2014
Graduate Research degree conferrals
Successfully examined theses by our graduate research students in 2014.
| Graduate | Degree | Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor |
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shan Liu | PhD | Cardiorenal syndrome: pathophysiology and potential role of uremic toxins | Bing Wang |
EPIDEMIOLOGY | |||
| Jessica Chellappah | PhD | Cardiovascular risk factors in children and young adults – current status and strategies for prevention | Christopher Reid |
| Enayet Chowdhury | PhD | Hypertension in the elderly and its relation to cardiovascular outcomes and cost-effectiveness | Christopher Reid |
| Danielle Horyniak | PhD | Understanding injecting drug use in contemporary Australian settings | Paul Dietze |
| Nerida Joss | PhD | Orchestrating collaborative advantage in the health promotion workforce in Victoria | Helen Keleher |
| Surendra Karki | PhD | Improving interventions to prevent the acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitals | Allen Cheng |
| Rachel Sacks-Davis | PhD | Hepatitis C transmission and natural history of newly acquired Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs | Margaret Hellard |
| Masoumeh Sanagou | PhD | Investigation of hospital-level associations with adverse outcomes following cardiac surgery | Rory Wolfe |
FORENSIC MEDICINE | |||
| Luke Rodda | PhD | Alcohol congener analysis in a forensic context: detection of iso-alpha-acids to confirm beer consumption | Olaf Drummer |
HEALTH | |||
| Tess Tsindos | PhD | Loneliness and health status of Chinese and Anglo-Australian Manningham seniors | Charles Livingstone |
HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT | |||
| Jocasta Ball | PhD | Optimising the management of patients with atrial fibrillation | Simon Stewart |
INTERNAL MEDICINE | |||
| Andrew Teichtahl | PhD | Lifestyle and biomechanical determinants of knee joint structure and symptoms | Flavia Cicuttini |
MEDICAL STUDIES | |||
| Elizabeth Moore | PhD | A prospective study of the effects of erythropoietin and early sustained hypothermia on renal function and renal biomarkers in patients with traumatic brain injury | Rinaldo Bellomo |
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY | |||
| Glenn Doolan | DPH | A case control study of occupational exposures and the risk of prostate cancer | Graham Giles |
PUBLIC HEALTH | |||
| Marian Abouzeid | DPH | Evidence, equity and health: contemporary issues in the Australian public health arena and lessons from abroad | Michael Abramson |
| Bradley Crammond | PhD | Structural public health: reconsidering the 'social' and 'determinants' in the social determinants of health | Bebe Loff |
| Nathan Grills | DPH | The importance of networks in public health practise | Helen Kelsall |
| Louisa Lam | PhD | The use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency department for the diagnosis and management of acute decompensated heart failure for patients presenting with acute shortness of breath | Peter Cameron |
| Karen Moore | DPH | Understanding evidence based public health policy and practice: an actor network theory analysis | Ben Smith |
| Lal Bahadur Rawal | PhD | Peer-support interventions to improve diabetes management: the impact on utilisation of health services | Brian Oldenburg |
| Claire Tobin | DPH | Exploring relationships between evidence and public health policy | Charles Livingstone |
| Marlien Varnfield | PhD | Evaluation of information and communication technology platforms to improve self-management of chronic disease | Brian Oldenburg |
| Pauline Zardo | PhD | Evaluating capacity for evidence-informed decision-making within an Australian public health policy environment | Alex Collie |