Research projects for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students are available within the following School of Pharmacy research areas and research centre.
Please email our academic staff to discuss potential HDR projects and ask if they are available as an advisor for your proposed HDR program.
Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacometrics
Title: Implementing Pharmacogenomics into Community Pharmacy Practice to Personalise the Treatment of Depression
Contact: Associate Professor Chris Freeman
Title: Developing pharmacokinetic models for immunosuppressants in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Improving the use of immunosuppressant agents in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Medication Use, Safety and Health Services Research
Title: The ethics of pharmacogenomic testing in community pharmacy
Contact: Doctor Adam La Caze
Title: Pharmacy ethics and the opioid crisis
Contact: Doctor Adam La Caze
Title: Developing pharmacokinetic models for immunosuppressants in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Improving the use of immunosuppressant agents in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Establishing pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic models for antibiotics used in special paediatric populations
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Queensland Family Cohort (QFC): Characterising medication usage within the perinatal-postnatal family environment
Contact: Dr Meng-Wong Taing
Title: Pharmacy and oral healthcare
Contact: Dr Meng-Wong Taing
Biotherapeutic Delivery and Diagnostic Solutions
Title: Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of targeted drug delivery systems
Contact: Dr Ben Ross
Title: Engineering peptides and proteins as therapeutics
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Improving the delivery characteristics of protein / peptide drugs
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Deciphering the roles of post-translational modifications
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Recombinant, semisynthetic and synthetic vaccines
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Targeted delivery systems for RNAi and DNA delivery
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Enhancing the activity of antimicrobial agents
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Engineering nanostructures and nanomedicines using supercritical fluid technology
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Improving delivery of challenging to formulate bioactives using advanced delivery systems
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Discovery of new drugs from indigenous Australian plants using supercritical fluids
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Design, construction, and development of supercritical fluid technology
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Characterisation of high pressure spray behaviour and bioactive
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Delivery of therapeutics to the posterior eye
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh
Title: Development of bioresponsive drug/gene carrier systems
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh, Dr Karnaker Tupally
Title: Bioresponsive porous silicon-polymer composite nano- and micro-particles for oral protein delivery
Contact: Dr Amirali Popat
Title: Mesoproous silica nanoparticles synthesis and application in drug delivery, diagnosis and therapeutic protein delivery
Contact: Dr Amirali Popat
Title: Inorganic nanoparticles for targeting bacterial biofilms
Contact: Dr Amirali Popat
Pharmaceutical Biology
Title: Calcium homeostasis in cancer: identification and characterisation of novel drug targets
Contact: Professor Greg Monteith and Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson
Title: Identification and characterization of novel ion and drug transporters and the design of novel high throughput screening assays for new pharmaceuticals
Contact: Professor Greg Monteith
Title: Physiological regulation and the role of calcium transporters
Contact: Professor Greg Monteith
Title: Morphine and metastasis
Contact: Associate Professor Marie-Odile Parat
Title: Role of caveolar proteins in glioblastoma
Contact: Associate Professor Marie-Odile Parat
Title: Effect of perioperative pharmacotherapy of cancer patients on tumour Biology
Contact: Associate Professor Marie-Odile Parat, Dr Ben Ross and Professor Nick Shaw
Biomedicinal Discovery and Development
Title: Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel molecules for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Contact: Dr Ben Ross
Title: Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of new drugs for cancer, pain and neurodegenerative diseases
Contact: Dr Ben Ross
UQ Summer and Winter Research Programs
Coordinated by the UQ Student Employability Centre, these programs provide an opportunity for scholars to work with a researcher in a formal research environment in their area of interest.
By participating in a program students will gain valuable academic and professional opportunities, develop analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills, and have an opportunity to cultivate links with industry and academic contacts.
It is also a chance to ‘test drive’ research before embarking on further research studies or higher degree research projects.
Participation is open to undergraduate students and Masters by coursework students.
All students participating in the summer and winter programs will receive a scholarship.
General information on the program, including how to apply, is available from the UQ Student Employability Centre’s program website.
Please see our Summer and Winter Research Program page for a full list of the available programs.