Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Clinical Care

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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Projects

Emotion regulation and cardiac health

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.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students

People

Lukah Tan

EMPACT: Evaluating the management of treatment resistant depression with psychedelic (psilocybin) assisted psychotherapy

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.

People

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

Empowered to talk about body image in chronic illness: A pilot study to identify health professional training needs

This project aims to understand the key training needs of health professionals working with people experiencing long-term medical conditions.

People

Associate Professor Rachel Bacon (University of Canberra)

Exploring Consumer Leadership in Palliative Care: A Delphi Study

This study aims to develop a framework for optimal role delineation and training for consumer leadership within palliative care.

People

Professor Vinh Lu, ANU, Director, Research School of Management

Extracellular vesicles (EV) in retinal health, degeneration and therapeutic development.

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.

Student intake

Open for students

People

Associate Professor Riccardo Natoli

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: Frequency and E-Field Enhancement of iTBS for Depression

FREED aims to improve the treatment of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) through a novel, personalised approach.

People

Dr Angel Peterchev
Dr Gregory Applebaum
Dr Corey Weissman
Dr Xin Tu
Dr Itay Hadas