Research Profiles

Researchers

Dr Nigel Barnett

researches the mechanisms by which extracellular glutamate concentrations are maintained in retinal cells

Dr Tracey Björkman

research interests include GABA and glutamate neurotransmission, & excitotoxicmechanisms of cell injury in the neonatal brain

Dr Kathryn Buller

investigates neuronal loss and disruption of the serotonergic system in the brain after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia

Dr Adrian Carter

investigates the way neurobiological understanding of addiction affects how we think about and treat individuals with an addiction

Professor Helen Chenery

research examines the nature of language processing in both healthy and neurologically-involved populations

Professor Paul Colditz

researches clinically important perinatal health problems & aims to achieve best possible health outcomes for mother & baby

Associate Professor David Copland

research explores the brain mechanisms for healthy language processing, language disorders, & language treatment & recovery

Dr Nadeeka Dissanayaka

Research aims to understand more about neuropsychiatric aspects of Parkinson's disease and related disorders

Dr Yvonne Eiby

research focuses on the function & control of the cardiovascular system to understand hypoxic injury in human neonates

A/Prof Camile Farah

is program leader of the Oral Cancer Research Group. Aims to improve diagnostic and prognostic practices in the management of oral cancer.

Dr Simon Finnigan

aims to advance the detection, interpretation & tracking of vital brain abnormalities in critically ill newborn babies

Professor Nicholas Fisk

was the inaugural Director of UQCCR. His research examines the role of fetal mesenchymal stem cells in tissue repair

Professor Robert 'Frank' Gardiner

is a consultant urologist at RBWH with a longstanding commitments to urological research and the early detection of prostate cancer

Dr Coral Gartner

aims to identify & assess the potential impact of new tobacco control strategies to accelerate the decline in smoking prevalence

Dr Judith Greer

research focuses on diseases affecting the nervous system & role the immune response may play in multiple sclerosis (MS)

Professor Wayne Hall

works on addiction and related topics from the perspectives of advances in genetics and neuroscience

Keely Harper-Hill

examines information processing by people with autistic spectrum disorders and how efficiency of processing may be influenced

Shiree Heath

aims to identify the brain mechanisms underlying unimpaired language processing

Professor Paul Hodges

interest is in neuromotor control of movement and stability, and changes in this system with pain

Dr Alison Holm

research aims to understand the complex dynamic impairments of children born preterm

Dr Anna MacDonald (nee Holmes)

explores the cognitive and brain mechanisms underlying healthy adult language processing

A/Prof Kiarash Khosrotehrani

aims to understand important physiological and disease processes in skin biology

Professor Sunil Lakhani

investigates the molecular and cellular pathology of breast disease, in particular in breast carcinogenesis

Professor Martin Lavin

researches cancer genetics; neurodegenerative disease; & therapeutic potential of snake venom proteins

Dr Aven Lee

research explores glutamate homeostasis in the central nervous system. Particularly interested in regulation of the glutamate transporters.

Dr Barbara Lingwood

research comprises of two inter-related areas - body composition and cardiovascular function in neonates.

Associate Professor Jayne Lucke

aims to inform public policy on the possibility of neuroenhancement by pharmaceuticals that may be used to modify brain processes

Rebecca Mathews

researches neurobiology, neurogenetics, epidemiological modelling and policy and ethical analysis streams

Professor Pamela McCombe

research examines how the immune system causes disease of the nervous system, & how it might contribute to recovery

Dr Mostefa Mesbah

research interests includebiomedical signal processing

Professor Murray Mitchell

research focuses on the development of fetal tissues and uterine tissues that play a part in the mechanism(s) of parturition

Dr Leith Moxon-Lester

main interest is in one carbon metabolism & its impact on maternal, foetal & neonatal health

Dr Bradley Partridge

investigating the use of pharmaceuticals and other substances by "healthy" people to enhance their cognition

Professor David Paterson

research interest includes study of the molecular and clinical epidemiology of infections with antibiotic resistant organisms

Dr Allison Pettit

examines Osteal macrophages (osteomacs) and their role in bone dynamics and therapeutic potential to treat bone diseases.

Professor David Pow

is interested in the area of neurotransmitter homeostasis in the normal and pathological brain

Dr Margo Pritchard

interest is in the epidemiology, screening, early behavioral interventions and treatment of high-risk child development

Dr Liza Raggatt

researchs delineation of osteal macrophage function in the bone microenvironment: dual roles in bone dynamics & stem cell niches

Professor Greg Rice

research focuses on developing diagnostics and new treatments for the common complications of pregnancy and the newborn

A/Prof Stephen Rose

interest is on the development & application of advanced MRI techniques to aid the detection & monitoring of disease processes

Dr James Scott

is a child and adolescent psychiatrist whose research is focussed around child and adolescent mental health and early psychosis.

Dr Hanna Sidjabat

investigates mechanisms of plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance genes in Gram-negative pathogens

Professor Peter Silburn

is a world expert in the treatment and research of Parkinson's disease.

Dr Peter Simpson

investigates mechanisms of behaviour & improving outcome in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast

Dr Susan Sullivan

research investigates hypoxic/ischemic brain injury in the neonate

Dr Jun Yan

investigates the mechanisms involved in disease development, diagnosis and treatment ischemic stroke and multiple sclerosis.

Associate Professor Andreas Zankl

studies patients with rare bone dysplasias, to gain more insights into the mechanisms that lead to common skeletal disorders.