Achieving international excellence
Investigations focus on the effect of drugs on respiratory, immune and nervous systems and their role in pain management and disease treatment.
Research topics
- Respiratory pharmacology
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- Novel drug targets in respiratory disease: Peter Henry
- Smoke inhalation injury: Phil Burcham, Peter Henry
- Pharmacology of airway innervation: Lynette Fernandes
- Mitochondria in hyperoxic pulmonary toxicity: David Joyce, Peter Henry, Jay Steer
- Immunopharmacology and macrophage biology
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- Inflammatory cell signalling: David Joyce, Fiona Pixley,
- NFkB signalling and apoptosis: Susan Lo, David Joyce, Jay Steer
- Macrophage motility and tumour metastasis: Fiona Pixley
- Macrophage homeostasis in oxidative stress: David Joyce, Jay Steer
- Modulation of activity by PARs and prostanoids: Peter Henry
- Neuropharmacology and neuropsychiatric genetics
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- Psychopharmacology and addiction: Mathew Martin-Iverson, Vimal Kapoor
- Neuropsychiatric genetics: Sibylle Schwab, Dieter Wildenauer
- Pharmacogenomics: Sibylle Schwab, Dieter Wildenauer
- Neuropharmacology and schizophrenia: Mathew Martin-Iverson, Vimal Kapoor, Ranjna Kapoor
- Toxicology and biotransformation
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- Smoke inhalation injury: Phil Burcham, Peter Henry
- Carbonyl toxicology: Phil Burcham,
- Drug safety in breastfeeding: Ken Ilett
- Clinical toxicology: David Joyce
- Drug design and discovery
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- Computational drug design: Vimal Kapoor
- Bioprospecting: Vimal Kapoor
- Drug targets in ageing and age-related diseases: Ranjna Kapoor, Vimal Kapoor
- Anaesthesiology and pain medicine
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- Pharmacology of anaesthetics and analgesics: Stephan Schug, Thomas Ledowski, Michael Paech
- Perioperative monitoring and outcome: Michael Paech, Thomas Ledowski
- Acute pain management: Stephan Schug, Thomas Ledowski, Michael Paech, Michelle Byrnes
- Chronic pain management: Stephan Schug, Michelle Byrnes
- Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia: Michael Paech
The research profile of the unit continues to be very strong with seven members of staff holding NH&MRC research grants.
School of Medicine and Pharmacology
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