Professor Robert McLaughlin
Professor
School of Biomedicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I am head of the Bioengineering Imaging Group at The University Adelaide, and am also Managing Director of the start-up company, Miniprobes. My team invent new optical devices to help doctors, physiologists and livestock producers. I currently lead a research team addressing two key challenges: developing non-invasive tools to assess blood flow; and developing highly miniaturised imaging probes, small enough to be encased within hypodermic needles. My team of engineers, physicists and computer scientists is based in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics and is part of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing.
After three years as a researcher at the University of Oxford, I spent five years in the medical imaging industry, including as a Product Manager with Siemens Medical Solutions. I was responsible for the development of three medical devices, two with FDA regulatory approval.
Returning to academia in 2007, I have focused on the development of optical imaging technologies, particularly optical coherence tomography and fluorescence. I have been awarded over $14M in research grants. With 19 years of research experience, I have a Google Scholar h-index of 45. I have co-authored 2 book chapters, 7 patents and 98 journal papers. I received the 2014 WA Innovator of the Year Award, and the 2015 Australian Innovation Challenge. In 2016, I was awarded the prestigious South Australian Premier’s Research and Industry Fund Research Fellowship.
In 2014, I was appointed as a Councillor of the Australian Optical Society. In 2016, I was appointed Chair of Biophotonics at the University of Adelaide.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2015 Award The Australian Innovation Challenge - - - 2014 Award Western Australian Innovator of the Year, WA Department of Commerce - - - 2014 Award UWA Vice-Chancellor’s Mid-career Research Award - - - 2014 Award UWA Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Impact and Innovation - - - 2014 Award 1st prize, SPIE Start-up Challenge, San Francisco - United States - 2013 Award Finalist, Australian Museum Eureka Prizes: “Innovative Use of Technology” - - - 2012 Award Finalist, Australian Museum Eureka Prizes: “Innovative Use of Technology” - - - 2012 Award Finalist, Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize - - - 2011 Award National Breast Cancer Foundation Patron’s Award: “Innovation and Vision in Research” - - - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2000 University of Western Australia Australia PhD (Electronic Engineering) 1993 University of Western Australia Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2015 Lorenser, D., McLaughlin, R. A., & Sampson, D. D. (2015). Optical coherence tomography in a needle format. In W. Drexler, & J. G. Fujimoto (Eds.), Optical Coherence Tomography Technology and Applications (2nd ed., pp. 2413-2472). Springer. 2013 McLaughlin, R. A., Lorenser, D., & Sampson, D. D. (2013). Needle probes in optical coherence tomography. In Handbook of Coherent-Domain Optical Methods: Biomedical Diagnostics, Environmental Monitoring, and Materials Science:: Second Edition (Vol. 2-2, pp. 1065-1102).
DOI Scopus131994 McLaughlin, R. A., & Alder, M. D. (1994). Recognising cubes in images. In Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (Vol. 16, pp. 59-73). Elsevier.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2024 Zhang, Z., Qi, X., Chen, M., Li, G., Pham, R., Qassim, A., . . . To, M. S. (2024). JointViT: Modeling Oxygen Saturation Levels with Joint Supervision on Long-Tailed OCTA. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 14859 LNCS (pp. 158-172). Online: Springer Nature Switzerland.
DOI2021 Golde, J., Walther, J., Li, J., McLaughlin, R. A., & Koch, E. (2021). Polarization-sensitive OCT using a single-mode fiber-based common-path probe. In B. J. Vakoc, M. Wojtkowski, & Y. Yasuno (Eds.), Proceedings - Optical Coherence Imaging Techniques and Imaging in Scattering Media IV; Vol. 11924 (pp. 3 pages). Washington, DC, USA: SPIE.
DOI Scopus12021 Li, J., Capon, P. K., Horsfall, A. J., Yagoub, S., Schartner, E. P., Khalid, A., . . . Abell, A. D. (2021). Single-fiber-based probe for combined imaging and pH sensing. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2021) Vol. 161 (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI2020 Peng, L., Nguyen, L. V., Riesen, N., Li, J., Otten, D., Lancaster, D. G., . . . Warren-Smith, S. C. (2020). Towards distributed particle sensing using a few-mode exposed-core optical fibre with a spatially referenced evanescent field. In Proceedings of the 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO-PR 2020 ) Vol. 8 (pp. 1-2). online: OSA/IEEE.
DOI2019 Peng, L., Khalid, A., Warren-Smith, S. C., Arman, A., Schartner, E. P., Sylvia, G. M., . . . Li, J. (2019). Chemical sensing based on silk coated exposed-core fibers. In E. M. Goldys, & B. C. Gibson (Eds.), Biophotonics Australasia 2019 Vol. 11202 (pp. 112020G-1-112020G-2). Bellingham, Washington: SPIE.
DOI2019 Li, J., Quirk, B. C., Delhove, J., Kirk, R., Mc Carron, A., Cmielewski, P., . . . McLaughlin, R. A. (2019). Imaging genetically-modified cells with a miniaturised multimodal optical coherence tomography + fluorescence probem. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) (pp. 1-2). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
DOI2019 Stavrevski, D., Schartner, E. P., Abraham, A., Maksymov, I., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., McLaughlin, R. A., & Greentree, A. D. (2019). Micron scale thermometry using lanthanide doped tellurite glass. In Proceedings of the Australia and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP 2019), as published in Proceedings of SPIE - AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019 Vol. 11200 (pp. 112000Y-1-112000Y-2). Bellingham, Washington: SPIE.
DOI2018 Schartner, E., Li, J., Musolino, S., Quirk, B., Kirk, R., McLaughlin, R., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2018). Imaging-aided temperature measurements with a single optical fiber for in-vivo sensing applications. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers Vol. Part F114-FIO 2018 (pp. 1-2). online: OSA.
DOI2017 Phan, A., Karnowski, K., Lee, Q., Fejes, P., Quirk, B., McLaughlin, R., . . . Sampson, D. D. (2017). Preliminary results on in-vivo imaging of upper airway inhalation injuries using anatomical optical coherence tomography. In D. D. Sampson, D. L. Matthews, J. Popp, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, & B. C. Wilson (Eds.), Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 10340 (pp. 103401B). SPIE.
DOI2017 Gong, P., Es'Haghian, S., Harms, K., Murray, A., Rea, S., Wood, F., . . . McLaughlin, R. (2017). Extracting something from nothing: In vivo imaging of human cutaneous lymphatic vessels using optical coherence tomography. In Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2016) (pp. 138-139). Online: IEEE.
DOI2017 Tan, L., Liew, Y., Lim, E., & McLaughlin, R. (2017). Cardiac left ventricle segmentation using convolutional neural network regression. In Proceedings of the IEEE EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES 2016) Vol. 9 (pp. 490-493). Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA: IEEE.
DOI Scopus24 WoS192016 Villiger, M., Lorenser, D., McLaughlin, R. A., Quirk, B. C., Kirk, R. W., Bouma, B. E., & Sampson, D. D. (2016). Needle-based polarization-sensitive OCT of breast tumor. In J. A. Izatt, J. G. Fujimoto, & V. V. Tuchin (Eds.), OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND COHERENCE DOMAIN OPTICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICINE XX Vol. 9697 (pp. 1 page). San Francisco, CA: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI2016 Sampson, D. D., Chin, L., Gong, P., Wijesinghe, P., Es'haghian, S., Allen, W. M., . . . McLaughlin, R. A. (2016). Parametric approaches to micro-scale characterization of tissue volumes in vivo and ex vivo: Imaging microvasculature, attenuation, birefringence, and stiffness (Conference Presentation). In R. R. Alfano, & S. G. Demos (Eds.), OPTICAL BIOPSY XIV: TOWARD REAL-TIME SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING AND DIAGNOSIS Vol. 9703 (pp. 1 page). San Francisco, CA: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI2015 Villiger, M., Lorenser, D., Quirk, B., Kirk, R., Lippok, N., Bouma, B., . . . Sampson, D. (2015). Polarization sensitive OCT with needle probes. In 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2015 (pp. 12-13). Reston, VA: IEEE.
DOI2015 Chin, L., Curatolo, A., Wijesinghe, P., Kennedy, K., McLaughlin, R., Kennedy, B., & Sampson, D. (2015). Sensitivity and resolution in optical coherence micro-elastography. In 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2015 (pp. 1-2). Reston, VA: IEEE.
DOI Scopus22015 Es'haghian, S., Gong, P., Kennedy, K., Wijesinghe, P., Sampson, D., McLaughlin, R., & Kennedy, B. (2015). In vivo optical elastography: Stress and strain imaging of human skin lesions. In Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9327 (pp. 1-8). San Francisco: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI Scopus6 WoS22013 McLaughlin, R. A., Lorenser, D., & Sampson, D. D. (2013). Fiber-optic needle probes: Applications in deep tissue Imaging. In Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP Vol. 27 (pp. AF3K.3). OSA.
DOI2013 Kennedy, K. M., Kennedy, B. F., McLaughlin, R. A., Ford, C., Bush, M. B., & Sampson, D. D. (2013). Measuring elastic contrast in tissue using OCT needle probes. In J. G. Fujimoto, J. A. Izatt, & V. V. Tuchin (Eds.), Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8571 (pp. 7 pages). San Francisco, CA: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI Scopus1 WoS12013 Chin, L., Yang, X., McLaughlin, R., Noble, P., & Sampson, D. (2013). Birefringence imaging for optical sensing of tissue damage. In M. Palaniswami, C. Leckie, S. Kanhere, & J. Gubbi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing: Sensing the Future, ISSNIP 2013 Vol. 1 (pp. 45-48). Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: IEEE.
DOI Scopus3 WoS32012 Kennedy, B. F., Kennedy, K. M., Ford, C., McLaughlin, R. A., Bush, M. B., & Sampson, D. D. (2012). Optical coherence elastography: Strain imaging in tissue using optical coherence tomography. In Y. Liao, W. Jin, D. D. Sampson, R. Yamauchi, Y. Chung, K. Nakamura, & Y. Rao (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 8421 (pp. 4 pages). PEOPLES R CHINA, Beijing: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI Scopus12012 Kennedy, K. M., Kennedy, B. F., McLaughlin, R. A., & Sampson, D. D. (2012). A new method of optical biopsy: Demonstration of mechanical contrast in deep tissue using an optical coherence elastography needle probe. In J. Canning, & G. Peng (Eds.), Proceedings Third Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference Vol. 8351 (pp. 835140-1-835140-5). Sydney, Australia: SPIE.
DOI Scopus1 WoS22012 Yang, X., Lorenser, D., Kirk, R. W., Pinniger, G. J., Grounds, M. D., McLaughlin, R. A., & Sampson, D. D. (2012). 3D imaging of internal structures of skeletal muscle with an ultrathin side-viewing optical needle probe. In NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS Vol. 22 (pp. 825). Perth, AUSTRALIA: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
DOI2011 Sampson, D., Quirk, B., Curatolo, A., Scolaro, L., Kirk, R., Lorenser, D., . . . McLaughlin, R. (2011). Microscope-in-a-needle technology for deep-tissue 3D imaging. In 2011 ICO International Conference on Information Photonics, IP 2011 (pp. 2 pages). Ottawa, ON, Canada: IEEE.
DOI Scopus32011 Kirk, R. W., McLaughlin, R. A., Quirk, B. C., Curatolo, A., & Sampson, D. D. (2011). 3D visualization of tissue microstructures using optical coherence tomography needle probes. In W. J. Bock, J. Albert, & X. Bao (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 7753 (pp. 4 pages). Ottawa, CANADA: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI Scopus12011 Yang, X., McLaughlin, R., Lorenser, D., Kirk, R., Noble, P., & Sampson, D. (2011). In situ 3D imaging of alveoli with a 30 gauge side-facing optical needle probe. In Proceedings of the 2011 7th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, ISSNIP 2011 Vol. 16 (pp. 68-72). Online: IEEE.
DOI2010 Liew, Y. M., McLaughlin, R. A., Curatolo, A., & Sampson, D. D. (2010). Assessment and correction of imaging artifacts in skin imaging using fibre-based optical coherence tomography. In 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2010. 2010 Liew, Y. M., Ward, S., McLaughlin, R. A., Wood, F., Palmer, L., & Sampson, D. S. (2010). VISUALIZATION OF SUB-SURFACE STRUCTURES IN SCAR TISSUE USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY. In WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION Vol. 18 (pp. A67). WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2009 Williamson, J. P., Armstrong, J. J., McLaughlin, R. A., Sampson, D. D., Regli, A., Walsh, J. H., . . . Eastwood, P. R. (2009). Regional Airway Compliance in Asthma Measured Using Anatomical Optical Coherence Tomography. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Vol. 179 (pp. 1 page). AMER THORACIC SOC. 2009 McLaughlin, R. A., Scolaro, L., Klyen, B. R., Hamza, S., Robbins, P., Saunders, C., & Sampson, D. D. (2009). Lymph node micro-architecture can be imaged using optical coherence tomography. In CANCER RESEARCH Vol. 69 (pp. 102S). San Antonio, TX: AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH. 2009 McLaughlin, R., Scolaro, L., Robbins, P., Saunders, C., Jacques, S., & Sampson, D. (2009). Mapping tissue optical attenuation to identify cancer using optical coherence tomography. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 5762 LNCS (pp. 657-664).
DOI Scopus42009 McLaughlin, R. A., Williamson, J. P., Curatolo, A., Baker, V. A., Hillman, D. R., Eastwood, P. R., & Sampson, D. D. (2009). In vivo 4D imaging of the human lower airway using anatomical optical coherence tomography. In J. D. C. Jones (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 7503 (pp. 75034X). SPIE.
DOI2008 McLaughlin, R. A., Armstrong, J. J., Becker, S., Walsh, J. H., Kirkness, J., Jain, A., . . . Sampson, D. D. (2008). Respiratory gating of endoscopic OCT images of the upper airway. In D. Sampson, S. Collins, K. Oh, & R. Yamauchi (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 7004 (pp. 4 pages). AUSTRALIA, Perth: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI Scopus22008 Armstrong, J. J., Becker, S., McLaughlin, R. A., Leigh, M. S., Williamson, J., Walsh, J. H., . . . Sampson, D. D. (2008). Anatomical optical coherence tomography: A safe and effective tool for quantitative long-term monitoring of upper airway size and shape. In N. Kollias, B. Choi, H. Zeng, R. S. Malek, B. J. F. Wong, J. F. R. Ilgner, . . . S. J. Madsen (Eds.), Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6842 (pp. 16 pages). CA, San Jose: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
DOI Scopus42008 McLaughlin, R. A., Scolaro, L., Klyen, B. R., Hamza, S., Robbins, P., Saunders, C., & Sampson, D. D. (2008). Can normal lymph node architecture be characterised by optical coherence tomography?. In A. Podoleanu (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 7139 (pp. 3 pages). Canterbury, ENGLAND: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2002 McLaughlin, R. A., & Noble, J. A. (2002). Demarcation of aneurysms using the seed and cull algorithm. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 2488 (pp. 419-426). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
DOI Scopus112002 McLaughlin, R. A., Hipwell, J., Hawkes, D. J., Alison Noble, J., Byrne, J. V., & Cox, T. (2002). A comparison of 2D-3D intensity-based registration and feature-based registration for neurointerventions. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 2489 (pp. 517-524). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
DOI Scopus371996 McLaughlin, R. A. (1996). Randomized Hough Transform: Better ellipse detection. In IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON Vol. 1 (pp. 409-414).
Scopus291995 McLaughlin, R. A., & Alder, M. D. (1995). Hough transform and The UpWrite: A comparison. In IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings Vol. 1 (pp. 146-151). 1995 McLaughlin, R. A., & Alder, M. D. (1995). Recognition of infra red images of aircraft rotated in three dimensions. In ANZIIS 1995 - Proceedings of the 3rd Australian and New Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Systems Vol. 15 (pp. 82-87). IEEE.
DOI Scopus31994 McLaughlin, R. A., & Alder, M. D. (1994). Recognizing aircraft: Automatic extraction of structure by layers of quadratic neural nets. In IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings Vol. 7 (pp. 4288-4293).
Scopus41994 deSilva, M. A. C., & McLaughlin, R. (1994). Topological stochastic grammars. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 191). IEEE.
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2012 Chin, L., Xiaojie, Y., McLaughlin, R. A., Klyen, B. R., Radley-Crabb, H. G., Pinniger, G. J., . . . Sampson, D. D. (2012). Identification of muscle necrosis in <i>mdx</i> mice using optical birefringence imaging. Poster session presented at the meeting of NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS. Perth, AUSTRALIA: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
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Grants: TOTAL: $10million
| $1mil |
2020-2022 Medical Research Futures Fund (MRFF) BioMedTechHorizons 3 (BMTH3.0_104) “A smart brain biopsy needle for faster, safer brain surgery” (McLaughlin, Wells) |
| $992,112 |
2021-2023 NHMRC Ideas grant (APP2001646) “Serial imaging of molecular and microstructural changes in atherosclerosis: tracking plaques towards destabilisation” (Li, Verjans, McLaughlin) |
| $899,877 |
2021-2023 NHMRC Ideas grant (APP2002254) “Next-generation smart wound dressings for real-time, non-invasive monitoring of infection and neovascularisation in burns” (Gibson, McLaughlin, Khalid, Rea) |
| $256,000 |
2021-2022 Office of Naval Research Global, USA “Heat tolerance in humans” (Green, McLaughlin, Malone, Carter) |
| $223,000 |
2020-2021 Meat & Livestock Australia Donor Company (MDC) (Ref. P.PSH.1244) “Automated assessment of intramuscular fat in lamb” (Pitchford, McLaughlin, van den Hengel) |
| $753,010 |
2019-2022 NHMRC Development Grant (APP1178912) “Development of a smart needle for safer, faster brain biopsies” (McLaughlin, Wells) |
| $170,000 |
2020 Australian Wool Innovation “On-farm assessment of wool follicle density and diameter” (McLaughlin, Pitchford) |
| $50,000 |
2019-2020 Global Connections Fund Bridging Grant, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering “Development of an image-guided electrode for safer cochlear implant surgery” (McLaughlin) |
| $261,300 |
2019 ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE190100124) “3D Glass Printing: The Next Step in Advanced Manufacturing” (Ebendorff-Heidepriem, McLaughlin, Withford, Lancaster, Priest, Ghomashchi) |
| $50,000 |
2019 Meat & Livestock Australia “Rapid measurement of intramuscular fat in lamb using imaging needles” (McLaughlin) |
| $200,000 |
2018 South Australian Early Commercialisation Fund, Dept. State Development, South Aust. Govt. “Development of photonics enabled imaging needles for industrial and surgical use” (McLaughlin) |
| $45,000 |
2018 Photonics Catalyst Program “Bringing microscopic quality control to manufacturing” (McLaughlin, Li) |
| $80,000 |
2016 University of Adelaide, Commercialisation Acceleration Scheme “Smart needles for safer and more effective brain surgery” (McLaughlin) |
| $1,000,000 |
2016-2019 South Australian Premier’s Research and Industry Fund Fellowship (McLaughlin) |
| $482,200 |
2016-2018 ARC Discovery Grant (DP160104175) “Visualising vascular adaptation at the micro-scale in humans” (Green, McLaughlin) |
| $45,000 |
2016 Photonics Catalyst Program, South Australian Govt. “Image-guided surgery for safer and faster glaucoma treatment” (McLaughlin, Casson, Previn) |
| $47,500 |
UWA NHMRC Equipment Grant, “Philips Premium Portable CX50 Ultrasound System” (Noble, Pillow, Gill, Laing, Nowak, McLaughlin, Kennedy, Hodgetts, Pinniger) |
| $355,100 |
2015-2017 ARC Discovery Grant (DP150104660) “Quantitative multi-modal optical imaging of deep tissue – a new window onto disease” (McLaughlin) |
| $16,500 |
UWA Research Collaboration Award 2015-2016 (McLaughlin) |
| $5,000 |
SPIE Education Outreach Grant 2015 (McLaughlin) |
| $16,645 |
2015 Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund (MHRIF), Round 18, Dept. Health. (McLaughlin) |
| $726,676 |
2014-2016 Chevron Australia / Fiona Wood Foundation “Measuring airway capacity using optical coherence tomography” (McLaughlin, Sampson) |
| $64,000 |
2015 Intuitive Surgical Technology Research Grant (San Francisco, USA), “Smart biopsy needles for real-time tissue assessment in lung cancer” (McLaughlin, Sampson) |
| $25,000 |
2015 Breast Cancer Research Centre WA (BCRC_WA 201406), “Fluorescent biomarkers for improved breast cancer surgery” (McLaughlin, Fuller) |
| $317,111 |
2014-2016 NHMRC Development Grant (APP1076050), “Development of microscope-in-a-needle devices for improved clinical diagnostics” (McLaughlin, Sampson, Noble, Yeoh, Olynyk) |
| $50,000 |
2014 Commercialisation Australia (CAU06334), Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE) “Business plan for microscope-in-a-needle imaging technology” (McLaughlin, Sampson) |
| $13,407 |
2014 Medical and Health Research Infrastructure Fund (MHRIF), Round 17, Dept. Health. (McLaughlin) |
| $15,000 |
2013 UWA Research Collaboration Award “The next generation microscope-in-a-needle: Fluorescence + optical coherence tomography to find cancer” (McLaughlin, Boudoux) |
| $99,537 |
2013 Cancer Council WA Research Project Grant (ID 1057820), “Intra-operative assessment of lymph node metastasis in breast cancer with optical imaging” (McLaughlin, Saunders, Sampson) |
| $20,000 |
2013 UWA Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Research Development Grants, “Optical coherence tomography for quantitative assessment of burn scars” (McLaughlin) |
| $98,551 |
2012 Cancer Council WA Research Project Grant (ID 1052459), “Pre-operative assessment of neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer using optical coherence tomography” (McLaughlin, Saunders, Sampson) |
| $15,000 |
2012 Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation, “Early detection of pathological scarring using 3D optical imaging” (McLaughlin, Wood, Kennedy, Sampson) |
| $539,685 |
2012-2014 NHMRC Development Grant (APP1038871) “Development of a new surgical-guidance tool for intra-operative tumour margin assessment in breast cancer” (McLaughlin, Saunders, Sampson) |
| $200,000 |
2012 National Breast Cancer Foundation Novel Concept Award, “A new tool for intra-operative tumour margin assessment”. (McLaughlin, Saunders, Sampson, Kennedy) |
| $300,000 |
2011-2013 Cancer Council WA Research Fellowship “Improved intra-operative breast cancer imaging with OCT” (McLaughlin) |
| $25,760 |
2010 UWA Safety Net Award, (McLaughlin) |
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$21,411 |
2010 Perpetual Ltd., “Better imaging to improve cancer surgery” (McLaughlin, Kennedy, Saunders, Sampson) |
| $90,000 |
2009 Perpetual Ltd., “A new breast cancer imaging probe: combining ultrasound with optical biopsy”. (McLaughlin, Saunders, Sampson) |
| $198,640 |
2008 National Breast Cancer Foundation Novel Concept Award, “Steps towards an in vivo optical biopsy: Assessing lymph node metastasis using Optical Coherence Tomography”. (McLaughlin, Saunders, Sampson) |
| $22,000 |
2008 UWA Research Grants Scheme, “Improved Breast Cancer Surgery with Optical Imaging”. (McLaughlin) |
| $267,029 |
2007 Raine Medical Research Foundation, “Bringing Optical Imaging into clinical practice for breast cancer and breathing disorders”. (McLaughlin) |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Leveraging 3D Printing, Beam-Shaping, and Ultrahigh-Resolution Techniques for Improved Cardiovascular Imaging Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Claudia Imiolczyk 2024 Co-Supervisor Continuous imaging of molecular and microstructural changes in atherosclerosis by a 3d-printed multimodal endoscope Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Yujia Kong 2022 Co-Supervisor Multimodal imaging probe for atherosclerotic plaque detection Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Rouyan Chen 2019 Co-Supervisor Spiropyran-Based Photoswitchable Protease Inhibitors Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Kathryn Angela Palasis
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