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Assessment and treatment of cognitive impairment in people with alcohol and other drug use disorders

The aim of this research is to assess levels of cognitive impairment in drug and alcohol treatment clients, in order to inform development of cognitive remediation and rehabilitatio more...

Supervisor(s): Monds, Lauren (Dr)

E-Coach-supported Digital SlEEp Therapy for Older ADults with Cognitive Impairment – the ExCEED Study

We are seeking a Master/PhD student to conduct a three-part study: (a) user experience qualitative study of older people's perceptions of Sleepfix; (b) randomised control trial of t more...

Supervisor(s): Gordon, Christopher (Dr), Hoyos, Camilla (Dr)

Intoxication detection in the health and criminal justice settings

The aim of this research project is to generate an understanding on if, and how people are able to accurately determine: whether someone is intoxicated, by what substances, and whet more...

Supervisor(s): Monds, Lauren (Dr)

“Local Sleep” in the Awake Brain: An Underlying Cause of Neurobehavioural Deficits in Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Snorers who are easily distracted and struggle to focus on the job might have a new culprit to blame: Napping neurons. We are investigating why so many of the nation’s snore more...

Supervisor(s): D’Rozario, Angela (Dr)

The relationship between sleep, vascular disease and Alzheimer’s biomarkers in older adults at risk of dementia

Sleep plays a vital role in brain health, cognition and everyday functioning and increasing evidence suggests that sleep disturbance is a new risk factor for dementia. Embedded with more...

Supervisor(s): Naismith, Sharon (Professor)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING ASSISTED NEWBORN CRITICAL CARE (VIRTUAL CRITICAL CARE MODELING)

The most vulnerable critical care patients are newborn babies both those extremely premature and sick full term. High resolution physiological data is displayed for all patients but more...

Supervisor(s): McEwan, Alistair (Professor)

Early interventions to enhance sleep spindles and optimise memory consolidation in older adults: A high-density EEG sleep study

This study will test exciting new treatment approaches to improve cognition in older people. It involves a clinical trial to deliver an early pharmacological intervention to enhance more...

Supervisor(s): D’Rozario, Angela (Dr)

QUANTIFYING INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IN CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

The overarching goal of this set of projects is to understand the brain mechanisms of inter-individual variability in circadian rhythms and develop tools for personalized prediction more...

Supervisor(s): Postnova, Svetlana (Dr)

Randomized controlled trial of epiretinal membrane surgery

Randomized controlled trial of epiretinal membrane surgery more...

Supervisor(s): Simunovic, Matthew (Associate Professor)

Identifying the causes of fibrosis after kidney transplantation

This is a PhD project. The successful applicant will be top up scholarship. This study will lead to publish high quality of papers and apply a new NHMRC project grant. more...

Supervisor(s): O'Connell, Philip (Professor)