Graduate student profiles

Timothy Gottschalk completed his PhD in 2018. He undertook his PhD in the Leukocyte Signaling Laboratory at the Department of Immunology and Pathology where he was supervised by Associate Professor Margaret Hibbs. He studied a Bachelor of Biomedical Science and is interested in learning about what causes and drives autoimmune disease.

Kye completed her PhD and has now gone on to work as a lecturer at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. She undertook her PhD at the Burnet Institute under the supervision of A/Prof David Anderson. Dr Hanafiah was recently named the world's best science communicator. She continues to collaborate on research with the Burnet Institute.

Aron completed his PhD in 2018 at MAPrc where he was investigating neuroimgaing techniques in the Cognitive Therapeutics Research Group. Dr Hill was supervised by A/Prof Kate Hoy, Dr Nigel Rogasch and Prof Paul Fitzgerald. He now works as a post-doctoral researcher within the Therapeutic Brain Stimulation team at MAPrc.

My-Nhan completed her PhD in 2018 in the Experimental Cardiology lab at the Baker Research Institute. My-Nhan studied an undergraduate degree in Science majoring in Physiology where she gained an interest in cardiovascular disease, which she continued with in her Honours and PhD studies. Dr Nguyen is now working as a post-doctoral researcher with in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford.

Hannah completed her PhD in 2017. She was a PhD student in the Department of Immunology, and her research looked at using gene therapy to prevent the build up of plaque in blood vessels. Hannah was supervised by Prof Christoph Hagemeyer in the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases.

Lizzie Thomas is a PhD student in the Cognitive Neuropsychiatry lab at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) where she is supervised by Dr Caroline Gurvich, Professor Susan Rossell and Dr Kiymet Bozaoglu. She studied a Bachelor of Biomedical Science and decided to undertake an Honours project which incorporated her interest in genetics.