Medical Projects by Theme

Ageing

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
: Social and physical activities in ageing women	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine and Radiology
An exploration of the experience of care at the end of life for patients with a history of illicit drug use: A qualitative medical record review	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Assessment of the Falls and Fractures Prevention Clinic as the Most Effective Setting toReduce Falls and Fractures in High-Risk Older Persons: A Care Program Assessment	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Dendritic cell cutaneous egression in Mycobacterium ulcerans infection	Associate Professor John Hayman	Clinical Pathology
Diet and Healthy Ageing	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Effective relationships in dementia community care: Promoting Independence though quality dementia care at home (the PITCH project).	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Effects of anticholinergic medications in hospitalised older patients discharged from geriatric rehabilitation wards	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of inappropriate medication use in frail older patients discharged from geriatric rehabilitation wards	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Medicine and Radiology
Field tests for evaluation and prognostication in interstitial lung disease	Dr Yet Hong Khor	Medicine and Radiology
Healthy Ageing Project	Principal investigator Professor Cassandra Szoeke Study coordinator Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
How do bone marrow microenvironments regulate B lymphocyte production?	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
How does the brain remove the excess number of neurons during development and aging	Dr. Ben Gu	Medicine and Radiology
Implementation of a Virtual Reality sensory room in a sub-acute ward for people living with dementia with behaviours and psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD)	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
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
Investigating the relationship between fat, bone and muscle	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Let's CHAT Dementia	A/Prof. Dina LoGiudice	Medicine and Radiology
Lifestyle for Healthy Ageing	Dr Alexandra Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology
Mid-Life Determinants of Health in Older Age	Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
Multimedia (MyStay) Intervention for managing patient experience (MIME) following total hip replacement surgery: a cluster randomised trial.	Ms Jo McDonall	Surgery
Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity and ageing women	Dr Alexandra Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology
New methods for investigating bone muscle and fat mass using 2D DXA images to predict performance, risk of falls and fractures	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Osteosarcopenia assessment in resource-limited settings	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine and Radiology
Palliative Nexus	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Prof Patricia Desmond	Medicine and Radiology
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Regulation of blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
Research at Epworth	Professor Richard de Steiger
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	A/Prof Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery
Senescence as a measure of morbidity	Dr Camilla Tuttle	Medicine and Radiology
Somatic mutations in Alzheimer's disease	Dr. Ben Gu	Medicine and Radiology
Synovial Knee Arthritis Research (SKAR)	Professor John Hamilton	Surgery
The blood pressure drop makes you fall	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The Evaluation of a Decision Aid for Women Considering Non-medical Egg Freezing	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The Impact of Inflammation-Driven Cancers on Immune Ageing	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
The power of human muscle	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The relationship between cognitive impairment seen in chronic mental illness and dementia - what can mortality information tell us?	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
The Role of Innate Phagocytosis in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease	Dr. Ben Gu	Medicine and Radiology
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Use of tools to detect medication related problems in emergency departments	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Psychiatry
Using Artificial Intelligence to improve the diagnostic predictions of corneal topography machines for Keratoconus subjects	Dr Srujana Sahebjada	Surgery
Vascular remodeling in patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection and its effect on wound healing	Associate Professor John Hayman	Clinical Pathology
Virtual reality-based cognitive training in older adults at risk of dementia	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry

Cancer in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies the expression of a putative growth factor	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
A mouse model of duodenal atresia	Project Leader Associate Professor Warrick Teague	Paediatrics
A phase I/II double-blind, randomised controlled trial assessing effect of medicinal cannabis on overall quality of life for people with cancer		Medicine and Radiology
A systematic review of end of life quality of care indicators	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
A systematic review of the management of anxiety in palliative cancer patients	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
A systematic review of the management of nausea unrelated to cancer treatment	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
A systematic review of the management of sleep in palliative care cancer patients	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
A therapeutic strategy for killing cancer cells by DNA repair inhibition	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
A5 SDHB Genomics Study	Head of Laboratory Dr Richard Tothill	Clinical Pathology
Academic Department of Surgery, Western Health	Associate Professor Justin Yeung	Surgery
ACRF Translational Research Laboratory	Group Leader Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for the detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response in a pre-apoptotic mechanism	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Analysis of circulating microRNAs in patient serum as a non-invasive biomarker platform	Project Lead Dr Rachel Koldej	Medicine and Radiology
Boussioutas Laboratory: Gastrointestinal Cancer	Group Leader Professor Alex Boussioutas	Medicine and Radiology
Buchanan laboratory: Oncogenomics (colorectal cancer)	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Coin Laboratory: Cancer Bioinformatics	Head of Laboratory Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Cancer Biology Research Group	Professor Graham Baldwin	Surgery
Cancer drug discovery by inhibition of a DNA repair pathway with Crispr/Cas9 gene editing and biochemistry	Dr Wayne Crismani	Medicine and Radiology
Cancer Immunotherapy symptoms: the experience and expectations around management	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine and Radiology
Cancer in Primary Care	Research Program Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Cancer Signalling Research Laboratory	Dr Hong-Jian Zhu	Surgery
Cardiovascular and Tumourivascular Laboratory	Dr Peter J Wookey Professor David Hare	Medicine and Radiology
Care Plus Study	Research Assistant Roslyn Le Gautier	Medicine and Radiology
Characterisation of complex structural variation in bacterial and human genomes	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Characterising Respiratory Infections in Immune-suppressed Haematology and Transplant Patients	Professor Monica Slavin	Medicine and Radiology
CHEST Australia Trial: An Intervention to Reduce Time-to-Consult with Symptoms of Lung Cancer	Project Leader Professor Jon Emery, Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research	General Practice
Circulating Biomarkers in Liver Malignancy	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
CRISP-DNA: The feasibility of assessing bowel cancer risk using genomic testing to target screening in general practice	Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
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
Development of new treatments to halt the spread of endometrial cancer.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dimitriadis Group Reproductive Biology and Co-Head Gynaecology Research Centre	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Enhance: A multi-centre, randomised phase IV study		Medicine and Radiology
Establishing patterns of primary health care usage in cancer at the end of life	Matthew Grant	Medicine and Radiology
Fertility After Cancer Predictor (FoRECAsT) Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Finding a needle in the haystack: ctDNA detection for tracking cancer evolution and refining cancer risk	Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Function and cryo-EM structure of the breast cancer predisposition gene BRCA1	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
Genomic tools for diagnosis of the presence of a solid tumour and for prediction of tumour subtype and likely treatment response from circulating tumour DNA	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Genomic tools for rapid diagnosis of bacterial infection using host and bacterial biomarkers	Group Lead, Cancer Bioinformatics Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
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
Heterogeneity of treatment response in advanced cancer: role of intrinsic and microenvironmental factors	AProfessor Frederic Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Hickey Research Group		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Hollande laboratory: Tumour Heterogeneity in Metastatic Cancer	Head of Laboratory Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Honorary Appointments’ Research Projects		Surgery
Host responses to therapy and the tumour microenvironment contribute to the development of tumour resistance	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Human Liver Organoids	Project Lead Professor Kumar Visvanathan	Medicine and Radiology
Identification of biomarkers to novel therapies in Myelodysplasia	Professor David S Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Identifying and characterising Lynch syndrome within the population	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Identifying better therapies for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
Identifying biomarkers of risk and poor prognosis in CRC	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Identifying novel genetic risk factors for colorectal cancer	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Informal Communities in Cancer Treatment	Project Lead Dr Matt Grant	Medicine and Radiology
Inter and Intra-tumour heterogeneity in metastatic colorectal cancer	Group Leader, acting Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Investigating the link between phenotype change and treatment resistance in prostate cancer	Associate Professor Niall Corcoran	Surgery
Liver Group	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Low Literacy Decision Aid about Reproductive Choices for Younger Women with Breast Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Manipulating Recipient Immunological Microenvironment to Improve Outcomes in Allogeneic Transplantation	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Manometric studies on oesophageal atresia and colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
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
New reagent for detection of program cell death	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
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 genetic interactions with the double-stranded RNA-induced autoimmunity pathways	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine and Radiology
Novel investigations and treatments for intractable, chronic constipation	Project Leader Dr Bridget Southwell	Paediatrics
Novel treatments for colorectal disorders	Project Leader Dr Sebastian King	Paediatrics
OPPtiC: A pilot feasibility study of establishing a clinical opioid pharmacogenomics database in palliative care	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine and Radiology
Optimising the management of patients awaiting liver transplantation	Professor Christopher Christophi Senior Lecturer Michael Fink	Surgery
PaCCSC RAPID Series - Cancer-related Lymphoedema	Beth Russell	Medicine and Radiology
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Palliative Nexus	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Postnatal germ cells are controlled by FSH during ‘minipuberty’ at 3-6 months of age, and deranged by cryptorchidism to cause seminoma and infertility	Project Leader Dr Ruili Li	Paediatrics
Predicting tumour evolution, immune surveillance and editing using integromic classification of the tumour microenvironment	Associate Professor Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Prediction of ovarian malignancy in children with ovarian cysts	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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
RAPID Postmarketing Study - Medicinal Cannabis		Medicine and Radiology
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 blood cell production by endothelial cell-derived retinoic acid receptor gamma	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
Regulation of cancer stem cell self-renewal in colorectal cancer	Group Leader, Acting deputy Head of Department Associate Professor Fred Hollande	Clinical Pathology
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Regulation of invadopodium function and involvement in cancer cell invasion	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Regulators of allogeneic stem cell engraftment, graft versus host disease and graft-versus leukaemia	Group Leader Professor David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Renal supportive care of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease	Kathryn Ducharlet	Medicine and Radiology
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Professor Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine and Radiology
The role of the essential biometal zinc in pathological and physiological processes	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Oneel Patel Dr Joseph Ischia	Surgery
Role of p-21-activated kinases in pancreactic cancer	Professor Graham Baldwin Dr Mehrdad Nikfarjam	Surgery
The role of the Renin Angiotensin System in tumour progression and recurrence following tumour resection	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
Roles of macrophages subpopulations in tumour microenvironment in gastric cancer	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Sepsis pathway compliance and outcomes for haematology patients	Prof Monica Slavin	Medicine and Radiology
Serum biomarkers of brain cancer	Dr Andrew Morokoff	Surgery
Spinal Biology Laboratory	Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
STEP Care Clinical Trial	Project Lead Anna Collins	Medicine and Radiology
Structural biology of proteins involved in cancer	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology
Studying the Continuum of Cancer Care through Linking Primary Data	Research Project Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Supporting earlier cancer diagnosis and efficient referral pathways in general practice		General Practice
Surgical Research Group	Chair of Paediatric Surgery Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Targeting the angiogenic and osteoclastic pathways in spinal cancer	Doctor Gerald Quan Doctor Gerald Quan	Surgery
Targeting the Lymphatics in colorectal Liver metastasis	Professor Christopher Christophi	Surgery
The assessment of oral cancer risk using a chair-side tool for salivary aldehyde production	Professor Michael McCullough	Surgery
The CGA-Oncology Study: Comprehensive geriatric assessment and intervention in older lung cancer patients	Project Lead Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The Genomic Drivers of High Risk Prostate cancer	Professor Christopher Hovens	Surgery
The impact of cancer therapies on the bone marrow microenvironment	Professor Louise Purton	Medicine and Radiology
The Impact of Inflammation-Driven Cancers on Immune Ageing	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Research Group Leader Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The role of EGFR Signaling in Glioblastoma Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
The role of FANCM gene in inherited breast cancer	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
The role of invadopodia in glioma invasion and response to therapeutics	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
The role of miRNA in oral mucosal disorders	Professor Michael McCullough	Surgery
The role of RECQL4 gene in cancer predispositon	Dr Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
The role of RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 in liver homeostasis and metabolism	A/Prof Carl Walkley	Medicine and Radiology
The role of STAT3-mediated Cancer Progression and Resistance to Current Therapies	Dr Rodney Luwor	Surgery
The treatment of the brain tumour glioblastoma (GBM)	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Ultrasound	Group Leader Professor Robert N Gibson	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding how immune cell function is impacted by novel therapies in patients with B cell malignancies	Prof David Ritchie	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding the aetiology of Serrated Polyposis Syndrome	Head of Laboratory Dr Daniel Buchanan	Clinical Pathology
Understanding The Immune Environment in Metastatic Melanoma	Surgeon, Project Leader Dr David Gyorki	Surgery
Understanding the microenvironment of lymphodema	Dr Ramin Shayan	Surgery
Understanding the role of CXCR7 in lymphodema following radiation injury	Dr Ramin Shayan	Surgery
Undescended testis and inguinal hernia result from defects in the same mechanism	Project Leader Professor John M Hutson AO	Paediatrics
Use of Connexin43 peptides as a treatment for glioma	Dr Stanley Stylli	Surgery
Use of tools to detect medication related problems in emergency departments	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Psychiatry
VCCC Building Capability in Clinical Trials Program	Program Trial Coordinator Leeanne Pasanen	Medicine and Radiology
Western Health Cancer Research	Group Leader Professor Michael Green	Medicine and Radiology
WomenCAN: Promoting and advancing women’s health and wellbeing after cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Impact of risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy on non-cancer outcomes in young high-risk women: a multicentre prospective study.	Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, The Royal Women's Hospital Professor Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Cardiometabolic

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A monoclonal antibody (mAb1F5) has been developed that identifies the expression of a putative growth factor	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Activated platelets targeted drug therapy	Dr Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Additional Signals	Project Lead Professor David O'Neal	Medicine and Radiology
Adipocyte Biology, Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Adult Hybrid Closed Loop Study	Project Lead Professor David O'Neal	Medicine and Radiology
An anti-calcitonin receptor (CTR) antibody for the detection of programmed cell death: the role of CTR in a novel adaptive response in a pre-apoptotic mechanism	Dr Peter Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
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	Dr Peter J Wookey Professor David Hare	Medicine and Radiology
Characterization of GPR35 in models of cardiac and renal disease	Dr Andrew Kompa	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
Closed-loop bioelectrical neuromodulation control over bladder function	Dr Sophie Payne	Medical Bionics Department
Closing the Gap on Aboriginal Cardiovascular Health disparities- Using Big Data to understand the patient health journey	Associate Professor Luke Burchill	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
Detecting the tissue of origin of circulating cell free DNA	Professor Lachlan Coin	Clinical Pathology
Developing novel therapies for the treatment of retinal disease	Professor Darren Kelly Project Lead Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Conditions	Research Program Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
Diabetes and Obesity	Associate Professor Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetes Discovery - prevalence and outcomes in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetes Technology Research Group	Group Leader Professor David O'Neal	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Diagnosis and therapy of inflammatory diseases using molecular ultrasound imaging	Dr Xiaowei Wang	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Drug development for metabolic diseases	A/Prof Jon Oakhill
Effect of uraemic toxins of vascular reactivity	Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology
Engineering a tissue flap	Dr Geraldine Mitchell	Surgery
Evaluation of cardio-metabolic effects of Incretin-based therapies in type 2 diabetes	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluation of the obesity paradox in diabetes: A longitudinal case-control study of half a million patients	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Exploring the causes of obesity development and obesity resistance	Dr Barbara Fam	Medicine and Radiology
Factors that determine islet antigen-specific T cell expansion before the onset of Type 1 diabetes	Prof Helen Thomas	Medicine and Radiology
Field tests for evaluation and prognostication in interstitial lung disease	Dr Yet Hong Khor	Medicine and Radiology
Future Health Today - health informatics	Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Future Health Today Changing the course of cardiovascular disease	Associate Professor Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery
Hypoglycaemia and its consequences	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
Immunity, Chronic Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease	Professor Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Inhibiting hypoxia and inflammation-induced damage to improve the outcomes of islet transplantation	Dr Michaela Waibel	Medicine and Radiology
Inhibition of microglia inflammation by AMPK for obesity treatment	Dr Sandra Galic	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating a novel mechanism for improving beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes	Dr Kim Loh	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating cardiovascular disease in Friedreich's ataxia using human induced pluripotent stem cells	Dr Shiang (Max) Lim	Surgery
Investigating the involvement of novel genes and pathways in islet beta-cell dysfunction and progression to Type 2 Diabetes	A/Professor Sof Andrikopoulos	Medicine and Radiology
Islet Biology & Metabolism Group	A/Professor Sof Andrikopoulos	Medicine and Radiology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Health	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Risk from Mid- to Late-life in Women	Senior Research Fellow Alexandra Gorelik	Medicine and Radiology
Management of acute decompensated heart failure in inpatients with diabetes	Project Leader Dr Elif Ekinci	Medicine and Radiology
Mechanotransduction in blood cells and consequences for thrombosis and inflammation	Professoe Karlheinz Peter	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Modelling cardiovascular diseases using human cardiac organoids	Doctor Shiang Lim	Surgery
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity and glycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes attending Australian general practice: a cross-sectional study utilising data from NPS MedicineInsight	Principal Investigator Dr Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	General Practice
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
New reagent for detection of program cell death	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – characterising disease features in order to develop new therapies	Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal disease	Project Lead Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiorenal syndrome	Dr Andrew Kompa	Medicine and Radiology
Novel therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease	Professor Darren Kelly Project Lead Dr Amanda Edgley	Medicine and Radiology
Obesity	Dr Priya Sumithran	Medicine and Radiology
Pathophysiology of glycaemic and cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes	Project Lead Professor Sanjoy Paul	Medicine and Radiology
Point of Care Ultrasound Simulation Education	Dr David Canty	Surgery
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Regulation of ghrelin signalling by AMPK	Dr Sandra Galic	Medicine and Radiology
Simplifying clinical acid-base diagnosis in critical care	Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
Sternal ultrasound assessment of plate vs. wire fixation	Prof Alistair Royse	Surgery
Sympathetic activation in adults with inadequate sleep	Stephanie Yiallourou	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Targeting inflammation and fibrosis for the treatment of retinal disease	Dr Roy Kong	Medicine and Radiology
The blood pressure drop makes you fall	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The cardiometabolic legacy of SARS-CoV-2 in longitudinal adolescents	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
The cellular fuel gauge: Novel mechanisms of metabolic control	A/Prof Jon Oakhill	Medicine and Radiology
The development of anti-NPY1 receptor antibodies for research into and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
The GP-OSMOTIC trial: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes	Project Leader Associate Professor John Furler	General Practice
The role of AMP-activated kinase in suppressing atherosclerosis	Dr Kim Loh	Medicine and Radiology
The treatment of the brain tumour glioblastoma (GBM)	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Tracking Physical Activity in Young Adults with Heart Disease	Associate Professor Luke Burchill	Medicine and Radiology
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Translational Cardiovascular Biology	Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Wilson	Medicine and Radiology
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Treating fibrosis and inflammation to prevent end-organ damage in diabetes	Dr Roy Kong	Medicine and Radiology
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
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
Understanding how Type 17 immunity and IL-17 cytokines regulate Type 1 diabetes	Dr Andrew Sutherland	Medicine and Radiology
Use of tools to detect medication related problems in emergency departments	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Psychiatry
Using the JAK1/JAK2 Inhibitor Baricitinib to treat new-onset Type 1 diabetes	Prof Helen Thomas	Medicine and Radiology
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine and Radiology
What are antigens/epitopes are recognized in by islet-infiltrating CD8+ T cells in people with type 1 diabetes?	A/Prof Stuart Mannering	Medicine and Radiology
You are what you eat? The gut microbiome and its regulation of heart disease	Dr Yung-Chih Chen	Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health

Child Health in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
'Beating the odds': Early life experiences influencing the association between genetic prediction and language development in mid-childhood	Doctor Anneke Grobler	Paediatrics
A survey and audit of postnatal corticosteroid use to reduce the risk of chronic lung disease in extremely preterm infants	Dr Brett Manley	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Mycoplasma	Doctor Gerald Murray	Paediatrics
Application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to treat childhood syndromes	A/Prof Andrew Deans	Medicine and Radiology
Application of intra-oral 3-Dimensional Scanning to monitor oral health in children	Professor David Burgner	Paediatrics
Application of multi-omic approaches to identify the genetic bases of disorders of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.	Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Associations between domestic violence in pregnancy and women’s and their subsequent children’s outcomes	Ashlee Smith Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Australian children and adults exposure to trace elements, and their association with cognition and development	Professor Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
Can dietary phytophenols improve pregnancy outcomes?	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Cerebral Palsy Research	Group Leader Professor Dinah Reddihough	Paediatrics
Changing the Trajectories of Australia's Most Vulnerable Children- The Early Years Education Program Randomised Controlled Trial	Professor Jeff Borland	Paediatrics
Characterisation of rotavirus strains emerging in the vaccine era	Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Characterising the genetic profile of gubernacular cells derived from androgen receptor knockout mice (ARKO) during testicular descent	Doctor Gulcan Sarila	Paediatrics
Characterising the immune response to RSV in preterm and term infants	Associate Professor Paul Licciardi	Paediatrics
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Clinical features in a common inherited cause of kidney failure	Professor Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Common severe childhood infections, innate inflammatory responses and cardiometabolic risk: The VASCular changes aFter INfectious Diseases (VASCFIND) study	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
Community Child Health Group	Group Lead Professor Sharon Goldfeld	Paediatrics
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	Professor Vicki Anderson	Paediatrics
Defining the functional pathology of Hirschsprung Disease	Associate Professor Sebastian King	Paediatrics
Dendritic cell cutaneous egression in Mycobacterium ulcerans infection	Associate Professor John Hayman	Clinical Pathology
Detection and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in endemic, resource-limited settings	Project Leader Professor Steve Graham	Paediatrics
Developing novel diagnosis methods for tree nut allergies	Doctor Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics
Developing novel methods for the diagnosis of tree nut allergies	Dr Kirsten Perrett	Paediatrics
Development of novel vaccines against malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Diabetic Retinopathy and Health Informatics Collaboratory	Group Leader Dr Laima Brazionis	Medicine and Radiology
Discovering the mechanisms and targets of immunity against malaria	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Dose optimisation of antibiotics in children with cystic fibrosis	Dr Amanda Gwee	Paediatrics
Effect of congenital UDT on Gonocyte development	Doctor Ruili Li	Paediatrics
Evaluating health outcomes of transgender children and adolescents	Associate Professor Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Expression systems for pluripotent stem cells and their differentiated derivatives	Professor Ed Stanley	Paediatrics
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Fertility preservation in children with cancer	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Gut epithelial stem cell function: the influence of enteric neurons	Doctor Lincon Stamp	Paediatrics
How do early-life exposures shape childhood metabolomic profile?	Professor Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
How is hair cortisol related to mother's mental health and wellbeing over time?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
HPV immunity as markers of protection against infection	Doctor Zheng Quan Toh	Paediatrics
Human resource capacity building for child health in Laos PDR	Project Leader Dr Amy Gray	Paediatrics
Human testis organoids - a novel stem cell model for reproductive disorders	Dr Katie Ayers	Paediatrics
Identification of new genes that cause Disorders/Differences of Sex Development	Professor Andrew Sinclair	Paediatrics
Identifying targets and mechanisms of acquired immunity to severe malaria in children	Prof James Beeson	Medicine and Radiology
Immunological responses following pneumococcal conjugate vaccination	Associate Professor Paul Licciardi	Paediatrics
Impact of Extreme Prematurity or Extreme Low Birthweight on Young Adult Health and Well-being	A/Prof Jeanie Cheong	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Implementation considerations for a national program for expanded reproductive carrier screening	Dr Alison Archibald	Paediatrics
Infant and Family Wellbeing after Cardiac Surgery: Life as a Pre-schooler	PhD student Tamera Clancy	Paediatrics
Infectious Diseases Group	Research Group Leader Professor Nigel Curtis
Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
International and Immigrant Health	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Intestinal Failure and Clinical Nutrition Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Kidney Development, Disease and Regeneration	Research Group Leader Professor Melissa Little	Paediatrics
Kids In Communities Study (KiCS)	Project Lead Dr Karen Villanueva	Paediatrics
Long-term health and social implications of risk-taking in adolescence	Dr Jennifer Marino	Paediatrics
Long-term impact of moderate and late preterm birth: effects on neurodevelopment, brain development and respiratory health at school age	Professor Jeanie Cheong	Paediatrics
Making B-lymphocytes form pluripotent stem cells	Professor Ed Stanley	Paediatrics
Maximising the utility of clinical samples collected in pregnancy for population-based microbiome analysis at scale	Professor Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
Measuring child and family centred outcomes following spinal surgery for children with neuromuscular scoliosis	A/Professor Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Measuring pain in children with cerebral palsy who are unable to self-report	Doctor Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Measuring pain in children with developmental disabilities	Dr Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Menstrual concerns in young women: the father's perspective (DADs Study)	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Milk 4 D study: Validaiton of a novel low cost point-of-need diagnostic for the Assessment of Vitamin D Deficiency in infants	Doctor Anushi Rajapaksa	Paediatrics
MIND the Vax Gap: Measuring Immunisation in NeuroDiverse populations and developing an intervention to improve uptake	Associate Professor Margie Danchin	Paediatrics
Mitochondrial disease caused by ATAD3 rearrangments: Unravelling the complexity	Doctor Ann Frazier	Paediatrics
Modelling T-cell Development using pluripotent stem cells	Professor Ed Stanley	Paediatrics
Molecular Microbiology and Reproductive Health Research Group	Honorary, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy Professor Suzanne M. Garland	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Neuropsychological profile of children with childhood apraxia of speech	Professor Angela Morgan	Paediatrics
New vaccines group	Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Newborn Health Project, Solomon Islands	Project Lead Professor Trevor Duke	Paediatrics
Novel molecular and clinical aspects of FMR1 in fragile X syndrome with implications for patient management	Associate Professor David Godler	Paediatrics
Otitis Media (Ear Infection) in Indigenous Australians	Prof Stephen O'Leary	Surgery
Paediatric Fertility Decision Aid Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatric social work research group	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Pain in children with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities	A/Professor Adrienne Harvey	Paediatrics
Peripheral UBE3A expression as a predictor of the clinical phenotype in Angelman Syndrome	Doctor Emma Baker	Paediatrics
Pluripotent stem cell models of mitochondrial disease	Doctor Ann Frazier	Paediatrics
Pneumococcal Research	Project Lead Professor Kim Mulholland	Paediatrics
Potential of stem cell therapy to treat Hirschsprung's disease	Doctor Lincon Stamp	Paediatrics
Prediction of ovarian malignancy in children with ovarian cysts	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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
Respiratory strategies to protect the preterm lung at birth	Dr Prue Pereira-Fantini	Paediatrics
Reverse translation to better understand fetal growth restriction	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
Rotavirus Group and Enteric Virus Group	Group Leader Professor Julie Bines	Paediatrics
Savige Laboratory	Group Leader Professor Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Short course antibiotic therapy for acute septic arthritis and haematogenous osteomyelitis in children	Dr Amanda Gwee	Paediatrics
Stress Reactivity in Pre-schoolers with Congenital Heart Disease	Associate Professor Brigid Jordan	Paediatrics
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology
Surgical experience in paediatric gynaecology	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
The cardiometabolic legacy of SARS-CoV-2 in longitudinal adolescents	Prof David Burgner	Paediatrics
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
The development of feeding in infants with oesophageal atresia between birth and nine months of age	PhD student Libby Ferguson	Paediatrics
The relationship between diet and mental health in children and young adults	Doctor Sharon Lewis	Paediatrics
The same but different: Transcriptional responses to inflammatory stimuli in phenotypically discordant monozygotic twins	Professor Richard Saffery	Paediatrics
Towards treatment of intellectual disability caused by errors in the chromatin machinery	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding family preferences for accessing mental healthcare for children with chronic physical health problems	Doctor Jemimah Ride	Paediatrics
Understanding hospital, GP, and family factors associated with paediatric asthma re-admissions	Doctor Katherine Chen	Paediatrics
Understanding the importance of variation in the capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke	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
Utilizing technology to optimise ADHD care	Professor Dave Coghill	Paediatrics
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Validation of automated blood pressure devices in children	Doctor Jonathan Mynard	Paediatrics
Vascular remodeling in patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection and its effect on wound healing	Associate Professor John Hayman	Clinical Pathology
Vive La Resistance: Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance in Children	AProf Penelope Bryant	Paediatrics
What are the functional consequences of CDKL5 dysregulation in patient derived neuronal cells?	Doctor Nicole Van Bergen	Paediatrics
What does it cost to do research with women experiencing adversity?	Prof Sharon Goldfeld Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
What is the microbiological effect of a single dose of azithromycin given in labour?	Associate Professor Catherine Satzke	Paediatrics
What role does Bax play during gonocyte transformation into spermatogonial stem cells?	Doctor Ruili Li	Paediatrics
What role does the built environment play in the development of allergic diseases?	Doctor Rachel Peters	Paediatrics
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Integrated Critical Care in Medicine

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
7-SIGMA Study	Principal Investigator Dr Lachlan Miles	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 Program Leader Professor Jon Emery	General Practice
Chewy Trial	Principal Investigator Dr Jai Darvall	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
Clinical ethics	Professor George Braitberg	Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Ethics Study	Principal Investigator Professor George Braitberg AM	Medicine and Radiology
Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST)	Project Leader Dr Phyllis Lau	General Practice
DAEUM Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
Developing a methodology for building new clinical trial capability	Prof Jennifer Philip	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)	Principal Investigator Dr Georgina Imberger	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating the effects of GM-CSF and M-CSF derived human macrophages on phagocytosing P. falciparum infected erythrocytes and cytokine production	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
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 Research Program Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
NATO Study	Principal Investigator Dr Lachlan Miles	Medicine and Radiology
New genes and treatments for inherited renal disease	Project Lead Prof Judy Savige	Medicine and Radiology
Palliative Nexus	Group Leader Professor Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Placental Stem Cells	Deputy Head of Research, Director Head of the Stem Cell Laboratory Dr Bill Kalionis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Point of Care Ultrasound Simulation Education	Dr David Canty	Surgery
POISE-3 Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Kate Leslie AO FAHMS	Medicine and Radiology
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		Medicine and Radiology
RedOX Survey	Principal Investigator Dr Megan Allen	Medicine and Radiology
Research projects		Medicine and Radiology
ROCKet Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Philip Peyton	Medicine and Radiology
Safety and feasibility trial of immediate cooling followed by early decompression in patients with cervical SCI; a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
Sepsis	Professor Rinaldo Bellomo	Medicine and Radiology
Simplifying clinical acid-base diagnosis in critical care	Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
SNAKE Study	Principal Investigator Associate Professor Bill Nimo	Medicine and Radiology
Student Engagement and Experience	Professor Clare Delany	Medical Education
Study		Medicine and Radiology
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
Transoesophageal echoardiography in cardiac surgery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Ultrasound Education Group	Co-director Professor Colin Royse Professor Alistair Royse	Surgery
Understanding the most effective methods for translating evidence into practice in palliative care	Prof Jennifer Philip	Medicine and Radiology
Use of tools to detect medication related problems in emergency departments	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Psychiatry
Validation of a rapid neurological assessment of spinal cord injury (SPEED): a substudy of the ICED trial	Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor Group Leader Dr Peter Batchelor	Medicine and Radiology
VAPOR-C Trial	Principal Investigator Professor Bernhard Riedel	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	Principal Investigator 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
A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	Professor John Hamilton	Medicine and Radiology
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
An ultrasensitive assay to detect aggrecan degradation products in patient fluids	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Arthritis Research Group	Laboratory Head Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
BioFabrication of the osteo-chondral interface using multimodal 3D bioprinting	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Bioink development for cartilage tissue engineering	Dr Cathal O'Connell	Surgery
Biological mechanisms underpinning the social gradient of health	Principal Fellow A/Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Medicine and Radiology
Bone and Mineral Research Group	Group Leader Associate Professor Chris Yates	Medicine and Radiology
Bone strength in young healthy females, older patients with low-trauma fracture and older healthy adults: peripheral quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Community engagement and policy discourse: Musculoskeletal disease	Principal Fellow A/Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Medicine and Radiology
Controlled mechanical stimulation for cartilage regeneration modelling with 3D bioprinting techniques	Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Dendritic cell cutaneous egression in Mycobacterium ulcerans infection	Associate Professor John Hayman	Clinical Pathology
Design of tensile strength tests for very soft materials	Dr Cathal O'Connell	Surgery
Determining the mechanism by which the male sex hormone, testosterone, acts to decrease fat mass.	Project Lead Associate Professor Rachel Davey	Medicine and Radiology
Determining the role of GM-CSF in osteoarthritis	Associate Professor Andrew Cook	Medicine and Radiology
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Development of Marrow Fat Quantification as a Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Osteosarcopenia	Professor Gustavo Duque	Medicine and Radiology
Development of mechanical testing protocols for very soft tissues	Dr Cathal O'Connell	Surgery
Diffusion properties in hydrogel materials	Dr Cathal O'Connell	Surgery
Dynamic microfluidic in vitro differentiation of stem cells for cartilage regeneration in surgical 3D bioprinting	Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Elucidating molecular signalling pathways controlled by anti-inflammatory steroids	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluating the impact of obesity on knee load over time in those who have undergone optimal surgical re-alignment after total knee replacement	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Field tests for evaluation and prognostication in interstitial lung disease	Dr Yet Hong Khor	Medicine and Radiology
Generation of an ex vivo regeneration model for 3D bioprinting applications	Dr Carmine Onofrillo	Surgery
Healthy Ageing Program	Group Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
How are autophagic processes involved in bone mineralisation?	Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine and Radiology
How does the periosteum control bone width?	Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine and Radiology
Hugh Williamson Gait Laboratory/Orthopaedic Department	Research Group Leader Professor Kerr Graham	Paediatrics
Identifying novel cartilage proteins with new functions	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
In Vivo Tibiofemoral Biomechanics in Healthy Adults During Functional Activity	Dr Hans Gray	Surgery
Is muscle surgery or bone surgery better for young children with cerebral palsy who have hip displacement? The Cerebral Palsy Hip Interventions Project (CP-HIP)	Project Leader Dr Kate Willoughby	Paediatrics
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Mice resistant to collagen degradation teach us about skeletal development and arthritis	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
Mindfulness, cognitive processes and coping in chronic illness: insights from a study of joint replacement surgery	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
Molecular signalling pathways controlling gene expression during chronic disease progression	Dr Adrian Achuthan	Medicine and Radiology
Multimedia (MyStay) Intervention for managing patient experience (MIME) following total hip replacement surgery: a cluster randomised trial.	Ms Jo McDonall	Surgery
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Osteosarcopenia assessment in resource-limited settings	Dr Jesse Zanker	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
Pre-Clinical Studies Identifying Novel Molecular Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Atrophy	Associate Professor Alan Hayes	Medicine and Radiology
Probing the complexity of cartilage using the Atomic Force Microscope	Dr Cathal O'Connell	Surgery
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Refining the comprehensive geriatric assessment	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Reproductive Steroids Research Group	Professor Mathis Grossmann, MD, PhD, FRACP	Medicine and Radiology
Research at Epworth	Professor Richard de Steiger
Rheumatology	Group Leader Associate Professor Keith Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Single Event Multilevel Surgery in Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Multi-centre, Long-term, Follow-up Study	Project Leader Dr Pam Thomason	Paediatrics
Social determinants of musculoskeletal disease across the lifecourse	Principal Fellow A/Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen	Medicine and Radiology
Sternal ultrasound assessment of plate vs. wire fixation	Prof Alistair Royse	Surgery
Structural biology of proteins involved in bone diseases	Dr Brett Bennetts	Medicine and Radiology
Surgery Research		Surgery
Synovial Knee Arthritis Research (SKAR)	Professor John Hamilton	Surgery
The Arthroplasty and Bariatric Surgery (ABS) Study: a randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding prior to total knee arthroplasty	Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
The CGA Study: Development of an evidence based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment	Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The 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 power of human muscle	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
The role of an aggrecan 32mer fragment in developing osteoarthritis	Project Leader Professor Amanda Fosang	Paediatrics
The role of CCL17 in osteoarthritis	Dr Kevin Lee	Medicine and Radiology
The SHAPE Study: Nutritional Needs, Physical Function and Sarcopenia in Geriatric Outpatient	Project Lead Professor Andrea B Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Treatment outcome in older lung cancer patients: does the biological age predict it?	Prof. Andrea Maier	Medicine and Radiology
Understanding the effect of lower limb torsional deformities in typically developing children and adolescents	Project Leader Dr Morgan Sangeux	Paediatrics
Use of tools to detect medication related problems in emergency departments	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Psychiatry
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine and Radiology
Vascular remodeling in patients with Mycobacterium ulcerans infection and its effect on wound healing	Associate Professor John Hayman	Clinical Pathology
Vitamin D deficiency and balance	Dr Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
What controls the development of strong cortical bone?	Prof Natalie Sims	Medicine and Radiology

Neuroscience & Psychiatry

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A cytokine pathway in the control of inflammation and pain	Professor John Hamilton	Medicine and Radiology
A framework for creating subject-specific mathematical brain models	Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
A novel biomarker strategy to predict neurogenerative disease risk	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age (AUPOA)		Psychiatry
Accelerated Gene Identification Program (Gene Discovery)	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Acid-sensitivity in auditory neurons	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Acquired epilepsy in Alzheimer’s disease	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
Advanced Limb Reconstruction	Head of Department of Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Professor Peter Choong	Surgery
An antibody that detects a high molecular weight surrogate ligand of calcitonin receptor is detected in malignant glioma cells and cell lines	Dr Peter J Wookey	Medicine and Radiology
Animal models of Brain Development assessed using histology	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Animal models of Brain Development assessed using MRI	Prof Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Anxiety and neurodegeneration in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease	Dr Andrew Hua	Medicine and Radiology
ARC Training Centre in Cognitive Computing for Medical Technologies	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
ARCADIA: Nutraceutical and Lifestyle Medicine Mental Health Research Group	Group Head and Honorary Principal Research Fellow Professor Jerome Sarris	Psychiatry
Assessment of hippocampal subfields across development: associations with cognition and psychopathology	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Austin Health Research		Psychiatry
Autism Research Team	Laboratory Head Professor Katrina Williams	Paediatrics
Biomedical Engineering for Cochlear Implants	Senior Research Fellow Dr Carrie Newbold	Surgery
Body Image and Eating Disorders	Chair of Psychiatry St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Brain development and the pathophysiology of psychosis	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Brain 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
Causes of Depressive Symptoms in Early Ageing	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
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
Characterizing brain-body relationship with respect to biological aging in elderly population	Dr Ye Tian	Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Mental Health	Director, Mindful A/Professor Alessandra (Sandra) Radovini	Psychiatry
Chromosome disorders	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Clinical Epilepsy Epidemiology	Research Group Leader Assoc. Prof Wendyl D'Souza	Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Neuropsychiatry	Professor Dennis Velakoulis	Psychiatry
Clinical Neurosciences	Group Leader Professor Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
Clinical Trials Research Centre, Centre for Eye Research Australia	Head, Clinical Trials Research Centre Associate Professor Lyndell Lim	Surgery
Clinical, cognitive and biological correlates of early-life deprivation and threat in individuals with schizophrenia	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Closed-loop bioelectrical neuromodulation control over bladder function	Dr Sophie Payne	Medical Bionics Department
Cognition and brain connectivity in psychosis	Prof Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Cognitive Health	Project Leader Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
Cognitive training for behavioural and psychological symptoms in young onset dementia	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Community Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Comparing the mental health and social determinants of family members who have HD in their family	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
Concussion Essentials: A clinical trial for reducing persisting symptoms after child concussion	Professor Vicki Anderson	Paediatrics
Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Control of prosthetic limbs from decoded brain signals	Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Cytoprotection Pharmacology Research	Professor Greg Dusting	Surgery
Dating Violence, help-seeking and Technology in Australia	Deputy Head of Department Assoc Prof Lena Sanci	General Practice
Debilitating Symptom Complexes attributed to Ticks - neuroimaging	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Defining and validating predictors of cerebral infarction using brain CT images	Dr Freda Werdiger	Medicine and Radiology
Depression and Anxiety Neuroscience	Professor Ben Harrison	Psychiatry
Detection of somatic mutations in sporadic epilepsies	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine and Radiology
Developing methods for measuring magnetic susceptibility in the brain	Associate Professor Leigh Johnston	Medicine and Radiology
Development of a Minimally Invasive Chronic Neural Interface	Group Leaders Dr Nicholas Opie and Dr Thomas Oxley	Medicine and Radiology
Development of a low cost, point-of-care diagnostic platform	Professor Patrick Kwan	Medicine and Radiology
Development of new radio frequency pulses to improve 7T MRI	Professor Roger Ordidge	Medicine and Radiology
Development of regenerative therapy for photoreceptor losses using cellular reprogramming technology	Dr Raymond Wong	Surgery
Development of Scaffolds for Restoration of Myotendous Junctions	Project Lead Associate Professor Robert Kapsa	Medicine and Radiology
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study)	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Discovering differences and similarities between phenotype and biology of twins with autism and children with known genetic problems with a high risk of autism	Project Leader Dr Felicity Klopper	Paediatrics
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
Does sugar really affect cognition?	Associate Professor Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology
Domestic violence and cognition in Australian women – a twenty year follow-up study	Dr Andrew Hua	Medicine and Radiology
Driving to Health: A mental health app for taxi drivers	Project Leader Dr Sandra Davidson	General Practice
EEG/ MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Dr Alan Lai	Medicine and Radiology
EEG/MEG network measures as a biomarker in pre-surgical planning for epilepsy patients	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Effects of Drugs on Cognition-Related Brain Wave Signals in the Rat	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
Epilepsy in twins: the importance of genetic factors	Group Leader Professor Sam Berkovic	Medicine and Radiology
Epileptic Encephalopathies: Finding the cause	Group Leader Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Epileptic Seizure Forecasting	Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Epileptic Seizure Forecasting	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluate inflammatory response with microparticles in blood and urine	Dr. Ben Gu	Medicine and Radiology
Evaluating health outcomes of transgender children and adolescents	Associate Professor Ken Pang	Paediatrics
Exploring data from ENROLL-HD - an international observational study in Huntington’s disease	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Exploring the genetic basis of brain alterations in schizophrenia	Dr Maria Di Biase	Psychiatry
EXTEND-IA TNK	Group Leader Associate Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Family Study of the Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Project Lead Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
Finding a cure for a devastating form of epilepsy	A/Prof Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology
Fragile X syndrome	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Frameworks for Health	Chair of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Functional Neurological Disorders	Chair of Psychiatry, Austin Health Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Gamma oscillations in genetic mouse models of schizophrenia	Dr Dr Matt Hudson	Medicine and Radiology
Gender differences in autism	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
Gene signatures of the ‘lymphaticome’	Dr Ramin Shayan Dr Tara Karnezis	Surgery
Genetic Architecture of an Adult Epilepsy Surgery Cohort: Functional Characterisation of Germline and Somatic Variation	A/Professor Michael Hildebrand	Medicine and Radiology
Glaucoma Research Laboratory	Head Glaucoma Research Laboratory Jonathan Crowston	Surgery
Glucagon secretion in Type 1 diabetes	Project Lead Associate Professor Tony Verberne	Medicine and Radiology
Health outcomes in children conceived using Assisted Reproduction Technologies	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Healthy Ageing Program	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
How does the brain remove the excess number of neurons during development and aging	Dr. Ben Gu	Medicine and Radiology
I-DECIDE: Trial of an online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Imaging	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
Imaging life events in acute conversion disorder	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Improve the diagnostic prediction of imaging measures in dementia and epilepsy	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
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 stroke outcome through brain monitoring and electrical stimulation	Dr Carli Roulston	Medical Bionics Department
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
In vitro brain tumour model – studying epileptic seizure development and sensitivity to anti-cancer therapy	Project Lead Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for autism. What can we learn from databases and existing administrative data?	Project Leader Dr Tamara May	Paediatrics
INDIGO Study: physical activity and goal-setting intervention for sedentary older adults at risk of cognitive decline	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Integrated Mental Health	Research Program Leader A/Prof Victoria Palmer	General Practice
Integrative Neurophysiology	Group Leader Associate Professor Tony Verberne	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating biomarkers, clinical and cognitive symptoms in Huntington's disease and Alzheimer’s disease	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Investigating the electrophysiology of neuronal network dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Investigation of systemic inflammation on symptoms, functional outcome and course of illness in psychotic disorders	Dr Vanessa Cropley	Psychiatry
Joint hypermobility in functional neurological disorders	Professor Richard Kanaan	Psychiatry
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Link-me: A randomised controlled trial of a systematic model of stepped mental health care in general practice	Link-me Trial Lead Investigator Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Linking brain activity to behaviour: neural oscillations and cognition	Dr Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology
Machine learning and neural networks in dementia and younger onset dementia.	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Macular Research Unit	Professor Robyn Guymer	Surgery
Melbourne Clinic Research		Psychiatry
Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance Congenital Deafness Flagship	Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre Research		Psychiatry
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Mindful 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
Modellling severe childhood epilepsy	Dr Snezana Maljevic	Medicine and Radiology
Models of Service delivery for YOD around the world - aged care, mental health, or disability services?	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Morphometric analysis of a Dravet Syndrome mouse model.	Dr Kay Richards	Medicine and Radiology
Motor Control and Rehabilitation	Group Leader Professor Mary Galea AM	Medicine and Radiology
Multimodal imaging measures to improve dementia diagnosis	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Genetics of Neurodisability	Research Group Leader Professor David Amor	Paediatrics
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
Neural Dynamics Laboratory	Group Leader Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
Neural Engineering and Brain Dynamics	Co-Group Leaders Dr Dean Freestone & Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neural modelling of epileptic dynamics	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Neurodevelopmental Genomics Research	Laboratory Head Professor John Christodoulou Professor John Christodoulou	Paediatrics
Neuroimaging	Group Leader Professor Patricia Desmond	Medicine and Radiology
Neuropsychological trajectories and Health outcomes across 20 years	Dr Alison Flehr	Medicine and Radiology
Neuroregeneration	Professor Alice Pébay	Surgery
Neurotrophins - how do they influence neural firing and ion channels?	Senior Research Fellow Dr Karina Needham	Surgery
Obesity	Dr Priya Sumithran	Medicine and Radiology
Ocular Biomarkers, Bioenergetics and Angiogenesis Research Group	Head of Laboratory Dr Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery
Ocular Genetics	Head, Ocular Genetics Professor Paul N Baird	Surgery
Olfactory-focused cognitive training	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Group	Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology Professor Mingguang He	Surgery
Pacemaker channels and brain excitability	A/Prof Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology
Perceptual Disturbance in younger onset dementia	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Cognition in Ageing Women	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine and Radiology
Postoperative Quality of Recovery	Co-director Colin Royse	Surgery
Predicting the onset of dementia using Positron Emission Tomography	Rob Williams	Medicine and Radiology
Prevention and Recovery Care	Director of the Centre for Mental Health Professor Jane Pirkis	Psychiatry
PROSPER: PRevalence Of unwanted Sexual contact: Pursuing Early Recognition	Project Leader Dr Laura Tarzia	General Practice
Proteomic profiles of psychotic symptom severity	Senior Research Fellow Dr Chad Bousman	Psychiatry
Psychosis & Developmental Neuropsychiatry	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
Psychosis and Sczhophrenia	Chair of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne Professor David Castle	Psychiatry
Psychosocial Research Group	Head of Group Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Quality of Life	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Raising innate immunity to fight with severe infection	Dr. Ben Gu	Medicine and Radiology
RAndomised trial to imProve the quality of lIfe of people with Dementia (RAPID)	Principal Researcher rofessor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
Rett Syndrome and related genes	Project Leader Dr Nicole van Bergen	Paediatrics
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Safe Mothers, Safe Babies - Promoting safety and early parenting in high-risk relationships	Director, Centre for Women's Mental Health, Royal Women's Hospital Professor Louise Newman	Psychiatry
Satellite imaging technology to detect the early signs of glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in the retina	A/Prof Peter van Wijngaarden	Surgery
Saving Brain and Changing Practice in Stroke	Project Lead Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine and Radiology
Self-help for Depression and Diabetes-related Distress in People With Type 2 Diabetes (SpringboarD)	Project Leader (University of Melbourne) Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Sex differences in infantile amnesia	Associate Professor Jee Hyun Kim	Psychiatry
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	Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Single pulse electrical stimulation for epilepsy monitoring and tuning of DBS therapy	Project Lead Dr Dean Freestone	Medicine and Radiology
Social Affective Neurodevelopment (SAND)	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Sodium Channels in Epilepsy	Dr Chris French	Medicine and Radiology
St Vincent's Mental Health Research		Psychiatry
Stentrode: Tissue Response to Endovascular Stimulation	Dr Sam John	Medicine and Radiology
Stroke assessment with multi-modal imaging	Dr Vijay Venkatraman	Medicine and Radiology
Stroke Imaging and Treatment	Group Leader Professor Bruce Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Stroke Research Group	Group Leader Professor Stephen Davis	Medicine and Radiology
Structural biology of proteins involved in mental illnesses	Prof Michael Parker	Medicine and Radiology
Studying brain-behaviour relationships during adolescence	Associate Professor Sarah Whittle	Psychiatry
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)	Project Lead Associate Professor Doug Crompton	Medicine and Radiology
Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP)	Director, Psychosocial Research Centre Professor Carol Harvey	Psychiatry
Systems Neuropsychiatry	Associate Professor Andrew Zalesky	Psychiatry
Targeting microglia in neurodegenerative diseases	Professor Michael Parker	Medicine and Radiology
The Collaborative AuTism Study (CATS)	Professor Ingrid Scheffer	Medicine and Radiology
The CORE Study	Principal Investigator A/Prof Victoria Palmer	General Practice
The effect of anxiety on cardiovascular risk in healthy ageing women	Professor Cassandra Szoeke	Medicine and Radiology
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
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 relationship between cognitive impairment seen in chronic mental illness and dementia - what can mortality information tell us?	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
The Role of Innate Phagocytosis in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease	Dr. Ben Gu	Medicine and Radiology
The role of microglial cells in epilepsy	A/Prof Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology
The role of NMDA NR2B signalling in fear memory erasure in juvenile rats	Associate Professor Jee Hyun Kim	Medicine and Radiology
The role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in schizophrenia	Group Leader Professor Ian Everall	Psychiatry
The Stand Up & Go Study: Physical activity and sitting time reduction program for older community members	Principal Researcher Professor Nicola Lautenschlager (Melbourne Site)	Psychiatry
The Target-D Trial	Project Leader Professor Jane Gunn	General Practice
Therapeutic Innovations in Affective Disorders	Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry Professor Chee Ng	Psychiatry
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Prof Mark Cook	Medicine and Radiology
Towards a patient-specific examination of epileptogenesis	Project Lead Dr Andre Peterson	Medicine and Radiology
Trans Health Research	Dr Ada Cheung	Medicine and Radiology
Trying to stop Sudden Unexpected Death in EPilepsy (SUDEP)	Associate Professor Christopher Reid	Medicine and Radiology
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 of Risperidone in HD	Dr Anita Goh	Psychiatry
Use of tools to detect medication related problems in emergency departments	Professor Elizabeth Manias	Psychiatry
Using light to control brain activity	Prof Nigel Jones	Medicine and Radiology
Using systematic reviews to understand prognosis, diagnosis and effective interventions for children with neurodevelopmental difference and disability	Project Leader Dr Kristine Egberts	Paediatrics
Utilizing technology to optimise ADHD care	Professor Dave Coghill	Paediatrics
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	Medicine and Radiology
Virtual reality-based cognitive training in older adults at risk of dementia	Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs	Psychiatry
When might the brain go wrong: the role of immune cells at critical time-points during development	Professor Christos Pantelis	Psychiatry
White matter imaging in the aging brain	Dr Chris Steward	Medicine and Radiology
WITH: Women’s Input to a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings	Primary Investigator Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Younger-onset dementia - carer mental health and service use.	Dr Samantha Loi	Psychiatry
‘No evidence of disease activity’ in assessing the risk of conversion to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis	Dr Sifat Sharmin	Medicine and Radiology
“Glass Brain” 3D brain mapping in health and disease.	Dr Kay Richards	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
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 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 Associate Professor Chris Yates	Medicine and Radiology
Bone strength in young healthy females, older patients with low-trauma fracture and older healthy adults: peripheral quantitative computed tomography based finite element analysis	Group Leader Prof. John D Wark	Medicine and Radiology
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	Project 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
Defining the role of embryo implantation failure in infertility and IVF success.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	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 new treatments to halt the spread of endometrial cancer.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dimitriadis Group Reproductive Biology and Co-Head Gynaecology Research Centre	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Discovering the targets of drugs that stop malaria parasites invading red blood cells	Dr Paul Gilson	Medicine and Radiology
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 detection of cognitive decline and	Dr Andrew Hua	Medicine and Radiology
Early intervention with men who use violence (eMATE)	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Eggsurance? Making decisions about elective egg freezing	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Elucidating the role of SPINT1 in placental insufficiency	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
EndoNeeds: Investigating the unmet physical, psychological and social needs of Australian women with endometriosis.	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
EndoNeeds: Investigating the unmet physical, psychological and social needs of Australian women with endometriosis.	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Establishing the roles of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite invasion proteins	Dr Paul Gilson	Medicine and Radiology
Fertility After Cancer Predictor (FoRECAsT) Study	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility decision tools for young women with breast cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fertility preservation in children and teenagers with cancer	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Fetal Welfare Assessment	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Genetics Education and Health Research	Research Group Leader Professor Sylvia Metcalfe	Paediatrics
Gynaecology Research Centre	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	Project Leader Monique Stagnitti	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
Inflammatory mediators in the development of preeclampsia and pre-term birth.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
International and Immigrant Health	Group Leader Professor Beverley-Ann Biggs	Medicine and Radiology
Investigating current and future education and training needs of the Australian workforce in genomic medicine		Paediatrics
Investigating the basis of antibiotic resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium	Dr Gerald Murray	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Investigating the role of novel miRNAs in preterm birth	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Investigating the role of novel proteins and genes in gestational diabetes	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Iron and Fatigue	Dr Monique Stagnitti	Medicine and Radiology
Is there a role for adipose (fat) tissue in malaria?	Project Lead Dr Elizabeth Aitken	Medicine and Radiology
Labour & Delivery	Research Clinician Dr Penny Sheehan	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Lifestyle and Prevention	Project Leader Dr Edward Hill	Medicine and Radiology
Low Literacy Decision Aid about Reproductive Choices for Younger Women with Breast Cancer	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Menstrual concerns in young women: the father's perspective (DADs Study)	Senior Lecturer Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mental Health	Project Leader Professor Lorraine Dennerstein	Medicine and Radiology
Mercy Hospital Perinatal Research Group	Head of Research Group Professor Sue Walker	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
MicroRNA effects on embryo implantation	Dr Wei Zhou	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
Most Bothersome Symptom: a new research outcome in women with endometriosis	Prof Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Moving on from IVF in women with a low chance of success	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Multimorbidity in Ageing	Project Leader Dr Kate Gregorevic	Medicine and Radiology
MUM SIZE Study	Head of Research Program Professor David Story	Medicine and Radiology
Musculoskeletal and Bone Health	Project Leader Dr Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo	Medicine and Radiology
Obstetrics, Nutrition and Endocrinology Group	Associate Professor Martha Lappas	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Osteosarcopenia assessment in resource-limited settings	Dr Jesse Zanker	Medicine and Radiology
Paediatric and Adolescent Fertility Preservation Taskforce	Senior Lecturer Yasmin Jayasinghe	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Pre-eclampsia - Eclampsia	Director Prof Shaun Brennecke	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prediction of ovarian malignancy in children with ovarian cysts	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	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
Prevalence of menstrual disorders in young women and associations with the early life environment	Prof Martha Hickey	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Priorities and Needs of Women Living with Advanced Cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	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	Project Leader Dr Katherine Campbell	Medicine and Radiology
Quantitative imaging in dementia	Prof Patricia Desmond	Medicine and Radiology
Relationship between the microbiome and female infertility.	Professor Eva Dimitriadis	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Risk identification and Risk Assessment Framework	Project Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Rogerson Laboratory: Pathogenesis of malaria and immunity in children and pregnant women	Group Leader Professor Stephen Rogerson	Medicine and Radiology
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
Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll: Young people and risk behaviours	Dr Megan Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Sexting, porn, and Tinder: An investigation of education and health promotion	Dr Megan Lim	Medicine and Radiology
Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE	Research Program Leader Professor Kelsey Hegarty	General Practice
Sexual and Reproductive Health in Adolescence	Director of Research Training Professor Meredith Temple-Smith	General Practice
Sexual dysfunction in women who have experienced cancer	Dr Michelle Peate	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Structural biology of proteins involved in infection	Dr Craig Morton	Medicine and Radiology
Studying novel proteins in preeclampsia	Associate Professor Tu'uhevaha Kaitu'u-Lino	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Surgical experience in paediatric gynaecology	Dr Yasmin Jayasinghe	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 Evaluation of a Decision Aid for Women Considering Non-medical Egg Freezing	Project Lead Dr Michelle Peate	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
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 burden and consequences of Mycoplasma genitalium infection	Dr Dorothy Machalek	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Understanding the cause of human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative cervical cancers in Australian women	Dr Gerald Murray	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
Validating a generic mood question in a large cohort of Australian women	Prof Lynn Kemp Dr Anna Price	Paediatrics
Vascular Health	Project Leader Professor Philippe Lehert	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
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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