centre for Integrated Critical Care
New genes and treatments for inherited renal disease	Project Lead Prof Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Placental Stem Cells	Deputy Head of Research, Director Head of the Stem Cell Laboratory Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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
RedOX Survey	Dr Megan Allen	Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Research projects		Medicine and Radiology
ROCKet Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Philip Peyton	Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Safety and feasibility trial of immediate cooling followed by early decompression in patients with cervical SCI; a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
SNAKE Study	Principal Investigator Associate Professor Bill Nimo	Centre for Integrated Critical Care
Student Engagement and Experience	Professor Clare Delany	Medical Education
Studying the Continuum of Cancer Care through Linking Primary Data	Research Project Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
The Arthroplasty and Bariatric Surgery (ABS) Study: a randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding prior to total knee arthroplasty	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
The effects of glucocorticoids on glycaemic control in pregnant women with gestational diabetes	Shane Hamblin
The fear of medical error: A growth mindset approach to ‘second victim’ support	Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Medical School and Professor, Melbourne Business School Professor Jill Klein	Medical Education
The MARKA Study: Maximum Acceptable Risk of complication in total Knee Arthroplasty	Dr Michelle Dowsey	Surgery
They do tell you a lot. Supporting staff who support Medical Students	Associate Professor Eleanor Flynn	Medical Education
Toxicology	A/Professor Jonathan Knott	Medicine and Radiology
Trans Medical Research Fund - Improving Transgender Health	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Ultrasound Education Group	Co-director Professor Colin Royse Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Validation of a rapid neurological assessment of spinal cord injury (SPEED): a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
VCCC Palliative Medicine Research Group	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
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	Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
ZOC-BHVI High Myopia Cohort Study	Professor Mingguang He	Surgery

Musculoskeletal

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
@AgeMelbourne	Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
A computer-aided decision system for gait analysis	Project Leader Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
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
Arthritis Research Group	Laboratory Head Professor Amanda Fosang Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Biological mechanisms underpinning the social gradient of health	Senior Research Fellow Dr Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Western Health
Bone and Mineral Research Group	Group Leader Professor John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Bone strength in young healthy females, older patients with low-trauma fracture and older healthy adults: peripheral quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Community engagement and policy discourse: Musculoskeletal disease	Senior Research Fellow Dr Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Western Health
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluating the impact of obesity on knee load over time in those who have undergone optimal surgical re-alignment after total knee replacement	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Healthy Ageing Program	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory/Orthopaedic Department	Research Group Leader Professor Kerr Graham Professor Kerr Graham	Paediatrics
Identifying novel cartilage proteins with new functions	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Imaging	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
In Vivo Tibiofemoral Biomechanics in Healthy Adults During Functional Activity	Dr Hans Gray	Surgery
Investigating the neural mechanisms of androgen action in the regulation of the musculoskeletal system.	Project Lead Associate Professor Rachel Davey	Medicine and Radiology
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	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Mental Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Mice resistant to collagen degradation teach us about skeletal development and arthritis	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
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 A/Prof Rachel Davey	Medicine and Radiology
Multimedia (MyStay) Intervention for managing patient experience (MIME) following total hip replacement surgery: a cluster randomised trial.	Ms Jo McDonall	Surgery
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Outcomes of Hip Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy – An International, Multi-Centre Prospective, Comparative Cohort Study	Project Leader Dr Kate Willoughby	Paediatrics
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Quality of Life	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Group Leader Prof Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine and Radiology
Research at Epworth	Professor Richard de Steiger
Rheumatology	Group Leader Associate Professor Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Single Event Multilevel Surgery in Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Multi-centre, Long-term, Follow-up Study	Project Leader Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
Social determinants of musculoskeletal disease across the lifecourse	Senior Research Fellow Dr Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Western Health
Surgery Research		Surgery
Synovial Knee Arthritis Research (SKAR)	Professor John Hamilton	Surgery
The actions of the male sex hormone, testosterone, to decrease fat mass.	Project Lead Associate Professor Rachel Davey	Medicine and Radiology
The Arthroplasty and Bariatric Surgery (ABS) Study: a randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding prior to total knee arthroplasty	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
The CGA Study: Development of an evidence based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment	Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The 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 and Radiology
The Vascular Bionics Laboratory	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding the effect of lower limb torsional deformities in typically developing children and adolescents	Project Leader Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
Vascular Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Women's Healthy Ageing Project	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
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Neuroscience & Psychiatry

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A Novel Cure – the Health and Well-being Outcomes of Creative Practices in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Victoria Palmer	General Practice
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
Acquired epilepsy in Alzheimer’s disease	Professor Patrick Kwan Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
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 Research
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
ARCADIA: Nutraceutical and Lifestyle Medicine Mental Health Research Group	Group Head and Honorary Principal Research Fellow Professor Jerome Sarris	Psychiatry
Austin Health Research		Psychiatry
Autism Research Team	Laboratory Head Professor Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Biomarkers for brain concussion	Group Leader Dr Sandy Shultz	Medicine and Radiology
Biomedical Engineering for Cochlear Implants	Senior Research Fellow Dr Carrie Newbold	Surgery
Body Image and Eating Disorders	Chair of Psychiatry St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Brain Tumour Biology and Therapies	Head of Research Group Professor Andrew H. Kaye	Surgery
Building Early Attachment and Resiliance (BEAR) - an early intervention for parents and infants	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Carers of People Living with Psychosis	Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Cellular Reprogramming Group	Senior Research Fellow Dr Raymond Wong	Surgery
Centre for Women’s Mental Health Research		Psychiatry
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in patients with vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid haemorrhage	Dr Alexios Adamides	Surgery
Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Director, Mindful A/Professor Alessandra (Sandra) Radovini	Psychiatry
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Clinical Epilepsy Epidemiology	Research Group Leader Assoc. Prof Wendyl D'Souza	Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Neuropsychiatry	RESEARCH STREAM LEADER Professor Dennis Velakoulis	Psychiatry
Clinical Neurosciences	Group Leader Professor Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Trials Research Centre, Centre for Eye Research Australia	Head, Clinical Trials Research Centre Associate Professor Lyndell Lim	Surgery
Cognitive Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Movement Disorders and Cognitive monitoring in MS	Group Leader Dr Anneke van der Walt	Medicine and Radiology
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
CORe Unit (Clinical Outcomes Research Unit)	Research Group Leader Assoc. Prof Tomas Kalincik	Medicine and Radiology
CREMSI: NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health Systems Improvement	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
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
Depression and Anxiety Neuroscience	RESEARCH STREAM LEADER Associate Professor Ben Harrison	Psychiatry
Detection of somatic mutations in sporadic epilepsies	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine and Radiology
Determining predictors of post-partum relapse in women with MS	Project Lead Dr Vilija Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Development of Scaffolds for Restoration of Myotendous Junctions	Project Lead Associate Professor Robert Kapsa	Medicine and Radiology
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study)	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Discovering differences and similarities between phenotype and biology of twins with autism and children with known genetic problems with a high risk of autism	Project Leader Dr Felicity Klopper	Paediatrics
Discovery of circulating RNA biomarkers in autism	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Doctors in Secondary Schools	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Driving to Health: A mental health app for taxi drivers	Project Leader Dr Sandra Davidson	General Practice
E-tool for online interactive assessment of young people’s wellbeing	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
EEG/MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Brain Neuronal Tissue	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Employment and Vocational Occupation	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Environmental determinants of disability accumulation in Multiple Sclerosis	Project Lead Dr Vilija Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
Epilepsy and Neuropharmacology	Group Leader Professor Terence O'Brien	Medicine and Radiology
Epilepsy and Precision Medicine	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Epilepsy in twins: the importance of genetic factors	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine and Radiology
Epilepsy Research Centre	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine and Radiology
Epileptic Encephalopathies: Finding the cause	Group Leader Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Epileptic Seizure Forecasting	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Express ambulatory point-of-care molecular diagnosis	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
EXTEND-IA TNK	Group Leader Associate Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Frameworks for Health	Chair of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Functional Neurological Disorders	Chair of Psychiatry, Austin Health Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Gender differences in autism	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Gene Discovery in Families with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Dr Cherie Green	Medicine and Radiology
General Practitioners' perceptions of paediatric care	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Genomics of adverse response to antiepileptic drugs	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Multiple Sclerosis	Project Lead Dr Vilija Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
Glaucoma Research Laboratory	Head Glaucoma Research Laboratory Jonathan Crowston	Surgery
Glucagon secretion in Type 1 diabetes	Project Lead A/Prof. Tony Verberne	Medicine and Radiology
Health outcomes in children conceived using Assisted Reproduction Technologies	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Healthy Ageing Program	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Healthy Lifestyles	Group Leader Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Hearing Neurosciences	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Hearing Regeneration and Protection	William Gibson Chair of Otolaryngology Professor Stephen O'Leary
Honorary Appointments’ Research Projects		Surgery
How do Anti-Epileptic Drugs Work?	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and its association with skin rashes and drug induced hepatitis: The role of pharmacogenetics to predict anti-epileptic drug side-effect	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Imaging	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Immune self-reactivity triggered by carbamazepine-modified HLA-peptide repertoire	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Impact of pregnancy on long-term outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis	Project Lead Dr Vilija Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
Impact of pregnancy on long-term outcomes in women with multiple sclerosis – assessment of mechanism	Project Lead Dr Vilija Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
Improving delivery of RNA therapeutics	Project Leader Dr Ken Pang	Paediatrics
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for autism. What can we learn from databases and existing administrative data?	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
INDIGO Study: physical activity and goal-setting intervention for sedentary older adults at risk of cognitive decline	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Integrated Mental Health	Research Program Leader Dr Victoria Palmer	General Practice
Integrative Neurophysiology	Group Leader A/Prof Tony Verberne	Medicine and Radiology
Jones Laboratory: Epilepsy and Behaviour	Group Leader Associate Professor Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Link-me: A randomised controlled trial of a systematic model of stepped mental health care in general practice	Link-me Trial Lead Investigator Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice Research
Long-term outcome of newly diagnosed epilepsy	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Macular Research Unit	Professor Robyn Guymer	Surgery
Mechanisms of epileptogenesis and drug resistance	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Medical devices development	Group Leader Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Melbourne Clinic Research		Psychiatry
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Research		Psychiatry
Mental Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Mindful Research		Psychiatry
Mindfulness, cognitive processes and coping in chronic illness: insights from a study of joint replacement surgery	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Mitochondria and Neurodegeneration Group	Associate Professor Ian A Trounce	Surgery
Modelling Epilepsy and Epilepsy Drug Effects–Computational Neuroscience Project	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Molecular Epilepsy	Group Leader Dr Kim Powell	Medicine and Radiology
Motor Control and Rehabilitation	Group Leader Professor Mary Galea	Medicine and Radiology
MS and Comorbidities Team	Dr Anneke van der Walt	Medicine and Radiology
MS Biology, Genomics and Prognostics Group	Group Leader Dr Vilija Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Clinical Research Group	Group Leader Professor Helmut Butzkueven	Medicine and Radiology
Multiple sclerosis: Evaluation of treatment strategies	Project Lead A/Prof Tomas Kalincik	Medicine and Radiology
Multiple sclerosis: Long-term disability outcomes	Project Lead A/Prof Tomas Kalincik	Medicine and Radiology
Multiple sclerosis: Phenotypic characterisation	Project Lead A/Prof Tomas Kalincik	Medicine and Radiology
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Genetics of Neurodisability	Research Group Leader Professor David Amor Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Neural Dynamics Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Neural Engineering and Brain Dynamics	Co-Group Leaders Dr Dean Freestone & Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Laboratory Head Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Neuroimaging	Group Leader Professor Patricia Desmond	Medicine and Radiology
Neuroregeneration	Associate Professor Alice Pebày	Surgery
Neurotrauma and Stroke	Group Leader Dr Carli L Roulston	Medicine and Radiology
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
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Group	Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
PARTY (Prevention Access Risk Taking in Young People)	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Petrovski Laboratory: Computational Genomics	Group Leader Dr Slavé Petrovski	Medicine and Radiology
Pharmacogenomic studies in Multiple Sclerosis	Project Lead Dr Vilija Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Posttraumatic Nightmares	Deputy Director, Phoenix Australia Dr Andrea Phelps	Psychiatry
Prediction of long-term disease outcomes in people with Multiple Sclerosis or Clinically Isolated Syndromes	Project Lead Dr Vilija G. Jokubaitis	Medicine and Radiology
PROSPER: PRevalence Of unwanted Sexual contact: Pursuing Early Recognition	Project Leader Dr Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Proteomic profiles of psychotic symptom severity	Senior Research Fellow Dr Chad Bousman	Psychiatry
Psychosis & Developmental Neuropsychiatry	RESEARCH STREAM LEADER Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Psychosis and Sczhophrenia	Chair of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Psychosocial Research Group	Head of Group Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Quality of Life	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Rebooting the brain after stroke with electrical stimulation to promote functional recovery	Project Leader Dr Carli L Roulston	Medicine and Radiology
Rett Syndrome and related genes	Project Leader Dr Nicole van Bergen	Paediatrics
Ripple	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Role of calcitonin receptor in stressed cells and diseased tissues: a new paradigm based on expression in the pre-apoptotic cell stress response	Group Leader Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Safe Mothers, Safe Babies - Promoting safety and early parenting in high-risk relationships	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Saving Brain and Changing Practice in Stroke	Project Lead Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine and Radiology
Self-help for Depression and Diabetes-related Distress in People With Type 2 Diabetes (SpringboarD)	Project Leader (University of Melbourne) Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Semple Laboratory: Developmental Neurotrauma	Group Leader Dr Bridgette Semple	Medicine and Radiology
Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE	Research Program Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Single pulse electrical stimulation for epilepsy monitoring and tuning of DBS therapy	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Single Session Family Consultation	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Social Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	RESEARCH STREAM LEADER Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
St Vincent's Mental Health Research		Psychiatry
Stroke Imaging and Treatment	Group Leader Associate Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Stroke Research Group	Group Leader Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine and Radiology
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)	Project Lead Associate Professor Doug Crompton	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating molecular and physiological determinants of Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy in acquired and genetic animal models of epilepsy	Group Leader Dr Kim Powell	Medicine and Radiology
Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP)	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Systems Neuropsychiatry	RESEARCH STREAM LEADER Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Targeting Astrogliosis to promote recovery after stroke	Group Leader Dr Carli L Roulston	Medicine and Radiology
TBI, Neurodegenerative Disease, and Proteinopathies	Group Leader Dr Sandy Shultz	Medicine and Radiology
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
The CORE Study	Project Leader Dr Victoria Palmer	General Practice
The effect of polytrauma on TBI outcomes, and identifying novel treatment strategies	Group Leader Dr Sandy Shultz	Medicine and Radiology
The Link Project	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
The Neuropsychiatry of Androgen Deprivation	Chair of Psychiatrry Austin Health Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in schizophrenia	Group Leader Professor Ian Everall	Psychiatry
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
The Target-D Trial	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
The Vascular Bionics Laboratory	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Therapeutic Innovations in Affective Disorders	Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry Professor Chee Ng	Psychiatry
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Trans Medical Research Fund - Improving Transgender Health	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Translational Traumatic Brain Injury Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Sandy Schultz	Medicine and Radiology
Trauma Research Group	Director, Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health Professor David Forbes	Psychiatry
Traumatic Injury Research	Director of Research, Phoenix Australia Associate Professor Meaghan O'Donnell	Psychiatry
UDP - Victoria	Project Leader Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Understanding the outcomes, including their language, participation and quality of life, of children with autism	Project Leader Prof Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Undestanding trajectories and biological underpinnings of children with autism who lose skills	Project Leader Veronica Rose	Paediatrics
Using systematic reviews to understand prognosis, diagnosis and effective interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difference and disability	Project Leader Dr Kristine Egberts	Paediatrics
Vascular Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Veteran and Military Mental Health	Group Leader Professor David Forbes	Psychiatry
WITH: Women’s Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings	Primary Investigator Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Women's Healthy Ageing Project	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology

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Women's Health

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence		General Practice Research
Antibody to PfEMP1: role in immunity to malaria in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Associations between domestic violence in pregnancy and women’s and their subsequent children’s outcomes	Ashlee Smith Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Australians’ expectations of personal genomics: the GeNIOz project		Paediatrics
Beyond Silence	Project Leader Dr Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Bone and Mineral Research Group	Group Leader Professor John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Bone strength in young healthy females, older patients with low-trauma fracture and older healthy adults: peripheral quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Building Early Attachment and Resiliance (BEAR) - an early intervention for parents and infants	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Centre for Women’s Mental Health Research		Psychiatry
Cognitive Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
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
Does weekly iron supplementation increase iron uptake in pregnant Vietnamese women, and improve maternal and infant health?	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Early intervention with men who use violence (eMATE)	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
EndoNeeds: Investigating the unmet physical, psychological and social needs of Australian women with endometriosis.	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility After Cancer Predictor (FoRECAsT) Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fetal Welfare Assessment	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Gynaecology Research Centre	Professor Women's Health Research Professor Peter Rogers	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Healthy Ageing Program	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Hickey Research Group		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
How is hair cortisol related to mother's mental health and wellbeing over time?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Imaging	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Improving Vitamin D status and related health in young women: The Safe-D study – Part B	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
International and Immigrant Health	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating current and future education and training needs of the Australian workforce in genomic medicine		Paediatrics
Is there a role for adipose (fat) tissue in malaria?	Project Lead Dr Elizabeth Aitken	Medicine and Radiology
Labour & Delivery	Research Clinician Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Low Literacy Decision Aid about Reproductive Choices for Younger Women with Breast Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Menstrual concerns in young women: the father's perspective (DADs Study)	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mental Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Mercy Hospital Perinatal Research Group	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Unit Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Obstetrics, Nutrition and Endocrinology Group	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	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
PROSPER: PRevalence Of unwanted Sexual contact: Pursuing Early Recognition	Project Leader Dr Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Quality of Life	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Royal Women's Hospital Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Rural Health Academic Network (RHAN)	Director, Rural Health Academic Network Dr Helen Haines	Rural Health
Safe Mothers, Safe Babies - Promoting safety and early parenting in high-risk relationships	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
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
SUSTAIN: Sustainability of Identification and Response to Family Violence in antenatal care	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
The Evaluation of a Decision Aid for Women Considering Non-medical Egg Freezing	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Translational Obstetrics Group	Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Professor Stephen Tong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Vascular Health	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
What does it cost to do research with women experiencing adversity?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
WITH: Women’s Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings	Primary Investigator Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Women's Healthy Ageing Project	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
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