Central Clinical School (CCS), in association with Alfred Health, the Burnet and BakerIDI research institutes, has well over 100 postgraduate students undertaking medical research in a wide variety of subject areas, and ranging from basic research to translational clinical settings. This page lists PhD and Masters students enrolled in CCS. To see students in particular departments, click on the department link below. Note, most people's contact details can be found through the Monash staff directory.
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Department
- Australian Centre for Blood Diseases (ACBD)
- BakerIDI jointly with Depts Immunology & Medicine
- Burnet jointly with Depts Immunology & Medicine
- Department of Immunology
- Department of Medicine (now in the Clinical Sciences Division)
- Department of Surgery (now in the Clinical Sciences Division)
Pictured left to right at the 19 September 2011 Postgraduate symposium hosted by Central Clinical School: Nicholas Lam, Ziaowei Wang, Colleen D'Arcy, Zeyad Nasa, Michael Roche, Sharon Brennan (SPHPM), Jeanne LeMasurier, Katherine Monaghan. For details, see 19 September PhD symposium booket
ACBD
PhD students
Saheb Al-Daher
Studying platelet prothrombotic mechanisms in diabetes mellitus
Amanda Au
Investigating the effects of platelet-released factors (PRFs) on the brain
Rachael Borg
Investigation into the interaction between tissue-type plasminogen activator and dead neuronal cells
Andrew Guirguis
Apoptosis and its regulation in myelodysplasia - using basic mouse models and human samples
Miriel Ho
The bone and bone marrow interface and its relationship to haematopoiesis
Anna Kalff
Multiple myeloma- stratergies to predict outcomes in the era of novel anti-myeloma therapies
Zane Kaplan
Determining the role of GPIb binding to thrombin specifically pertaining to its effect on fibrin generation and impact on leukocyte – platelet interactions
Hannah Lee
Defining the roles of protease-activated receptors in thrombosis
Cindy Lin
The role of phosphatase CD45 in determining the signalling, proliferation and therapeutic drug sensitivities of human myeloma cells
Bernadine Lu
Structural and functional analysis of the interaction of plasmin lysine binding sites with antiplasmin C-terminus
Katherine Monaghan
Microenvironmental factors impacting on multiple myeloma drug resistance
Jessica Mountford
Defining the cellular functions of class II P13Ks
Emily Nicholls
Heat shock proteins and their role in the resistance of bone marrow cancer cells to standard and novel chemotheraeutic strategies
Be'eri Niego
Effects of tissue-type plasminogen activator on the structure and function of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease
Jianlin Qiao
Shedding of platelet receptors in health and disease
Sewa Rijal
Prognostic significance of phosphoinositide signalling in acute myeloid leukaemia
Tse-Chieh Teh
The role of osteopontin (Opn) in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and its feasibility as a drug target
Patricia Walker
Immune reconstitution in haemopoietic stem cell transplantation
Baker/IDI jointly with Departments of Immunology and Medicine PhD students
Gunn Atkinson BakerIDI
Novel cadioprotective strategies for the ischemic heart
David Barit Medicine/BakerIDI
Role of NADPH oxidase in diabetic nephropathy: Interventional and gene knock out studies
David Bertovic Medicine/BakerIDI
Novel markers of vulnerable plaque in coronary artery disease
Lee Burch Medicine/BakerIDI
A novel link between G-protein coupled receptors and serine/theonline kinase receptors in the regulation of proteoglycan synthesis in vascular smooth muscle
William Chan Medicine/BakerIDI
Iron and oxidative stress on conoary artery disease
Lisa Chang Medicine/BakerIDI
Gene activity patterns associated with the development of pathological cardiac hypertrophy are mediated by specific epigenetic change
Yung Chih Ben Chen Medicine/BakerIDI
Pathomechanisms of atherosclerosis and its biomarkers
Michael Christopher BakerIDI
Dyslipidaemia resulting from obesity or other high-risk states is a major contributor and predictor of the onset and progression of diabetes
Philipp Diehl BakerIDI
New diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in thrombosis, atherothrombosis and inflammation - selecting of new designed ankyrin repeat protein (DARPins) from a phage library
Janet Gare BakerIDI
Antiretroviral therapy in Papua New Guinea: biological and social factors contributing to treatment outcome in HIV infected individuals
Jonathon Habersberger BakerIDI
Proinflammatory effects of monomeric C reactive protein in vascular endothelium BakerIDI
Li Jiaze Immunology/BakerIDI
Roles of CDA1 in vascular diseases
Karina Huynh Medicine/BakerIDI
Role of antioxidant and PE3K(p110a) approaches for rescuing diabetic cardiomyopathy.
Samuel Keating Medicine/BakerIDI
The role of epigenetic chomatin remodelling in the expression of genes relevant to diabetic nephropathy
Sacha Khong Medicine/BakerIDI
Targeting arginase in the vasculature Nicholas Lam Medicine/BakerIDI Biology of stem cells in the failing heart
Sabrina Lee Medicine/BakerIDI
Influence of n3:n6 fatty acides ratio on vascular inflammatory profile in patients with hypercholesteroemia
Yang Liu Medicine/BakerIDI
A key role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in heart disease
Sebastian Lunke Medicine/BakerIDI
Epigenetic regulation of the human survival of motor neuron gene in spinal muscular atrophy.
Scott Maxwell Medicine/BakerIDI
The biochemical characterisation of MeCP2 in the brain
Ashish Nair BakerIDI
Antifungal drugs can affect the immune function of T, natural killer and dendritic cells
Jenny Ooi Medicine/BakerIDI
Epigenetic modification and the role of chromatin modifying determinants in the hypertrophied heart
Lynette Pretorius Medicine/BakerIDI
Protective actions of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (p110alpha) in a setting of cardiomyopathy
Florentia Socratous Medicine/BakerIDI
Sympathetic activation in chronic renal disease: role of the novel soluble monoamine oxidase "renalase"
Xiaowei Wang Medicine/BakerIDI
Novel single-chain antibody-targeted ultrasound-based contrast agents for molecular imaging of atherosclerotic plaques in a mouse model of atherosclerotic disease
Burnet Institute jointly with Departments of Immunology & Medicine PhD students
Christina Chang Medicine/Burnet
Immunopathogenesis and diagnosis of cryptococcal-associated immune restoration disease in people with HIV
Sarah Charnaud Medicine/Burnet
The mechanism of protein export in the blood stage of Plasmodium falciparum
Benjamin Fancke Immunology/Burnet
Denditric cell subsets in bone marrow: how they induce immune responses & influence haematopoiesis while responding to virus
Elisha Horat Immunology/Burnet
The role of NFkB1 in immune homeostasis, autoimmunity and lymphomagenesis
Gabriela Khoury Medicine/Burnet
Viral reservoirs- role of naive T-cells in the pathogenesis of T-Cell decline and long term persistence of HIV infection
Nitasha Kumar Medicine/Burnet
Dendritic Cell (DC) induced HIV latency in resting CD4 T-Cells
Gregor Lichtfuss Medicine/Burnet
Signals through ITAM
Michael Roche Medicine/Burnet
Understanding HIV-1 entry: insights through the envelope protein
Fiona Wightman Medicine/Burnet
The use of Histone Deacetlyase inhibitors to reverse HIV-1 latency
Michelle Yong Immunology/Burnet
Detection and clinical significance of CMV specific T cell immunity following transplantation
Immunology
PhD students
Jayasimhan Abhirup
The role of MHC class I expression in the pathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes
Tamarin Cashmore
Biochemical mechanisms of mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis
Christopher Chan
The role of Natural Killer (NK) cell receptors in immunity and disease
Jie-Yu Chung
Mechanisms of tolerance following ectopic autoantigen expression
Devy Deliyanti
An evaluation of aldosterone's pathogenic role in the ischemic and diabetic retina Immunology
Maria Demaria
Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of the poor adaptive immunity and t cell responsiveness in tetraspainin-deficient mice with a focus on the tetraspanin, CD37
William Figgett
The immunological roles of TACI in BAFF-driven autoimmunity and innate activation-induced B cell death
Chindu Govindaraj
Investigation of CD25hi TNFR2hi T cells and their role in ovarian cancer
Alison Hamlett
Leukaemia associated tumour antigens: An approach for adoptive immunotherapy
Amit Joglekar
Mechanisms of tolerance following genetic manipulation and transfer of bone marrow stem cells
Eleanor Jones
Tetraspanin regulation of T cell proliferation
Indzi Katik
Regulation of telomerase activity and telomere remodeling in lymphocytes
Ying Ying Kong
Effects of cancer cells on the cells of the dendritic cell lineage
Jeanne Le Masurier
Inhibition of experimental asthma by ultra-fine nanoparticles
Mutsa Madondo
Study of the principles for the design of optimal nanoparticle based cancer vaccines
Rohimah Mohamud
Effects of particles on lung antigen presenting cells: implication for asthma development and immuno-therapy
Kirsten Morris
Towards developing cytokines as therapeutics for infections in pigs
Zeyad Nasa
The induction of immunie tolerance through genetic manipulation of haematopoietic stem cells
Craig Nicholls
Cell proliferation and cancer biology
Gao Qian
Developing a therapeutic nano-vaccine against ovarian cancer
Louis Tsai
Novel mechanisms of T and B lymphocyte homeostasis and differentiation
Kirsteen Tullet
Dendritic cell immunotherapy as a strategy for targeting tumours
Leanne Wang
Development of cancer immunotherapy using gene-engineered T cells in a self-antigen mouse model
Yih Yap
The contribution of AGEs and the receptors to beta cell dysfunction
Cai (Carol) Zhang
The possible mechanism of hematopoietic stem-cell transfer on the immune tolerance in NOD mice
Tong Zhu
Mechanisms of (pro)renin and (pro)renin receptor in diabetic retinopathy
Department of Medicine
PhD students
Judith Allen-Graham
Inhibition of APP and APLP2 using siRNA to investigate protein function and Alzheimer's disease
Roslin Botlero
Prevalence, incidence and associated risk factors of urinary incontinence, its socio-economic consequences and impact on quality of life in women in Australia
Tara Bull
CCSP as a biomarker post lung transplantation: genetic predisposition, abundance and function
Michael Cangkrama
Analysis of the grainyhead-like genes in mammalian development and disease
Christina Chang
Immunopathogenesis and diagnosis of cryptococcal-associated immune restoration disease in people with HIV
Sarah Charnaud
The mechanism of protein export in the blood stage of Plasmodium falciparum
Luke Chen
Methecillin-resistant staphyloccoccus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream and surgival site infections in community hospitals: Epidemilogy, risk factors, and patient outcomes
Perdita Cheshire
Is dysfunction of the serotonin system responsible for L-DOPA induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease?
Andris Ellims
Ventricular remodelling in cardiomyopathy - impact on ventricular physiology and cardiovascular outcomes
Kathryn Hackman
Risk factors for diabetes and vascular disease after lung transplantation: focus on CMV infection
Sarah Hellewell
Pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies for the treatment of traumatic brain injury: investigating the role of erythropoietin
Dilinie Herbert
Attitudes, beliefs and experiences of genetic testing: A study of the haemophilia community.
Leah Iles
Myocardial fibrosis and heart failure
Kirk Kee
Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on loop gain and respiratory work in congestive hearth failure
Matthew Kitson
Vitamin D status and the severity and outcomes of chronic non-cholestatic liver disease
Ishant Khurana
Chromatin immunopurification strategies for the application and standardisation of next generation sequencing
Angeline Leet
Myocardial fibrosis and function after heart transplantation- factors involved in myocardial collagen turnover and relationship to clinical symptoms and outcome
Evelyn Lindsay
Cerebellar disease: Exploring the application, reliability and validity of a diagnostic instrument for quantifying ataxia of the upper limbs
Prabhu Mathiyalagan
Cardiac ventricular chambers are epigenetically distinguishable
James McMahon
Social and behavioural factors associated with poor outcomes in patients infected with HIV on antiretroviral therapy
Aislin Meehan
Investigating the function of natural killer cells during Immunological responses following lung transplantation
Eileen Merriman
Defining optimal treatment for distal (calf) vein thrombosis
Danielle Michell
Hypertension induced inflammation in the endothelium: The signalling pathways involved.
Amber Moore
Philosophical and professional aspects of Chinese medicine
Lina Nheu
Effects of androgens on cardiovascular cell physiology: events relevant to atherogenesis
Reena Rajasuriar
Predictors of drug hypersensitivity reactions in HIV infected patients
Bridgette Semple
Chemokines networks in neuroinflammation following focal traumatic brain injury
Mansur Shmela
Deciphering the role of pluripotency factors (OCT4 and SOX2) in the regulation of genomic imprinting of the human 11p15 Igf2/H19 Icr1 domain
Dion Stub
Improving Prognosis In Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Utilising Circulatory support
Emma Tippett
Contribution of moncyte subset to HIV-1 viral reservoirs
Natasha Tuano
Epigenetic basis for persistence of hyperglycemic variability in mouse embryonic stem cells
David White
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF): Pathological & therapeutic significance in post -myocardial infarct inflammation
Jeremy Wrobel
Pulmonary mechanics and pulmonary hypertension in severe COPD Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Antony Friedman
Use of allopurinol in azathioprine/6-MP non-responders to optimise 6-TGN and improve outcomes
Master of Biomedical Science (Part 1)
Hannah Ambrose
Survey of current usage, attitudes and barriers to information systems in healthcare
Surgery
PhD students
Anthony David
Lumbar disc repair and regeneration
Lisa Doyle T
he impact of weight loss on the metabolic syndrome
Philip Lewis
Methodological considerations in cerebral autoregulation assessment
Elena Shek
Neurotrauma evidence: translation to health care providers and decision makers
Emma Tavender
Management of mild traumatic brain injury in the emergency department: Barriers, enablers to evidence uptake and development of an intervention to facilitate best practice and improve patient outcomes
Juliana Van der Nerwe
Exercise haemodynamics in patients with a centrifugal (non-pulsatile) flow pump
Doctor of Medicine
Jin Wee Tee
Predictors of functional outcomes of patients with traumatic spine fractures
Master of Surgery
Martin Blum
Effect of negative pressure wound therapy on outcomes in open tibial fractures
Krishanu Chaudhuri
A randomised controlled trial investigating carbon dioxide insufflation of the pericardial field as a neuroprotective strategy in open chamber cardiac surgery
Completed
2011
Daniel Cowley Medicine/BakerIDI
Transcriptional regulation of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 in the central nervous system
Vanessa Evans Medicine
Dendritic cell and T-cell interactions, their role in HIV-1, spread and latency
Dianne Goeman Medicine
Improving the quality and content of General Practice consultations for people with asthma
2010
Mohammad Al-Tamimi Immunology
Transition of platelet receptor shedding: platelet-specific collagen receptor GPVI
Fathima Gani Medicine
Role of Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 on arginine methylation and post-translational regulation of FMR1 Gene
Brooke Harcourt Immunology/BakerIDI
Interactions between receptors for advanced glycation end products and estrogen substrates in Type 2 diabetes and its complications
Ehteramolsadat Hosseini Immunology
HLA-E polymorphisms and NK cell reconstitution after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Oanh Nguyen Immunology
Prevention of human cytomegalovirus disease after stem cell transplantation
Irene Szollosi Medicine
Central sleep apnoea in heart failure: diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment
2009
Alexis Adamides Surgery
Multimodality neuromonitoring in severe traumatic brain injury
Julie Dwyer Immunology
Molecular regulation of the enzyme telomerase in cancer
Jacqueline Flynn Immunology
The stimulation and maintenance of T cell responses in early HCV infection
Mary Panjari Medicine
A randomized trial of oral DHEA treatments for sexual function, wellbeing, and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women with low libido
Trifina Sofian ACBD
Structural and functional characterisation of the serpin; alpha2- antiplasmin
Gautam Vaddadi BakerIDI/Medicine
Sympathetic nervous system dysfunction in postural syncope phenotypes
