Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health SciencesResearch Domains

Research within our clinical sciences and health practice domain is aimed at providing the highest standards of clinical practice, be they in medicine, nursing, social work, psychiatry, dentistry, behavioural science, surgery, general practice and primary care, or physiotherapy. Researchers in this domain are involved in translating cutting-edge basic research from other research domains and in other spheres worldwide to directly benefit patients who suffer physical or mental illness. Our researchers also conduct clinical trials of new pharmaceuticals according to the highest ethical and scientific standards.

This totality of research spans an extraordinary range of diverse disciplines from anaesthesiology, through bone and joint research, critical care, dermatology, gastroenterology, hepatology, haematology, international health, medical imaging, mental health, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, pathology, tissue regeneration, respiratory medicine, sports science, transplantation and urology/nephrology and so overlaps with many of the other research domains.

Examples of recent work which represent major topics of national concern are youth mental health and substance abuse, aboriginal and child health. Important publications in high impact journals have emerged recently from researchers within this domain. A large critical mass of researchers covering so much territory in the clinical area means that domain-based physician researchers speak with authority on issues of ethics and on the profession and its place in society.