The Vacation Research Experience Scheme (VRES) provides eligible students with the opportunity to participate in a research project. If you're interested in research and thinking of pursuing a research degree the scheme is an opportunity to see if research is right for you. Further information about the scheme is available on HiQ.
QUT offers a diverse range of student topics for VRES. Search to find a topic that interests you.
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Explainable Hospital Readmission Prediction with domain knowledge
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has highlighted that reducing avoidable hospital readmissions supports better health outcomes, improves patient safety and leads to greater efficiency in the health system. Previous studies have reported that up to 11% of the Emergency population are "heavy users" with a higher prevalence of psychosocial problems and often co-existing chronic medical conditions. The ability to predict factors that influence readmission is of great importance as careful invention may reduce the occurrence …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Computer Science
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- Centre for Data Science
Interpretable Software Vulnerability detection using deep learning techniques
Software vulnerabilities have been considered as significant reliability threats to general public, especially critical infrastructures. Many approaches have been proposed to detect vulnerabilities in source code to avoid any damages they pose when exploited. Conventional approaches include static analysis and dynamic analysis. Static analysis uses pre-defined patterns or vulnerability dataset to scan and examine software source code to identify potential vulnerable code snippets. These patterns are manually crafted or identified by software developers or security experts, which are time-consuming. Pattern-based …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Computer Science
- Research centre
- Centre for Data Science
Springbrook hydrological and ecohydrological monitoring
You will have an opportunity to contribute to an active environmental monitoring project at Springbrook (funded by the City of Gold Coast and the Queensland Government).
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science
- Research centre
- 1034878
BIOM02 PSA splice variants in prostate cancer diagnosis and pathogenesis
Current prostate cancer screening mainly relies on measuring PSA levels in the blood, but this often results in unnecessary biopsies, as many men tested do not actually have cancer. We recently identified a shorter, splice variant form of PSA called PSA-RP2, which promotes prostate cancer cell growth and migration. Our analysis shows that PSA-RP2 is more highly expressed in prostate tumours than in benign tissue, suggesting it may serve as a valuable diagnostic and prognostic marker. Although PSA-RP2 is smaller …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Biomedical Sciences
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- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health
BIOM01 The functional role of Iroquois cluster proteins in prostate cancer stem cells
Cancer stem cells are a significant factor contributing to treatment resistance in prostate cancer. The Iroquois-class homeodomain family, consisting of six Iroquois (IRX) genes, encodes transcription factors that have been implicated in cancers. Our previous studies identified a link between IRX4, one of the IRX cluster genes, and prostate cancer stemness. However, the roles and mechanisms of action of the other IRX genes in this context remain unknown. In this project, we aim to elucidate their functions by developing a …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Biomedical Sciences
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- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health
Evaluating multivariate optimal sample allocation tools
To support producing representative statistics, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) conducts surveys of the Australian population, both people and businesses. A random subset/sample of the population is drawn from these populations to collect data.To most effectively use these samples, the ABS uses a multivariate optimal allocation tool. This tool allocates samples to draw from subgroups of the population (‘strata’). For example, it determines how many businesses to sample for the Retail industry compared to Hospitality. This optimisation considers constraints …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Mathematical Sciences
- Research centre
- Centre for Data Science
Novel tricuspid valve design and heart pump
The tricuspid valve is responsible for regulating the flow of blood between the right atrium and the right ventricle of the heart. During ventricular systole, it closes to prevent the backflow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium. This closure ensures that blood is pumped forward into the pulmonary circulation. In contrast, the tricuspid valve opens during ventricular diastole, allowing blood to flow from the right atrium into the right ventricle.Without proper treatment, patients with tricuspid valve …
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- Faculty of Engineering
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Research centre
- Centre for Biomedical Technologies
Late Quaternary History of Moreton Bay, Southeast Queensland.
Moreton Bay is a unique environment containing extensive seagrass meadows and coral reef systems, and fringed by extensive mangrove, saltmarsh and freshwater systems. The Bay (in its current form) only developed around 11,000 years ago and this project will investigate this environmental history of the Bay for this period and beyond. This will be achieved through the examination of sediment cores collected from wetlands adjacent to the Bay (both mainland and from the Bay islands) and examining microfossils (including pollen) …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Research centre
- Centre for Environment and Society
NURS01 Culturally-appropriate approaches to evaluating the palliative care learning experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals.
This research topic will explore culturally-responsive approaches to evaluation of the palliative care education and training experiences of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce. The work will support continuous improvement activities for the Indigenous Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (IPEPA) project which is part of the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative. The Collaborative is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and delivered by QUT – Centre for Healthcare Transformation. The VRES …
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- Faculty of Health
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- School of Nursing
- Research centre
- Centre for Healthcare Transformation
Safety behaviours for respirable crystalline silica in construction work
Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is a major health and safety concern, particularly in construction work processes. This project is aimed at understanding employer compliance implications and employee risk perceptions, attitudes, and safety behaviours towards the control measures used in workplaces to help minimise risk related to RCS. The overall intention of the project is to help ensure effective compliance is maintained when managing RCS in the workplace and to prevent silicosis in workers.
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Management
Exploring egonet studies in social network analysis research
Social network analysis is an approach that examines the relationships or interactions between people, groups, communities, or organisations. One challenge, however, is that existing research examining the egonets of individuals rarely presents the egonet sociograms and further, freely available tools or resources which currently exist for collecting, analysing, and presenting data appear limited in their capacity to adequately support egonet research, particularly data visualisation. This project is about conducting a systematic review to examine the different research approaches and methods …
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Management
AI Driven Discovery of Polymer Nanomedicines
The personalised treatment of disease though nanomedicine will allow for more effective and safer treatments for patients. Polymer theranostics provide for the simultaneous detection of disease, treatment, and monitoring of therapeutic response. Our research group synthesises new polymeric materials and investigates how they can be used in applications such as:potent antivirals to fight future pandemicsthe effect of radiation on materials for improved radiotherapy for cancerresponsive imaging agents that can report on metabolic processes of diseasecharacterizing the interaction of polymeric materials …
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- Faculty of Science
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- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Research centre
- Centre for Data Science
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