PhD in Immunological Mechanisms Underlying Anti-Obesity Medication Effects in Young People University of Melbourne in Australia

PhD opportunity at The University of Melbourne in the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. This research degree project, Life course trajectories of inflammation and cardiovascular risk , will use existing longitudinal data from 19 Australian and international cohorts (total n~800,000) to study how inflammation burden and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk change across the life course, from childhood to old age. The project focuses on cardiovascular dise...

PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne in optimising hearing screening and early detection to improve child outcomes . This research degree project will investigate how hearing screening and early detection can be improved to support better developmental , educational , and health outcomes for children. The project is offered by the Department of Paediatrics , Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and is located at the Royal Children’s Hospital / Murdoch Childrens Research ...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne Towards better treatments for childhood lung disease is a PhD project offered by the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, at the University of Melbourne. The work is based at the Royal Children’s Hospital / Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Australia. This project will investigate the immune and molecular mechanisms underlying childhood lung disease, including asthma and suppurative lung di...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a PhD project titled Improving Immunodiagnostic Tools for Tuberculosis Through Insights into Mtb Infection and Host Response . This project is based in the Department of Paediatrics , Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, with work linked to the Royal Children’s Hospital / Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Australia . The research focuses on tuberculosis , Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) , immunodiagnostics , hos...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne on the causes of immune paralysis and lethal secondary infections in sepsis and trauma patients . This project focuses on immunology , clinical sciences , and biochemistry and cell biology , with an emphasis on understanding how macrophage and dendritic cell paralysis develops after severe infection or trauma, and how this leads to immunosuppression and dangerous secondary infections. The project also aims to develop therapies to prevent...