Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care

We advance the knowledge and understanding of clinical practices in healthcare, with a focus on improving patient outcomes through both system-based and personalised care approaches.

About

Under this research theme, our focus is on improving the diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases. Researchers in this area are working on the development of innovative therapeutic strategies, including personalized medicine and new biomedical technologies, as well as improving our understanding of how disease arises. This theme brings together experts from various fields, including medicine, psychology, pathology, nursing, pharmacy, machine learning and healthcare administration, to enhance the overall quality of care.

Theme Leaders: Martin Veysey & TBD

Groups

brain, clinical neuroscience, internventional psychiatry

Interventional Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

The Interventional Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience research group focuses on developing innovative therapies for mental health conditions.

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Psychological Trauma Research Group

Our research aims to understand and mitigate the distress and psychological trauma, such as PTSD, that arise from traumatic experiences.

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Projects

A controlled trial of a novel intervention to tackle the syndemic of higher weight, weight stigma, loneliness, and mental ill-health

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.

People

Dr Fiona Tito Wheatland, Health Care Consumers Association ACT

ALIGNED: AustraLIan trial of GeNotype-guided pharmacothErapy for Depression

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.

People

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

ASSESS: A study of the psychological, cognitive and physiological effects of Psychedelic Medicines

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.

People

Dr Ted Cassidy
Kisten Gainsford

Australian Interventional Pharmacotherapy and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy Research Registry (AIPPAP-RR)

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.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students

People

Professor Paul Fitzgerald

Biomarkers of arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

This project aims to analyze the circulating miRNA pre-operation of the TKA and knee tissue mRNA post primary TKA.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students

People

Dr Tahlia Stewart

Customized coating: Functionalized coating materials to prevent biofilm formation

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.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students

People

Dr Anindita Das
Associate Professor Xiaobo Chen