Participants sought: How does epilepsy affect control of blood pressure?

How does Vagal Nerve Stimulation reduce epileptic seizures?

The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute is seeking participants for a research study to compare how epilepsy affects the control of blood pressure. We want to find out how Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS), an effective treatment for drug- resistant epilepsy, works to reduce seizures and to reduce the elevated cardiovascular risk associated with epilepsy.

Who can participate? 

Congratulations to our eight RTP scholarship recipients!

L-R: (top) Crystal Li, Jack Edwards, Ella Rowsthorn, Tamsin Hilliard;
(bottom) Ishith Seth, Aaron Jurriens, Catherine Ives, Mikaela Patros

Professors Nicola Harris and Nigel Jones are Central Clinical School's graduate research student coordinators. They report on the great success in the latest domestic scholarship round, with the following eight students receiving Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarships: 

• Crystal Li* from the Department of Neuroscience, supervised by Prof Richelle Mychasiuk and Prof Luke Henderson, who will study Mechanisms of chronic pain: Contributions from the cerebellum
• Jack Edwards*, Department of Immunology and Pathology, supervised by A/Prof Sashendra Senthi, A/Prof Menno van Zelm, thesis title: Immunophenotyping for biomarker discovery during cancer therapy