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Explore research projects for 2024 below. Honours, Masters and PhD projects available across life sciences, public health and international development. Find out more about study options.

 

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Supporting menstrual health, product choice and sustainability in Australia

This project will explore experiences of reusable menstrual product use among a broad sample of peop...

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Synthetic cannabis use among street frequenting people in Footscray

Collect data through observations and interviews with participants to help us better understand the ...

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Targeting HIV-infected macrophages to facilitate HIV cure

This project will use our recently developed technologies and approaches to identify targets and epi...

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The impact of highly efficacious treatments on hepatitis C prevalence and incidence in people who inject drugs in Melbourne, 2016–current

This project will involve assessing the impact of direct-acting-antiviral therapies on hepatitis C p...

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Tobacco/nicotine harm reduction among people with a history of illicit drug use

This study aims to better understand the experiences of people who have a history of illicit drug us...

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Understanding immune responses to Mpox infection and vaccination

Honours and PhD top-up scholarships available. This project aims to profile the immune responses to ...

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Understanding the needs of women who inject drugs

This study aims to better understand the gendered context of the lives of women who inject drugs, to...

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Unravelling protein export in malaria parasites

This Honours project will involve engineering parasites that express exported reporter proteins that...

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Using parasite and vector serosurveillance to inform malaria elimination

This project will focus on identification and evaluation of antibody responses to both parasite (mal...

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Vaginal microbiota and HIV susceptibility

Projects are available to determine the direct anti-HIV mechanism of vaginal microbiota metabolites,...

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Weaponising NK cells to treat viral infections

The objectives of this project include identifying the relevant NK subset which is the most potent k...

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When you study at Burnet, you broaden your impact working across our three Institute-wide programs: Disease Elimination; Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness; Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health.

Train with internationally recognised experts in a structured student support system, and gain a holistic research experience along the way.

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