Research Projects
Lower Herbert Fine Scale Monitoring
Aaron Davis
04 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
Fine scale monitoring program for water quality, developed in co-design with sugar industry
Lower Herbert Fine Scale Monitoring
Aaron Davis
04 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
Fine scale monitoring program for water quality, developed in co-design with sugar industry
Artificial intelligence-guided detection of tumour peptides for immunotherapy against therap y-resistant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC)
Ulf Schmitz
01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
North Queensland has the highest incidence of CSCC worldwide, which has a huge impact on the local population. With a high tumour mutational burden, CSCC is responsive to immunotherapy, however therapy-resistant CSCC presents a significant challenge. This project aims to detect and select tumour-specific peptides for immunotherapy in patients with therapy-resistant CSCC. The focus on tumour-specific peptides aims to ensure that these peptides are unique to tumour cells, thereby minimising the risk of triggering autoimmunity in treated patients. This innovative approach seeks to enhance the precision and safety of immunotherapies by targeting tumour-specific antigens.
Reimaging Caring
Tanya Park
01 Jul 2022 - 31 Jul 2024
Caring in nursing. Caring is a fundamental concept in healthcare and thus deeply ingrained in the thoughts and actions of nurses. However, caring within modern health systems is fraught with challenges. The complex clinical environment is fast paced and demanding, and caregivers must balance completing tasks amidst time pressures and heavy workloads while attempting to keep up with practice changes such as new skills, treatments, and technologies. This project looks at the complexity of nursing care for people with both mental and terminal illness and what innovative care models could be developed.
The project aim is to create a collective narrative of care and caring. This objective will include a variety of activities that culminate in a collective narrative - a co-developed story of care and caring.
The COACT Project: A Buddy Program of Community Outreach, Adaptation, Connection and Together for CALD Youth
Hyacinth Udah
01 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
The COACT (Community Outreach, Adaptation, Connection and Together) project aims to support CALD youth (12-25 years) to integrate into multicultural Townsville through an innovative two-year CO-ACTion buddy program. Buddies, matched based on the duration of living in Australia (less vs more than 5 years) with 100 CALD youth in each group, will participate in: 1) an 8-week mental wellbeing and resilience program (first year); 2) monthly CALD community activities (first and second years); and 3) outreach to connect with broader communities (second year). This project will support the participants to achieve successful adaptation through community outreach, connection and growing together.
Artificial intelligence-guided detection of tumour peptides for immunotherapy against therap y-resistant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC)
Ludwig Lopata
01 Jan 2025 - 30 Dec 2026
North Queensland has the highest incidence of CSCC worldwide, which has a huge impact on the local population. With a high tumour mutational burden, CSCC is responsive to immunotherapy, however therapy-resistant CSCC presents a significant challenge. This project aims to detect and select tumour-specific peptides for immunotherapy in patients with therapy-resistant CSCC. The focus on tumour-specific peptides aims to ensure that these peptides are unique to tumour cells, thereby minimising the risk of triggering autoimmunity in treated patients. This innovative approach seeks to enhance the precision and safety of immunotherapies by targeting tumour-specific antigens.
How magnetic resonance impacts on immune regulatory factor secretion from brain tumour cells during radiotherapy
Ludwig Lopata
01 Aug 2024 - 30 Jul 2026
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To investigate how magnetic resonance impacts on brain tumour cell growth and immune regulatory factor secretion from brain tumour cells during radiotherapy 2. To identify and quantify specific immune regulatory factors which are observed during irradiation within a magnetic field.
CALD Youth Soccer Program for a Safer Townsville
Hyacinth Udah
01 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2025
Project seeks to support CALD youth and promote safer Townsville
Strengthening Resilience Against Racism and Islamophobia for Safer Rural/Regional Townsville Communities
Hyacinth Udah
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
Seeks to support young people of CALD background, improving their resilience against racism and Islamophobia
Learn and Speak Out (LASO): Celebrating Mental Health Week for Townsville CALD Communities
Hyacinth Udah
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
A small project to support CALD Communities