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Achieving equity in cancer screening for First Nations peoples
Develop culturally sensitive cancer screening programs for First Nations peoples by exploring their perceptions, trialling interventions, and co-designing strategies.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gail Garvey
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences, Indigenous studies
Building a Trustworthy Information Recommendation System
Build a trustworthy information recommender system by spearheading the design and development of cutting-edge LLM4Rec techniques, misinformation filters, privacy protection mechanisms.
- Supervisor
- Professor Hongzhi Yin
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Information and computing sciences
Consequences of blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease on therapeutic drug delivery
Investigate using patient-derived stem cell models how blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease affects drug delivery efficiency into the brain.
- Supervisor
- Professor Brett Collins
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Crystallisation regulation of tin halide perovskites for eco-friendly optoelectronics
This project aims to design novel crystallisation regulation strategies to fabricate high-quality tin-based perovskite thin films, unlocking next-generation low-cost photovoltaic technologies.
- Supervisor
- Dr Peng Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering
Develop high-performance next-generation lithium-ion battery
Develop high-energy-density and low-cost lithium-ion battery through 1) novel material design/ synthesis and cutting-edge materials characterisation, and 2) advanced battery design.
- Supervisor
- Dr Xia Huang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering
Development of CLEIM Pipeline for Multi-Scale Analysis in Alzheimer's Disease Research
Establish correlative light-electron-ion microscopy workflows to enable multi-scale imaging from protein localisation to elemental composition, supporting MIND-AD CRE projects investigating neurodegeneration.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Major hidden source of land-based nutrients affecting Australian estuaries
Investigate organic and particulate nutrients as a hidden driver of water quality decline, aiming to improve predictive models and inform catchment management.
- Supervisor
- Dr Leslie Huang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Environmental sciences
Mathematical models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression
Understanding how Alzheimer's disease mechanisms are linked across molecular, cellular, and systemic levels by integrating math modelling, patient data analytics, and in vitro and in vivo data generated within our lab and CRE.
- Supervisor
- Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Mathematical sciences
Unsteady turbulence dynamics in pulsatile pipe flow
Experiments will reveal how non-sinusoidal pulsation (accelerate–decelerate–hold) reshapes turbulence at high Reynolds numbers in the lab.
- Supervisor
- Dr Navid Freidoonimehr
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Using causal epidemiological approaches to understanding the causes and consequences of endometrial cancer
Investigate causes of subtypes of endometrial cancer (EC) that have increased over time and will assess survival experience of women after a diagnosis of EC using causal epidemiology frameworks.
- Supervisor
- Professor Susan Jordan
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences