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Research Secretariat
Level 2, Plaza Building
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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Health Sciences School Structure & Research Areas

The seven Schools in the Faculty are each heavily committed to research in many aspects of the particular discipline. The main areas of research focus are listed in the following table.

For further information follow the hyperlinks to the individual Schools and Disciplines.If you cannot find your specific area of research interest you might like to browse the Research Keyword Search or contact us for assistance.

 

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Biology of oral disease

Craniofacial morphology, growth and function

Oral epidemiology & dental health services research

  • Physical anthropology & comparative anatomy
  • Comparative reproductive biology of mammals
  • Neurobiology
  • Pathogenic bone loss
  • Extracellular matrix and growth factors
  • Brain injury in cerebrovascular, degenerative and traumatic disease
  • Pain and analgesia
  • Drugs of abuse and dependence
  • Clinical pharmacokinetics & drug development
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Neurophysiology
  • Nutrition & Exercise
  • Bone Health
  • Gastrointestinal Health
  • Ageing and Men's Health
  • Nutritional Metabolism & Gastrointestinal Medicine
  • Osteoporosis & Vitamin D
  • Cardiovascular research
  • Hypothermia Trial
  • Alfine (alfentanil/ morphine) Trial
  • Basic biology of bone and bone cancer
  • Joint replacement, orthopaedic implants & skeletal imaging
  • Spinal Disorders
  • Biomaterials
  • Psychology of Health & Health Care
  • Suicide and Depression
  • Medical and Health
  • Professional Education
  • Gastro oesophageal reflux disease
  • Sentinel lymph node surgery in breast cancer & melanoma treatment
  • Health technology assessment in surgery
  • Blindness prevention research
  • Retina Cell Biology and neuroprotection
  • Diabetic eye disease
  • Macular degeneration
  • Child & adolescent mental health
  • Diabetes & obesity in children
  • Paediatric respiration & sleep medicine
  • Early Life Programming of Health & Disease
  • Maternal Perinatal Clinical Trials Unit
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Primary care respiratory research
  • Cardiovascular health in the community
  • Mental Health
  • Rural health and workforce
  • Women's and children's health
  • Health services & health systems research
  • Environmental health (communicable diseases & occupational health)
  • Excellence in population health research & research education
  • Realise on the potential of newly created centres and collaborations
  • Student learning in the context of an integrated PBL curriculum
  • Clinical teaching, curriculum design and implementation, evaluation & assessment
  • Long term effects of lead exposure on cognitive ability
  • Mental health outcomes of deployed personnel
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder

Health, Disability and Lifespan Development Unit

Social and Organisational Unit

The Brain and Cognition Unit

Assessment of economic structure and Cost Benefit analysis

Environmental and natural resource economics

International resources trade and development

Issues impacting upon investment and job creation

Project and policy evaluation and econometrics

Research is also undertaken jointly between Disciplines in the Faculty and teaching hospitals, including the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Women's and Children's Hospital, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Modbury Hospital and a number of other hospitals affiliated with the Schools. There are also strong links with the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Sciences and the Hanson Institute, and the CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition.