ProfessorJonathan Clark

Lang Walker Family Foundation Professor in Head and Neck Cancer Reconstructive Surgery (Conjoint)

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

Professor Clark formally supervises researchers from undergraduate to Level E across multiple disciplines in his role as Director of Head and Neck Research at COBL and Deputy Chair of the RPA-IAS. He has trained more than 50 international clinical fellows in advanced head and neck reconstruction and supervised 24 HDRs from medicine, nursing, speech pathology, dietetics, public health, dentistry, and engineering through 14 PhDs and 10 Masters, and 30 medical students in Honours/MD/ILP theses, and informally supervised & 200 research student/clinician publications.

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Advances in the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer: Impact on Swallowing Impairment
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Advancing Patient-Reported Outcomes for Midface Cancer Surgery: Phase Two and Three Development
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    AI-Enhanced CT Image Analysis for Identification and Precise Measurement of Bone Union
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Assessment of an integrated patient information, education and support program in head and neck cancer - the Comprehensive Head and Neck Cancer Education and Support (CHANCES) program.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Bionic Lid Implant for Natural Closure (BLINC)
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Identifying Metastasis and High-Risk Characteristics
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Demographic variations of oral carcinoma and treatment outcomes
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) Module for Midface Cancer Surgery Patients
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Equity in Dental Rehabilitation Outcomes Following Jaw Reconstruction for Cancer: A Comprehensive Exploration in the Australian Context
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluation of Sentinel node biopsy in accurately staging Oral Cavity squamous cell carcinoma
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evolution of ablative and reconstructive surgery paradigms for skin cancers of the head and neck
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Feasibility of group dysphagia therapy for head and neck cancer patients
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Health economic evaluation and health technology assessment of approaches to dental rehabilitation in jaw reconstruction
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    High-performance patient-matched implants for bone-repair
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Hypertrophic Chondrocyte Mediated Bone Regeneration in a Critical Sized Bone Defect
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Innovations in Facial Reconstructive Surgery: Novel Reconstructive Techniques and Emerging Technologies.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Is the time right? Exploring when to start trismus rehabilitation following treatment for head and neck cancer.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Molecular factors predisposing to perineural involvement in malignancy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Next-Generation Scaffold-Based Implants for Mandibular Reconstructions: Patient-Specific Design, Computational Modelling and Experimentation
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Pathways to diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer: outcomes and experiences of patients in NSW
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Recent advances in virtual surgical planning in maxillomandibular reconstruction
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Restoration of Natural Blink after Facial Paralysis: An Electro-mechanical Intervention
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Surgical reconstruction of the mandible and maxilla: A health technology assessment in the Australian context
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Molecular Basis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an Emerging Cohort of Young Patients
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Virtual Surgical Planning and Optimization for Mandibular Reconstruction