Monash institutes of research

The following section outlines major research areas in centres of the Monash Institute of Medical Research and the Monash Institute of Health Services Research.

Monash Institute of Medical Research

For details visit www.monashinstitute.org/research-centres.html

Centre for Reproduction and Development

Reproduction

Assisted reproduction; andrology; impotence; infertility; fertility; fertilisation; embryogenesis; male contraception; autoimmunity.

IVF

Gene expression in early embryos; cloning; reprogramming; activin and follistatin function.

Genetics of male infertility

Testis biology; germ cell transplantation; epididymal function; fertilization; immunocontraception; inflammation biology, stem cell isolation and characterization; cell-based therapies, transgene, Gene knockout; developmental biology.

Contact details

Professor Michael Holland: email: michael.holland@med.monash.edu.au

Centre for Urological Research

Prostate; androgens; testosterone; oestrogen; prostate development; prostate disease; stem cells; benign prostatic hyperplasia; BPH; urinary tract disease.

Contact details

Professor Gail Risbridger: email: gail.risbridger@med.monash.edu.au

Centre for Functional Genomics and Human Disease

Genetics; genetics of human disease; functional genomics; cancer; cell death; apoptosis; brain cell death; stroke; toxic shock; sepsis; Down's syndrome; Alzheimer’s disease; SOCS1; inflammation tumour immunity; cytokine signalling; transcription factors; inflammatory diseases; molecular biology.

Contact details

Professor Paul Herzog: email: paul.herzog@med.monash.edu.au

The Ritchie Centre for Baby Health Research

Premature babies; baby health; sleep studies; sleep disordered breathing; sleep apnoea; Melbourne Children’s Sleep unit; foetal physiology; neonatal physiology; neonatal intensive care; sleep physiology; neonatal physiology; neonatal intensive care; sleep physiology and medicine; Monash Medical Centre Neonatal Unit; Neonatal neurological outcomes; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); lung growth and development.

Contact details

Contact: Dr Rosemary Horne: email: rosemary.horne@med.monash.edu.au

Centre for Cancer Research

Protein kinase R (PKR; Wilms Tumor (neuroblastoma); RNA interference; Short interfering RNA; Innate immunity; bladder cancer; diabetes and cancer; prostate cancer lymph node metastatsis.

Contact details

Professor Bryan Williams: email: bryan.williams@med.monash.edu.au

Centre for Inflammatory Disease

Rheumatoid arthritis; macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF); inflammatory signal transduction; Lupus; Leukocyte trafficking; Leukocyte-endothelial interactions; glomerulonephritis (kidney disease); glomerular injury; innate immunity; Hepatitis; Spesis; Cystic fibrosis; asthma; coagulation and inflammation; PAR-2 interactions, PAR-2 signalling; atherosclerosis; autoimmunity; type 1 Diabetes.

Contact details

Professor Stephen Holdsworth: email: stephen.holdsworth@med.monash.edu.au

Centre for Women’s Health Research

Endometriosis; vascular biology; angiogenesis; vascular maturation; endometrial angiogenesis; endometrial cancer stem cells; endometrial epithelial and mesenchymal stem cells; miscarriage; in utero infection; endogenous opiods; amnion stem cells; intra-uterine infection; uterine fibroids.

Contact details

Professor Peter Rogers: email: peter.rogers@med.monash.edu.au

Monash Institute of Health Services Research

Major research areas fall within the following areas (designated by research centre within the Monash Institute of Health Services Research).

Australasian Cochrane Centre

Evaluation of practice change and outcomes of care; evidence use in systematic review; uptake of systematic review.

Centre for Clinical Effectiveness

Implementation of models of care to promote use of best evidence in various clinical settings; analysis of data and systems of care in relation to quality and safety of care; patient flow modelling using computer simulation models.

Monash Ageing Research Centre

Determinants of healthy aging; applied research in pain management in the elderly; interdisciplinary research in the elderly; dementia care; attitudes to ageing and the aged; movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease; interventions for health ageing; chronic illness and ageing.

Jean Hailes Foundation Research Centre

Options for dealing with hormonal changes in midlife women; hormones and the cardiovascular system; healthy aging and health services research: women and health professionals; sociological perspectives on health; clinical trials on prevention of disease: obesity, PCOS, diabetes, CVD.

Centre for Gender and Medicine

Gender and the clinical workforce; gender and cultural competence; gender competence in undergraduate and post-graduate curriculum.

Contact details

Professor Donald Campbell: telephone: +61 3 9594 7503; email: donald.campbell@med.monash.edu.au or visit www.mihsr.monash.org/

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