Research

Research in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy is both diverse and dynamic.

Many of the school research staff are listed below along with their major research interests:

Name
Research Interests 

Leonie Ashman

  • Protein Tyrosine Kinases in Cancer
  • Tetraspanin Proteins

Katie Ashton

  • Molecular mechanisms of UV-light induced skin cancers
  • Genetic variation and endometrial cancer risk

Gough Au

  • Virology and Oncolytic Virotherapy

Caroline Blackwell

  • Susceptibility to Infections

Philip Bolton 

  • Integration of Somatosensory Signals

Nikola Bowden

  • Gene Expression Profiling of Complex Diseases

Alan Brichta

  • Vestibular System Neurobiology

Bob Callister

  • Sensory Synaptic Transmission

Robin Callister 

  • Exercise & Sport Physiology

Murray Cairns

  • Schizophrenia Biology
  • Gene Regulation

Robert Clancy

  • Oral Vaccines & Mucosal Infections
  • Pathogenesis of Enbodronchitis

Christopher Dayas

  • Addiction

Trevor Day 

  • Neurobiology of Stress, Anxiety & Depression

Phil Dickson

  • Catecholamines & Parkinson's Disease

Peter Dunkley

  • Protein Phosphorylation

Paul Foster 

  • Chronic Respiratory Diseases
  • Asthma and COPD

Manohar Garg 

  • Fats, Oils & Oxidative Stress
  • Nutraceuticals

Maree Gleeson

  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • Immunity: Diet and Physical Activity

Brett Graham 

  • Spinal Processing of Pain Signals
  • CNS Neuronal Excitability

Nicole Hansbro 

  • Respiratory Viral Infections & Asthma

Phil Hansbro

  • Microbial Infections & Asthma

Jon Hirst 

  • Neuroactive Steroids & Brain Injury

Hubert Hondermarck

  • Cancer Biology and Biochemistry

Susan Hua

  • Targeted Drug Delivery - Nanomedicine
  • Inflammatory Disorders

Phil Jobling

  • Autonomic Nerve Control of Internal Organs

Keith Jones

  • Meiosis in Mammalian Females

Simon Keely

  • Gastrointestinal disease & infection
  • Mucosal inflammation
  • Tissue hypoxia

Karen Kerr 

  • Urogenital Pharmacology
  • Iron & Heart Function

Kyu-Tae Kim

  • Cancer Biology & Leukaemia

Darryl Knight

  • Cell differentiation in chronic respiratory diseases
  • Mechanisms of repair in the lung

Derek Laver 

  • Ion Channel Biophysics

Shu Chuen Li 

  • Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
  • Clinical Pharmacy & Quality Use of Medicines

Roger Liang

  • Drug delivery
  • Novel Biomaterials

Rebecca Lim 

  • The Vestibular System

Lisa Lincz

  • Genetic Susceptibility to Malignancy & Disease

Eugenie Lumbers

  • Prorenin/Renin Receptor Angiotensin System in Remale Reproduction

Liz Milward

  • Ageing-Related and Iron-Related Disorders
  • Epidemiology of Human Cognition & Movement Disorders

Eugene Nalivaiko 

  • Cardiovascular & Respiratory Control
  • Psychological Stress and the Heart

Hannah Palliser

  • IUGR, Stress and Preterm Birth
  • Neuroactive Steroids and Neonatal Brain Injury

Kirsty Pringle

  • Renin Angiotensin During Pregnancy

Rohan Rasiah

  • Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics & Drug Metabolism 

Severine Roselli

  • Tetraspanin Proteins

John Rostas

  • Protein Phosphorlyation
  • Pathology in Stroke & Tissue Ischaemia

Jenny Schneider 

  • Pharmaceutical Analysis & Pharmaceutics
  • Palliative Care
  • Pharmacokinetics/Toxicology/Toxinology

Rodney Scott

  • Genetic Variation & Disease

Darren Shafren 

  • Virology and Oncolytic Virotherapy

Kathryn Skelding

  • Control of cell cycle progression by protein phosphorylation
  • Cell death and survival mechanisms following stroke and ischaemia

Doug Smith 

  • Neurobiology of Ageing

Estelle Sontag

  • Protein phosphatase 2A and Alzheimer's Disease

Jean-Marie Sontag

  • Protein phosphatase 2A and Cell Signaling

Neil Spratt 

  • Stroke Research

Bente Talseth-Palmer

  • Genetic Variation and Malignancy

Pradeep Tanwar

  • Organogenesis and Oncogenesis of Reproductive Tract

Rick Thorne

  • Cancer Research

Paul Tooney

  • Schizophrenia Neurobiology & Genetics

Dirk van Helden 

  • Intracellular Pacemakers & Rhythms

Nikki Verrills

  • Protein Phosphatase 2A in Cancer
  • Chemotherapy Resistance

Rohan Walker

  • Neurobiology of Stress

Saxon White

  • Neurobiology of Bronchial & Coronary Circulation 

Lisa Wood

  • Nutritional approaches to managing inflammation in respiratory disease

Xu Dong Zhang

  • Cancer cell signal transduction
  • Programmed cell death

 

 

The School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy has a commitment to Safe Work Practices, especially with the use of the large range of Research Facilities available for teaching and research purposes.