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Principal Areas of Research by School and Academic Unit

 

Central Clinical School

Medicine, Alfred Hospital

Contact: Professor Napier Thomson
Tel: +61 3 9903 0640

URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/medicine/alfred/research/

Key words: Organ transplantation; renal disease; respiratory disease; clinical pharmacology; infectious diseases; oncology; rheumatology; dermatology and palliative care.

Immunology

Contact: Associate Professor Jennifer Rolland
Tel: +61 3 9903 0480

URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/path/research/

Key words: Tolerance and autoimmunity-autoimmune gastritis; type 1 diabetes; atherosclerosis; heart disease, immunopathogenesis; molecular mechanisms; transgenic and genetically engineered mice; stem cell engineering, bone marrow transplantation; allergy-asthma; cytokines; allergens; T cell responses; thymus biology-thymus stem cells; thymus regeneration; thymus epithelial cells; surgical and chemical castration; monoclonal antibodies; immunohistology of the thymus; transplantation tolerance; organ transplantation; organ regeneration;  cell biology-cell immortalisation; cell senescence; telomeres; cell division; cancer; secretory pathway and the Golgi.

Lay terms: Autoimmunity; allergy; immunity.

Surgery, Alfred Hospital

Contact: Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld
Tel: +61 3 9903 0190

URL: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/surgery/alfred/research/

Key words: Molecular biology laboratory; cell culture laboratory; tissue culture laboratory; colorectal cancer; colon cancer; chemoprevention of colorectal cancer; evaluation of laparoscopic procedures; obesity; hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery; diseases of the liver and bile ducts; gastric mucosal protection.