Madeleine Bessen

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.

Tutor and demonstrator: Human Anatomy and Physiology IA (ANAT SC 1102)

  • 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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