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 - 14 of 14 project(s).
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, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Dr Alex Gallo, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
This project aims to analyze the circulating miRNA pre-operation of the TKA and knee tissue mRNA post primary TKA.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic 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
- Ms Yixuan Lei, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Co-investigator
- Dr Tahlia Stewart
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of the most serious challenges to global public health, as drug resistance has been found for all classes of antibiotics used in clinical practice.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Rachel Li, Principal investigator
- Clinical Associate Professor Karina Kennedy, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Co-investigator
- Dr Anindita Das
- Associate Professor Xiaobo Chen
This project aims to improve understanding of the relationship between emotions and heart health and investigate the ability of emotion regulation interventions to improve cardiac functioning and recovery.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Amy Dawel, Principal investigator
- Dr Junwen Chen, Co-investigator
- Dr Kristen Murray, Co-investigator
- Dr Nicole Vargas, Co-investigator
- Honorary Clinical Associate Professor Rajeev Pathak, Co-investigator
- Lukah Tan
This team is undertaking various projects aiming to identify how exposure to enivronmental stress, including extreme heat exposure, can effect health and modify physiological, behavioural, perceptual and cognitive function.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Dr Kathleen Miles, Co-investigator
- Dr Lillian Smyth, Co-investigator
- Dr Nicole Vargas, Principal investigator
- Dr Riemke Aggio-Bruce, Co-investigator
- Dr Suzanne Estaphan, Co-investigator
- Dr Ulrike Schumann, ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research
- Dr Michael Tong, ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
- Professor Ben Rattray, University of Canberra, Active Brain
- Dr Kristy Martin, University of Canberra, Active Brain
- Professor Ollie Jay, University of Sydney, Heat and Health Research Incubator
- Dr Nicholas Ravanelli, National Singapore University
The project will test the biocompatibility of the novel alloy and assess local tissue reaction and fracture healing at the test site as well as systemic absorption of metabolites.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Rachel Li, Principal investigator
- Dr Alexander Bobinskas, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Co-investigator
- Professor Xiaobo Chen
The foundation of this research is a systematic review of the current literature and a conclusive definition of arrhythmogenic substrates in patients with nonischaemic mixed CMP.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
This research aims to evaluate the efficacy of personalised transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) as a therapeutic approach for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Co-investigator
- Dr Neil Bailey, Co-investigator
- Dr Stephanie Gotsis, Co-investigator
- Ms Jey Raveendran, Co-investigator
- Ms Shona Brinley, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
This project aims to investigate the effectiveness of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) therapy in alleviating symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Co-investigator
- Dr Magelage (Prabhavi) Perera, Principal investigator
- Dr Neil Bailey, Co-investigator
- Dr Stephanie Gotsis, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Co-investigator
This research aims to explore various transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) methods to identify the most effective procedure for modulating brain activity to enhance memory and mood.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Co-investigator
- Dr Neil Bailey, Co-investigator
- Dr Stephanie Gotsis, Co-investigator
- Ms Jey Raveendran, Co-investigator
- Ms Shona Brinley, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
We are currently developing a set of materials that show high potential in facilitating and enhancing cellular growth and tissue regeneration using biochemical technology and 3D printing technology.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Rachel Li, Principal investigator
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Co-investigator
- Professor Luke A. Connal
This program will provide better understanding of mRNA related to aberrantly expressed miRNAs, which would be drug targets.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Rachel Li, Principal investigator
- Dr Yi Deng, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Smith AM, Co-investigator
The Registry has been designed to collect data over a long follow-up period to try to understand the outcomes of patients receiving multiple rounds of TMS and brain stimulation treatments.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Dr Alex Gallo, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
This research looks at the effects that ageing has on driving abilities and applied cognition and will develop tools to determine if a person is a safe driver in order to ensure road safety.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- A/ Prof Stephanie Goodhew, Principal investigator
- A/Prof Mark Edwards, Principal investigator
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