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Patient preferences and willingness to pay for genomic information in cancer and cardiovascular disease

It is not clear how people value genetic or genomic health information, and traditional economic evaluation may not capture the full benefit of this service. This PhD will examine p more...

Supervisor(s): Morton, Rachael (Associate Professor)

Effect of cardioactive drugs on the developing rat heart

Cardioactive drugs are used during pregnancy to alleviate heart conditions but may affect the heart of the developing fetus. more...

Supervisor(s): Ritchie, Helen (Dr)

Regulation of ion transport in the respiratory epithelium in health and disease

The project will focus on elucidating the mechanisms by which respiratory pathogens including influenza, parainfluenza, avian influenza (H5N1) viruses, and microbacterium tuberculos more...

Supervisor(s): Cook, David I (Professor)

Consumer Medicine Information evaluation and impact on consumers

To investigate the association between the quality of written medicine information and impact on consumer knowledge, satisfaction and behaviour. more...

Supervisor(s): Aslani, Parisa (Associate Professor)

Adherence monitoring services on community pharmacy practice

To develop, implement and evaluate an adherence monitoring service to be delivered in community pharmacy practice to enhance quality use of medicines more...

Supervisor(s): Aslani, Parisa (Associate Professor)

Genetic control of resistance and susceptibility to tuberculosis

Both environmental and genetic factors influence susceptibility to tuberculosis; this project will identify and investigate polymorphisms in genes that may increase susceptibility t more...

Supervisor(s): Saunders, Bernadette (Dr)

Genetic Modulation of the host response to pulmonary tuberculosis

This project will investigate alternative therapies to treat tuberculosis utilising viral vectors to overexpress immunological genes of interest to try and increase immunity to tube more...

Supervisor(s): Saunders, Bernadette (Dr)

Medicine use in children with asthma

The project will use a mixed method approach to explore issues around the appropriate use of asthma medicines in children. more...

Supervisor(s): Saini, Bandana (Dr), Moles, Rebekah (Dr)

Assessing changes to myocardial proteins subsequent to experimental heart attack

Post translational changes to key cardiac proteins in the hearts of diabetic rats after experimental heart attack more...

Supervisor(s): Witting, Paul (Dr)

Determining the functional significance of non-coding DNA variants in genes for complex traits involving gene-environmental interactions

To identify non-protein coding DNA changes in genes that interact with the environment using 2 models – sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for the vulnerability to environ more...

Supervisor(s): Yu, Bing (Associate Professor)