2023 Conferrals
Graduate Research degree conferrals
Successfully examined theses by our graduate research students in 2023.
| Graduate | Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor |
| Heather Craig, PhD | Optimism and implications for healthy ageing | A/Prof Danijela Gasevic |
| Pei Yu, PhD | The association between exposure to particulate matter of 2.5 µm or less and cancer | Prof Michael Abramson |
| Tegwyn McManamny, PhD | What is the health education role of paramedics for older individuals and communities within rural and regional Australia? A mixed-methods study | Dr Judy Lowthian |
| Rebeccah Bartlett, PhD | Co-designing digital health solutions with refugee communities to improve sexual and reproductive literacy | A/Prof Jacqueline Boyle |
| Maureen Makama, PhD | Developing a lifestyle intervention to reduce postpartum weight retention | A/Prof Lisa Moran |
| Zimu Wu, PhD | Trajectories of cognitive function in later life: Predictors and outcomes | A/Prof Joanne Ryan |
| Mariam Mousa, PhD | Advancing women in healthcare leadership: An evidence base for organisational change | Prof Helena Teede |
| Jane Tiller, PhD | Ethical, legal and social considerations in the optimisation of genomic medicine for public health | A/Prof Paul Lacaze |
| Christopher Seaman, PhD | Using mathematical models to guide elimination of hepatitis B as a public health threat | A/Prof Nick Scott |
| Michael Curtis, PhD | The impact of retention in opioid agonist treatment following release from prison among men with recent histories of injecting drug use | Prof Mark Stoové |
| Stacey Rowe, PhD | Using data linkage to improve communicable disease surveillance and control | Prof Allen Cheng |
| Rohit Shah, PhD | Understanding inequities in institutional childbirth in Odisha, India | Prof Jane Fisher |
| Amera Halabi, PhD | The role of metabolic disease in subclinical left ventricular dysfunction | Prof Thomas Marwick |
| Joanna Wrigglesworth, PhD | Investigating brain age as a biomarker of ageing | A/Prof Joanne Ryan |
| Elizabeth Korevaar, PhD | Statistical methods for meta-analysis of interrupted time series studies | Prof Joanne McKenzie |
| Sylvia Kiconco, PhD | Optimal diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome, natural history, and relationships between diagnostic features and long-term cardiometabolic outcomes | Dr Anju Joham |
| Merryn Roe, PhD | Immuno-epidemiology of sub-clinical Plasmodium spp. infections In the Greater Mekong sub-region | Prof Freya Fowkes |
| Daye Gang, PhD | Restorative justice processes for survivors of sexual and family violence | A/Prof Bebe Loff |
| Mamaru Awoke, PhD | Diet, physical activity and obesity in reproductive age women | A/Prof Lisa Moran |
| Nadia Khan, PhD | Supportive care utilisation in pancreatic and oesophagogastric cancers | Prof Sue Evans |
| Bonnie Brammall, PhD | Optimising women's health, lifestyle and digital health engagement during preconception, pregnancy and postpartum | Dr Cheryce Harrison |
| Matthew Quigley, PhD | Does enhanced audit feedback improve clinical outcomes in diabetes care? | Prof Sophia Zoungas |
| Sanduni Madawala, PhD | The patient experience of adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Australian general practice: A multi-methods investigation | A/Prof Chris Barton |
| Alana Russo, PhD | The Afghan Family Planning Project: Contraception, pregnancy, sex, relationships, and cultural transitions among Afghan women and men living in Melbourne, Australia | Prof Stanley Luchters |
| Michael Traeger, PhD | Epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmissible infections among gay and bisexual men in the era of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis | Prof Mark Stoové |
| Elvira Sophia Schroeder, PhD | Identity matters in understanding gay and bisexual men's drug practices | Dr Alisa Pedrana |
| Stephanie Baylis, MPhil | Estimating dental age of New Zealand juveniles and subadults using Demirjian's method | Prof Richard Bassed |
| Thara Govindaraju, PhD | Exploring associations between diet and quality of life (QoL) among older adults in the context of healthy ageing | Dr Alice Owen |
| Caitlin Isobel Farmer, PhD | Optimising the request and reporting of imaging of the lumbar spine in people with low back pain | Prof Rachelle Buchbinder |
| Claire Felmingham, MPhil | Use of Artificial Intelligence in the real-world dermatology setting | A/Prof Victoria Mar |
| Jenna Lang, PhD | Competency based training for mobilisation of the critically ill | Prof Carol Hodgson |
| Nimali Munasinghe, PhD | Improving the emergency and disaster preparedness of the Sri Lankan health system | Prof Gerard O'Reilly |
| Ashwin Subramaniam, PhD | Quantifying the impact of frailty in critically ill patients | Prof David Pilcher |
| Raju Kanukula, PhD | Assessing biases and errors in systematic reviews and meta-analyses | Dr Matthew Page |
| Faye Forbes, PhD | Male partner involvement in perinatal healthcare: A multiple method exploration in sub-Saharan Africa and among culturally and linguistically diverse families in Australia | Prof Jane Fisher |
| Eden Johnstone-Belford, PhD | Working towards improving the application of radiocarbon dating in the investigation of unidentified human remains: Studies in an Australian context | Prof Soren Blau |
| Molla Md Rashidul Huq, PhD | Risk prediction modelling: Application in cardiovascular diseases | Prof Chris Reid |
| Md Ashriful Kabir, PhD | Primary healthcare system readiness for preventing and managing non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh | A/Prof Baki Billah |
| Dunya Tomic, PhD | A linkage approach for population-based measurement of diabetes complications in Australia | Prof Dianna Magliano |
| Miranda Cumpston, PhD | Questions and answers: optimising systematic reviews by considering synthesis questions and methods other than meta-analysis | Prof Joanne McKenzie |
| Yeji Baek, PhD | Economic evidence for early childhood development interventions in low-and middle-income countries | Dr Alice Owen |
| Georgina Lau, PhD | Measuring alcohol and other drug use in trauma patients | A/Prof Ben Beck |
| Karen Price, PhD | The role of peer connection in Australian general practice | Prof Grant Russell |
| Dinuli Nilaweera, PhD | The association between adverse events across the lifespan and later-life health outcomes | Prof Joanne Ryan |