A nurse treats a patient in the Emergency DepartmentA nurse treats a patient in the Emergency DepartmentA nurse treats a patient in the Emergency Department

Clinics & services

Blood pressure, fainting & medication problems

Research

The Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics conducts research into a broad range of clinical and basic areas of investigation.

Research areas

Our research areas include:

  • Cardiovascular pharmacology
  • Cardiology
  • Clinical hypertension
  • Heart failure
  • Diabetes, insulin resistance
  • Drug receptors, drug development, neuropharmacology, neurophysiology, and toxicology.
  • Drug design and development and is responsible for a number of significant new compounds and diagnostic tests, some of which have been patented.

Description of University research activities are available on University of Melbourne website for the Department of Medicine at Austin Health (Frauman and Verberne groups).