Innovative Therapeutics
Research in innovative therapeutics aims to identify new, economically sustainable therapeutic approaches that can deliver better outcomes for patients and the community.
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From 2001 to 2014, health care expenditure in Australia doubled to $140 billion (9.5% GDP), and has since been increasing at a rate of 7.7% per annum. The various tiers of government fund 68% of these costs, 11.5% of which can be attributed to pharmaceuticals alone.
The development of new and cost-effective therapeutics is critical for sustaining and advancing the delivery of health care to the Australian community. Our research aims to produce novel therapeutic approaches to enhance efficacy and specificity; lower the side effects; provide greater safety; and reduced need for hospitalisation or other health services.
Researchers across the faculty are focused on:
- identifying novel targets for therapy to prevent metastasis and modulate the progression of cancers
- identifying new biomarkers to identify disease, predict disease trajectories and monitor response to treatment
- developing tissue regeneration technologies to address tissue injuries and disease
- developing cost-effective in vitro models to replace animal models for testing therapeutic efficacy
- developing rigorous clinical evaluation approaches of novel combinations of existing therapeutic agents, including development of novel modes of delivery.
Our research centres and institutes working in this area
- Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories (Professor Wayne Tilley)
- Freemasons Centre for Male Health & Wellbeing (Professor Gary Wittert)
- Robinson Research Institute (Professor Sarah Robertson)
Our research groups working in this area
- Aquaporin Physiology and Drug Discovery (Professor Andrea Yool)
- Breast Cancer Research Unit (Professor Andreas Evdokiou)
- Genome Editing Laboratory (Professor Paul Thomas)
- Hopwood Centre for Neurobiology (Professor Christopher Proud)
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group (Professor Stan Gronthos)
- Myeloma Research Laboratory (Professor Andrew Zannettino)
- Neuroimmunopharmacology Laboratory (Professor Mark Hutchinson)
- Northern Area Local Health Network Clinical Research (Professor Mark Boyd)
- Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Group (Professor Peter-John Wormald)
- Ovarian and Reproductive Cancer Cell Biology (Professor Darryl Russell)
- Prostate Cancer Research Group (Professor Lisa Butler)
- Psychosis Research Group (Professor Cherrie Galletly)
- Reproductive Cancer Group (Dr Carmela Ricciardelli)
- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory (Associate Professor Renee Turner)
- Translational Vascular Function Research Collaborative (Professor John Beltrame)
Lead researchers
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Interested in a postgraduate research degree?
We offer exciting opportunities for researchers at the honours, masters and PhD levels. Our research degrees are open to students from a broad range of backgrounds, and range from basic sciences to clinical research. If you are interested in human health, consider furthering your research career with us.