Research Supervisor Connect

The role of arts education in predicting students’ academic motivation and engagement

Although increasing demands on the school curriculum have resulted in less time for arts education, there is growing – but incomplete – evidence suggesting potential benefits of the arts in learning and achievement. more...

Supervisor(s):

Martin, Andrew (Associate Professor)

Research Location:

Faculty of Education and Social Work

Program Type:

N/A

Keywords:

Education, Child Psychology, motivation, engagement, achievement, quantitative research methods. evidence-based research motivation, and achievement, cognate areas, boys' education, gifted and talented, academic resilience and academic buoyancy, personal bests, pedagogy, parenting, teacher-student relationships, Aboriginal education. sport, music, and work.

Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre

The Smart Services CRC is a major research collaboration with industry and government. more...

Supervisor(s):

Fry, Michael (Professor)

Research Location:

Information Technologies

Program Type:

Keywords:

user Interfaces, group and organisation interfaces, hypertext/hypermedia, computer-communication networks. mobile services, context awareness, personalisation, user modelling, new media

Improving professional relationships in asthma care

This project will aim to identify, develop and evaluate ways in which health care professionals in the community can improve asthma care through teamwork.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia (Dr)

Research Location:

Discipline of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy

Program Type:

N/A

Keywords:

Asthma, pharmacy, asthma management, teamwork, collaboration, pharmacy services, asthma education, Counselling & patient support, Therapeutics & adverse drug effects, Pharmacology & therapeutics, Professional practice

Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP)

CHAMP is a large epidemiological study of ageing in men, with a particular focus on Alzheimer’s disease, osteoporosis and urinary incontinence.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Cumming , Robert G (Professor)

Research Location:

Concord Hospital, Centre for Education and Research on Ageing

Program Type:

PHD

Keywords:

Alzheimers health, public health, testosterone, Chronic diseases & ageing, Genes in biology & medicine, Health & lifestyle, Public health & social medicine, Alzheimers disease, dementia, urinary incontinence, Ageing, epidemiology, men, Falls, Fractures, Osteoporosis

Medicine use in children with asthma

The project will use a mixed method approach to explore issues around the appropriate use of asthma medicines in children.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Saini, Bandana (Dr), Moles, Rebekah (Dr)

Research Location:

Discipline of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy

Program Type:

Masters/PHD

Keywords:

medicines, children, asthma care, primary care, pharmacy, pharmacists, quality use of medicines, adherence, health beliefs, medication use, Asthma, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, counselling and patient support, therapeutics and adverse drug effects, pharmacology and therapeutics, Respiration

Molecular genetics of complex diseases

Complex genetic disorders involve interactions between genes and the environment which are difficult to unravel with present technology but as the advances in technology and bioinformatics allow a better understanding of what is a gene and how genes respond to the environment, it will become possible to appreciate the relative roles played by genes and the environment in the common illnesses that are found in our community.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Trent, Ron (Professor)

Research Location:

Bosch Institute

Program Type:

Keywords:

motor neuron disease, genetic heart diseases, cardiomyopathy, Gene, complex disease, SNP, Genetic disorders, Genes in biology & medicine

Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Development

This clinical pharmacology research project will be to investigate the contribution of ethnic differences to inter-individual variation in drug response.. more...

Supervisor(s):

McLachlan, Andrew (Professor)

Research Location:

Discipline of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy

Program Type:

N/A

Keywords:

Ethnic differences, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacogenetics, Drug interactions, therapeutics and adverse drug effects, genes in biology and medicine, pharmacology and therapeutics

Data Management for Automated Identification and Classification of Plant Images

This project will apply both image processing and machine learning techniques to build an intelligent plant management system.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Feng, David (Professor), Wang, Zhiyong (Dr)

Research Location:

Information Technologies

Program Type:

Keywords:

Computer Applications, Life and medical sciences, Plant, Image retrieval, Image classification, Object identification, Biology

Role of community pharmacists in sleep health

The project explores the role of pharmacists in managing sleep disorders in the community.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Saini, Bandana (Dr)

Research Location:

Discipline of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy

Program Type:

Masters/PHD

Keywords:

sleep health, sleep disorders, health care, health screening, counselling and patient support, brain and nervous system disorders, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, therapeutics and adverse drug effects, pharmacology and therapeutics, Professional practice

Web based asthma information: Accessibility, use and appropriateness

The project explores internet usage for obtaining information on asthma in target populations.. more...

Supervisor(s):

Saini, Bandana (Dr)

Research Location:

Discipline of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy

Program Type:

Masters/PHD

Keywords:

Asthma, asthma medications, asthma care, asthma resources, exploratory, internet use, e-health, web based technologies, Cardiovascular & respiratory diseases, Counselling & patient support, Health & lifestyle, Professional practice, Respiration