Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Adams, Dr Peter

Feral species, Control and management, Wildlife conservation, Disease status, Impacts, Environmental Health

Barnes, A/Professor Anne

Animal reproduction, thermal and appetite physiology, animal behaviour, endurance horses

Connective tissue biology (bone and cartilage), especially hormonal influences and nitric oxide, Animal models of osteoarthritis and other orthopaedic disorders, Pharmaceutical interventions in osteoarthritis and other orthopaedic disorders, Indices and influences of skeletal development, Causes of small animal development orthopaedic and connective tissue disorders

Chapman, A/Professor Helen

The provision of consultancy services to sheep farmers as well as individual small ruminant and flock medicine

Claus Dr Melissa

Leukoreduction of blood products, febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reactions, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, hemorrhagic shock

Collins, Dr Teresa

Animal welfare, Human animal relationship, Companion animal management, Using behaviour to assess animal welfare, Veterinary education

Cummins, Dr Jim

Fertility and infertility. Evolution and comparative aspects of sperm form and function in mammals. Ethics of reproductive biotechnology. Mitochondrial DNA, its inheritance and role in fertility and infertility

Currie, Dr Andrew

Innate Immunity, Infectious Disease, Newborn immunology, Preterm infants, Toll-like receptors, Tumour Immunology, Vaccine Science

Etherington, Dr Sarah

Synaptic transmission, Synaptic plasticity, Visual cortex, Neuromuscular junction, Patch clamp electrophysiology

Fenwick, Dr Stan

Epidemiology of foodborne and zoonotic diseases, including animal reservoirs of infection and environmental dissemination of pathogens; development of rapid methods for detection and differentiation of zoonotic and foodborne bacterial pathogens, including PCR, molecular probes, ELISA; molecular typing of human and animal pathogens using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; disease control strategies, including vaccine development; HACCP in food-producing industries.

Fleming, Dr Trish

Much of my research focuses on applied ecology, where improving our understanding of the physiology and behaviour of vertebrates has conservation or welfare implications.

Gardner, Dr Graham

The impact of selection for growth, leanness and muscling within the sheep and cattle industries, looking at aspects of carbohydrate and intermediary metabolism, stress sensitivity, and growth and maturity, as well as the metabolic changes that take place in muscle.

Glyde, A/Professor Mark

Main research interests are in fracture and implant biomechanics particularly minimally invasive fracture repair.

Greene, A/Professor Wayne

Oncology, Paediatric cancer, Homeodomain oncoprotein, HOX11, Childhood leukaemia, Vaccine development, Fleas, Gut antigens, DNA vaccination, Flea allergy dermatitis, Flea-bite hypersensitivity

Hampson, Professor David

Veterinary and medical bacteriology, Enteric infections, Molecular epidemiology, Alternatives to antibiotics, Vaccines.

Hosgood, Professor Giselle

Clinical research study design and analysis

Hyndman, Dr Tim

Veterinary Pharmacology, Reptiles, Reptilian Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic Testing for Infectious Diseases

Irwin, A/Professor Peter

Tropical infectious and parasitic diseases of companion animals, particularly babesiosis and ehrlichiosis.

Jacobson, Dr Caroline

Sheep, Parasites, Production

Laurence, Dr Michael

Maternal Productivity in beef cattle, Beef cattle production and health, Ovine keratoconjunctivitis, Post surgical pain mitigation in beef cattle, Welfare and live export

Lymbery, A/Professor Alan

The genetics, ecology and diseases of aquatic organisms.

Miller, A/Professor David

The physiology and environmental control of reproduction, appetite and body weight regulation in domesticated animals, with specific research interests including: 1) inappropriate energy balance and infertility;
2) effects of nutrition on early life programming; 3) endocrine and paracrine regulators of growth and function of cells, tissues and organs.

Mills, Dr Jennifer

Clinical pathology, leukocyte function, immune-mediated disease, flow cytometry. Professional clinical communication, human-animal bond, veterinary-client relationship

Musk, Dr Gabby

Research interests including pain assessment and management in ruminants, respiratory physiology and anaesthetic related complications.

Nicholls, A/Professor Philip

Papillomavirus, Pathology, Aquatic health, Diagnostic pathology

O'Hara, A/Professor Mandy

Anatomic Pathology, veterinary dermatopathology, animal models of human disease, disease surveillance and phenotypic analysis of laboratory animals

Pethick, Professor David

carbohydrate and fat metabolism in sheep, cattle and horses with a special interest in the biochemistry of exercise

Pluske, Professor John

Sympathetic nervous system, Hypertension, Phaeochromocytoma, Catecholamines, Neuroreceptors and transmitters

Richardson, Dr Jennifer

Alternate imaging, particularly diagnostic ultrasound and echocardiography

Richardson, A/Professor Ken

Ecological study of the honey possum to various functional morphological studies particularly of birds and marsupials

Robertson, Professor Ian

Anything epidemiological, and in particular the epidemiology of zoonotic diseases and ecological epidemiology

Ryan, Professor Una

Cryptosporidium, Molecular epidemiology, Neospora, Isospora, Tick-borne, Babesia, Ehrlichia

Secombe Dr Cristy

Equine, non infectious, respiratory disease, mast cell, endocrinology

Shiel Dr Robert

Small animal endocrinology, neurology and genomics

Smart, Dr Lisa

Colloid fluid therapy, shock, coagulation, intra-lipid therapy

Stephens, Dr Nahiid

Anatomic pathology, histology, cetacean health / pathology, marine mammal health / pathology, wildlife pathology, wildlife conservation, neuropathic pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Stumbles, Dr Phil

Cellular immunology, Respiratory tract, Asthma, Influenza

Thompson, Professor Andrew

Variety of parasitic infections with common themes being diseases transmitted between animals and humans and the molecular genetics and epidemiology of parasitic disease.

Warburton, Dr Natalie

Comparative Anatomy, Evolutionary History of Marsupials, Functional vertebrate Morphology, Locomotion, Musculoskeletal Systems, Skull Shape and Masticatory Anatomy

Warren, Dr Kristin

Endangered species recovery initiatives, disease surveillance of free-ranging wildlife populations and community-based conservation

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