PhD Opportunity in Childhood Lung Disease, Immunology and Multi-omics University of Melbourne in Australia

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne PhD project: Immunological mechanisms underlying anti-obesity medication effects in young people: a longitudinal study of inflammation, trained immunity, and anti-infective responses . This project examines how incretin analogues, including GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), affect inflammation, trained immunity, and anti-viral/anti-infective immune responses in young people with obesity. The study is based in paediatrics and sits at the...

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 for a PhD project titled Optimising care pathways for children who are deaf or hard of hearing . This project focuses on paediatrics , hearing health , child development , health services research , and education outcomes . It will use linked population data from Victoria and Queensland through the Australian National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry (ANCHOR) to study how children move through diagnosis, intervention, and ongoing s...

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...

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...