Dr Bradley Partridge
Dr Bradley Partridge The University of Queensland Public Health/Neuroethics Science doesn’t happen in a vacuum and it is important to understand the ethical, social, and policy issues that come with medical research outcomes. One area of Dr Partridge’s research centres on the use of “smart drugs”, drugs that are said to be able to increase…
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Dr Eliza Whiteside Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology Medical Biotechnology Breast cancer will be diagnosed in one in eight Australian women before the age of 85 years and more than 100 Australian men will also develop breast cancer every year. With improved treatments and detections, most will now survive, however,…
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Dr Gilbert Price The University of Queensland Palaeontology Dr Price’s research is concerned with determining the timing and causes of extinction of Australia’s prehistoric Quaternary giants – the ‘megafauna’. The megafauna, represented by nearly 70 species of enormous land animals, are the real prehistoric beasts of Dreamtime legends. ‘When’, ‘where’, ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of…
Read More »Dr Irina Vetter
Dr Irina Vetter Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Neuropharmacology Chronic pain affects more than 1 in 4 Australians and many currently available analgesics, are associated with significant problems, including tolerance and addiction and for many pain sufferers these are ineffective and provide little relief. Dr Vetter’s research uses toxins to improve our…
Read More »Dr John Miles
Dr John Miles QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Immunology, Virology and Medical Biotechnology T-cells are an important group of white blood cells that belong to the immune system. In spite of their importance to our health and survival we still have many questions about how they work. For instance, we do not understand the details between…
Read More »Dr Kate Schroder
Dr Kate Schroder Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Inflammation, infection, immune responses The innate immune system is the body’s front-line weapon against attack by microbes, and functions by mounting inflammatory responses. Inflammation is also now emerging as a major driver of other human diseases of epidemic proportions, such as cancer and diabetes….
Read More »Dr Mia Woodruff
Dr Mia Woodruff Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering In Australia, over $1 billion is invested annually in treatment of skeletal defects caused by tumour removal, sporting and road traffic accidents. Current treatment options for healing this damaged bone include taking bone-grafts from the same patient and…
Read More »Dr Simon Corrie
Dr Simon Corrie Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology The University of Queensland Novel devices for medical diagnostics Dr Corrie is focused on developing new devices to make blood testing faster, needle-free and more widely available in the community. He is designing a skin patch that, once applied to the skin, will change colour if…
Read More »Dr Wilhelmina Huston
Dr Wilhelmina Huston Queensland University of Technology Infectious Diseases Dr Huston’s research is focussed on understanding how Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted infection, causes infertility in women. Currently, women have to undergo invasive and painful procedures to diagnose that chlamydial damage to their reproductive system is the cause of their infertility. Dr Huston has recently developed…
Read More »A/Professor Marcus Foth
A/Professor Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology Urban Informatics Associate Professor Foth’s work is focussed on the relationships between people, place and technology. He develops practical approaches to complex urban problems employing human-computer interaction and design methodologies to build engagement around emerging issues facing our cities such as: Urban planning – new approaches to community…
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