Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Current postgraduates

• Albrecht, Matthew - The effects of dopamine manipulation in healthy subjects on schizophrenia endophenotypes
• Ang, Estabelle - Investigation and modulation of RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis, bone resorption and signaling pathways
• Ang, Pei - DNA methylation as a risk assessment tool for colorectal cancer and its association with MTHFR C677T and DNMT3b C46359T polymorphisms
• Aye, Irving - ABC lipid transporters in the human placenta: Involvement in cell differentiation and lipid efflux
• Barnes, Rosie - An examination of the built environment as a moderator of the impact of social marketing campaigns for physical activity
• Bird, Sabine - Investigating the role of the hormone Irisin in Alzheimer’s disease
• Bosboom-van der Hurk, Pascalle - Predictors of quality of life in Alzheimer’s disease - the QolCog study
• Brown, Belinda - The association between physical activity and Alzheimer’s disease risk factors
• Chai, Siaw Ming - Clinicopathological and Molecular Profiles of Mismatch Repair Deficient Colorectal Cancer
• Chatterjee, Pratishtha - Investigating blood and cerebrospinal fluid lipid biomarkers in autosomal dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s Disease
• Chen, Jimin - Autologous tenocyte therapy for tendon injuries
• Cheng Khor, Ee - The role of Protein Kinase C δ in bone homeostasis
• Chim, Shek Man - Identification and characterisation of novel secreted factors involved in bone remodelling
• Chiu, Vivian - Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial of Slow-Release Melatonin and Modified CBT for Treating Insomnia in individuals with Schizophrenia
• Coventry, Linda - Acute Coronary Syndrome: Gender differences in clinical presentation, hospital treatment and outcome.
• Cox, Adele - Exploring the impact and association of cultural determinants of health and wellbeing in an Aboriginal setting
• Crawford, Rebecca - Clinical outcomes following lumbar spine surgery using the DIAM non-fusion interspinous implant
• Cruickshank, Christopher - Clinical profile and treatment of methamphetamine withdrawal
• D'Alessandro, Peter - Biomechanics of the knee and the 2/3 knee arthroplasty
• Dai, Nan - Identification of schizophrenia susceptibility genes on chromosome 3p
• Eager, Katrise - Rehabilitation of unilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss with a bone anchored hearing aid
• Edgar, Dale - Assessment of the impact acute burn oedema: validation of outcome measures of temporal recovery
• Edwards, Janice - Genetic susceptibility to venous leg ulceration in patients with a history of deep vein thrombosis
• Edwards, Nicole - Proximity, access and the use of parks and beaches - examing the role of the environment in adolescent activity levels
• Emery, Laura - Evaluative study of quality of life in pre-menopausal women with low-risk early breast cancer (Goserelin Study)
• Fazey, Peter - Mechanical effects of torsion on the lumbar intervertebral disc in humans
• Foley, Laurie - The clinical application of plantar pressure measurement technology in the care of the diabetic foot
• Frost, Shaun - Retinal and anterior segment features as predictive markers for Alzheimer’s Disease
• Garside, Tessa - An investigation of central motor pathways in adults who have sustained an upper limb burn
• Gellar, Scott - Autism Spectrum Disorders in Middle to Late Adulthood
• Genovesi, Laura - The Characterisation of deregulated miRNA expression in paediatric brain tumours
• Ghosh, Manonita - Cultural influences on the treatment of ADHD in the Western Australian community
• Gibson, David - Population-level effects of Medicare
• Gilkes, Lucy - The effects of a regular cycle of student-delivered clinical audit on disease prevention and health promotion in general practice
• Gillman, Lucia - The epidemiology and outcome of emergency department interhospital transfers in the Perth metropolitan area
• Glazov, Gregory - Multi-centre, double-blind randomised controlled clinical trial to examine the efficacy and dose dependence of an 830 nm, 20 mW laser diode for the laser acupuncture treatment of chronic non-specific low back pain.
• Ha, Fong - Predictors of mortality in burn patients
• Haggar, Fatima - Cancer in the adolescent and young adult population in Western Australia from 1981-2007
• Hansen, Michele - Significant adverse health outcomes in children born following assisted conception treatment.
• Harkness, Christopher - Toward an understanding of the ‘therapeutic’ in therapeutic foster care, and its implications for the recovery of children with a background of abuse-related trauma.
• Harrison, Carole - The Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the psychiatric population of Western Australia
• Hemmings, Chris - Characterisation of cancer stem cells and gene expression profiling as predictors of therapeutic response and patient outcome in colorectal cancer
• Hood, Sean - Serotonin and other monoamine neurotransmitter systems
• Hooper, Paula - The rise and sprawl of the Australian dream? Evaluation and health impact assessment of the “Liveable Neighbourhoods” Community Design Code
• Ives, Angela - Breast cancer and pregnancy: How does a concurrent or subsequent pregnancy affect breast cancer diagnosis, management and outcomes?
• Jeffries-Stokes, Christine - Wanti Sugarba - The Northern Goldfields Kidney Health Project
• John, Ancy - Psychological functioning and well being of immigrant women in Australia
• Kadir Shahar, Hayati - The effect of community-based prevention interventions on trends of childhood injury: a Western Australian linked data study
• Kelty, Erin - “Morbidity and Mortality in Opiate Users and their Offspring following Treatment of a Sustained Release Naltrexone Preparation”
• Keown, Nicholas - Effects of Variant Shiftwork Patterns and Individual Differences on the Psychophysiological Health of Mine-Shiftworkers in the Goldfields Region of Western Australia
• Khan, Imran - Structural elucidation of γ-secretase enzyme complex
• Khan, Riaz - Minimally invasive hip replacement
• Kular, Jasreen - Molecular signalling in osteoclast formation and activation
• Le, Tan - Primary interventions for cardiovascular disease in old age: A Western Australian population-based study
• Levin, Brett - The application of a silk fibroin scaffold to otology
• Lewis, Lucy - Biopsychosocial antecedents of repeat teenage pregnancy
• Li, Shaofu - The effects of glucocorticoid exposure on mediators of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in fetal and young sheep
• Li, Lin - Variations in sociodemographic features and genetic polymorphisms between community and hospital controls: A validation study of control selection in case-control designs
• Lim, David - ADD Study: Prescribing Practices of Australian Dispensing Doctors
• Liu, Qian - Investigation of nitidine chloride in osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption
• Loon Leong, Cheng - Expression and functional analysis of protein kinase C isoforms in osteoclasts
• Lucas, Michael - Injury in Australian Veterinarians
• Lyons, Zaza - Medical students’ attitudes towards psychiatry: Developing innovative teaching strategies to attract students to a career in psychiatry
• MacDonald, Elena - CELI: Cognitive Examination for individuals with speech and Language Impairments
• Mackie, Katherine - Validation of musculoskeletal tissue banking in Australia
• Marsh, Julie - The association of breast cancer susceptibility SNPs with antenatal and early childhood growth
• Martino, David - Differential gene expression analysis in children with food allergy as assessed by microarray
• McLaren, Sally - Expression and gene alterations of the Bcl-2 family members in locally advanced breast cancer: Can they predict response to TAC therapy?
• McLeod, Gemma - Optimising fortification of human milk feeds to promote appropriate and adequate growth of preterm infants in the NICU
• Meldrum, Suzanne - Effects of high-dose fish oil supplementation upon term infant neurodevelopment and language
• Mellor, Alix - Investigating the role of sleep in cognition in healthy and depressed older adults
• Miranda, Alina - MUC1 in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of malignant mesothelioma.
• Montgomery, Brett - An interview-based study of the decision to prescribe statins in general practice
• Morris, Susan - The impact of fatigue on the modulation of truck muscle control
• Munasinghe, Ashanthi - An investigation examining gastrointestinal permeability and autism symptomatology in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Western Australia
• Musk, Gabrielle - Optimisation of lung volume recruitment and pulmonary blood flow with high frequency jet ventilation in the preterm ovine lung.
• Naraghi, Reza - An investigation into the aetiology and epidemiology of Morton’s Neuroma
• Ng, Pei-Ying - Expression, localisation and functional analysis of molecular motors during osteoclastogenesis and osteoclastic bone resorption
• Ngo, Hanh - The relationships between various aspects of impulsivity and depressive symptomatologies
• Pan, Ruliang - Adequacy of Laboratory Monitoring of Anticoagulation Intensity in Seniors
• Parker, Claire - Family history of metabolic syndrome components predicts pregnancy outcomes
• Parrao Diaz, Teresa - Awareness in Alzheimer´s disease
• Perera, Kanthi - Ambiguous loss associated with serious mental Illness: How is it perceived and coped with by those affected?
• Peters, Terence - The effect of PARs and prostaglandins on the development of allergic airway responses
• Preen, David - Prescribing of psychostimulant medicines for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Western Australian children
• Qian, Yu - NBCS: a novel osteoconductive scaffold for new bone formation in animal spinal fusion models
• Rea, Suzanne - Wound healing and scar in burns: Do bone marrow derived cells represent a significant source of scar fibroblasts in an animal model of burn injury?
• Rea, Sarah - Functional significance of sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1/p62) mutations in Paget's disease of bone
• Rogal, Sonya - In-hospital cardiac arrest in Western Australia: The effect of policy and practice on outcomes
• Salama, Paul - Treatment and survival trends for rectal cancer in Western Australia: a population-based study
• Saleeba, Elizabeth - Patient compliance and spontaneous movements while following an early active protocol after a flexor tendon repair
• Salman, Sam - Pharmacokinetics of antimalarial compounds for infants, children and pregnant women in Papua New Guinea
• Santa Maria, Peter - The development of a chronic tympanic membrane perforation animal model
• Saxena, Pankaj - Remote ischaemic preconditioning: role and mechanisms
• Schofield, Lynette - Detection of Lynch Syndrome amongst patients with colorectal, endometrial, small bowel and renal tract carcinomas
• Scholes, Kirsty - The effects of chronic cannabis use on Prepulse Inhibition and Cognition in healthy individuals and patients with schizophrenia
• Schreuders, Louise - Nursing-sensitive outcomes in Western Australian public hospitals: adverse outcomes, nurse staffing and economic evaluation.
• Seed, Clive - The use of mathematical modelling to safeguard the Australian blood supply against infectious diseases
• Singh, Ambika - The role of sphingolipids in regulating trophoblast differentiation
• Smallwood, Linda - Genetic investigation into the aetiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Smith, Michael - Glucose modulation of verbal episodic memory in adolescents
• Stasinska, Ania - Exposure to brominated flame retardants among pregnant women in the south west of Australia
• Stewart, Louise - Morbidity and mortality outcomes in women following treatment with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Western Australia
• Stoddart, Christopher - Inheritance of dopaminergic phenotypes in congenic strains of C3H/ mice and their relationships to a novel method of PPI analysis
• Strange, Cecily - Enabling families with children 0-5 years to build social capital, and feel connected and supported within communities: services and community groups in new residential areas
• Sullivan, Denise - Getting to know you: Attitudes and values of Generation Y public health graduates and implications for transition to work
• Thomas, Elizabeth - Cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic regulators of mammary epithelial differentiation and proliferation
• Tohira, Hideo - Validation of the existing injury severity measuring instruments for the major trauma population in Perth
• Valuri, Giulietta - Criminal Offending and Severe Mental Illness. Impact of social, environmental and familial factors in a whole of population birth cohort
• Vidovich, Mandy - A randomised control trial of cognitive activity for individuals with mild cognitive impairment
• Wellhausen, Malte - Improving antitumoral T cell responses in conjunction with surgical therapy in a model of metastatic renal cell cancer
• White, Christopher - Evaluation of the utilisation, barriers, and introduction of universal umbilical cord blood gas and/or lactate analysis at delivery into metropolitan and regional Western Australian maternity units
• Wilcox, Helen - Defining appropriate use of troponin testing for diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in primary care
• Wilkinson, Catherine - The use of oral fluid for therapeutic drug monitoring in methadone maintenance therapy
• Wilson, Sally - Indicators of quality nursing care in an Australian paediatric setting
• Wong, Rina - Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to anti-malarial in Papua New Guinea: Associations between in vitro drug sensitivity, genetic mutations and clinical outcome.
• Wu, Bing - Pathology of rotator cuff tendinopathy
• Xian Lee, Jing - Ontogeny of T cells in foetal development and their role in fetal and postnatal pathology in an ovine model
• Yao, Felix - Investigation on the risk of viral infection in musculoskeletal grafts
• Young, Jeanne - not available at this time

Graduated students

• Boughton, Sandra - Gender differences in depression: holding the context in mind
• Bouwer, Sonja - Comprehensive genetic association analysis of genes from the REELIN and DISC1 networks in schizophrenia and neurocognitive endophenotypes
• Boyle, Terry - Physical Activity and Cancer: Risk, Survival and Measurement Issues
• Brown, Matthew - An empirical framework for combining surgery with immune therapy
• Bulsara, Caroline - The role of empowerment in the wellbeing of cancer patients
• Buzzacott, Peter - Risk factors for recreational diving morbidity and mortality in Western Australia
• Cheng, Taksum - Molecular identification and characterisation of novel osteoclast V-ATPase subunits
• Chew, Kew - Male Erectile Dysfunction: its prevalence in Western Australia and its association with sociodemographic factors, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease
• Davey, Tamara - Functional characterisation of a novel osteoclast-derived factor
• Drummond, Eleanor - The relationships between beta amyloid and ApoE4 or loss of endogenous sex hormones in Alzheimer’s Disease pathology
• Farid, Waleed - The effects of maternally administered naltrexone on the developing rat brain
• Fatovich, Daniel - An Epidemiologic Study of Trauma Patients Requiring Transfer from Rural and Remote Western Australia
• Ford, Andrew - Homocysteine metabolism and cognitive function in older people
• Foster, Sarah - The relationship between suburban design, real and perceived safety from crime, and neighbourhood walking
• Francis, Jacinta - Associations between public space and mental health in new residential environments
• Fuhrmann, Anita - Respiratory health and lung function of wind and brass musicians
• Granich, Joanna - Electronic-based sedentary behaviour among children within the family home environment: A descriptive study
• Guggisberg, Marika - Female intimate partner violence victimisation associated with comorbid substance use and mental health problems
• Kumar Bhat, Sunil - Validation of the Jarman's Method of Calculation of Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios
• Lim, Wei Ling Florence - Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease
• Martin, Karen - The association between the school environment and children's physical activity participation
• Mazhari, Shahrzad - Cortical inhibitory deficits as a core feature of schizophrenia: electrophysiological and neurocognitive studies
• Morris, Melinda - Clinical and pathological predictors of survival for stage II and III colon cancer patients treated with or without chemotherapy: a population-based study of 4275 cases in Western Australia
• Nathan, Andrea - Exploring active ageing: the influence of built and social environments on active living in residents of Western Australian independent living retirement villages
• Pavlos, Nathan - Molecular identification, localisation and functional characterisation of small GTP-binding Rab3D in bone-resorbing osteoclasts
• Pereira, Gavin - Illness profiles in children exposed to vehicle emissions
• Ralph, Naomi - Thesis title not available at this time
• Reid, Gabrielle - Validation and assessment of the psychological impact of a family history screening instrument in general practice
• Riley, Richard - Predictors of mortality in adult patients following surgery in teaching hospitals in Western Australia; with special reference to the classification scale of the American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Sohrabi, Hamid Reza - Neuropsychological and bio-physiological predictors of cognitive decline in ageing
• Tabatabaei, Seyed (Mehdi) - The relationship between dietary factors, meat consumption, heterocyclic amines, benzo(a)pyrene and meat-derived mutagenic activity and colorectal cancer in Western Australia
• Tian Feng, Hao - Molecular characterization and functional analysis of two V-ATPase subunits, Ac45 and d2, in osteoclasts
• Villanueva, Karen - Independent mobility behaviour of Year 5, 6 and 7 primary school children in neighbourhood environments
• Yip, Kirk Ho Man - RANKL mediated NF-κB signalling pathways: Mechanisms and therapeutic intervention