Summer Research Scholarships 2012/2013 - Projects arranged by subject
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2012/2013 Projects are listed under the following subject headings:
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Ageing/Geriatrics
- Clinical implications of drug interactions in older adults
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Danijela Gnjidic - Off-label prescribing for older adults
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Danijela Gnjidic - Thoracic biomechanics - prevention of rib fractures in elderly occupants of motor vehicle crashes
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Clarke and Dr Julie Brown - Fat and Bone: An Odd Couple- Basic Sciences
Supervisor: Professor. Gustavo Duque - Fat and Bone: An Odd Couple- Clinical Sciences
Supervisor: Professor. Gustavo Duque - The Nepean Osteoporosis and Frailty (NOF) Study
Supervisors: Professor. Gustavo Duque and Dr. Oddom Demontiero - Prospective audit of peri-operative morbidity & mortality in the elderly- the influence of theahared care model.
Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Phillips and Associate Professor Arthur Richardson - In the balance: Behavioural correlates of the ageing balance system in mice
Supervisor: Dr. Aaron Camp
Bioinformatics/ Biostatistics
- Creating Neurons from Skin: A Comparison of Different Stem Cell Technologies
Supervisors: Associate Professor Michael Valenzuela and Aileen Lowe - A Study of Seasoned Antibodies and their Epitopes for Universal Influenza Vaccines & Protection Against Avian H5N1
Supervisors: Dr Garry Lynch and Dr William Bret Church - Case Control Audit of Children with Acute Asthma Requiring Readmission within 28 Days
Supervisors: Professor Peter van Asperen, Dr Paul Robinson and Ms Tracey Marshall - Assessment of clearance of flourodeoxyglucose from normal cortex in patients with brain cancer on dual time point PET imaging.
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Schembri and Professor Dale Bailey - Applied biostatistics: trends and recurrence of stillbirth in NSW
Supervisors: Associate Professor Christine Roberts, Samantha Lain and Jillian Patterson - Does variability of lung function in health and asthma tell us anything about disease?
Supervisors: Dr Greg King and Dr. Cindy Thamrin - New ways to predict treatment needs in asthma
Supervisors: Dr. Claude Farah and Dr. Cindy Thamrin - Ensuring quality control for lung function testing in children
Supervisors: Dr. Paul Robinson and Dr. Cindy Thamrin
Bone
- The Role of Glucocorticoid Receptor in Breast Cancer and its Bone Metastasis
Supervisors: Dr Yu Zheng and Associate Professor Hong Zhou - Optimal Bisphosphonate therapy in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Supervisors: Associate Professor Craig Munns and Dr Andrew Biggin - Thoracic biomechanics - prevention of rib fractures in elderly occupants of motor vehicle crashes
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Clarke and Dr Julie Brown - Biomechanical assessment of paediatric spine in lateral bending for injury prevention applications
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Clarke - Relationship between degree of meniscus tear and functional knee impairment for investigations in osteoarthritis mechanisms
Supervisors: Professor Chris Little and Dr Elizabeth Clarke - Fat and Bone: An Odd Couple- Basic Sciences
Supervisor: Professor. Gustavo Duque - Fat and Bone: An Odd Couple- Clinical Sciences
Supervisor: Professor. Gustavo Duque - The Nepean Osteoporosis and Frailty (NOF) Study
Supervisors: Professor. Gustavo Duque and Dr. Oddom Demontiero - The motivations and experiences of related and unrelated bone marrow donors: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman and Professor Jonathan Craig
Cancer
- The potential significance of FBP1 as tumour suppressor in human malignant mesothelioma
Supervisors: Yuen Yee Cheng and Dr Glen Reid - Functional characterisation of long noncoding RNAs involved in Malignant Mesothelioma
Supervisors: Casey Wright, Dr Glen Reid and Dr Michaela Kirschner - Tumour suppressor activity of microRNAs in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Supervisors: Glen Reid, Dr Michaela Kirschner and Casey Wright - The Role of Glucocorticoid
Receptor in Breast Cancer and its Bone Metastasis
Supervisors: Dr Yu Zheng and Associate Professor Hong Zhou - Dendritic Cells and Cancer.
Supervisors: Dr Phillip Fromm and Professor Derek Hart - Magnetic resonance diffusion measurements in whole human prostates
Supervisors: Associate Professor Jim Lagopoulos and Dr Carl Power - MicroRNAs in Thyroid Carcinoma
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Chua and Dr Catherine Woolnough - Improving communication about radiotherapy for patients with low literacy
Supervisors: Dr Haryana Dhillon and Dr Sian Smith - Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus fast track open hysterectomy. A comparison of direct hospital related costs of a matched cohort.
Supervisors: Dr Selvan Pather, Associate Professor John Loadsman and Dr Shannon Philp - The role of the novel pathway of Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase (EMMPRIN) mediated cell aggregation in the development of human liver injury and cancer.
Supervisors: Dr. Nicholas Shackel and Dr. Annette Maczurek - How do the physical characteristics of brain tissue influence glioblastoma brain tumour cell invasion?
Supervisors: Dr Kylie Turner and Associate Professor Geraldine O'Neill - A potential role for Tumor Protein D52 (TPD52) over-expression in cancer cells which display a lipogenic phenotype
Supervisors: Associate Professor Jennifer Byrne and Dr. Alvin Kamili - The role of interleukin 7 (IL7) in neuroblastoma.
Supervisors: Dr Daniel Catchpoole and Dr Loretta Lau - Benefits and harms of prophylactic anticoagulation therapy in patients with cancer
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Lord and Dr Wendy Hague - Modulators of Immune Response in High Grade Glioma Patients
Supervisors: Dr Nicole Parker and Dr Helen Wheeler - Assessment of clearance of flourodeoxyglucose from normal cortex in patients with brain cancer on dual time point PET imaging.
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Schembri and Professor Dale Bailey - Hormones and the Risk of Barrett's Oesophagus and Oesophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick and Professor Michael Cox - Tooth Loss and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisor: Guy D. Eslick - Improving the tolerability of transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies for the diagnosis of prostate cancer
Supervisor: Associate Professor Henry Woo - Urinary tract sepsis following transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Supervisor: Associate Professor Henry Woo - Identification of proteins in the microenvironment of breast cancer and mammary adipocytes
Supervisors: Dr Andrew Hoy - The socio-economic status of melanoma clinical trial participants
Supervisors: Dr Rachael Morton, Professor John F Thompson and Lauren Haydu - The motivations and experiences of related and unrelated bone marrow donors: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman and Professor Jonathan Craig - Skin Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Supervisors: Dr Martin Howell, Dr Germaine Wong, Dr Allison Tong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Impact of Notch signalling on the expression of liver cancer stem cell markers in xenograft tumours
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - Effect of IL-6 on angiogenesis of liver cancer
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - An evaluation of the utilisation of resources of radiation oncology inpatients.
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Long term outcome of children with medulloblastoma at Westmead
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Qualitative Systematic Review of Attitudes to HPV Vaccine
Supervisors: Dr Spring Cooper and Associate Professor Rachel Skinner - Qualitative Evaluation of NSW Sexual Health Promotion Evaluation Activities
Supervisors: Dr Spring Cooper and Dr Anthony Santella - A possible interaction between IL-6 and Notch signalling in liver cancer
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - Defining the bystander effect in radiotherapy
Supervisors: Linda Rogers, Harriet Gee, Assiciate Professor Chris Milross and Associate Professor Natalka Suchowerska
Cardiovascular
- Effect of Cyclosporin A on the distribution of cholesterol amongst lipoproteins during reverse cholesterol transport
Supervisor: Dr Maaike Kockx - Investigating the upregulation of EMMPRIN (CD147) in monocytes and granulocytes
Supervisors: Dr Gabrielle Pennings, Professor Len Kritharides and Dr Caroline Reddel - The role of microparticles in haemostasis, inflammation and cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Dr Caroline Reddel, Professor Len Kritharides, Dr Gabrielle Pennings, and Dr Jenny Curnow, - The Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Keech and Professor Alicia Jenkins - The role of RNA and DNA chlorination in atherosclerosis
Supervisors: Associate Professor Clare Hawkins and Dr Anna Forsman Quigley - Multifunctional Regulation of Angiogenesis by High Density Lipoproteins
Supervisors: Dr Joanne Tan and Dr Christina Bursill - Identification of the MicroRNAs that regulate the multifunctional effects of high-density lipoproteins on angiogenesis.
Supervisors: Dr Christina Bursill and Dr Joanne Tan - Regulation of angiopoietin1 in endothelial cells
Supervisors: Dr Nikita Minhas, Associate Professor Chris Jackson and Dr Meilang Xue - Redox signalling in diabetes
Supervisors: Dr Anastasia Susie Mihailidou and Dr Anthony Ashton - Inhibiting experimental snore vibration damage to cultured human carotid artery endothelial cells with natural antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents
Supervisors: Associate Professor Paul Witting - Acute kidney and cardiac injury following non-cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Clara Chow - The role of macrophages in uraemic vascular calcification
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Yiping Wang - Evaluation of a cardiovascular prevention program delivered via mobile phone text messages
Supervisors: Dr. Clara Chow, Dr. Julie Redfern and Dr Aravinda Thiagalingam - Statin intolerance in people treated for elevated cholesterol levels
Supervisors: Dr David Sullivan, Dr Alicia Jenkins and Professor Tony Keech - Central obesity and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease
Supervisors: Dr Germaine Wong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Physical activity at work and cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier
Decision Tools/Medical & Health Education
- Development of a nomogram and point of care smart-phone application to calculate the risk of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal tumours
Supervisors: Dr Mark Sywak and Dr Robin Turner - Improving communication about radiotherapy for patients with low literacy
Supervisors: Dr Haryana Dhillon and Dr Sian Smith - Development of a decision aid for women considering a pertussis vaccine during pregnancy
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Ms Kerrie Wiley - An evaluation of the utilisation of resources of radiation oncology inpatients.
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Attitudes and Barriers to Doctors Undertaking Clinical Research
Supervisors: Professor Alicia Jenkins and Professor Anthony Keech - Promoting clinical leadership and professional standards: the role of medical education.
Supervisors: Associate Professor Christine Jorm, Associate Professor Rebekah Jenkin and Professor Michael Frommer
Endocrinology & Metabolism/ Diabetes
- Regulation of liver drug metabolizing enzymes by androgens
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Yan ru (Ellen) Gao - Androgen actions in the uterus
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Jae Sung (Peter) Choi - Androgen and wound healing
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang and Dr Ulla Simanainen - Do ketogenic diets improve weight loss?
Supervisors: Associate ProfessorAmanda Sainsbury-Salis - Novel regulators of fat cell differentiation:- Focus on the MMP/TIMP system
Supervisors: Associate Professor Susan McLennan - MicroRNAs in Thyroid Carcinoma
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Chua and Dr Catherine Woolnough - Monocyte activation is altered in diabetes: a possible pathogenic role in diabetic complications?
Supervisors: Dr Danqing Min and Associate Professor Jencia Wong - The use of insulin pumps and glucose sensors in Type 1 diabetes care
Supervisors: Professor Alicia Jenkins, Professor Dennis Yue, Marg. McGill, Professor Stephen Twigg, Dr Jane Overland and Professor Tony Keech - Statin intolerance in people treated for elevated cholesterol levels
Supervisors: Dr David Sullivan, Dr Alicia Jenkins and Professor Tony Keech - RNA-based biomarkers for diabetes
Supervisors: Associate Professor Anand. A Hardikar, Professor Tony Keech, Professor Alicia Jenkins and Dr Mugdha Joglekar - Development of a nomogram and point of care smart-phone application to calculate the risk of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal tumours
Supervisors: Dr Mark Sywak and Dr Robin Turner - Redox signalling in diabetes
Supervisors: Dr Anastasia Susie Mihailidou and Dr Anthony Ashton - Specificity of calsequestrin and collagen XIII antibody tests in patients with thyroid autoimmunity
Supervisors: Professor Jack Wall and Dr Hooshang Lahooti - Metabolic profiling muscle cells that lack lipolytic capacity
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Hoy - Identification of proteins in the microenvironment of breast cancer and mammary adipocytes
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Hoy - The Role of Liver-Adipose Tissue Cross Talk in Liver Disease
Supervisors: Dr Lionel Hebbard and Dr Tristan Iseli
Epidemiology
- The Impact of Sleep Disturbance after Stroke
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier and Dr Maree Hackett - Disability and exercise in Young Adults with mental illhealth - The Transitions Study
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - Physical activity at work and cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - What information do parents feel is important in the first year post-partum?
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Teething symptoms in the first year year of life and associated factors: a cohort study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Cultural factors and child oral health: a qualitative study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Individual-cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of masks in preventing transmission of influenza-like illness among pilgrims at Hajj: Drafting research protocol
Supervisors: Dr Leon Heron, Professor Robert Booy and Dr Harunor Rahid - Otitis media systematic reviews: are we comparing apples with oranges?
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Pacific islands burden of paediatric disease project
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - What do oral health literacy indices reveal?
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Oral health literacy: a new concept for dental practitioners
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Applied biostatistics: trends and recurrence of stillbirth in NSW
Supervisors: Associate Professor Christine Roberts, Samantha Lain and Jillian Patterson - Hormones and the Risk of Barrett's Oesophagus and Oesophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick and Professor Michael Cox - Tooth Loss and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick - Central obesity and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease
Supervisors: Dr Germaine Wong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Acute kidney and cardiac injury following non-cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Clara Chow - Cost-effectiveness of testing for latent tuberculosis in end stage kidney disease patients
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster - Tests for latent tuberculosis in candidates for solid organ transplantation: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster
Genetics, Development & Disease
- Understanding the molecular basis of motor and sensory nerve death
Supervisors: Associate Professor Marina Kennerson and Alex Drew - Modifiers of disease severity in identical twins with Rett syndrome.
Supervisors: Professor John Christodoulou and Dr Sarah Williamson - Evaluation of respiratory chain complex levels in mitochondrial disorders using flow cytometry
Supervisors: Lisa Riley, Professor John Christodoulou and Dr Sandra Cooper - The potential significance of FBP1 as tumour suppressor in human malignant mesothelioma
Supervisors: Yuen Yee Cheng and Dr Glen Reid - Functional characterisation of long noncoding RNAs involved in Malignant Mesothelioma
Supervisors: Casey Wright, Dr Glen Reid and Dr Michaela Kirschner - Tumour suppressor activity of microRNAs in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Supervisors: Glen Reid, Dr Michaela Kirschner and Casey Wright - RNA-based biomarkers for diabetes
Supervisors: Associate Professor Anand. A Hardikar, Professor Tony Keech, Professor Alicia Jenkins and Dr Mugdha Joglekar - Modulators of Immune Response in High Grade Glioma Patients
Supervisors: Dr Nicole Parker and Dr Helen Wheeler - Do environmental factors impact on the progress of people with Huntington Disease?
Supervisors: Dr Clement Loy and Clinical Associate Professor Elizabeth McCusker - Optimal Bisphosphonate therapy in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Supervisors: Associate Professor Craig Munns and Dr Andrew Biggin
Haematology
- Evaluation of the thromboelastogram (TEG) as a tool for determining platelet functionality after cryopreservation
Supervisors: Dr Denese Marks and Dr Lacey Johnson - Dendritic Cells and Cancer.
Supervisors: Dr Phillip Fromm and Professor Derek Hart - The role of microparticles in haemostasis, inflammation and cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Dr Caroline Reddel, Professor Len Kritharides, Dr Gabrielle Pennings, and Dr Jenny Curnow, - Benefits and harms of prophylactic anticoagulation therapy in patients with cancer
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Lord and Dr Wendy Hague - Characterising the PAR-4 arthritis
Supervisors: Dr Kelly McKelvey, Associate Professor Chris Jackson and Dr Meilang Xue
Health Economics/ Ethics
- Fair and ethical trade in medical supplies
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus fast track open hysterectomy. A comparison of direct hospital related costs of a matched cohort.
Supervisors: Dr Selvan Pather, Associate Professor John Loadsman and Dr Shannon Philp - Benefits and harms of annual whole body computed tomography (CT) scans in patients with stage IIIa melanoma.
Supervisors: Dr Rachael Morton, Professor John F Thompson and Maria Gonzalez - The socio-economic status of melanoma clinical trial participants
Supervisors: Dr Rachael Morton, Professor John F Thompson and Lauren Haydu
Hepatology/ Gastroenterology
- The role of the novel pathway of Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase (EMMPRIN) mediated cell aggregation in the development of human liver injury and cancer.
Supervisors: Dr. Nicholas Shackel and Dr. Annette Maczurek - The Role of Liver-Adipose Tissue Cross Talk in Liver Disease
Supervisors: Dr Lionel Hebbard and Dr Tristan Iseli - Impact of Notch signalling on the expression of liver cancer stem cell markers in xenograft tumours
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - A possible interaction between IL-6 and Notch signalling in liver cancer
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - Effect of IL-6 on angiogenesis of liver cancer
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - Hormones and the Risk of Barrett's Oesophagus and Oesophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick and Professor Michael Cox
Immunology, Infection & Allergy/ Inflammation
- The role of microparticles in haemostasis, inflammation and cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Dr Caroline Reddel, Professor Len Kritharides, Dr Gabrielle Pennings, and Dr Jenny Curnow, - Effect of Cyclosporin A on the distribution of cholesterol amongst lipoproteins during reverse cholesterol transport
Supervisor: Dr Maaike Kockx - Dendritic Cells and Cancer.
Supervisors: Dr Phillip Fromm and Professor Derek Hart - Biofilm and Infection of Burn Wound
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang, Professor Peter Kennedy and Dr Zhe Li - Studies to Explore the Conservation of Epitopes in Niesseria Meningococcus Proteins for Antibody Targeting and Vaccines to Protect Against Meningitis
Supervisors: Dr Garry Lynch, Professor Robert Booy and Dr William Bret Church - A Study of Seasoned Antibodies and their Epitopes for Universal Influenza Vaccines & Protection Against Avian H5N1
Supervisors: Dr Garry Lynch and Dr William Bret Church - Individual-cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of masks in preventing transmission of influenza-like illness among pilgrims at Hajj: Drafting research protocol
Supervisors: Dr Leon Heron, Professor Robert Booy and Dr Harunor Rahid - An analysis of anti-vaccination messages in the print news media in Australia
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Dr Melina Georgousakis - Long term respiratory and atopic outcomes in infants hospitalised with pertussis
Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Wood and Professor Peter McIntyre - Development of a decision aid for women considering a pertussis vaccine during pregnancy
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Ms Kerrie Wiley - Review of literature describing new development technologies and adjuvants for influenza vaccines
Supervisors: Associate Professor Kristine Macartney and Dr Melina Georgousakis - Modulators of Immune Response in High Grade Glioma Patients
Supervisors: Dr Nicole Parker and Dr Helen Wheeler - Reliability of the Quality Assessment Tools for Studies for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout Epidemiology.
Supervisors: Professor Lyn March, Dr Emma Smith, Dr Marita Cross and Dr Jian Sheng Chen - Characterising the PAR-4 arthritis
Supervisors: Dr Kelly McKelvey, Associate Professor Chris Jackson and Dr Meilang Xue - Specificity of calsequestrin and collagen XIII antibody tests in patients with thyroid autoimmunity
Supervisors: Professor Jack Wall and Dr Hooshang Lahooti - Urinary tract sepsis following transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Supervisor: Associate Professor Henry Woo - Inhibiting experimental snore vibration damage to cultured human carotid artery endothelial cells with natural antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents
Supervisors: Associate Professor Paul Witting - The experiences and perspectives of adults living with systemic lupus erthrymatosus (SLE): systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Dr Davinder Singh-Grewal and Professor Jonathan Craig - Development of a novel approach for the local immunoprotection in islet xenotransplantation
Supervisors: Dr Shounan Yi and Dr Ya Wang - The role of macrophages in uraemic vascular calcification
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Yiping Wang - Cost-effectiveness of testing for latent tuberculosis in end stage kidney disease patients
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster - Tests for latent tuberculosis in candidates for solid organ transplantation: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster
Medical Imaging
- Magnetic resonance diffusion measurements in whole human prostates Supervisors: Associate
Professor Jim Lagopoulos and Dr Carl Power - Assessment of clearance of flourodeoxyglucose from normal cortex in patients with brain cancer on dual time point PET imaging.
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Schembri and Professor Dale Bailey
Mental Health
- The health of young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Supervisors: Professor Kate Steinbeck and Dr Emily Klineberg - Disability and exercise in Young Adults with mental illhealth - The Transitions Study
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - Physical activity at work and cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - The Impact of Sleep Disturbance after Stroke
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier and Dr Maree Hackett
Molecular biology
- Dissecting the hormonal control of sperm development
Supervisor: Dr Charles Allan - Studies to Explore the Conservation of Epitopes in Niesseria Meningococcus Proteins for Antibody Targeting and Vaccines to Protect Against Meningitis
Supervisors: Dr Garry Lynch, Professor Robert Booy and Dr William Bret Church - Multifunctional Regulation of Angiogenesis by High Density Lipoproteins
Supervisors: Dr Joanne Tan and Dr Christina Bursill - Identification of the MicroRNAs that regulate the multifunctional effects of high-density lipoproteins on angiogenesis.
Supervisors: Dr Christina Bursill and Dr Joanne Tan - The potential significance of FBP1 as tumour suppressor in human malignant mesothelioma
Supervisors: Yuen Yee Cheng and Dr Glen Reid - Functional characterisation of long noncoding RNAs involved in Malignant Mesothelioma
Supervisors: Casey Wright, Dr Glen Reid and Dr Michaela Kirschner - Tumour suppressor activity of microRNAs in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Supervisors: Glen Reid, Dr Michaela Kirschner and Casey Wright - Androgen and wound healing
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang and Dr Ulla Simanainen - Regulation of liver drug metabolizing enzymes by androgens
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Yan ru (Ellen) Gao - Androgen actions in the uterus
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Jae Sung (Peter) Choi - MicroRNAs in Thyroid Carcinoma
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Chua and Dr Catherine Woolnough - RNA-based biomarkers for diabetes
Supervisors: Associate Professor Anand. A Hardikar, Professor Tony Keech, Professor Alicia Jenkins and Dr Mugdha Joglekar - Redox signalling in diabetes
Supervisors: Dr Anastasia Susie Mihailidou and Dr Anthony Ashton - Defining the bystander effect in radiotherapy
Supervisors: Linda Rogers, Harriet Gee, Assiciate Professor Chris Milross and Associate Professor Natalka Suchowerska
Nephrology
- Patient attitudes towards living kidney donor transplantation: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Healthcare professional attitudes to living kidney donation: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Skin Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Supervisors: Dr Martin Howell, Dr Germaine Wong, Dr Allison Tong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Central obesity and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease
Supervisors: Dr Germaine Wong and Professor Jonathan Craig - The role of macrophages in uraemic vascular calcification
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Yiping Wang - Acute kidney and cardiac injury following non-cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Clara Chow - Cost-effectiveness of testing for latent tuberculosis in end stage kidney disease patients
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster - Tests for latent tuberculosis in candidates for solid organ transplantation: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster
Neurosciences
- Creating Neurons from Skin: A Comparison of Different Stem Cell Technologies
Supervisors: Associate Professor Michael Valenzuela and Aileen Lowe - Capturing Acute Vertigo
Supervisors: Dr Miriam Welgampola and Professor G. Michael Halmagyi - Providing difficult information to stroke patients and carers: A qualitative study of Indian clinicians’ perspectives
Supervisors: Dr. Maree Hackett, Professor Craig Anderson and Dr. P.N. Sylaja - Variability of thermal quantitative sensory testing, and it’s applicability to the prediction of iatrogenic neuropathy
Supervisors: Dr Karl Ng and Dr Elizabeth Barnes - The utility of central and hemisurround interleaved checkerboard pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials in the detection of past optic neuritis.
Supervisors: Dr Karl Ng and Dr John Parratt - Using zebrafish to study neurodegeneration in motor neuron disease and dementia
Supervisors: Dr. Claire Goldsbury and Dr. Angela Laird - Cytoskeletal rearrangement in Alzheimer's disease
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Goldsbury - In the balance: Behavioral correlates of the ageing balance system in mice
Supervisor: Dr. Aaron Camp - What does the eye tell the brain?
Supervisors: Dr. Jin Huang and Dr. Dario Protti - Development of visual orientation selectivity
Supervisors: Dr Alan Freeman - Perception of auditory motion
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Carlile and Mr. Johahn Leung - Auditory spatial perception and the cocktail party problem
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Carlile and Ms. Heather Kelly - Do environmental factors impact on the progress of people with Huntington Disease?
Supervisors: Dr Clement Loy and Clinical Associate Professor Elizabeth McCusker - Understanding the molecular basis of motor and sensory nerve death
Supervisors: Associate Professor Marina Kennerson and Alex Drew - The Impact of Sleep Disturbance after Stroke
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier and Dr Maree Hackett - Modifiers of disease severity in identical twins with Rett syndrome.
Supervisors: Professor John Christodoulou and Dr Sarah Williamson - Assessment of clearance of flourodeoxyglucose from normal cortex in patients with brain cancer on dual time point PET imaging.
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Schembri and Professor Dale Bailey - Use and efficacy of botulinum toxin A in children with aquired brain injury and spinal cord injury.
Supervisors: Dr Simon Paget and Dr Emma Richardson
Obesity
- Do ketogenic diets improve weight loss?
Supervisors: Associate ProfessorAmanda Sainsbury-Salis - Novel regulators of fat cell differentiation:- Focus on the MMP/TIMP system
Supervisor: Associate Professor Susan McLennan - Identification of proteins in the microenvironment of breast cancer and mammary adipocytes
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Hoy - Central obesity and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease
Supervisors: Dr Germaine Wong and Professor Jonathan Craig
Orthopaedics and Biomechanics
- Thoracic biomechanics - prevention of rib fractures in elderly occupants of motor vehicle crashes
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Clarke and Dr Julie Brown - Relationship between degree of meniscus tear and functional knee impairment for investigations in osteoarthritis mechanisms
Supervisors: Professor Chris Little and Dr Elizabeth Clarke - Biomechanical assessment of paediatric spine in lateral bending for injury prevention applications
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Clarke
Oral health
- What do oral health literacy indices reveal?
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Oral health literacy: a new concept for dental practitioners
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Teething symptoms in the first year year of life and associated factors: a cohort study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Cultural factors and child oral health: a qualitative study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Tooth Loss and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick
Paediatrics/ Maternal Health
- What information do parents feel is important in the first year post-partum?
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Teething symptoms in the first year year of life and associated factors: a cohort study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Cultural factors and child oral health: a qualitative study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Case Control Audit of Children with Acute Asthma Requiring Readmission within 28 Days
Supervisors: Professor Peter van Asperen, Dr Paul Robinson and Ms Tracey Marshall - The role of interleukin 7 (IL7) in neuroblastoma.
Supervisors: Dr Daniel Catchpoole and Dr Loretta Lau - Use and efficacy of botulinum toxin A in children with aquired brain injury and spinal cord injury.
Supervisors: Dr Simon Paget and Dr Emma Richardson - Long term respiratory and atopic outcomes in infants hospitalised with pertussis
Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Wood and Professor Peter McIntyre - Applied biostatistics: trends and recurrence of stillbirth in NSW
Supervisors: Associate Professor Christine Roberts, Samantha Lain and Jillian Patterson - Biomechanical assessment of paediatric spine in lateral bending for injury prevention applications
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Clarke - Otitis media systematic reviews: are we comparing apples with oranges?
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Pacific islands burden of paediatric disease project
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Long term outcome of children with medulloblastoma at Westmead
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus fast track open hysterectomy. A comparison of direct hospital related costs of a matched cohort.
Supervisors: Dr Selvan Pather, Associate Professor John Loadsman and Dr Shannon Philp - SEARCH: Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera and Professor Craig
Pharmacy/Pharmacology/Drugs
- Clinical implications of drug interactions in older adults.
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Danijela Gnjidic - Off-label prescribing for older adults
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Danijela Gnjidic - The Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Keech and Professor Alicia Jenkins - Use and efficacy of botulinum toxin A in children with aquired brain injury and spinal cord injury.
Supervisors: Dr Simon Paget and Dr Emma Richardson - Review of literature describing new development technologies and adjuvants for influenza vaccines
Supervisors: Associate Professor Kristine Macartney and Dr Melina Georgousakis - Regulation of liver drug metabolizing enzymes by androgens
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Yan ru (Ellen) Gao
Public Health
- Physical activity at work and cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - What information do parents feel is important in the first year post-partum?
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Teething symptoms in the first year year of life and associated factors: a cohort study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Cultural factors and child oral health: a qualitative study
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Individual-cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of masks in preventing transmission of influenza-like illness among pilgrims at Hajj: Drafting research protocol
Supervisors: Dr Leon Heron, Professor Robert Booy and Dr Harunor Rahid - An analysis of anti-vaccination messages in the print news media in Australia
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Dr Melina Georgousakis - Long term respiratory and atopic outcomes in infants hospitalised with pertussis
Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Wood and Professor Peter McIntyre - Development of a decision aid for women considering a pertussis vaccine during pregnancy
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Ms Kerrie Wiley - Review of literature describing new development technologies and adjuvants for influenza vaccines
Supervisors: Associate Professor Kristine Macartney and Dr Melina Georgousakis - Otitis media systematic reviews: are we comparing apples with oranges?
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Pacific islands burden of paediatric disease project
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - The health of young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Supervisors: Professor Kate Steinbeck and Dr Emily Klineberg - What do oral health literacy indices reveal?
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Oral health literacy: a new concept for dental practitioners
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Providing difficult information to stroke patients and carers: A qualitative study of Indian clinicians’ perspectives
Supervisors: Dr. Maree Hackett, Professor Craig Anderson and Dr. P.N. Sylaja - Off-label prescribing for older adults
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Danijela Gnjidic - Hormones and the Risk of Barrett's Oesophagus and Oesophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick and Professor Michael Cox - Tooth Loss and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-analysis.
Supervisor: Guy D. Eslick - The experiences and perspectives of adults living with systemic lupus erthrymatosus (SLE): systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Dr Davinder Singh-Grewal and Professor Jonathan Craig - The socio-economic status of melanoma clinical trial participants
Supervisors: Dr Rachael Morton, Professor John F Thompson and Lauren Haydu - The motivations and experiences of related and unrelated bone marrow donors: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman and Professor Jonathan Craig - Patient attitudes towards living kidney donor transplantation: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Healthcare professional attitudes to living kidney donation: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Interventions to increase individuals’ and family willingness for deceased organ donation. A systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Michelle Irving, Dr Allison Tong, Associate Professor Kirsten Howard and Associate Professor Stephen Jan - Skin Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Supervisors: Dr Martin Howell, Dr Germaine Wong, Dr Allison Tong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Central obesity and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease
Supervisors: Dr Germaine Wong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Benefits and harms of annual whole body computed tomography (CT) scans in patients with stage IIIa melanoma.
Supervisors: Dr Rachael Morton, Professor John F Thompson and Maria Gonzalez - An evaluation of the utilisation of resources of radiation oncology inpatients.
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Long term outcome of children with medulloblastoma at Westmead
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Qualitative Systematic Review of Attitudes to HPV Vaccine
Supervisors: Dr Spring Cooper and Associate Professor Rachel Skinner - Qualitative Evaluation of NSW Sexual Health Promotion Evaluation Activities
Supervisors: Dr Spring Cooper and Dr Anthony Santella - SEARCH: Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera and Professor Craig - Cost-effectiveness of testing for latent tuberculosis in end stage kidney disease patients
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster - Tests for latent tuberculosis in candidates for solid organ transplantation: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster
Regenerative Medicine
- Androgen and wound healing
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang and Dr Ulla Simanainen - Biofilm and Infection of Burn Wound
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang, Professor Peter Kennedy and Dr Zhe Li - Nutrition and wound healing
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang, Professor Peter Maitz and Dr Zhe Li - Creating Neurons from Skin: A Comparison of Different Stem Cell Technologies
Supervisors: Associate Professor Michael Valenzuela and Aileen Lowe - Embryonic stem cells and embryo development
Supervisors: Dr Michael Morris and Dr Margot Day - Development of a novel approach for the local immunoprotection in islet xenotransplantation
Supervisors: Dr Shounan Yi and Dr Ya Wang
Reproductive Biology
- Dissecting the hormonal control of sperm development
Supervisors: Dr Charles Allan - Regulation of liver drug metabolizing enzymes by androgens
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Yan ru (Ellen) Gao - Androgen actions in the uterus
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Jae Sung (Peter) Choi - Growth factor-like effects of amino acids on early embryo development
Supervisors: Dr Margot Day and Dr Michael Morris - Amino-acid transporters essential for early mammalian development: A knockout mouse model
Supervisors: Dr Margot Day and Dr Michael Morris - Embryonic stem cells and embryo development
Supervisors: Dr Michael Morris and Dr Margot Day
Respiratory
- Case Control Audit of Children with Acute Asthma Requiring Readmission within 28 Days
Supervisors: Professor Peter van Asperen, Dr Paul Robinson and Ms Tracey Marshall - Does changes in the airway structure contribute to asthma?
Supervisors: Associate Professor Janette Burgess and Dr Brian Oliver - Role of CCL20 as a therapeutic target for mucus hypersecretion
Supervisors: Dr Brian Oliver and Associate Professor Janette Burgess - Does variability of lung function in health and asthma tell us anything about disease?
Supervisors: Dr Greg King and Dr. Cindy Thamrin - New ways to predict treatment needs in asthma
Supervisors: Dr. Claude Farah and Dr. Cindy Thamrin - Ensuring quality control for lung function testing in children
Supervisors: Dr. Paul Robinson and Dr. Cindy Thamrin - A Study of Seasoned Antibodies and their Epitopes for Universal Influenza Vaccines & Protection Against Avian H5N1
Supervisors: Dr Garry Lynch and Dr William Bret Church - Evaluation of respiratory chain complex levels in mitochondrial disorders using flow cytometry
Supervisors: Lisa Riley, Professor John Christodoulou and Dr Sandra Cooper - Individual-cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of masks in preventing transmission of influenza-like illness among pilgrims at Hajj: Drafting research protocol
Supervisors: Dr Leon Heron, Professor Robert Booy and Dr Harunor Rahid - Long term respiratory and atopic outcomes in infants hospitalised with pertussis
Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Wood and Professor Peter McIntyre
Sleep
- Inhibiting experimental snore vibration damage to cultured human carotid artery endothelial cells with natural antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents
Supervisor: Associate Professor Paul Witting - The Impact of Sleep Disturbance after Stroke
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier and Dr Maree Hackett
Surgery/ Transplantation / Anaesthesia
- Development of a nomogram and point of care smart-phone application to calculate the risk of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal tumours
Supervisors: Dr Mark Sywak and Dr Robin Turner - Prospective randomised placebo controlled trial of intravenous lignocaine infusions for postoperative analgesia
Supervisor: Dr Stephanie Phillips - Prospective audit of peri-operative morbidity & mortality in the elderly- the influence of theahared care model.
Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Phillips and Associate Professor Arthur Richardson - Improving the tolerability of transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies for the diagnosis of prostate cancer
Supervisor: Associate Professor Henry Woo - Residual gastric pH and volume in fasted patients- is the risk of Mendelsons Syndrome increased by diabetics, old age, obesity or peptic pathology
Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Phillips and Dr Paul Stewart - Patient attitudes towards living kidney donor transplantation: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Healthcare professional attitudes to living kidney donation: a systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Interventions to increase individuals’ and family willingness for deceased organ donation. A systematic review
Supervisors: Dr Michelle Irving, Dr Allison Tong, Associate Professor Kirsten Howard and Associate Professor Stephen Jan - Skin Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Supervisors: Dr Martin Howell, Dr Germaine Wong, Dr Allison Tong and Professor Jonathan Craig
Technology/Media
- An analysis of anti-vaccination messages in the print news media in Australia
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Dr Melina Georgousakis - Development of a nomogram and point of care smart-phone application to calculate the risk of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal tumours
Supervisors: Dr Mark Sywak and Dr Robin Turner - The utilisation of Twitter at surgical conferences
Supervisors: Associate Professor Henry Woo and Dr Jill Tomlinson - Evaluation of a cardiovascular prevention program delivered via mobile phone text messages
Supervisors: Dr. Clara Chow, Dr. Julie Redfern and Dr Aravinda Thiagalingam
Vision/ Psychopysics
- The utility of central and hemisurround interleaved checkerboard pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials in the detection of past optic neuritis.
Supervisors: Dr Karl Ng and Dr John Parratt - What does the eye tell the brain?
Supervisors: Dr. Jin Huang and Dr. Dario Protti - Development of visual orientation selectivity
Supervisor: Dr Alan Freeman - Perception of auditory motion
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Carlile and Mr. Johahn Leung - Auditory spatial perception and the cocktail party problem
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Carlile and Ms. Heather Kelly - Specificity of calsequestrin and collagen XIII antibody tests in patients with thyroid autoimmunity
Supervisors: Professor Jack Wall and Dr Hooshang Lahooti
Youth/Adolescent Health
- The health of young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Supervisors: Professor Kate Steinbeck and Dr Emily Klineberg - Disability and exercise in Young Adults with mental illhealth - The Transitions Study
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - Qualitative Systematic Review of Attitudes to HPV Vaccine
Supervisors: Dr Spring Cooper and Associate Professor Rachel Skinner