Postgraduate courses and subjects 2000

Affiliated institutes

Baker Medical Research Institute
Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research
Mental Health Research Institute
Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

Below are listed the interests and opportunities for research available at affiliated institutes/centres, which have connections with the Faculty of Medicine.
Although students may undertake their research at an affiliated institute/ centre, they can only be enrolled at Monash University through a department or an accredited academic unit of the faculty. Such students will be required to meet all the requirements and obligations of the designated department. In addition, all aspects of their candidature and scholarships will comply with Monash University regulations.

Baker Medical Research Institute

Hypertension; atherosclerosis; sympathetic nervous system; stress; heart failure; risk assessment; risk reduction; noradrenaline release; panic disorders; arrhythmias; phosphatidyl inositol turnover; Na⁺,Ca⁺transport; growth factors; vascular hypertrophy; heart transplantation; myocardial metabolism; mitochondria; atrial naturetic peptide; medullipin; endothelin; lipoprotein receptors; angiotensin 1 receptors; 11[beta] hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; pro-opiomelanocortin; ACTH; [beta]-endorphin; angiotensin II; serotonin; dopamine; central antihypertensive drugs; pituitary; hypothalamus; Metalloendopeptidases; renal innervation; von Willebrand factor; platelet adhesion; GMP-140; PECAM-1; thrombosis; angiogenesis; inflammation; gene regulation.

Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research

Human immunodeficiency virus; hepatitis viruses; respiratory syncytial virus; rubella virus; epidemiology; public health and social research; communicable diseases; international health, education and community development projects in 25 countries in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.

Mental Health Research Institute

Schizophrenia; Alzheimer's disease; neurochemistry; neurophysiology; psychopharmacology; genetics; cognitive neuropsychiatry; biostatistics; brain dynamics; cell biology; structural and functional brain imaging.

Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

Neuroendocrinology; molecular endocrinology; reproductive endocrinology; testicular physiology; ovarian physiology; tissue remodelling; menstruation; implantation; cardiovascular disease; endocrine cancers, particularly breast and ovarian cancers; infertility; menstrual disorders; reproductive medicine; menopause; ageing.