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| Dr Janaki Amin
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical ResearchStatement of Interests:
HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis epidemiology and clinical trials are of primary interest
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| Associate Professor Mike Bennett
Prince of Wales Clinical School - Department of SurgeryStatement of Interests:
The field of Hyperbaric Medicine is regarded with great suspicion by many medical graduates. This is due at least in part to both widespread ignorance of the effects of high doses of oxygen, and a poor clinical research base. In this regard, the appropriate collation, critical appraisal and meta-analysis of comparative clinical trials is of great interest. Work is underway with colleagues from the USA, UK and Germany to produce a systematic appraisal of the evidence-basis for the use of hyperbaric oxygenation.
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| ![Show details for [<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Verdana"><b>]Associate Professor Michael Breakspear[</b><br>    <i>School](/icons/expand.gif) Associate Professor Michael Breakspear
School of PsychiatryStatement of Interests:
I am interested in developing and refining mathematical theories of large-scale neural systems, testing and refuting these through functional neuroscience experiments and using these to understand cognitive, perceptual and motor action processes. A larger goal is to use these tools to understand disturbances of mood and thinking such as occur in mood disorders, psychosis and dementia.
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| Associate Professor Maria Craig
School of Women's and Children's HealthStatement of Interests:
My major research interest is childhood diabetes, including the association between enteroviruses and type 1 diabetes (in collaboration with the Virology Research Group at POWH, headed by Prof W Rawlinson) and the epidemiology of childhood diabetes (type 1 and type 2). I am also actively involved in research into diabetes complications (in collaboration with Assoc Prof Kim Donaghue at the Children's Hospital at Westmead).
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| Associate Professor Miles Davenport
Centre for Vascular ResearchStatement of Interests:
A Complex Systems Approach to the problem of chronic infection: Although many acute infectious diseases are now effectively controlled by vaccination, we currently lack vaccines for many chronic infectious agents. These infections are of particular importance in the developing world, where hundreds of millions of people each year are affected by chronic infections such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. The Complex Systems in Biology group aims to understand the basic dynamics and pathogenesis of these infections, how the immune system interacts with them, and ultimately how we can control them. To achieve this we apply computational and mathematical approaches to understanding and predicting the complex interactions between host and pathogen. These interactions range from the molecular level (how immune molecules such as the T cell receptor interact with viral molecules), through to the dynamics of infection within individual hosts, and finally to the level of the host and pathogen population. The group brings together medical biologists, bioinformaticians, physicists, mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists to tackle these fundamental questions. The laboratory has a wide range of collaborations with experimentalists working in different areas of infection and immunity. More details of individual projects can be found at: http://www.cvr.net.au/research/complex.htm
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| Dr Timothy Dobbins
Prince of Wales Clinical SchoolStatement of Interests:
Enjoys applying statistical methods to guide research in health and medicine. The design and analysis of cluster randomsied trials is a particular research interest.
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| Professor Sean Emery
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical ResearchStatement of Interests:
The evaluation of new treatments, new treatment strategies and biomedical preventive measures for HIV infection. The design and implementation of clinical research programs and projects to generate quality evidence to advise healthcare providers and policy makers. To balance high tech medicine with the reality of limited resources in countries where needs are greatest.
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| Dr Zhanhai Gao
School of Public Health and Community MedicineStatement of Interests:
Dr Zhanhai Gao has qualifications (BSc and MSc) in mathematics & statistics and a PhD in applied mathematics (mathematical modelling). His current research interests include modelling the impact of vaccination on varicella zoster virus epidemiology, modelling and evaluating intervention programs of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics in Australia (the subject of his PhD thesis). His research work includes modelling infectious disease in livestock (VC's post-doctoral research), dynamical systems and mathematical biology / biomathematics, infectious disease programming and computuing. He is also involved in biostatistics, statistical analysis / computing for medical research, data management and study design for cluster randomisation trials. It is his strong field as well to develop toolbox or stand alone software of easy-to-use form for medical researchers from non-mathematics or computer science background.
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| Mr Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic
School of Psychiatry - Department of Human BehaviourStatement of Interests:
(1) Diagnosis of mood disorders, in particular depression and the differentiation of endogenous (biological) and non-endogenous subtyoes of depression. (2) Medium-term outcome in adolescents with psychiatric/psychological disorders. (3) Psychosocial factors in recurrent episodes of inflammatory bowel disease.
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| Dr Upali Jayasinghe
Centre for Primary Health Care and EquityStatement of Interests:
My research mainly focuses on application of multilevel modeling and other statistical methods, particularly in Health and medical research.
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| Dr Fabio Luciani
Centre for Infection and Inflammation ResearchStatement of Interests:
In the field of medical sciences, the roles of mathematical modeling and statistical analysis are becoming indispensable. Modeling infectious diseases, in particular HCV and Tuberculosis, are the major area of research. This includes modeling cellular processing of antigens, within host evolution of the pathogens and of specific immune response, and finally the transmission dynamics of the disease and host heterogeneity
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| Dr Mark Lutherborrow
St Vincent's Clinical School - Blood Stem Cells and Cancer ResearchStatement of Interests:
My research interests are projects centred on transcription networks operating in haematopoietic malignancies and stem cells, in particular the interplay of mRNAs and microRNAs in the acute leukaemia setting. More specifically these interests include: - Identification of diagnostic and prognostic gene expression profiles in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. - The role of microRNAs in myeloid differentiation. - Characterisation of the response of multiple myeloma cells to chemotherapeutic agents. - Predictive techniques to identify mRNA targets of microRNAs
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| Dr Nicola Man
School of Public Health and Community MedicineStatement of Interests:
Research experience in the area of population and quantitative genetics, genetics of disease resistance, statistical analysis of genetic data and simulation studies of populations undergoing genetic selection. Current research interest extend to epidemiology with respect to stochastic modelling of infectious diseases, host-pathogen evolution and statistical analysis of biological and epidemiological data.
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| Dr Abdel-Latif Mohamed El-Amin
School of Women's and Children's HealthStatement of Interests:
In the field of perinatal neonatal medicine, the neonatal health service organisation research and neonatal epidemiology are of particular interest. Other areas of interest include quality in neonatal intensive care units, neurodevelopmental outcome of premature infants and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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| Dr Mohammed Mohsin
School of Public Health and Community MedicineStatement of Interests:
Is there equity in emergency medical care in NSW Hospital Emergency Departments? Factors associated with waiting time and walk-out of patients from ED; Determinants of low birth weight and premature birth; Factors associated with still births and neonatal deaths; Smoking and smoking cessation; hospitalisations and mortality. Current research includes development of methods to measure exposure to traffic related air pollution and in refining methods for conducting cost-benefit analyses in air pollution and health, smoking and smoking cessation among Arabic speaking population in Sydney South West; Impact of overweight & obesity on health outcomes.
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| Mr Allan Motyer
Prince of Wales Clinical School | |
| Professor Tuan Van Nguyen
School of Public Health and Community MedicineStatement of Interests:
I have two main interests in osteoporosis research: epidemiology of osteoporotic fractures and genetics of osteoporosis. In terms of epidemiology, my group’s research interests are mainly in the study of determinants of fracture and the development of prognostic models for predicting fracture risk in an individual patient. A second focus of my group’s research is concerned with the genetics of osteoporosis. We are specifically interested in finding novel genes that are involved in the regulation of bone phenotypes, including bone mineral density and fracture. Current research projects: * Development of prognostic models for the assessment of fracture risk * Development of new phenotype for osteoporosis * Determinants of bone loss and the concept of risk individualization * Hormonal determinants of diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis * Bayesian models for epidemiologic data * Genomewide association study of osteoporosis genes * Genomewide linkage analysis of bone phenotypes I currently have a number of projects that are suitable for masters and PhD candidates. I am looking for candidates with strong background in clinical epidemiology, genetics, and biostatistics with solid knowledge in Bayesian modeling. Interested candidates can contact me via email at tuan.nguyen@unsw.edu.au or t.nguyen@garvan.org.au for more detailed description of these projects.
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| Dr David Regan
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical ResearchStatement of Interests:
My research involves the development of mathematical models for studying the dynamics of infectious disease transmission and epidemics, and for evaluating the potential impact of interventions for control and prevention. In particular, I am interested in sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, Chlamydia and human papillomavirus. Our work has an important role in informing public health policy in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
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| Dr David Regan
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical ResearchStatement of Interests:
The mathematical modelling group at the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical research develops models for evaluating intervenitons aimed at controlling or preventing the transmission of transmissible diseases and, in particular, sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, Chlamydia and human papillomavirus.
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| Dr Tim Slade
National Drug and Alcohol Research CentreStatement of Interests:
In the field of psychiatry the classification of psychiatric disorders, particularly the broad question regarding the categorical versus dimensional status of psychiatric disorders, is of interest. Novel and innovative statistical methods for examining the continuity of psychopathology are being used. Research interests also centre around the use of community (epidemiological) and clinical data to inform unresolved issues in the classification of psychiatric disorders.
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| Ms Preeyaporn Srasuebkul
Prince of Wales Clinical School | |
| Dr Zachary Steel
School of PsychiatryStatement of Interests:
In the field of Social Psychiatry, cross cultural differences in psychiatric epidemiology, refugee mental health, mental health and human rights, psychological management of psychotic disorders.
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| Dr Rachel Thompson
Medical Administration - Medicine Education & Student OfficeStatement of Interests:
Since 2007 I have been working as the Academic Fellow for Learning and Teaching for the Medical Faculty at UNSW. This role involves research, support for staff and networking within the Medical Faculty and also research and discussion with the other L&T Fellows at UNSW (one based in each Faculty). As convenor of the Quality of Medical Practice vertical stream in the new medical program (3802), my main research interests lie in the learning and teaching of evidence-based medicine and quality and safety in medical practice. I am also convenor of the Health Maintenance B and co-convenor of the Health Maintenance A course in Phase 1 of the Medical Program.
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| Professor Susan Wilson
Prince of Wales Clinical SchoolStatement of Interests:
Development and application of novel statistical approaches to analysis of complex genomic data
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