Rebecca Hood

Dr Rebecca Hood

NHMRC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Year Citation
2025 Stuckey, S. M., Hood, R. J., Ong, L. K., Bilecki, I. M., Collins-Praino, L. E., & Turner, R. J. (2025). Unravelling the nexus of stroke and dementia: Deciphering the role of secondary neurodegeneration in orchestrating cognitive decline. Neuroprotection, 3(1), 5-28.
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2025 Litman, M., Azarpeykan, S., Hood, R. J., Martin, K., Pepperall, D., Omileke, D., . . . Beard, D. J. (2025). Shear Stress Targeted Delivery of Nitroglycerin to Brain Collaterals Improves Ischaemic Stroke Outcome. Advanced Science, 12(40), e06276.
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2024 Woods, A. G., Lillicrap, T., Hood, R., Fletcher, J. W., Ranhage, V., Larsson, E., . . . Spratt, N. J. (2024). Blood Pressure Variability Is Associated with Infarct Growth in Acute Ischaemic Stroke. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 53(4), 449-456.
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2024 Sorby-Adams, A. J., Marian, O. C., Bilecki, I. M., Elms, L. E., Yassi, N., Hood, R. J., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). NK1 tachykinin receptor antagonist treatment reduces cerebral edema and intracranial pressure in an ovine model of ischemic stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 44(10), 1759-1773.
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2024 Warren, K. E., Hood, R. J., Walker, F. R., & Spratt, N. J. (2024). Intracranial pressure is elevated at 24 h post-stroke in mice. Neuroprotection, 2(1), 60-64.
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2023 Hood, R. J., Beard, D. J., McLeod, D. D., Murtha, L. A., & Spratt, N. J. (2023). Intracranial pressure elevation post-stroke: Mechanisms and consequences. FRONTIERS IN STROKE, 2, 10 pages.
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2023 Warren, K. E., Coupland, K. G., Hood, R. J., Kang, L., Walker, F. R., & Spratt, N. J. (2023). Movement of cerebrospinal fluid tracer into brain parenchyma and outflow to nasal mucosa is reduced at 24 h but not 2 weeks post-stroke in mice. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 20(1), 11 pages.
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2023 Hood, R., Sanchez-Bezanilla, S., Beard, D., Rust, R., Turner, R., Stuckey, S., . . . Ong, L. K. (2023). Leakage beyond the primary infarction: A temporal analysis of cerebrovascular dysregulation at sites of hippocampal secondary neurodegeneration following cortical photothrombotic stroke.
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2023 Paul, M., Paul, J. W., Hinwood, M., Hood, R. J., Martin, K., Abdolhoseini, M., . . . Walker, F. R. (2023). Clopidogrel Administration Impairs Post-Stroke Learning and Memory Recovery in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(14), 11706.
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2023 Kuhne, C., Kecelioglu, E. D., Maltby, S., Hood, R. J., Knott, B., Ditton, E., . . . Kluge, M. G. (2023). Direct comparison of virtual reality and 2D delivery on sense of presence, emotional and physiological outcome measures. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 4, 15 pages.
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2023 Hood, R. J., Sanchez‐Bezanilla, S., Beard, D. J., Rust, R., Turner, R. J., Stuckey, S. M., . . . Ong, L. K. (2023). Leakage beyond the primary lesion: A temporal analysis of cerebrovascular dysregulation at sites of hippocampal secondary neurodegeneration following cortical photothrombotic stroke. Journal of Neurochemistry, 167(6), 733-752.
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2022 Ryan, A., Paul, C. L., Cox, M., Whalen, O., Bivard, A., Attia, J., . . . Levi, C. R. (2022). TACTICS - Trial of Advanced CT Imaging and Combined Education Support for Drip and Ship: evaluating the effectiveness of an 'implementation intervention' in providing better patient access to reperfusion therapies: protocol for a non-randomised controlled stepped wedge cluster trial in acute stroke. BMJ open, 12(2), e055461.
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2022 Sanchez-Bezanilla, S., Beard, D. J., Hood, R. J., Åberg, N. D., Crock, P., Walker, F. R., . . . Ong, L. K. (2022). Growth Hormone Increases BDNF and mTOR Expression in Specific Brain Regions after Photothrombotic Stroke in Mice. Neural Plasticity, 2022, 9983042.
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2021 Sanchez-Bezanilla, S., Hood, R. J., Collins-Praino, L. E., Turner, R. J., Walker, F. R., Nilsson, M., & Ong, L. K. (2021). More than motor impairment: A spatiotemporal analysis of cognitive impairment and associated neuropathological changes following cortical photothrombotic stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 14(9), 2439-2455.
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2021 Zalewska, K., Hood, R. J., Pietrogrande, G., Sanchez-Bezanilla, S., Ong, L. K., Johnson, S. J., . . . Walker, F. R. (2021). Corticosterone administration alters white matter tract structure and reduces gliosis in the sub-acute phase of experimental stroke. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(13), 15 pages.
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2021 Bothwell, S. W., Omileke, D., Hood, R. J., Pepperall, D. G., Azarpeykan, S., Patabendige, A., & Spratt, N. J. (2021). Altered Cerebrospinal Fluid Clearance and Increased Intracranial Pressure in Rats 18 h After Experimental Cortical Ischaemia. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 14, 12 pages.
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2021 Hood, R. J., Maltby, S., Keynes, A., Kluge, M. G., Nalivaiko, E., Ryan, A., . . . Walker, F. R. (2021). Development and Pilot Implementation of TACTICS VR: A Virtual Reality-Based Stroke Management Workflow Training Application and Training Framework. Frontiers in Neurology, 12, 12 pages.
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2021 Zhao, Z., Hood, R. J., Ong, L. K., Pietrogrande, G., Sanchez Bezanilla, S., Warren, K. E., . . . Walker, F. R. (2021). Exploring How Low Oxygen Post Conditioning Improves Stroke-Induced Cognitive Impairment: A Consideration of Amyloid-Beta Loading and Other Mechanisms. Frontiers in Neurology, 12, 14 pages.
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2019 Patabendige, A., MacKovski, N., Pepperall, D., Hood, R., & Spratt, N. (2019). Correction to: A26 Cerebrospinal fluid outflow resistance is increased following small-moderate ischaemic stroke (Fluids and Barriers of the CNS (2019) 16:Supplement 1 DOI: 10.1186/s12987-019-0135-8). Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 16(1), 2 pages.
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2018 Tan, K. N., Hood, R., Warren, K., Pepperall, D., Carrasco-Pozo, C., Manzanero, S., . . . Spratt, N. J. (2018). Heptanoate is neuroprotective in vitro but triheptanoin post-treatment did not protect against middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 683, 207-214.
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2016 Tomkins, A. J., Hood, R. J., Pepperall, D., Null, C. L., Levi, C. R., & Spratt, N. J. (2016). Thrombolytic recanalization of carotid arteries is highly dependent on degree of stenosis, despite sonothrombolysis. Journal of the American Heart Association, 5(2), 1-5.
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2015 Mcleod, D. D., Parsons, M. W., Hood, R., Hiles, B., Allen, J., Mccann, S. K., . . . Spratt, N. J. (2015). Perfusion computed tomography thresholds defining ischemic penumbra and infarct core: Studies in a rat stroke model. International Journal of Stroke, 10(4), 553-559.
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2015 Tomkins, A. J., Hood, R. J., Levi, C. R., & Spratt, N. J. (2015). Tissue Plasminogen Activator for preclinical stroke research: Neither "rat" nor "human" dose mimics clinical recanalization in a carotid occlusion model. Scientific Reports, 5(1), 6 pages.
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2015 Beard, D. J., Logan, C. L., McLeod, D. D., Hood, R. J., Pepperall, D., Murtha, L. A., & Spratt, N. J. (2015). Ischemic penumbra as a trigger for intracranial pressure rise-A potential cause for collateral failure and infarct progression?. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 36(5), 917-927.
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- Hair, K., Sena, E. S., Wilson, E., Currie, G., Macleod, M., Bahor, Z., . . . Drury, B. (2021). Building a Systematic Online Living Evidence Summary of COVID-19 Research. Journal of EAHIL, 17(2), 21-26.
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Year Citation
2022 Ong, L. K., Ilicic, M., Hood, R., Warren, K., & Coupland, K. (2022). Targeting adult neurogenesis for brain recovery after stroke: The next frontier in stroke medicine. In S. Raza (Ed.), Regenerative Therapies in Ischemic Stroke Recovery (pp. 1-30). Springer Nature.
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Year Citation
2025 Stuckey, S., Collins-praino, L., Costigan-dwyer, R., Bilecki, I., Homes-vickers, M., Poyzer, A., . . . Turner, R. (2025). Chronic Neuroinflammation and Functional Decline: Decoding Secondary Neurodegeneration Following Photothrombotic Stroke in Rats. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 45 (pp. 190). SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2025 Costigan-dwyer, R., Stuckey, S., Hood, R., Joubert, S., Farr, T., Almuqbel, M., . . . Turner, R. (2025). Characterising the Long-Term Blood-Brain-Barrier Alterations Associated with Secondary Neurodegeneration in Ischaemic Stroke Using MRI. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 45 (pp. 212). SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2025 Hood, R., Cross, C., Joubert, S., Thirasantikamol, W., Stuckey, S., Costigan-dwyer, R., . . . Turner, R. (2025). Thinking Outside the Brain: Investigating Post-stroke Secondary Neurodegeneration and the Contribution of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in an Ovine Model. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 45 (pp. 214). SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2025 Paul, M., Paul, J. W., Hinwood, M., Hood, R., Martin, K., Johnson, S. J., . . . Walker, F. R. (2025). Clopidogrel Administration Impairs Neurovascular Unit Recovery and Exacerbates Amyloid Beta Accumulation in Aged Mice Post-Stroke. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 45 (pp. 114-115). SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2024 Stuckey, S. M., Collins-Praino, L. E., Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Bilecki, I. M., Homes-Vickers, M. A., Poyzer, A. J., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). The role of neuroinflammation in delayed neurodegeneration following photothrombotic stroke in rats.. In CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES Vol. 53 (pp. 30). KARGER.
2024 Hood, R. J., Cross, C. B., Stuckey, S. M., Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Joubert, S. L., Walker, M., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). Thinking beyond the brain: Long-term changes in the gut-brain-axis post-stroke. In CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES Vol. 53 (pp. 31). KARGER.
2024 Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Stuckey, S. M., Hood, R. J., Joubert, S. L., Farr, T. D., Almuqbel, M., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). Exploring the long-term blood-brain-barrier alterations associated with post-stroke secondary neurodegeneration in an ovine model.. In CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES Vol. 53 (pp. 231). KARGER.
2024 Thirasantikamol, W., Joubert, S. L., Hood, R. J., Stuckey, S. M., Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Farr, T. D., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). Investigating the degree of brain atrophy in regional sites of secondary neurodegeneration using magnetic resonance imaging in a longitudinal ovine stroke model.. In CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES Vol. 53 (pp. 100). KARGER.
2024 Stuckey, S. M., Collins-Praino, L. E., Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Bilecki, I. M., Homes-Vickers, M. A., Poyzer, A. J., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). The role of neuroinflammation in delayed neurodegeneration following photothrombotic stroke in rats. In Abstracts of the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference Combined Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation Conference (2024) as published in Cerebrovascular Diseases Vol. 53 (pp. 30). Adelaide, Australia: Karger Publishers.
2024 Hood, R. J., Cross, C. B., Stuckey, S. M., Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Joubert, S. L., Walker, M., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). Thinking beyond the brain: Long-term changes in the gut-brain-axis post-stroke. In Abstracts of the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference Combined Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation Conference (2024) as published in Cerebrovascular Diseases Vol. 53 (pp. 31). Adelaide, South Australia: Karger Publishers.
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2024 Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Stuckey, S. M., Hood, R. J., Joubert, S. L., Farr, T. D., Almuqbel, M., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). Exploring the long-term blood-brain-barrier alterations associated with post-stroke secondary neurodegeneration in an ovine model. In Abstracts of the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference Combined Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation Conference (2024) as published in Cerebrovascular Diseases Vol. 53 (pp. 231). Adelaide, South Australia: Karger Publishers.
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2024 Thirasantikamol, W., Joubert, S. L., Hood, R. J., Stuckey, S. M., Costigan-Dwyer, R. A., Farr, T. D., . . . Turner, R. J. (2024). Investigating the degree of brain atrophy in regional sites of secondary neurodegeneration using magnetic resonance imaging in a longitudinal ovine stroke model. In Abstracts of Asia Pacific Stroke Conference Combined Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation Conference (2024) as published in Cerebrovascular Diseases Vol. 53 (pp. 100). Adelaide, South Australia: Karger Publishers.
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2022 Ilicic, M., Paul, J., Hinwood, M., Martin, K., Hood, R., Johnson, S., . . . Walker, F. (2022). COGNITIVE IMPACTS OF ANTIPLATELETS USED FOR SECONDARY STROKE PREVENTION. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE Vol. 17 (pp. 205). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2021 Hood, R. J., Maltby, S., Keynes, A., Kluge, M. G., Nalivaiko, E., Ryan, A. E., . . . Walker, R. F. (2021). Development and implementation of TACTICS VR: Virtual reality-based acute stroke care workflow training. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE Vol. 16 (pp. 27). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2021 Ilicic, M., Paul, J. W., Hinwood, M., Martin, K., Hood, R. J., Johnson, S. J., . . . Walker, R. (2021). Antiplatelet medications and cognitive function: Do we have something to be worried about?. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE Vol. 16 (pp. 14). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2017 Hood, R. J., McLeod, D. D., Warren, K. E., Pepperall, D., & Spratt, N. J. (2017). Are there factors within cerebrospinal fluid that cause intracranial pressure to rise after subarachnoid hemorrhage?. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 37 (pp. 187-188). Int Soc Cerebral Blood Flow & Metab, Berlin, GERMANY: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2017 Warren, K. E., Beard, D. J., Hood, R. J., & Spratt, N. J. (2017). Intracranial pressure elevation is delayed following intracerebral hemorrhage in rats. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 37 (pp. 186-187). Int Soc Cerebral Blood Flow & Metab, Berlin, GERMANY: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2016 Hood, R. J., McLeod, D. D., Logan, C. L., Beard, D. J., Li, R., & Spratt, N. J. (2016). FACTOR(S) WITHIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID POST-STROKE CAUSE INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE TO RISE IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 36 (pp. 592). Vancouver, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2016 Beard, D. J., Logan, C. L., McLeod, D. D., Hood, R. J., Pepperall, D., Murtha, L. A., & Spratt, N. J. (2016). MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION WITH GOOD COLLATERALS CAUSES EARLY INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE ELEVATION POST STROKE. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 36 (pp. 442-443). Vancouver, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2016 Murtha, L., Hood, R., Beard, D., Pepperall, D., McLeod, D., & Spratt, N. (2016). DELAYED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE ELEVATION FOLLOWING ISCHEMIC STROKE IS PREVENTED BY EARLY AND SHORT HYPOTHERMIA TREATMENT IN AGED RATS. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 36 (pp. 178-179). Vancouver, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2016 McLeod, D. D., Murtha, L. A., Beard, D. J., Hood, R. J., Logan, C. L., Pepperall, D., & Spratt, N. J. (2016). Elevated intracranial pressure following stroke: there's more to the story than cerebral oedema.. In JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM Vol. 36 (pp. 114-115). Vancouver, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.

Year Citation
2022 Warren, K., Coupland, K., Hood, R., Kang, L., Walker, R., & Spratt, N. (2022). Cerebrospinal fluid circulation and outflow is reduced 24 hours but not 2 weeks after stroke. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM. Glasgow, SCOTLAND: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
2022 Maltby, S., Hood, R., Keynes, A., Kluge, M., Nalivaiko, E., Ryan, A., . . . Walker, F. (2022). Ongoing implementation of TACTICS VR: virtual reality-based acute stroke care workflow training. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2022 Hood, R., Persson, M., Fhager, A., Elam, M., Karlsson, J. -E., Kurz, M., . . . Levi, C. (2022). EVALUATING THE SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF A MICROWAVE BASED TOOL TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE STROKE TRIAGE. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2017 Kovacs, T., Murtha, L., Beard, D., McLeod, D., Hood, R., Garcia-Esperon, C., . . . Spratt, N. (2017). A potential cause of early neurological deterioration after mild-moderate ischaemic stroke - raised intracranial pressure at 24 hours. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
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Year Citation
2025 Litman, M., Azarpeykan, S., Hood, R., Martin, K., Pepperall, D., Omileke, D., . . . Beard, D. (2025). Shear stress targeted delivery of nitroglycerin to brain collaterals improves ischaemic stroke outcome.
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2025 Freeman-Acquah, E., Hood, R., Lin, C. -A., Li, Q. -X., Gordon, L., Martin, K., . . . Johnstone, D. (2025). A mouse model of hemochromatosis-related mutations with brain iron dyshomeostasis exhibits loss of tyrosine hydroxylase expression in dopaminergic neurons and motor control impairment relevant to Parkinson’s disease.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Looking beyond the sugar coating: Unravelling dynamic, long-term alterations to the glycocalyx in ischaemic stroke. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Samantha Leigh Joubert
2025 Co-Supervisor Old Drug, New Hope?: Assessing the NK1 Receptor Antagonist, befetupitant, for the treatment of ischaemic stroke complications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Wishayanant Thirasantikamol
2025 Co-Supervisor Looking beyond the sugar coating: Unravelling dynamic, long-term alterations to the glycocalyx in ischaemic stroke. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Samantha Leigh Joubert
2025 Co-Supervisor Old Drug, New Hope?: Assessing the NK1 Receptor Antagonist, befetupitant, for the treatment of ischaemic stroke complications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Wishayanant Thirasantikamol
2024 Co-Supervisor The blood-brain-barrier in healthy aging and stroke: Implications for neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Rosie Anaise Costigan-Dwyer
2024 Co-Supervisor Investigating long term changes in white matter integrity and neural connectivity in regions of secondary neurodegeneration post-stroke Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Rebecca Elizabeth Hanna
2024 Co-Supervisor The blood-brain-barrier in healthy aging and stroke: Implications for neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Rosie Anaise Costigan-Dwyer
2024 Co-Supervisor Investigating long term changes in white matter integrity and neural connectivity in regions of secondary neurodegeneration post-stroke Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Rebecca Elizabeth Hanna

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Characterising the Role of Neuroinflammation in Delayed Neurodegeneration Following Ischemic Stroke in a Long-Term Rodent Model Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Shannon Mikayla Stuckey
2023 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Characterising changes to the Blood-Brain Barrier in Healthy Ageing and Following Stroke in an Aged Preclinical Model Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Isabella Megan Bilecki

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