ProfessorKay Double

Supervisor Neuroscience Theme (L3 Supervisor)

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

Student Opportunities:
Several of our current and upcoming projects offer opportunities for PhD and Honours students to join us in our research, starting in early 2027.  Please email Kay Double if you would like to discuss these opportunities and include a current academic transcript and CV.  

 

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    New Approaches to Achieve Disease Modification in Parkinson Disease
    1 Mar 2026
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Vestibular Morphology and Audiovestibular Phenotyping of Gene–Environment Interactions in Humanised Otogelin Mouse Models of Meniere Disease
    1 Mar 2026
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Protein interactions governing superoxide dismutase 1 neuron death in neurodegerative disease
    1 Mar 2025
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigation of Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease
    1 Mar 2024
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Copper in the nigrostriatal pathway
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development and Comprehensive Characterisation of Humanised OTOG Mouse Models for Investigating the Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Meniere Disease and the Contribution of Environmental Acoustic Stress to Phenotypic Expression
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Hippocampal neurogenesis and dementia risk in age and disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Imaging pre-clinical nigrostriatal insult in Parkinson's disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigation of Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Neuroprotective Efficacy of Photobiomodulation in Mouse Models of Chronic Parkinson's Disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    New Approaches to achieve disease-modification in Parkinson Disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Pathogenic pathways of copper deficiency in Parkinson disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Protein interactions governing superoxide dismutase 1 neuron death in neurodegenerative disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Superoxide dismutase 1 in the aetiology of Parkinson’s disease
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The role of biometals in the neuropathology of Parkinson's disease