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Faculty of Health Science Research

The University of Adelaide Australia

Health Sciences School Structure & Research Areas

The six 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.

School of Dentistry School of Medical Sciences School of
Medicine
School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health School of Population Health & Clinical Practice School of Psychology

Biology of oral disease

Craniofacial morphology, growth and function

Oral epidemiology & dental health services research

Discipline of Anatomical Sciences Discipline of Medicine Discipline of Paediatrics Discipline of General Practice

Health, Disability and Lifespan Development Unit

Social and Organisational Unit

The Brain and Cognition Unit

Physical anthropology & comparative anatomy

Comparative reproductive biology of mammals

Neurobiology

Ageing and Men's Health

Nutritional Metabolism & Gastrointestinal Medicine

Osteoporosis & Vitamin D

Cardiovascular research

Child & adolescent mental health

Diabetes & obesity in children

Paediatric respiration & sleep medicine

Primary care respiratory research

Cardiovascular health in the community

Mental Health

Rural health and workforce

Discipline of Pathology Discipline of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Discipline of Public Health

Pathogenic bone loss

Extracellular matrix and growth factors

Brain injury in cerebrovascular, degenerative and traumatic disease

Hypothermia Trial

Alfine (alfentanil/ morphine) Trial

Early Life Programming of Health & Disease;

Maternal Perinatal Clinical Trials Unit;

Reproductive Medicine

Women's and children's health;

Health services & health systems research;

Environmental health (communicable diseases & occupational health)

Discipline of Pharmacology Discipline of Orthopaedics & Trauma Discipline of Rural Health

Pain and analgesia

Drugs of abuse and dependence

Clinical pharmacokinetics & drug development

Pharmacogenetics

Basic biology of bone and bone cancer

Joint replacement, orthopaedic implants & skeletal imaging

Spinal Disorders

Biomaterials

Excellence in population health research & research education

Realise on the potential of newly created centres and collaborations

Discipline of Psychiatry Discipline of Nursing

Psychology of Health & Health Care

Suicide and Depression

Medical and Health Professional Education

Ageing (Service delivery in long term care)

Service delivery in acute care and aged care specialisation

Health Service improvement

Discipline of Surgery Medicine Learning & Teaching Unit

Gastro oesophageal reflux disease

Sentinel lymph node surgery in breast cancer & melanoma treatment

Health technology assessment in surgery

Student learning in the context of an integrated PBL curriculum

Clinical teaching, curriculum design and implementation, evaluation & assessment

Discipline of Ophthalmology & Visual Science Centre for Military & Veterans Health

Blindness prevention research

Retina Cell Biology and neuroprotection

Diabetic eye disease

Macular degeneration

Long term effects of lead exposure on cognitive ability

Mental health outcomes of deployed personnel

Posttraumatic stress disorder

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.