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r.shepherd@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
Medical Bionics Department
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
Deakin University
Graduate Diploma
State College of Victoria
Applied Diploma
Gordon TAFE
ORCID

0000-0002-4239-3362

Prof Robert Shepherd

Honorary (Fellow)
Medical Bionics Department

288 Scholarly works
25 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Second-Generation (44-Channel) Suprachoroidal Retinal Prosthesis: Surgical Stability and Safety During a 2-Year Clinical Trial
    DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14502
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A Second-Generation (44-Channel) Suprachoroidal Retinal Prosthesis: A Single-Arm Clinical Trial of Feasibility
    DOI: 10.1016/j.xops.2024.100525
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Overcoming failure: improving acceptance and success of implanted neural interfaces
    DOI: 10.1186/s42234-025-00168-7
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Gene Electrotransfer via Conductivity-Clamped Electric Field Focusing Pivots Sensori-Motor DNA Therapeutics: “A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down”
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202401392
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Role of Macrophages on Tissue Remodeling Following Cochlear Implantation
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Delivering Advanced Electrode Materials to the Clinic
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Understanding Functional Connectivity of Sensory and Motor Pathways to Specific Regions of the Lower Urinary Tract.
Robert Shepherd

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2013
Finalist Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
2006
Wagstaff Fellow in Otology, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
2005
Wagstaff Fellow in Otology, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
2004
Wagstaff Fellow in Otology, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Gene Electrotransfer via Conductivity‐Clamped Electric Field Focusing Pivots Sensori‐Motor DNA Therapeutics: “A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down” (Adv. Sci. 30/2024)
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202470180
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Hearing preservation in cochlear implantation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108787
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Platinum dissolution and tissue response following long-term electrical stimulation at high charge densities
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/abe5ba
  • 2020

    Journal article

    A Tissue Engineering Chamber for Continuous Pulsatile Electrical Stimulation of Vascularized Cardiac Tissues in Vivo
    DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2020.0035
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation at high charge densities: Reducing platinum dissolution
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/abb7a6
  • 2020

    Journal article

    In vivo feasibility of epiretinal stimulation using ultrananocrystalline diamond electrodes
    DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aba560

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Understanding Functional Connectivity of Sensory and Motor Pathways to Specific Regions of the Lower Urinary Tract.
  • 2011

    Research Grant

    Bionic Ear Temporal Bone Bank

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