ProfessorSteve Vucic
Professor of Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8323-873X (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of NeuroscienceFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Professor Vucic interests are in the following areas:
(i) Motor neuron disease/Amyotrophic lateral scleorsis
-Understanding disease pathogenesis and pathology
- Biomarekr development
-Clinicla trials
(ii) Neuroimmunology of the central and periphera nervous system
(iii) Cortical physiology and pathophysiology
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTCortical Biomarkers enabling early diagnosis of ALSNSW Health1 Jul 2024People funded by this grant:
- van den Bos M,
- Vucic S
- GRANTFatigue In Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) treatment trial (FIRMS-EBV)Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- GRANTA randomized, phase II/III trial on the biological and clinical effects of acetyl-L-carnitine in ALSFightMND1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Vucic S
- GRANTantiCD20 treatment to rationalise the use of IV/SC-IG in CIDPDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2027People funded by this grant:
- Kiernan M,
- Vucic S,
- Brown D,
- Brilot-Turville F,
- Reed J
- GRANTMechanisms underlying cortical hyperexcitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisNational Health and Medical Research Council4 Nov 2021People funded by this grant:
- Vucic O
- GRANTClosing the gap in diagnosis of neurological disorders including ataxias and neuropathies a trans-Australia collaborationDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)2 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Perez-Siles G,
- Vucic S,
- Kennerson M
- GRANTiPSC clinical trials - population wide screening of patient iPSC’s to reassess high value drug targets for motor neuron diseaseMedical Research Future Fund1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2024People funded by this grant:
- Bye C,
- Turner B,
- Vucic O,
- Kiernan M,
- Azodi C
- GRANTNatural Killer cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis IG2034Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Fewings N,
- Vucic S
- GRANTNatural Killer cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisMotor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia1 Apr 2020People funded by this grant:
- Vucic S,
- Fewings N,
- McKay F
- GRANTALS Trials Australia (ALSTA) - to develop precision medicineMedical Research Future Fund1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2026People funded by this grant:
- Kiernan M,
- Vucic O,
- Wray N,
- Talman P,
- Needham M
- GRANTAnti-inflammatory and metabolic effects of dimethyl fumarate in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisMotor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Vucic S,
- McKay F
- GRANTThe role of cortical dysfunction in ALS pathophysiologyDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Vucic S
- GRANTThe role of cortical dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) pathophysiologyMedical Research Future Fund1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Vucic O
- GRANTMotor Neurone Disease: Patient centred care for a progressive neurological disease - evidence driving policyNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Rowe DB,
- Vucic S,
- Savulescu J,
- Henderson R,
- Mathers S
- GRANTNeuroimmunology and neuroInflammation: from Biomarker and Pathogenesis to patient diagnosis and improvement of clinical outcomeDVC Research1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Barnett M,
- Marais B,
- Harris A,
- Brilot-Turville F,
- Kiernan M
- GRANTThe "double-barrel" of natural killer cell impairment in MS: reduced control of EBV infection and autoreactivityMultiple Sclerosis Research Australia1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Vucic S,
- Fewings N,
- McKay F,
- Booth D,
- Ahlenstiel G
- GRANTThe role of cortical dysfunction in ALS pathogenesisDVC Research1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Vucic S
- GRANTThe effects of active exercise combined with an enriched diet on swallowing and speech function in patients with MND; a randomized trialMotor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia9 Jan 2017 - 1 Jun 2020People funded by this grant:
- Bogaardt HH,
- Vucic S,
- Flood V
- GRANTPathophysiology, site of disease onset and mechanisms of spread in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Menon P,
- Huynh W,
- Vucic S
- GRANTSporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSASGC)Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia1 Jan 2016People funded by this grant:
- Kiernan M,
- Blair IP,
- Henderson R,
- Wray N,
- Benyamin B
- GRANTSafety and biological efficacy of narrow-band UVB phototherapy in ALSMotor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Booth D,
- Vucic S,
- Stewart G,
- Menon P,
- McKay F