Dr Andrew Gardner
The University of Newcastle Research Field: Neurotrauma Concussion is a complex, transient disturbance to the brain induced by biomechanical forces. These forces initiate a neuropathophysiological cascade involving inflammatory, metabolic, neuronal, and axonal abnormalities. Currently there are no reliable markers that indicate when the brain is no longer in this state of increased cerebral vulnerability. Although…
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Dr Melody Ding
University of Sydney Research Field: Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Promotion Dr Ding works at the intersection of epidemiology, behavioural science and chronic disease prevention. She expanded the research paradigm of lifestyle epidemiology by examining the interactions among lifestyle risk factors in their etiological pathways to NCD, such as identification of the combinations of physical activity,…
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The University of Newcastle Research Field: Neurotrauma Concussion is a complex, transient disturbance to the brain induced by biomechanical forces. These forces initiate a neuropathophysiological cascade involving inflammatory, metabolic, neuronal, and axonal abnormalities. Currently there are no reliable markers that indicate when the brain is no longer in this state of increased cerebral vulnerability. Although…
Read More »Dr Kate Umbers
Western Sydney University Research Field: Zoology, evolutionary biology, ecology Dr Kate Umbers is an internationally-recognised evolutionary ecologist interested in behavioural ecology, alpine ecology, physiology and genetics. Given the vulnerability of alpine regions to climate change, and the extreme case of Australia’s low-elevation isolated peaks, Kate’s research fills an urgent need for intense research into the…
Read More »Dr Aliza Werner-Seidler
Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales Research Field: Adolescent mental health, depression, anxiety Depression is the leading cause of disability among young people aged 10-19 years. Depression prevention programs based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) are effective, but are not widely disseminated. Although schools are an ideal setting in which to deliver these programs…
Read More »Dr Sze Lin (Serene) Yoong
The University of Newcastle Research Field: Medical research The implementation of nutrition guidelines into childcare centres is recommended internationally as a strategy to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity by facilitating translation of best-practice evidence into practice. Research however, suggests that childcare centres do not implement policies and practices consistent with such guidelines. Childcare staff…
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Dr Simon Gross
Macquarie University Research Field: Physics The global Internet traffic is increasing at an exponential rate. In the past, the transmission capacity of optical fibres has been scaled by adding more wavelengths channels and using complex modulation formats. However, this also requires larger optical powers, which cause greater optical nonlinearities. These optical nonlinearities result in an…
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Dr Laura Parker
The University of Sydney Research Field: Marine Science Ocean acidification (OA) is one of the biggest challenges for marine biodiversity in our time. This ongoing process is caused by oceans absorbing increasingly large amounts of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and this is decreasing ocean pH at an unprecedented rate. Studies globally show that…
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Dr Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina
University of New South Wales Research Field: Biomedical engineering Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide and there are currently no effective treatments for the damage to the heart tissue caused by myocardial infarction or the heart attack. Cardiac patches are cardiac tissue analogues are grown in the lab by populating biomaterials (or…
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Dr Samantha Solon-Biet
University of Sydney Research Field: Nutrition and healthy ageing Ageing is the number one risk factor for disease, disability and death for humans in the developed world. 70% of people over the age of 65 have two or more, age-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer and dementia. Rather than treating individual diseases,…
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