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Digital health for the prevention and management of chronic conditions

We welcome PhD and Masters students to contribute to some of our ongoing projects or to develop their own proposals, within the theme of digital health for the prevention and manage more...

Supervisor(s): Laranjo, Liliana (Dr)

Epidemiological investigation of Childhood Asthma within the Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS)

In 1997, The Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS) recruited babies at high risk of developing asthma and allergies because a parent and/or sibling had asthma or frequent wheeze. more...

Supervisor(s): Toelle, Brett (Dr)

Playground standards and fall height: is there evidence of their impact on paediatric head injuries?

The objective of the Australian Standard (AS) for Playgrounds (AS4685) is to minimize the risk of injury to playground users. It provides requirements for siting, designing and deve more...

Supervisor(s): Sharwood, Lisa (Dr)

The impact of an Australian Standard on Trampoline Injuries

In Australia, the growing number of injuries sustained during the activity of trampolining (domestic environment) has prompted development and revision of an Australian Standard (AS more...

Supervisor(s): Sharwood, Lisa (Dr)

Addressing harms from smoking during pregnancy

A range of higher degree research (HDR) student project opportunities exist for talented and motivated candidates, who are concerned about addressing inequities created by tobacco a more...

Supervisor(s): Passey, Megan (Associate Professor), Longman, Jo (Dr)

Sleep and circadian health

Several research opportunities are available, all of which revolve around the new and emerging areas of sleep and circadian epidemiology. The overarching aim of these projects is to more...

Supervisor(s): Bin, Yu Sun (Dr)

Cardio-Oncology

This PhD program involves multi-modality cardiovascular imaging techniques, such as echocardiography (TTE), and Cardiac MRI in humans (including clinical trials) and animal models. more...

Supervisor(s): Negishi, Kazuaki (Professor)

Harnessing the power of electronic medical records with data analytics in back pain

This program of research will evaluate the use of digital technology and data analytics to drive practice change and improve healthcare for back pain. more...

Supervisor(s): Machado, Gustavo (Dr), Maher, Chris (Professor)

Athlete Development and Performance Network

Our purpose is to form research collaborations that will enhance athlete development and performance by providing contemporary evidence-based approaches rather than relying on tra more...

Supervisor(s): O'Connor, Donna (Professor), Burns, Kellie (Dr), Georgakis, Steve (Dr), Cotton, Wayne (Dr)

CHARACTERISATION OF ERUSIOLIN - A NEW PEPTIDE HORMONE

In this project we aim to characterise the function of a new gut-derived peptide we have discovered in human plasma, named erusiolin, which we hypothesise plays a role in appetite r more...

Supervisor(s): Larance, Mark (Dr)