Research projects
Explore diverse psychology, health, and medicine projects from honours to PhD, supported by experts.
We have a wide range of psychology, health and medicine projects led by our expert researchers. Projects range from short-term honours projects to graduate projects, from three-year PhD projects through to industry and government supported projects.
If you’re a student interested in participating in a project, please contact the listed project supervisor for further discussion and ideas.
Displaying 1 - 15 of 95 project(s).
This controlled trial investigates the efficacy of Groups 4 Health to improve the mental health of people of higher weight through psychotherapy and behaviour change, decreasing feelings of loneliness and weight stigma through social networks.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
People
- Dr Joanne Rathbone, Principal investigator
- Honorary Clinical Professor Paul Dugdale, Co-investigator
- Professor Elizabeth Rieger, Co-investigator
- Professor Tegan Cruwys, Co-investigator
Social identify and self concept are ways we see ourselves in relation to other people. These have important impacts on self-regard, the amount and type of social support available to us and our wellbeing and resilience under stress.
Theme
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
People
- Associate Professor Lillian Smyth, Principal investigator
- Dr Kasia Banas (University of Edinburgh), Co-investigator
This program of research is conducted in collaboration with the ACT Government to enable evidence-based policy decision-making.
Theme
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
Group
People
- Dr Emma Knight, Researcher
- Dr Joanne Rathbone, Researcher
- Dr Paul Campbell, Researcher
- Dr Veronica Sheanoda, Researcher
- Professor Tegan Cruwys, Principal investigator
The Aligned Study is an investigator-initiated, randomized controlled trial of pharmacogenomic-guided therapy versus standard care for people with depression who require initiation or change in antidepressant therapy.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Group
People
- Dr Gemma Lamp, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
- Assoc Prof Kathy Wu
- Prof Anthony Rodgers
- Prof Sean Hood
- Prof Anthony Harris
- Prof Tim Usherwood
- Dr Mike Millard
- Dr Zhixin Liu
- Assoc Prof Gian Luca Di Tanna
- Prof Colleen Loo
- Dr Jacquie Garton-Smith
Our unit runs a number of studies which examine many aspects of upper and lower limb arthroplasty.
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, PhD students
People
- Dr Joseph Lynch, Supervisor
- Dr Thomas Ward, Supervisor
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Supervisor
The primary objective of this project is to investigate psychological, cognitive and physiological changes associated with a single session of psychedelic drug exposure with psilocybin or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in a group setting.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Group
People
- Honorary Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Co-investigator
- Mr Kieran Edmunds, Co-investigator
- Ms Samantha Webb, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Co-investigator
- Dr Ted Cassidy
- Kirsten Gainsford
Assessment of Alignment Strategies in Total Knee Replacement - PhD Applicants invited to apply
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, PhD students
People
- Dr Joseph Lynch, Supervisor
- Dr Thomas Ward, Supervisor
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Supervisor
The project has been designed for the collection of outcome and safety data on the use of novel interventional pharmacotherapy approaches. The AIPPAP Research Registry is designed to capture real-world clinical data on the use of ketamine, MDMA, and psilocybin.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Research participation
Open for members of the public
Group
People
- Dr Gemma Lamp, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
This project aims to develop and test a new model of psychological processes by which people come to understand information as true or not.
Theme
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Dr Li Tay, Co-investigator
- Honorary Associate Professor Eryn Newman, Co-investigator
- Professor Michael Platow, Principal investigator
This project aims to significantly deepen understanding of the phenomenon of radicalisation toward violent extremism by moving beyond static descriptions of what antecedents are present in violent extremists to dynamic causal explanations of why people radicalise.
Theme
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Professor Michael Platow, Co-investigator
- Dr. Emily Corner
- Dr. Helen Taylor (ANU)
- Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty (University of Newcastle)
General Practitioners in rural NSW are invited to complete a one hour interview about their life experiences relating to being a rural general practitioner.
Theme
- Society, Culture and Health
domain Placement
People
- Dr Louise Baker OAM, Co-investigator
- Professor Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Co-investigator
This project aims to analyze the circulating miRNA pre-operation of the TKA and knee tissue mRNA post primary TKA.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Rachel Li, Principal investigator
- Dr Joseph Lynch, Co-investigator
- Dr Thomas Ward, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Co-investigator
- Dr Tahlia Stewart
The “Building Positive Body Image” program is a collaboration between the ANU Research School of Psychology and ANU Psychology Clinic, supported by the ACT Government under the ACT Health Promotion Grants Program.
People
- Associate Professor Kristen Murray, Principal investigator
- Dr Jane Ma, Support officer
- Professor Elizabeth Rieger, Principal investigator
Can bone cells be “programmed” by electromagnetic fields?
Student intake
Open for Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Rachel Li, Supervisor
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Supervisor
Mitigating the effects of climate change on health outcomes requires adaptation within the health system. Primary health care providers are on the frontline in dealing with both direct and indirect health effects of climate change. This project will provide a proof of concept on climate resilient primary health care framework.
Theme
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Sutarsa Nyoman, Principal investigator
- Dr Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University (Bali Province, Indonesia)
- Dr Made Dwi Ariawan, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University (Bali Province, Indonesia)
- Dr Cintya Denny Y, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University (Bali Province, Indonesia)
- Dr Made Sri Nopiyani, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University (Bali Province, Indonesia)
- Dr Utami Dwipayanti, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University (Bali Province, Indonesia)
- Dr Sang Gede Purnama, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University (Bali Province, Indonesia)
- Ayu Rissa Cempaka, MPH, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University (Bali Province, Indonesia)
- Wahyu Sulistya Affarah, MD, Faculty of Medicine Mataram University (West Nusa Tenggara)
- Nurul Firdausi, MD., From Faculty of Medicine Mataram University (West Nusa Tenggara)
- Riris Yunita, MPH, Sikumana Kupang Health Centre, Indonesia
- Kristina J Tehangr, Sikumana Kupang Health Centre, Indonesia
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