Madeleine Bessen
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Madeleine Bessen is a PhD candidate within the Adelaide Spinal Research Group (ASRG) & Centre for Orthopaedics and Trauma Research (COTR). Her research involves investigating cerebrospinal fluid flow (CSF) and oedema development following traumatic spinal cord injury in a pre-clinical model. This study seeks to identify surrogate markers of injury that may be used to evaluate the efficacy of future treatments.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2023 Scholarship Hans-Jürgen and Marianne Ohff Research Grant The University of Adelaide Australia - 2023 Scholarship Early career scholarship: travel award for Spine Society of Astralia - Australia - 2022 Scholarship Early career scholarship: travel award for Spine Society of Australia - Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Medicine (Surgical Specialties) 2020 - 2021 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health and Medical Science (First Class Honours - Orthopaedics and Trauma) 2015 - 2017 The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2023 Bessen, M., Gayen, C., Quarrington, R., Walls, A., O’Hare Doig, R., Dorrian, R., . . . Jones, C. (2023). Spinal cerebrospinal fluid flow following traumatic spinal cord injury: an investigation using phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging in the pig. Poster session presented at the meeting of Spine Week 2023: Spine Society of Australia 34th Annual Scientific Meeting. Melbourne. 2022 Bessen, M. A., Gayen, C. D., Quarrington, R. D., Walls, A. C., Leonard, A. V., Kurtcuoglu, V., & Jones, C. F. (2022). Characterising spinal cerebrospinal fluid flow in the pig with phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.
Tutor and demonstrator: Human Anatomy and Physiology IA (ANAT SC 1102)
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Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2021 - ongoing Developing and Characterising a Porcine Survival Model of Thoracic Contusion Spinal Cord Injury Annual Scientific Meeting Spine Society of Australia - 2021 - ongoing Developing and Characterising a Porcine Survival Model of Thoracic Contusion Spinal Cord Injury Florey Postgraduate Research Conference Florey Medical Foundation, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide - 2020 - ongoing Developing and Characterising a Porcine Survival Model of Thoracic Contusion Spinal Cord Injury South Australian Annual Scientific Meeting Australian Society for Medical Research -
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