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 30 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, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
People
- Clinical Professor Paul Dugdale, Co-investigator
- Dr Joanne Rathbone, Principal investigator
- Ms Kate Western, Co-investigator
- Professor Elizabeth Rieger, Co-investigator
- Professor Tegan Cruwys, Co-investigator
- Dr Fiona Tito Wheatland, Health Care Consumers Association ACT
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, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
People
- Ms 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
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, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
People
- Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Co-investigator
- Dr Alex Gallo, Co-investigator
- Dr Neil Bailey, Principal investigator
- Ms Samantha Webb, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Co-investigator
- Dr Ted Cassidy
- Kisten Gainsford
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 study explores the rural health workforce. In particular what leads to the uptake of rural health care by medical doctors including general practitioners, and whatsupports continued medical practice in rural areas.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
People
- Associate Professor Jonathan Mond, Co-investigator
- Dr Louise Baker OAM, Co-investigator
- Dr Remo Ostini, Principal investigator
- Ms Anne Davis, 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, 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
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of psilocybin assisted psychotherapy in people with TRD to an active control.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
People
- Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Co-investigator
- Dr Alex Gallo, Co-investigator
- Dr Neil Bailey, Co-investigator
- Dr Rosana Freitas, Co-investigator
- Ms Jillian Bethwaite, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
- Professor Nicholas Glozier
- Professor Kate Hoy
- Professor Jayashri Kulkarni
- Professor Stephane Heritier
- Dr Jeggan Tiego
- Professor Michael Berk
- Ms Sam Brhaspati Stott
- Dominique-Laurent Couturier
This project aims to understand the key training needs of health professionals working with people experiencing long-term medical conditions.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
People
- Associate Professor Anna Olsen, Co-investigator
- Dr Kristen Murray, Principal investigator
- Professor Elizabeth Rieger, Co-investigator
- Associate Professor Rachel Bacon (University of Canberra)
This study aims to develop a framework for optimal role delineation and training for consumer leadership within palliative care.
Theme
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
- Society, Culture and Health
People
- Associate Professor Brett Scholz, Co-investigator
- Clinical Associate Professor Michael Chapman, Co-investigator
- Dr Conal Monaghan, Co-investigator
- Mr Zijian Wang, Principal investigator
- Professor Vinh Lu, ANU, Director, Research School of Management
This research has identified that loss of extracellular vesicles - mediated communication is associated with the development of degeneration of the retina. We are focussed on developing cell therapy treatments for retinal degeneration.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for students
People
- Associate Professor Riccardo Natoli, Principal investigator
- Dr Yvette Wooff, Co-investigator
- Dr Nathan Reynolds, Co-investigator
- Dr Adrian Cioanca, Co-investigator
- Rakshanya Sekar, PhD Candidate, Co-investigator
- Rimaz Toto, PhD Candidate, Co-investigator
FREED aims to improve the treatment of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) through a novel, personalised approach.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
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
- Dr Angel Peterchev
- Dr Gregory Applebaum
- Dr Corey Weissman
- Dr Xin Tu
- Dr Itay Hadas
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
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