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 20 project(s).
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
- 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
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, Therapeutics 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 ability to regulate how you express your emotions is a key ingredient for social success.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Amy Dawel, Principal investigator
- Dr Conal Monaghan, Co-investigator
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, Therapeutics 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, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Group
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 research looks at perspective-taking, particularly in the areas of empathy, compassion and alturism.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- A/ Prof Stephanie Goodhew, Principal investigator
- A/Prof Mark Edwards, Principal investigator
This research wll investigate multiple potential cognitive predictors of crash risk in provisional drivers leading to novel training programs to improve road safety .
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Society, Culture and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- A/ Prof Stephanie Goodhew, Principal investigator
- A/Prof Mark Edwards, Principal investigator
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, Therapeutics 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 purpose of this study is to explore the potential for psychedelic therapy using psilocybin and MDMA to improve symptoms of treatment resistant OCD, and to determine whether there is any pre-post change in electroencephalography (EEG) measurements following psychedelic exposure.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Group
People
- Associate Professor Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Co-investigator
- Dr Magelage (Prabhavi) Perera, Co-investigator
- Dr Neil Bailey, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Principal investigator
- Dr Ted Cassidy
- Samantha Webb
Help us understand your views on using psychedelic drugs to treat mental ill-health.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
People
- Dr Conal Monaghan, Co-investigator
- Dr Lisa-Marie Greenwood, Principal investigator
- Dr Jessica Bartschi (UOW), Principal Investigator
- Mr James Williams (ANU), Researcher
- Mr Mitch Lowther (UOW), Researcher
This project aims to advance understanding of human emotional communication and improve human rapport with virtual humans and avatars.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
People
- Associate Professor Amy Dawel, Principal investigator
- Prof Romina Palermo
- Dr Clare Sutherland
- A/Prof Jason Bell
- A/Prof Eva Krumhuber
Looking for resarch students to be part of a resaerch team investigating eating disorders and sleep distrurbances.
Theme
- Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
- Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students
People
- Dr Suzanne Estaphan, Principal investigator
- Ms Rosemary Clifford, Researcher
- Professor Elizabeth Rieger, Co-investigator
- Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Co-investigator
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, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
Group
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, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
Group
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, Therapeutics and Clinical Care
Student intake
Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students
Group
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
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