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Diet and Cardiovascular Disease

Multiple projects are available targetting diet and cardiovascular disease, with some of these projects focusing on sex differences between diet and prevention. The opporunity inclu more...

Supervisor(s): Zaman, Sarah (Associate Professor)

Emotional Wellbeing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

This project will design, implement and evaluate a mixed mode (individual and group) psychological intervention to improve emotional wellbeing in older adults who have COPD more...

Supervisor(s): Toelle, Brett (Dr)

Modulating coronary atherosclerosis through perivascular fat (PVAT)

Background: Organ-to-organ communications are vital for living systems and play critical roles in cellular homeostasis. Various studies have demonstrated the existence and significa more...

Supervisor(s): Misra, Ashish (Dr)

Modelling plasma synthesis of nanoparticles for non-invasive diagnosis and targeted treatment of disease

This project will develop multiphysics models of a low temperature capacitively coupled plasma reactor to engineer functionalised nanoparticles for biomedical applications.This proj more...

Supervisor(s): Bilek, Marcela (Professor), Baldry, Mark (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)

Multi-omic responses to dietary change: insights from poultry

Diet is a crucial mechanism by which organisms interact with their environment. The body responds to the food it receives to control nutrient uptake and moderate physiological pathw more...

Supervisor(s): Grueber, Catherine (Dr), Liu, Sonia (Dr), Whittington, Camilla (Dr)

The Physics of Circadian Desynchrony

This project will investigate brain mechanisms and health consequences of circadian misalignment. more...

Supervisor(s): Postnova, Svetlana (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)

Community based study of health effects of infrasound

A team of investigators at the Woolcock Institute have been funded by the NHMRC to evaluate any health effects associated with wind turbine simulated infrasound. Infrasound is belo more...

Supervisor(s): Toelle, Brett (Dr)

Insulin-mediated regulation of adipocyte lipolysis

Insulin, a hormone that is released after a meal, regulates many aspects of metabolism including a process called lipolysis that involves the release of fatty acids into the circula more...

Supervisor(s): James, David (Professor)