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Scholarship-funded research projects
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Developing peptide-based pain therapeutics
Develop highly selective and potent peptides using a structure-guided approach to target ion channels and receptors involved in pain pathways.
- Supervisor
- Dr Bhavesh Khatri
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences
Disrupting Immune Responses to Reverse Fibrosis
This research aims to elucidate and target the specific immune pathways that drive intestinal fibrosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Sumaira Hasnain
- Location
- Translational Research Institute
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Exploring the anti-methanogenic properties of Northern Australian feedbase plants for livestock
Identify anti-methanogenic compounds in Northern Australian forage plants, supporting low-emission livestock production through natural product discovery.
- Supervisor
- Dr Natasha Hungerford and Dr Sarah Meale
- Location
- HFSP campus at Coopers Plains
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Chemical sciences, Environmental sciences
Health workforce crisis: understanding political capacity for policy change
Develop new knowledge of the political factors that constrain and enable policymaking to address the health workforce crisis through comparative analysis of health worker interest groups.
- Supervisor
- Dr Adam Hannah
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Human society
Identify sources of contaminants of concern entering Australian sewers
Map industrial inputs to quantify contaminants in Australian sewers, using systematic sampling and analysis to profile chemicals, and reduce releases into wastewater treatment plants.
- Supervisor
- Professor Jochen Mueller
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Identifying sources of contaminants of concern entering Australian sewers
Map industrial inputs to quantify contaminants in Australian sewers, using systematic sampling and analysis to profile chemicals, identify polluters, and reduce releases into wastewater treatment plants.
- Supervisor
- Professor Jochen Mueller
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Improving Quality of Survival for Women with Gynaecological Cancer
Focus on improving quality of life, health & function during & after gynaecological cancer treatment, with a focus on biomarker research, implementation research and cancer survivorship.
- Supervisor
- Professor Andreas Obermair
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Investigating traditional Mithaka water management systems
This project aims to discover how Indigenous communities managed cycles of drought and flood in the Lake Eyre Basin, and to learn from this to manage Australia’s inland rivers sustainably.
- Supervisor
- Professor Michael Westaway, Dr Duncan Keenan Jones, Professor Hubert Chanson, Professor James Shulmeister, Associate Professor Richard Martin and Dr James Hunter
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- History, heritage and archaeology
Monitoring illicit tobacco in Australia
Apply an integrated wastewater-based epidemiology approach to improve our understanding of the impact of tobacco control and tax policies on illegal tobacco markets in Australia.
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Phong Thai
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences
Nanoarchitectonics of Magneto-plasmonic Mesoporous Materials for Sensing Applications
This project aims to develop mesoporous magneto-plasmonic nanostructures and films and their integration into nano-electromechanical systems to achieve portable and sensitive sensors
- Supervisor
- Professor Yusuke Yamauchi
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Engineering