Research

Our members across the University and partner institutions are involved in or seeking collaborators for a wide range of projects, for example:

  • Contemplative Studies Centre

    Contemplative Studies Centre Projects: SIG member Dr Julieta Galante

  • Department of General Practice & Primary Care

    Led by Dr Rachel Canaway (Added May 2025)

    Student projects include:

    • Perspectives of overseas-trained GPs on Traditional and Complementary Medicine in Australia
    • GP perspectives on appetite for greater utilisation of the traditional & complementary medicine workforce
    • Treatment of infectious disease using non-mainstream approaches: narrative review
    • Factors Influencing the Use of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine for Management of Chronic Pain by Ethnic Communities Globally
  • Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

    Dr Nupur Nag  is seeking collaborators to join forces to secure funding for the following projects:

    • Impact of lifestyle on long-term health outcomes in people living with neurological disorders.
    • Precision health app to aid mental health self-management
    • Lifestyle modification for mental health management among university students.
    • Personal, societal, and structural barriers and facilitators for implementing and adhering to health-promoting lifestyle.

    Seeking collaborators with expertise in biostatistics, translational science, clinical practice, or lived experience. Please contact nnag@unimelb.edu.au.

  • School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences

    Ahmet Beyatli is seeking a collaborator to join forces to secure funding for the following project: Ethnobotanical Database for Integrative Healthcare in Turkey and Iraq

    Seeking collaborators with expertise in Digital ethnobotany platforms (experience with tools like MySQL, Django, or custom solutions for cultural heritage) and User interface (UI) development to ensure accessibility for diverse groups (researchers, communities, healthcare practitioners).

    • This project requires funding for both field research (plant collection, ethnobotanical surveys, and community engagement in Turkey and Iraq) and digital infrastructure development (database design, cloud hosting, user interface development, and long-term data maintenance).

    (Added May 2025)