Dr Allison Milner
The University of Melbourne Research Field: Public Health Research shows that stressful jobs, being in insecure work, and being unemployed, increases the risk of depression and anxiety. Dr. Milner believes these factors also increase suicide risk in the population, and these risks can be alleviated by improving the quality of work, reducing adverse working conditions…
Read More »Dr Bernadette Fitzgibbon
Monash University Research Field: Neuroscience Dr. Fitzgibbon’s research investigates the neurobiological basis of chronic pain. Current effective treatment methods for pain relief are largely pharmaceutical and highly associated with negative side effects including nausea and constipation. Her research explores the way people experience pain, in order to better understand and ultimately treat pain disorders. By…
Read More »Dr Daniel Mathews
Monash University Research Field: Geometry, Topology, Mathematical Physics. If you want to understand how the world works at the most fundamental level, you need to understand mathematics. All known laws of physics are written in mathematics, but some current physics theories are written in terms of mathematical models that don’t quite make sense. That’s where…
Read More »Dr David McCarthy
Monash University Research Field: Water Engineering Dr. McCarthy researches and develops novel treatment devices which can remove the harmful components of wastewater and stormwater (such as lead E.coli), so that we can safely use these water sources in and around our homes. He focuses on natural or passive treatments (eg. wetlands), which provide more sustainable…
Read More »Dr Deanne Thompson
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Research Field: Neuroimaging A high proportion of children born preterm will have movement, learning and behavioural difficulties resulting from abnormal brain development or brain injury around the time of birth. Dr. Thompson’s research helps to identify common brain alterations in preterm infants and children by using magnetic resonance imaging, as well…
Read More »Dr Jacek Jasieniak
CSIRO Research Field: Materials Science Material scientists, like Dr Jasieniak, fuse together chemistry, physics and engineering, to figure out exactly how materials should be made. They do this by manipulating their structure and chemistry at a size scale that is 10,000 times smaller than a human hair! Only by working at this “nano” scale can…
Read More »Dr Jee Hyun Kim
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health/University of Melbourne Research field: Behavioural Neuroscience Memory is pervasive. It permeates every aspect of our living, from being in love to being a witness. Despite wide acceptance that experiences during childhood and adolescence are critical in anxiety and drug use disorders, the existing research almost exclusively focuses on…
Read More »Dr Kaye Morgan
Monash University Research Field: Phase Contrast X-Ray imaging, Physics Dr. Morgan has developed a new method of x-ray imaging which is significantly more rapid, precise and sensitive than existing methods. This work is of particular importance to medical imaging, and has dramatically improved the evaluation of treatment methods for cystic fibrosis. This new method of…
Read More »Dr Marie Yap
Monash University Research Field: Clinical Psychology/Population Mental Health’ Dr. Yap’s primary research interest lies in parenting and young people’s mental health, and in the translation of research evidence into resources and the interventions readily accessible to parents. Her work involves four longitudinal projects examining modifiable parental behaviours. Two of these projects examine the role that…
Read More »Dr. Andrew Zalesky
The University of Melbourne Research Field: Psychiatry Dr. Zalesky’s research shows that mental symptoms are caused by physical changes occurring in a person’s brain. Using sophisticated brain imaging methods he can ‘peer’ into a living person’s brain and study abnormalities in the way different regions of the brain are wired together by an amazingly complex…
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