Focus Areas

The aim of the WA TMS Network is to build a research network of clinicians and service providers to create and undertake research in a collaborative environment to improve the care and wellbeing of West Australians. The WA TMS Network...

Our Stroke Research Group is led by Clinical Professor Neville Knuckey and Adjunct Professor Bruno Meloni. The group’s core focus is to develop neuroprotective treatments to minimise brain damage after a stroke, and other neurological disorders causing brain injury.

The objective of our Spinal Cord Repair Laboratory led by Dr Stuart Hodgetts is developing clinically relevant strategies for the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). The most common causes of SCI are accidents involving motor vehicle occupants and unprotected...

Led by Clinical Professor Soumya Ghosh and Professor Frank Mastaglia AM our Restorative Neurology Group’s research is multidisciplinary and uses state-of-the-art methodologies, including balance assessment and therapy, pulmonary function and therapy and non-invasive brain stimulation.

The Restorative Neurology group uses non-invasive brain stimulation to study the pathophysiology of cerebral dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS).

The focus of Professor Samar Aoun and her group is on a public health approach to palliative care, one that views the community as an equal partner in the long and complex task of providing quality health care at the...

Our Precision Nucleic Acid Therapeutics (PNAT) research is focused on developing novel nucleic acids therapeutic and diagnostic ​technologies. 

Our TBI Neurotrauma Research Group is led by Professor Melinda (Lindy) Fitzgerald whose previous contributions include identifying the cells that are particularly vulnerable to oxidative damage that occurs as degeneration spreads following injury to the central nervous system.

Research Focus Our Myositis Research Group, led by Professor Merrilee Needham, has a longstanding dedication to the investigation of clinical, genetic and immunological aspects of the inflammatory myopathies, with a focus on Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM), the most common muscle...

The Motor Neurone Disease Genetics and Therapeutics Research Group, led by Professor Anthony Akkari, aims to identify genetic mechanisms and mutations in neurological conditions, particularly motor neurone diseases. Our focus is to translate this research into developing personalised treatments.

The Molecular Therapies Research Group is led by Professor Steve Wilton AO and Dr May Aung-Htut and is located at the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMIT) at Murdoch University (a joint venture with the Perron Institute). 

Research Focus People with epilepsy often live with other conditions such as depression, memory or sleep problems, headaches, learning or behavioural problems. Treatments may interfere with the management of co-existing conditions, particularly the management of epilepsy in pregnancy. Many antiepileptic...