Current and Past Research Collaborations
2026 Year 4 MD Project - Research Projects and Supervisors
| STREAM | PROJECT TITLE | SUPERVISOR(S) | STREAM ADVISOR |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Long-term followup of patients with uveitis | Dr Richard Symes; Dr Morven Cameron | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Community Health (CH) | Delivering psilocybin assisted psychotherapy to people with cancer: a scoping review | Dr Suzanne Grant | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Comparative Analysis of High-Grade Glioma Cohorts Classified by WHO 2016 vs WHO 2021 Criteria (2017–2020 vs 2021–2024) | Dr Najmun Nahar; Dr Adam Cooper | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Assessing Knowledge of Gestational Weight Gain Guidelines Among Women with Gestational Diabetes in South Western Sydney | Dr Manimegalai Manoharan | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Standardising treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura | Dr Puja Bhattacharyya; Dr Gajan Kailainathan | Prof Wendy Hu |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Smoking Behaviours of Young People entering NSW custody, and Evaluation of Smoke-Free Guidelines used in NSW Youth Detention Settings | Dr Leigh Haysom; Prof Penny Abbott | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Community Health (CH) | A scoping review of models of sexual health care and sexual health resources for LGBTQA+ people with disability; the core principles, structures, and practices for accessible, inclusive, and affirming sexual health care models | Dr Rosalie Power; Dr Samantha Ryanand Dr Julianne Abood | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Community Health (CH) | Gaps and limitations in existing sexual health care models for LGBTQA+ people with disability: a scoping review of intersectionality, accessibility, and sexual citizenship | Dr Rosalie Power; Dr Samantha Ryanand Dr Julianne Abood | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Trends and Outcomes of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Presentations to Emergency Departments: A 20-Year Retrospective Study | Dr Michael Hession; Dr Peter Preisz | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Emerging Postbiotics and Their Impact on the Gut Microbiome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | A/Prof Vincent Ho; A/Prof Kingsley Agho | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Community Health (CH) | How do women with endometriosis perceive the efficacy of medical advice and/or management strategies, and what factors influence their long term adherence to the advice | Dr Cristy Brooks; Dr Diana Karamacoska Dr Chloe Tayloe | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Medical Education (ME) | CBL Case Writing and Evaluation | Dr Victoria Mansour; Dr Elizabeth O'Connor | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Emergency department care for people who have experienced family and domestic violence: an audit of care provision in NNSW. | Dr Natalie Edmiston | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Community Health (CH) | Men’s understanding of their partners' menopause experience. | A/Prof Stephen McNally; Prof Stacy Blythe | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Effect of vitamin D and calcium supplementation on arterial calcification | Dr Surjit Tarafdar; Dr Rajiv Rattan | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences of People with Class 3 obesity admitted to Campbelltown Hospital | A/Prof Milan Piya; A/Prof Kate McBride | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Investigating the concordance between segmental bioimpedance and TDC/moisture metre readings for measuring arm lymphoedema after axillary nodal resection in Western NSW breast cancer patients. | Dr Brenda Svensson; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Automated Image-Based Feature Extraction and Defect Detection for Functional Sperm Assessment in ART | Prof Anand Hardikar; Prof Kevin Tsia; Dr Michelle Lo | Prof Tim Karl |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Biomarkers of diabetic kidney disease | Dr Wilson Wong; A/Prof Mugdha Joglekar; Prof Anand Hardikar | Prof Tim Karl |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders in Mental Health Patients in South West Sydney | Dr Kathy Watson | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Evaluating the diagnostic potential of postmortem CT in meningitis: | Dr Hans de Boer; A/Prof Sacha Kobilski | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Community Health (CH) | The role of a dietitian in eating disorder treatment. | Prof Phillipa Hay; Ms Yive Yang | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Medical Education (ME) | Mental health literacy in medical education: A trauma-informed pedagogical analysis | Dr Jane Graves; Dr Andrew Kellett | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Assessing Frailty and Predictors of Outcomes in Cancer Patients Aged 65+, Undergoing Systemic Anticancer Therapy | Dr Felicia Roncolato; Dr Katherine Wright | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Kale to Krispies | Prof Anand Hardikar; A/Prof Mugdha Joglekar | Prof Tim Karl |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Scoping Review of Therapeutic Taping to Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy | Dr Brenda Svensson; Dr Rajat Rai | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Health Innovations (HI) | The effect of FMT on improving outcome for patients with ME/CFS | A/Prof Vincent Ho | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Community Health (CH) | Unlocking Potentials: Overcoming Barriers for the Integration of Refugee Doctors into the Healthcare System in Southwest Sydney | A/Prof Brahm Marjadi; A/Prof Shameran Slewa-Younan; Dr Sadia Hossain | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in India: A Scoping Review | A/Prof Mourad Tayebi; Dr Iman Hegazi | Prof Tim Karl |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Back to the roots - naked foods | Prof Anand Hardikar; A/Prof Mugdha Joglekar | Prof Tim Karl |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Acute Effects of Exercise on A-ECG Heart Age | A/Prof Simon Green; A/Prof Upul Premawardhana | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Perioperative Epilepsy Safety: A Retrospective Observational Cohort study across Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals | Dr Michael Fong; Dr Nigel Wolfe | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Assessing the Prognostic Value of Non-Language Subdomains of the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III (ACE-III) in Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) | Dr Cristian Leyton Moscoso | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Coronary intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of severely calcified coronary artery disease | A/Prof Kishor Kadappu; Dr James Xu | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Immune-regulatory properties of human islet-derives progenitor cells (hIPCs) | A/Prof Mugdha Joglekar; Dr Wilson Wong | Prof Tim Karl |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Prevalence of MAFLD in Patients with Established ASCVD by Coronary Angiography: A Retrospective Cohort Study | Prof Timothy Tan | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Review of MRI of parapharyngeal space thickness pre and post radiotherapy with respect to transoral robotic surgery | A/Prof Faruque Riffat | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Medical Education (ME) | Mental health literacy in medical education: A trauma-informed pedagogical analysis | Dr Jane Graves; Dr Andrew Kellett | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Defining the cause of death for injured patients who survive to hospital in Australia. | Dr Thomas Patterson; A/Prof Jeremy Hsu | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Examining the presence of neuropsychiatric disease in SLE patients | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan; Dr Jonathan Emerson | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Evaluating the therapeutic effects of lipoproteins using an in vitro model of Alzheimer's pathology. a review | A/Prof Mourad Tayebi; Dr Monique David | Prof Tim Karl |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | A retrospective descriptive analysis of snake bites presenting to Lismore Hospital Emergency Departments over a 10 year period | Dr Roland Sze Ching TEE | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Medical Education (ME) | Exploring the perceptions and attitudes of first-year medical students, and the experiences and perspectives of staff, in the transition to a two-tiered grading system in the MD program | Dr Caroline Joyce; Dr Carl Parsons | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Geospatial Analysis of Bronchiolitis Presentations in Campbelltown | Dr Nicholas Moore | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Stakeholder Perspective on a Novel Referral Triage Tool for Child Development Assessment Services in SWSLHD: A qualitative study | Dr Lydia So | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | A 20-Year Retrospective Audit of Paediatric Presentations of Acute Leukaemia to Regional Paediatric Centres in NSW | A/Prof Timothy McCrossin; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Smoking Behaviours of Young People entering NSW custody, and Evaluation of Smoke-Free Guidelines used in NSW Youth Detention Settings | Dr Leigh Haysom; Prof Penny Abbott | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Community Health (CH) | Delivering psilocybin assisted psychotherapy to people with cancer: a scoping review | Dr Suzanne Grant | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Anatomical Risk Zones for Phrenic Nerve Injury During Internal Thoracic Artery Mobilization with monopolar diathermy: A Cadaveric Study | Dr Bruce French; Prof John Morley | Prof Tim Karl |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Stroke Code Audit at Campbelltown hospital | A/Prof Stanley Levy | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | A scoping review of the decline in Moral Judgement and Moral segmentation in Medical Students. | Dr Iman Hegazi; Dr Gabriela Visini | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Intentions of Rural Placement students in Lismore to Continue Rural Medicine post-graduation | Dr Sam Hogan; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Outcomes, Economic Impact, and Risk Factors for Further Treatment in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Study of the C-Eye-C Scheme in Western Sydney | A/Prof Andrew White; A/Prof Milan Piya | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | A/Prof Vincent Ho; A/Prof Kingsley Agho | Dr Timothy Tan |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Health and Ageing in Prison | Prof Penny Abbott; Dr Joanne Grimsdale; Dr Winston Lo | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Medical Education (ME) | Investigating the Decline in Moral Judgment and Moral Segmentation in Medical Students | Dr Iman Hegazi; Dr Gabriela Visini | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | The impact of After-Hours Cardiac Catheterisation Capability at LBH on STEMI Management Strategies. | Dr Charles Coulton; Dr Dan Elder | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Medical Education (ME) | Supporting PBL learning – formative quizzes | Dr Victoria Mansour; Dr Elizabeth O'Connor | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Percentage of patients undergoing CT Perfusion Brain Study for Suspected Acute Ischaemic Stroke, who met Symptom-Based Clinical Criteria for Acute Ischaemic Stroke | A/Prof Noel Young; Dr Andrew Evans | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Review of Westmead Tracheostomy Service | A/Prof Faruque Riffat | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | An Audit of Paediatric and Neonatal Sepsis Pathway compliance in Western NSW | A/Prof Timothy McCrossin; Dr Ngozika Esther Ezinne | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Community Health (CH) | Social story for families waiting for a developmental assessment | Dr Lydia So | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Mapping Atypical Sensory Presentations in MS: A Combined Scoping Review and Case Series with Index Case Analysis | A/Prof Stanley Levy | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Assessment and comparison between Wolverine Cutting Balloon and Rotablation, two calcium modifying treatments in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of severely calcified coronary artery disease. | A/Prof Kishor Kadappu; Dr James Xu | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Medical Education (ME) | Exercise knowledge and habits of medical students and academic staff. | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor; Dr Bronwen Dalziel | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Emergency department care for people who have experienced family and domestic violence: an audit of care provision in NNSW. | Dr Natalie Edmiston | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Does the use of a clinical assessment tool in patients with an acute behavioural disturbance reduce the incidence of parenteral sedation and physical restraint in the Emergency department. | A/Prof Kent Robinson | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Vaccination rates in immunosuppressed patients following an intervention to boost vaccination | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Culturally Tailored Lifestyle Intervention to Support Gestational Diabetes Management and Healthy Gestational Weight Gain | Dr Manimegalai Manoharan | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Retrospective Audit of delirium incidence and severity following elective | Dr Deepak Bhonagiri; Dr Avinash Sharma | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Health Innovations (HI) | FDG-PET CT brain metabolic findings in psychiatric disorders and their implications for dementia assessment | Dr Jun Dai | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | Improving and Optimising the Dermatology Consult Liaison service in SWSLHD | Dr Monisha Gupta; Prof Penny Abbott; Dr Ali Abid | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Investigating the Decline in Moral Judgment and Moral Segmentation in Medical Students | Dr Iman Hegazi; Dr Gabriela Visini | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Assessing the Generalisability of Australian Suicide Prevention Strategies: A Scoping Review using the RE-AIM Framework | A/Prof Anoop Sankaranarayanan | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Community Health (CH) | Resistance training as a management strategy to reduce pelvic pain severity and improve quality of life in individuals with endometriosis | Dr Cristy Brooks; Dr Diana Karamacoska Dr Chloe Tayloe | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Prospection CURF BPH MBS 2025 | Prof Henry Woo | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Assessing the Efficacy of Combined Therapy Cyclic Peptide and EGFR Inhibitor in Lung Cancer | A/Prof Kieran Scott; Dr Maria George Elias | Prof Tim Karl |
| Medical Education (ME) | From Graduation to Internship: Understanding and Supporting International Medical Students in Australia | Dr Iman Hegazi; Dr Victoria Mansour | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Feasibility of Retrospective Acquisition of Data from Campbelltown Hospital for Explainable Advanced Electrocardiography Research Analysis in Diastolic Dysfunction With and Without Pulmonary Hypertension: A Retrospective Pilot Study | A/Prof Simon Green; A/Prof Upul Premawardhana | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A Scoping Review Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Dietary Elimination Therapy to Corticosteroids in the Management of Eosinophilic Gastritis | A/Prof Vincent Ho | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Patterns of Healthcare Professional Engagement with the Western Diabetes Education Programme (WDEP): A Focus on Nursing Workforce Uptake Compared to Other Healthcare Professionals through Self-Paced Online Learning Modules. | Prof David Simmons; Ms Deborah Macfie | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Community Aged Care Data Sets in Australia – A Scoping Review | Dr Jun Dai | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Microglia-based therapeutic targets in schizophrenia, a systematic review | Dr Masoud Golakani; Dr Kazem Razaghi | Prof Tim Karl |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | The effect of student delivered progressive resistance training and high level balance exercise sessions under clinical supervision in rural residential aged care homes in Northern NSW: A retrospective analysis of pre post test scores | A/Prof Vanette McLennan; Lewis Grove; Prof Vicki Flood | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Challenges and facilitators to implementation and effective delivery of clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis of anaemia in pregnancy at a NSW regional hospital: A Qualitative Study | Dr Levi Osuagwu; Mrs Emma Fuller | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Community Health (CH) | Update project title: Evaluation of the Auburn Community Health After Hours Immunisation Clinic service | Dr Catherine Bateman; Mrs Salwa Gabriel | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Community Health (CH) | Behavioural and pharmacological treatments for rumination syndrome across the lifespan: A scoping review | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Dr Jerry Zhou | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A scoping review to investigate clinical and functional outcomes of different surgical treatment modalities for proximal humerus fractures. | Prof Wendy Hu | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Medical Education (ME) | Exploring Interprofessional Perceptions on Nursing in Australia; A scoping review | Dr Kazem Razaghi; Dr Pen (Wenpeng) You; A/Prof Gill Murphy | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Trends in patterns of untreated menopausal symptoms in women after hormone dependent cancer: a quantitative and qualitative analysis. | Dr James Brown; Prof Janette Perz | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Community Health (CH) | A Systematic review of the validity of different measures of health related quality of life in people with eating disorders | Prof Phillipa Hay | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Community Health (CH) | Evaluating Integrative Oncology Models of Care | Dr Suzanne Grant; Alison Maunder | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Systematic Review of Bezafibrate impact on cholestatic markers in patients with PBC. | A/Prof Vincent Ho | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | To understand the occurrence, severity and triggers for hypoglycaemia in community dwelling individuals with diabetes | A/Prof Tien-Ming Hng | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | GP-led provision of automated insulin delivery systems in rural northern NSW - Rethinking the role of GPs in type 1 diabetes management? | Dr David Glendinning | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Health and Ageing in Prison | Prof Penny Abbott; Dr Joanne Grimsdale; Dr Winston Lo | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Thrombin Versus Cyanoacrylate in the Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric Variceal Bleeding: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes | A/Prof Vincent Ho | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Review of Endoscopic Treatment of Upper Airway Stenosis | A/Prof Faruque Riffat | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Barriers and facilitators of MH help-seeking and mental wellbeing among African migrants in Rural Australia | Dr Levi Osuagwu; Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Determining the association between Heart rate & Blood pressure on A-ECG heart age gap | A/Prof Simon Green; A/Prof Upul Premawardhana | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Food exosomes as potential triggers inducing immune activation in T1DM | A/Prof Mugdha Joglekar; Dr Wilson Wong; Prof Anand Hardikar | Prof Tim Karl |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Outcomes of pregnancy in women with Type 1 and 2 diabetes at Blacktown Hospital | A/Prof Katrina Chau; Dr Akhil Gupta | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Bone health in restrictive eating disorders | Prof Michael Kohn; Dr Monique Stone | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Treatment approach to anti-TNF alpha-induced paradoxical psoriasis – a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dr Monisha Gupta | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Understanding Anal Cancer Awareness and Screening Attitudes Among People Living with HIV in Regional NSW | A/Prof Vincent Cornelisse | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Multimodal Breath and Physiological Biomarker Monitoring for Glucose Control in Diabetes: A Literature Review and Exploratory Study Using BreathAI | Prof Anand Hardikar; Ms Reshmi Kulkarni | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Impact of Sugammadex vs Neostigmine for Neuromuscular Blockade Reversal on pulmonary complications and DAH30 in abdominal surgery: A retrospective cohort study | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Assessing the feasibility of PLA2 as a therapeutic target in NMSC | A/Prof Kieran Scott; A/Prof Albert Mellick | Prof Tim Karl |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Review of Botox and Laryngeal Steroid Injections for Chronic Cough | A/Prof Faruque Riffat | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Incidence and Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Southeast Asia: A Scoping Review of Demographic, Genetic, and Environmental Risk Factors | A/Prof Mourad Tayebi; Dr Monique David | Prof Tim Karl |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Does transplant renal biopsy change management in BK virus infection | Dr Brian Nankivell; Dr Mirna Vucak-Dzumhur@health.nsw.gov.au | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Socio-Demographic and Health-Related Factors Influencing Eye Care Utilization in Rural Australia using Data from Cross-Sectional Study (Crossroads Study 1 and 2) | Dr Levi Osuagwu; Prof David Simmons | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | A retrospective audit on Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) in the Lismore region | A/Prof Patrick Dwyer | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A 2025 retrospective quality improvement audit of ERCP at Campbelltown Hospital | Prof Ian Turner; Dr Cynthuja Thilakanathan; Dr Milan Bassan | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | What internal (patient-related) and external (family-, socioeconomic-, and system-related) factors are associated with medication non-compliance and clinic non-attendance among children attending a rural paediatric ADHD clinic? | Dr Chandima De Alwis; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Emergency department care for people who have experienced family and domestic violence: an audit of care provision in NNSW. | Dr Natalie Edmiston | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Review of Neuro-Laryngology Service | A/Prof Faruque Riffat | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Association of Cognitive Rigidity and Disordered Eating: A Narrative Review | A/Prof Anoop Sankaranarayanan | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Acute effects of exercise on A-ECG heart age | A/Prof Simon Green; A/Prof Upul Premawardhana | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Community Health (CH) | Evaluating Integrative Oncology Models of Care | Dr Suzanne Grant; Alison Maunder | Dr Elizabeth Conroy |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Clinical Audit of Failed Discharges of Inpatients at Bathurst Hospital | Dr Siddarth Sethi; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
2025 Year 4 MD Project - Research Projects and Supervisors
| STREAM | PROJECT TITLE | SUPERVISORS | STREAM ADVISOR |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Heat shock as a low-cost therapy for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease | Dr Rossana Rosa Porto; Prof Tim Karl | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Heat shock as a low-cost therapy for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease | Dr Rossana Rosa Porto; Prof Tim Kar | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Schizophrenia in the face of inflammation – novel treatment strategies are needed | Dr Rose Chesworth Vieyra; Prof Tim Karl | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Neuroinflammation in Schizophrenia | Dr Rose Chesworth Vieyra; Prof Tim Karl | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Quantification of gut metabolites in the diet-induced obesity mouse model | Dr Ho Trong Nhan Pham; Dr Mugdha Joglekar; Dr Wilson Wong; Dr Madilyn Coles | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Immunomodulatory effects of human islet-derived progenitor cells | Dr Mugdha Joglekar; Dr Wilson Wong | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | L-DOPA and Dopamine concentrations in the developing eye | Dr Morven Cameron | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Assessing inhibition of advanced glycation end-product formation by extracts of Australian native plants | Prof Gerald Muench | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Does astrocytic modulation of cortical oscillations change in neurodegenerative disease? | A/Prof Yossi Buskila | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Assessing microRNAs associated with autoimmune disease | Prof Anand Hardikar; Dr Mugdha Joglekar | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Validating candidate biomarkers for locally advanced rectal cancer | A/Prof Kevin Spring; Dr Yafeng Ma | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Pre-analytical Analysis of ctDNA | A/Prof Kevin Spring; Dr Yafeng Ma | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | MicroRNA Biomarkers for Early Prediction of Type 1 Diabetes | A/Prof Anand Hardikar; Dr Mugdha Joglekar | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Effect of an intradialytic resistance training on circulating endocannabinoids in patients with end-stage renal disease: A randomised controlled trial | A/Prof Bobby Cheema; Dr Mitchell Low | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Evaluation of predicted changes in protein expression following treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme cell lines with the experimental medicine c2. | A/Prof Kieran Scott | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Efficacy High-Density Lipoproteins in an Alzheimer Cell Line Model | Dr Monique David; A/Prof Mourad Tayebi | Prof John Morley |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | The role of neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration – early impact on Alzheimer’s disease | A/Prof Erika Gyengesi | A/Prof Yossi Buskila |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Global Prevalence of Comorbidities in Pyoderma Gangrenosum | A/Prof John Frew | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Changing the natural history of hepatitis C virus infection; the impact of the evolution of antiviral therapies | Prof Golo Ahlenstiel; Dr Wai-See Ma | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Treitz Hernia: Systematic Review | Dr Jason Diab; Dr Assad Zahid | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Burden of Toxicological Disease in a Mixed, Non-Tertiary Emergency Department and Future Service Demand Modelling | Dr Nicholas Moore | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Systematic review of inguinal bladder hernias | Dr Assad Zahid; Dr Jason Diab | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Efficacy and Safety of Motilin Agonists in Patients with Diabetic Gastroparesis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Ms Lillian Jabur | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | MRI in Appendicitis – an audit of Blacktown Hospital's experience | Dr Benjamin Woodham | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | MRI in Appendicitis – an audit of Blacktown Hospital's experience | Dr Benjamin Woodham | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Neuroanatomical lesions and OCD symptoms | Prof Vlasios Brakoulias | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Evaluating Transition Outcomes in a Dedicated Transition Space | Prof Michael Kohn; Dr Fran Doyle | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Surgical Management of Ewings Sarcoma: Outcomes of Patients of an Australian Specialised Sarcoma Centre | A/Prof Daniel Steffens | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Coeliac disease management for children under 5 years old | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Ms Lilian Jabur | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Identifying and characterising the genomic profile in patients with non-HPV oral squamous cell carcinoma | Prof Ruta Gupta; Prof Soon Lee; Laveniya Satgunaseelan | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Therapeutic Interventions for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): A Narrative Review | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Ms Lilian Jabur | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Ms Lilian Jabur | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A single centre study of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead: a 30-year experience | Dr Yoon Hi Cho; A/Prof Richard McGee | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Descriptive analysis / epidemiology of medical emergency team activations at Campbelltown hospital | A/Prof Deepak Bhonagiri; Ms Susan Manners; Dr Avinash Sharma; Mr Matthew Laird; Dr Ramathanan Lakshmanan | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The Person with Diabetes – exploring the inpatient experience: A qualitative study | A/Prof Tien-Ming Hng; Ms Marlene Payk | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Inhaler Device Questionnaire: Assessing Confidence and Competency Amongst Healthcare Professionals | Prof Soo Wei Foo; Prof Belinda Cochrane | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Consensus on Sensorineural Hearing Loss Management – A Sydney Metropolitan Tertiary Referral Hospital Experience | Dr Vanaja Sivapathasingam; Dr David Roshan | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Interaction of gut microbiome and host immune system in the development of coeliac disease. | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Dr Lilian Jabur | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Clinical Outcomes of Post Cataract Surgery (EDOF IOLs) | A/Prof Chameen Samarawickrama | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Clinical Outcomes of Post Cataract Surgery (Trifocal IOLs) | A/Prof Chameen Samarawickrama | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The association between preoperative medication and the risk of intraoperative hypotension – a retrospective cohort study | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Use of Topical Postbiotics in Psoriasis Management | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Dr Lilian Jabur | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Association between duration of fasting and level of intra-operative haemodynamic support | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Clinical and radiographic outcomes of Lisfranc repair using a diamond bridging plate (2 columns single plate) – a case series. | Dr Wagdy Ashaia | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The effects of perioperative dexamethasone on postoperative pain outcomes. | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The epidemiology of sepsis in ICU Campbelltown Hospital in the Last 5 years from 1 Jan 2019 to 31 December 2023 | A/Prof Deepak Bhonagiri; Dr Avinash Sharma; Dr Susan Manners | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Assessing adverse events following immune suppression in patients with ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan; Dr Jocelyn Jiang | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | An analysis of patient outcomes and clinician experiences related to the modification of response to Campbelltown Paediatric Ward Medical Emergency Team (MET) activations. | A/Prof Deepak Bhonagiri; Dr Ramanathan Lakshmanan; Dr Avinash Sharma; Mr Matthew Laird | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Emergency Department Presentations of Priority Populations (ED-PPP study): An epidemiological description, investigating the factors that drive presentation to ED in very high frequency service users and conducting a healthcare cost-analysis. | Dr Nicholas Moore; Dr Chetna Kohli | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Improving our understanding of miscellaneous obsessions | Prof Vlasios Brakoulias | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass prime osmolality on postoperative patient osmolality changes after cardiac surgery | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Pathological outcomes for men undergoing radical prostatectomy for low risk prostate cancer | Prof Henry Woo | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Mental Health Presentations in Adolescents to the Emergency Department at Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals | A/Prof Stephen Teo; Dr Stephen Brancatisano; Dr Diana Steinberg | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Mental Health Presentations in Adolescents to the Emergency Department at Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals | A/Prof Stephen Teo; Dr Stephen Brancatisano; Dr Diana Steinberg | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Comparison of Gestational Weight Gain between BMI classification and various ethnic groups in women at Fairfield Antenatal Clinic. | Dr Manimegalai Manoharan; Prof Vincent Wong | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Berberine for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: a systematic review | A/Prof Carolyn Ee | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Retrospective audit of fluid balance management in septic shock patients in the ICU of Campbelltown Hospital: A one year review from May 2023 to May 2024 | A/Prof Deepak Bhonagiri; Ms Susan Manners | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Vaccinations in Immunocompromised Patients | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan; Dr Jocelyn Jiang | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Cardiopulmonary bypass related determinants of postoperative delirium in cardiac surgical patients. | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Accuracy of Serological Testing in the Detection of Potential Coeliac Disease in Paediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Dr Lilian Jabur | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Primary ureteric stone treatment for patients admitted with acute ureteric colic at Blacktown Hospital | Prof Henry Woo | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The projected effect of the introduction of lung cancer screening on radiation therapy demand and technique in SWSLHD | A/Prof Mei Ling Yap; Dr Vicky Chin | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Assessing Basic Care in Dermatology - Western Sydney | Prof Pablo Fernandez-Penas; A/Prof Andrew Miller | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Transpelvic osseointegration case series | Prof Munjed Al Muderis; Atiya Oomatia | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Long term outcomes of non-functioning pituitary adenoma following surgical resection | Dr Sue Lynn Lau; Dr Prishila Fookerah | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Can CT-KUB findings correlate with medical co-morbidity? | Prof Henry Woo | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Case series: Outcomes of Upper limb Osseointegration | Prof Munjed Al Muderis; Atiya Oomatia | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Aligning patient expectations for recovery with reality | Prof Justine Naylor; Mr Thomas Hoang | Dr Timothy Tan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Serratus anterior plane block versus erector spinae plane block in patients with rib fractures, a retrospective cohort study | Dr Richard Halliwell | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | To investigate the prevalence of CKD-aP in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis | A/Prof Ronald Castelino | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Cann-it-help? Self-reported patient experiences of medical cannabis use | Dr Robert Graham | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Epidemiology of patients presenting to Campbelltown ICU with substance overdose at Campbelltown ICU for 3 years from 1 July 2021 to 30th June 2024 | A/Prof Deepak Bhonagiri; Dr Avinash Sharma; Dr Susan Manners; Dr Ramanathan Lakshmanan | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Death rates after discharge from metro vs rural hospital emergency department with chest pain | Dr Conrad Loten | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Retrospective Review of Trimodal Therapy for muscle-invasive bladder ca in South-West Sydney | Dr Matthew Stanowski | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Epidemiology of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions with hyponatremia in Campbelltown ICU from 2021 to 2024 | A/Prof Deepak Bhonagiri; Dr Avinash Sharma; Dr Susan Manners; Dr Ramanathan Lakshmanan | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Are patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) aware of possible health risks associated with their condition and respective treatment options? If so, are they compliant with sufficient prophylactic measures? | Dr Jerry Zhou; Dr Christine Verdon | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Sepsis post laser of urolithiasis - an analysis of patient characteristics and practice management | Dr Matthew Stanowski; Dr Sean Ong | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Management of fungemia in a hospital setting | Dr Matthew Stanowski; Dr Sean Ong | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Comparative Outcomes of Primary versus Delayed Laser Lithotripsy in the Management of Urinary Stones | Dr Matthew Stanowski; Dr Sean Ong | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Compliance with exit site care at Western Renal Services - Quantitative Data | Dr Katrina Chau | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Compliance with exit site care at Western Renal Services - Qualitative Data | Dr Katrina Chau | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Diagnostic and prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters in Chagas disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Prof Timothy Tan | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Risks in multi-level cervical discectomy | Dr Prashanth Rao; Dr Gayani Petersingham; Prof Neil Merrett | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A Review of Endoscopic, Surgical and Electrical Management of Gastroparesis | A/Prof Vincent Ho; Ms Lillian Jabur | Dr Danielle Tu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Indications and detection rates of implantable loop recorders for patients with cryptogenic stroke. Focus: indication, detection rates and efficacy of implantable loop recorders for cryptogenic stroke patients | A/Prof Upul Premawardhana; A/Prof Simon Green | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Indications and detection rates of implantable loop recorders for patients with cryptogenic stroke. Focus: patients with recurrent syncope | A/Prof Upul Premawardhana; A/Prof Simon Green | Dr Aiden O'Loughlin |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Monitoring of IgG levels following rituximab therapy in autoimmune disease | Dr Hannah Hu | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Clinical, biochemical and hemodynamic predictors of mortality in patients with mechanical cardiac assist devices (e.g. LVAD) | Dr Dhaval Ghelani; Dr Aditya Bhat | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Natural Language Processing for the Automated Extraction of Information from Clinical Records Project | Dr Nicholas Moore | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Assessment of Variceal Bleeding Care Bundle Use on Outcomes of Patient Care - A Pilot Study | Dr Nishita Jagarlamudi; Prof Golo Ahlenstiel | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Rethinking the Physical Examination for Telehealth - A Scoping Review | Dr Jun Dai; Dr Desmond Graham | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Risk factors for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence following bariatric surgical treatment for obesity | Dr Devesh Kaushal | Prof Wendy Hu |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Evaluation of the Campbelltown Emergency Department Domestic Violence Model of Medical Care | Dr Natalie Edmiston; Dr Helen Rhodes; Dr Rosalie Power | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A Systematic Review on "Does Prostatic Artery Embolization (PAE) in “elderly” men with BPH, decreases IPSS compared to TURP"? | Dist Prof Andre Renzaho | A/Prof Ian Turner |
| Community Health (CH) | Intersection of homosexuality and religiosity: A scoping review | A/Prof Brahm Marjadi; Dr Paul Glew | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Hand Hygiene Practices in Paediatric Populations: Assessing Their Impact on Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Schools and Preschools | Dr Nicholas Moore | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Hand Hygiene Practices in Paediatric Populations: Assessing Their Impact on Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Schools and Preschools | Dr Nicholas Moore | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Patient perception and satisfaction with a community-based cardiac rehabilitation for Chinese migrants in Australia | Dr Guoyan (Emily) Yang; Prof Clara Chow; Dr Marina Ali | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | BreastWise | A/Prof Kate McBride | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | A systematic review of research on mental health outcomes of flood disasters in Australia. | A/Prof Anoop Sankaranarayanan | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Traumatic birthing experience: the Birth Experience Study (BESt) | Dr Hazel Keedle; Prof Hannah Dahlen | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Carer Burden in Accommodating for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Characteristics in Prader Willi Syndrome Patients | Prof Vlasios Brakoulias | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Birth Experience Study (BESt) | Prof Hannah Dahlen; Dr Hazel Keedle | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Review of Obesity | Prof John Whitehall | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Pattern of Pain and Analgesia Use of Patients Served by a Geriatric Community Service to Residential Aged Care Facilities | Dr Amy Tse; Dr Desmond Graham | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Assessing Functional, Cognitive, Depression and Frailty Levels in CALD Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Community Study | Dr Wenpeng You; A/Prof Rita Chang; Dr Tebbin Koo | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Improving Nutritional Status and Mealtime Experience in a Residential Aged Care Facility through Knowledge Translation Strategy and Environmental Modification | A/Prof Rita Chang; Dr Wenpeng You; Dr Tebbin Ko | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Digital health interventions impact on medication compliance in hypertension patients. | Dist Prof Andre Renzaho | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Evaluation of a community-based supportive care program | A/Prof Carolyn Ee; Dr Suzanne Grant | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Acupuncture for endometriosis; a scoping review | A/Prof Mike Armour; Dr Andrew Romano | A/Prof Lise Mogensen |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | The Harnessing Urban Bridges (HUB) Project: Co-designing Health Hubs for Transforming Diabetes Care in Western Sydney | Prof Wendy Hu; Dr Jaspreet Saini, Dr Ania Lucewicz, Prof Penny Abbott, A/Prof Phylllis Lau | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Dissemination of research findings in the WATCH and INFLATE trials | Prof Penny Abbott | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Quality Equity and Systems Transformation in Primary Health Care (QUEST PHC) – quality indicators for Justice Health | Prof Penny Abbott | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | A scoping review - What are the standards for primary healthcare used in prisons internationally. | Prof Penny Abbott | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Evaluation of an Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Clinic | Dr Miriam Brooks; Dr Hanady Nasreddine | A/Prof Phyllis Lau |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | A scoping review: Co-design in primary care. | Prof Penny Abbott; Ms Jessica Jaja | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | What are the most effective approaches for implementing training programs aimed at enhancing general practitioners understanding and utilisation of Social Prescribing? | Dr Nicole Peel; A/Prof Arianne Reis; A/Prof Brahm Marjadi | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | What are the most effective approaches for implementing training programs aimed at enhancing general practitioners understanding and utilisation of Social Prescribing? | Dr Nicole Peel; A/Prof Arianne Reis | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Evaluation of an eating disorder credentialing system for general practitioners | A/Prof Gabriella Heruc; A/Prof Janet Conti | A/Prof Phyllis Lau |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | The role of general practice research training in an academic career post fellowship | Dr Yasin Shahab | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | What are the impacts of healthcare hubs on chronic disease in the community. | Dr Winston Lo; Dr Phyllis Lau | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Early Adopters of Artificial Intelligence in General Practice: challenges faced and outcomes | Dr Winston Lo; Dr Phyllis Lau; A/Prof Michael Burke | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Evaluation of Trauma informed healthcare training for final year medical students at Western Sydney university | Dr Miriam Brooks | Prof Anand Hardikar |
| General Practice and Primary Care (GPPC) | Quality improvement project for ADHD shared care | Dr Madhuri Jain | A/Prof Phyllis Lau |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Defining the longitudinal outcomes of patients undergoing gastric surgery using Gastric Alimetry (Bariatric Surgery) | Dr Daphne Foong; Dr Vincent Ho | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Defining the longitudinal outcomes of patients undergoing gastric surgery using Gastric Alimetry (Anti-Reflux Surgery). | Dr Daphne Foong; Dr Vincent Ho | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Evaluating the Accuracy and Utility of AI-Generated Information on Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) | A/Prof Sam Adie; Dr Deanne Jenkin; A/Prof Michael O'Connor | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Health Service Utilisation Following Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty | A/Prof Daniel Steffens; A/Prof Michael O'Connor | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Health Innovation Project | A/Prof Michael O'Connor | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Health Innovations (HI) | A validation data analysis on the 2022 RESTORE study | A/Prof Kingsley Agho; Dr Elise Baker; Ellie Sugden | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Indigenous Health (IH) | Prevalence of Mental Health in Men Living with Diabetes, CVD and Obesity Across Various Age Groups | Dr Eme John; Dr Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Medical Education (ME) | The status of urology teaching in Australian and New Zealand medical schools | Prof Henry Woo | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Compassion fatigue in medical students | Dr Iman Hegazi; Dr Caroline Joyce; Dr Jane Graves | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | Compassion fatigue in medical students | Dr Iman Hegazi; Dr Caroline Joyce; Dr Jane Graves | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | Anatomical Variations in the Brachial Artery: Implications for Medical Education and Clinical Practice | Dr Manisha Dayal | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Understanding Student Preferences for Flexible Attendance in WSU Medical School | A/Prof Lise Mogensen; A/Prof Brahm Marjadi; Dr Jess Smith | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Gender Equity in Surgery: Examination of the Proportion of Male and Female Surgeons Employed as Consultants in Public Hospitals in NSW | Prof Henry Woo | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Exploring the Success, Implications, Limits, and Future Directions of Flexible Surgical Training for Female Surgeons in Australia | Dr Matthew Stanowski | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Effects of uniform on medical students’ sense of belonging and development of clinician identity | Dr Caroline Joyce | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | An audit of postnatal follow-up of antenatal hydronephrosis within Bathurst Hospital. | Dr Timothy McCrossin; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | An Audit of Paediatric & Neonatal Sepsis Pathway compliance in Western NSW | Dr Timothy McCrossin; Dr Eme John | Dr Levi Osuagwi |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Effectiveness of exercise compared to antidepressant use in men with CVD | Dr Eme John; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Retrospective review of Demographic Factors Associated with Paediatric Metabolic Syndrome | Prof John Whitehall | Dr Levi Osuagwi |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Project Action Plans regarding COPD and CHF | Mr Laurie Aitchison; Mrs Natalie Menzies; Dr Eme John | Dr Levi Osuagwi |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Exploring Improvements to Inpatient Management of Diabetes | Dr Khalid Zubaidi | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Audit of Imaging Outcomes in Patients Who Fall | A/Prof Bruce McGarity | Dr Levi Osuagwi |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Lymphoedema treatments in the presence of cancer | Dr Brenda Svensson-Florida; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Assessing Knowledge and Awareness of Vision Testing among Rural Nurses in Paediatric Clinics in Rural New South Wales: A Mixed methods cross sectional study | Dr Levi Osuagwu; Dr Ngozika Ezinne | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | GP perceptions of 'social prescription': facilitators and barriers | Dr Eme John; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Post operative opiate consumption in arthroplasty patients | A/Prof David Scott; Dr Alison A'Court | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Rib Fracture Management in Richmond ED Network (Audit of Lismore Base Hospital rib fracture management with a focus on compliance to protocol) | Dr Martin Duffy; Dr Charles Coulton | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Rib Fracture Management in Richmond ED Network (Comparison of patient variables and outcomes for patients admitted to Lismore Base Hospital for rib fracture management by pain control – PCA versus Regional Block) | Dr Martin Duffy; Dr Charles Coulton | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Rib Fracture Management in Richmond ED Network (Audit of Peripheral Hospital rib fracture management and comparison to Lismore Base Hospital management) | Dr Martin Duffy; Dr Charles Coulton | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Gonorrhoea testing Port Macquarie to Tweed Heads | Dr Jane Shapiro; Dr Vincent J Cornelisse | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Evaluating the frequency of BBV and STI risk factor identification and testing in patients of Tallowood Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit: a retrospective audit of Adult Admission Assessments. | Ms Kate Salisbury; Dr Vincent Cornelisse; Dr Richard Seamark | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | How are medical students contributing? A scoping review of student-led health services and outcomes for older rural adults with mental health problems and neurodegenerative diseases. | Dr Khoka Hamiduzzaman; A/Prof Vanette McLennan; Prof Vicki Flood | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Anal cancer and anal dysplasia in North Coast populations; disease characteristics and treatment burden | Dr Vincent Cornelisse | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
2024 Year 4 MD Project - Research Projects and Supervisors
| STREAM | PROJECT TITLE | SUPERVISOR(S) | STREAM ADVISOR |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Inflammation and basal forebrain cholinergic degeneration exacerbate | Dr Rose Chesworth; Dr Erika Gyengesi | Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Investigating the Effect of Ageing and Chronic Neuroinflammation on Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neuronal Morphology | Dr Erika Gyengesi | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Investigating the Effect of Ageing and Chronic Neuroinflammation on Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neuronal Morphology | Dr Erika Gyengesi | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | The role of PLA2 in regulating inflammation and malignancy in squamous cell carcinomas. | A/Prof Kieran Scott; A/Prof Albert Mellick | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Towards the effective diagnosis of malignant squamous cell carcinoma in Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). | A/Prof Kieran Scott; A/Prof Albert Mellick | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Role of STING haplotype in Glioblastoma patient response to DNA damaging treatment. | A/Prof Tara Roberts; A/Prof Therese Becker; Dr Adam Cooper | Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Jelly Fibre: developing a new delivery platform to introduce soluble fibre to gastroparesis patients | Dr Jerry Zhou | Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Maximizing glutathione production by a combination of Nrf2 activators and glutathione building block availability | Prof Gerald Muench; Dr Phoebe (Xian) Zhou | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Explore anti-inflammatory activity potent Nrf2 activators from the roots of Valeriana officinalis | Dr Phoebe (Xian) Zhou; Prof Gerald Muench | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | The role of Interleukin (IL-6) in enhancing the glycolytic metabolism in Neuro2A cells | Prof Gerald Muench; Dr Madhuri Venigalla | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | The role of Interleukin (IL-6) in enhancing the glycolytic metabolism in Neuro2A cells | Prof Gerald Muench; Dr Madhuri Venigalla | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Finding Alternatives to Antibiotics for Treating Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus | Dr Poonam Mudgil | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Finding Alternatives to Antibiotics for Treating Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus | Dr Poonam Mudgil | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Long Non-Coding (Inc) RNA and microRNA Interaction in Human Islets | Dr Wilson Wong; A/Prof Anand Hardikar; Dr Mugdha Joglekar | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Telomere Length in Diabetes | Dr Mugdha Joglekar; A/Prof Anand Hardikar | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | MicroRNA Biomarkers for Early Prediction of Type 1 Diabetes | A/Prof Anand Hardikar; Dr Mugdha Joglekar | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Heat Shock Treatment Pilot | Dr Rossana Rosa Porto; Prof Tim Karl | Dr Yossi Buskila |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Risk of bias in unpublished studies | Dr Aidan Tan | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Database design, maintenance and data cleaning in support of a publically funded metabolic surgery programme | Prof Michael Edye; Dr Benjamin Woodham | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Five year retrospective cohort study of unplanned readmissions in an Australian metropolitan paediatric unit | Dr Habib Bhurawala | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Weight loss and surgical outcomes of Single Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (SAGB) compared with Sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in a publically funded metabolic surgery programme | Prof Michael Edye; Dr Benjamin Woodham | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Natural Language Processing for the Automated Extraction of Information from Clinical Records | Dr Nicholas Moore | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Cost analysis of modified Seldinger PD catheter versus standard care at Western Renal Services | Dr Katrina Chau | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Developing evidence summaries and clinical pathways to inform clinical practice at the Next Practice-Western Sydney Integrative Health (Next Practice - WSIH) | Dr Carolyn Ee | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | A Qualitative Exploration of the Factors Leading to Attendance at the SWS Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program (SWS MRBP) | Dr Milan Piya; Dr Kate McBride; A/Prof Emma George | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Living well with advanced cancer: a scoping review and focus groups | Dr Suzanne Grant; Dr Carolyn Ee; Kim Kerin-Ayres | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Systematic review of concordance between core biopsy and surgical excision for tumour biomarkers in both adjuvant and neoadjuvant patients | Dr Nicholas Ngui; Dr Aswin Shanmugalingam | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Use of Telehealth in Oncology Within South Western Sydney | Dr Mei Ling Yap; Dr Andrew Parsonson | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Impact of Cancer Patients' Culturally and Linguistically divers (CALD) Status on Extent of Disease, Treatment Patterns and Overall Survival | Ms Nasreen Kaadan; A/Prof Stephen Della-Fiorentina | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Identifying Optimal Candidates for TIPS Among Patients with Cirrhosis and Acute Variceal Bleeding: a Multicentre Observational Study (NOTE: This Project is not for student preferencing - refer to Student Prerequisites info for application process) | Prof Golo Ahlenstiel | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Impact of Diet of Microbiome Changes During Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment | A/Prof Tara Roberts; Prof Wei Chua; Dr Tamiem Adam; Dr Vincent Ho, Erin Mowbray | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Audit of oesophageal acute food bolus impaction (AFBI) presentations at Campbelltown Hospital | A/Prof Ian Turner; Dr Sam Al-Sohaily | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Clinical Medicine (CM) | Is low socioeconomic status and poor medical literacy associated with worse outcome of critically ill patients | Dr Hatem Elkady | Dr Katrina Chau |
| Community Health (CH) | Partnership experiences of consumers, staff and providers in service improvement activities within the Western Sydney Primary Health Network. | Dr Coralie Wales; A/Prof Penny Abbott | Dr Phyllis Lau |
| Community Health (CH) | Orphans, Outbreaks and Insanity: Institutional Care in Western Sydney | Prof Wendy Hu; Carol Liston; Fiona Pacey | Dr Phyllis Lau |
| Community Health (CH) | Efficacy of online self-help guides on reducing depression and anxiety symptoms for young adults in Indonesia | A/Prof Shameran Younan | Dr Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | ASACT (Asylum Seeker Advocacy Clinical Team) Evaluation, within Refugee Health service NSW | Dr Miriam Brooks | Dr Phyllis Lau |
| Community Health (CH) | Developing a cardiovascular oral health program for general practice (CARDIOH-GP): A MIXED METHODS STUDY | Dr Min-yu (Phyllis) Lau Chan; Prof Ajesh George | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Community Health (CH) | Experience Paramedic-Initiated Referrals to General Practice | Mr Buck Reed | Dr Phyllis Lau |
| Community Health (CH) | Enhancing Dementia Friendliness in Primary Healthcare Settings | Dr Diana Karamacoska | Dr Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Children with Disability: What Does Well-Being Mean? | Dr Lise Mogensen; Dr Jenny McDonald | Dr Phyllis Lau |
| Community Health (CH) | Vaping History of Young People Entering NSW Custody | Dr Leigh Haysom; A/Prof Penny Abbott | Dr Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Assessing the Impacts of Western Sydney University Community Engagement in Medicine in Context Program | A/Prof Brahm Marjadi; Dr Sowbhagya Micheal | Dr Lise Mogensen |
| Community Health (CH) | Unpacking Vaping in Schools: a Community Approach | A/Prof Michael Burke; Prof Smita Shah | Dr Phyllis lau |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Rural Health - Health Innovations Healthcare Professionals Survey | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor; Dr Natalie Edmiston | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Paramedics - Health Innovations Healthcare Professionals Survey | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor; Mr Buck Reed | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Clinical Staff Engagement with Systematic Review of Patient Reported Measures for Arabic-Speaking Cancer Patients | Mrs Sandra Avery; A/Prof Stephen Della-Fiorentina | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Neurology - Health Innovations Healthcare Professionals Survey | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor; Dr Stan Levy | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Meta Analysis -Identifying areas of unmet need relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies: Meta-analysis across disciplines | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Paramedic Practice in Primary Healthcare Scoping Review | Mr Buck Reed; A/Prof Michael O'Connor | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Researching Unmet Needs of Medical Students and Primary Care Clinicians During GP Clinical Placements | A/Prof Michael O'Connor; Dr Yasin Shahab | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Technologies Scoping Review | Dr Anandwardhan Hardikar; A/Prof Michael O'Connor; Dr Mugdha Joglekar | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Investigating the potential for team-based care to assist GPs improve patient outcomes – Interviews with GPs and Health Care Professionals | A/Prof Michael O'Connor; A/Prof Penny Abbott | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Investigating the potential for team-based care to assist GPs improve patient outcomes – Interviews with Health Consumers | A/Prof Michael O'Connor; A/Prof Penny Abbott | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Health Innovations (HI) | Health Innovations Healthcare Professionals Survey - Nursing | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor; Dr Diana Jefferies; Dr Stephen McNally | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Indigenous Health (IH) | Understanding and Improving Ear Health Care for Aboriginal and Torres Srait Islander People in Prison | A/Prof Penny Abbott; Dr Joanne Grimsdale | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health (IH) | Aboriginal Mental Health - Review of Best Practice Model | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Medical Education (ME) | Assessing the effectiveness of online gastroenterology education to the general public | Dr Vincent Ho; Victoria Mansour | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | PBL Case Writing and Evaluation | Dr Victoria Mansour; Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Bronwen Dalziel |
| Medical Education (ME) | Place, Identity and Medical Education: how does place impact on learning? | Prof Wendy Hu | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Student, Supervisor and Specialty Research Skills: What is expected? | Prof Wendy Hu | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Task separation for novices learning to acquire and optimise cardiac ultrasound images | Dr Paul Stoodley; Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | Bridging the gap between knowledge and action: A knowledge translation project to develop an eLearning module within an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care research collaboration | Dr Alison Laycock; Dr Jodie Bailie | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | A Systematic Review to Identify the Training Barriers and Facilitators Experienced by Medical Students with Disability | Dr Gisselle Gallego; Dr Lise Mogensen | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | Peer-to-Peer Online Cross-Cultural Learning for Medical Students in Somaliland and Australia | Dr Lawrence Tan | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment; Development of Resources for WSU the Medical Curriculum | Dr Natalie Edmiston; Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Medical Education (ME) | Supporting PBL Learning - Formative Quizzes | Dr Victoria Mansour; Dr Elizabeth O'Connor | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education (ME) | Burnout in Academia – a Cross-Institute Study | A/Prof Daniel Lin; Dr Christa Lam-Cassettari | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Development of an Evaluation and Monitoring Framework for the Bathurst Antenatal Breastfeeding Education and Support Service. | Ms Vicki Grandsen; Ms Kylie Rogan; Ms Julia Sharp, Mrs Tegan Dutton | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Perspectives on Stroke Care Services in the Bathurst Region (Provider and Patient) | Prof Ross Wilson; Ms Krista Reed | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Perspectives on Cardiac Rehab Services in the Bathurst Region (Provider and Patient) | Prof Ross Wilson; Ms Krista Reed | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | An Audit of Pediatric Epilepsy Cases Presenting in a Regional NSW | A/Prof Tim McCrossin | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | An audit of postnatal follow-up of antenatal hydronephrosis within Bathurst hospital | A/Prof Tim McCrossin | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | To Develop a Coordinated Service Model for the Management of Congenital Hip Dysplasia in a Regional Hospital and Community Setting, and Develop a Monitoring Framework to Support Ongoing Review of the Service Models Implementation and Success | A/Prof Tim McCrossin | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Examination of the Australian Atrial Fibrillation Screening Guidelines in Rural and Urban Contexts | Dr Kam Wong; Dr Bijan Jahangiri; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Exploring Referral Pathways for a Regional Hospital Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program | Jane Thompson; Kylie Rogan | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | An Analysis of the Potential for Social Prescribing to Enhance Health and Wellbeing in Rural Communities | A/Prof Peter Denyer-Simmons; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Audit of the Outcome of People with Diabetes Attending the Specialist Diabetes Clinic at a Regional Australian Hospital | Ms Michelle Booth; Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Anaemia in Pregnancy at a NSW Regional Base Hospital in 2020: a Retrospective Audit of Screening and Treatment Compared to Australian Guidelines | Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Bathurst (RHB) | Maternity Staff Experiences with Birthing in Regional Australia During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | HIV Service Learning; resources to support regional shared care | Dr Natalie Edmiston | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Barriers and facilitators to working as a Forensic Medical Examiner, in regional NSW, in metropolitan centres and as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. | Dr Natalie Edmiston; Dr Eleanor Freedman; Dr Kathleen Kramer | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Barriers and facilitators to working as a Forensic Medical Examiner, in regional NSW, in metropolitan centres and as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. | Dr Natalie Edmiston; Dr Eleanor Freedman; Dr Kathleen Kramer | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Analyses of free text data from the SWASH survey in the Northern Rivers | Dr Jo Longman; A/Prof Julie Mooney-Somers | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Regional and Rural Health App (RRHapp) - reviewing the evidence base, designing the content structure and developing an android app | Dr Kazi Rahman | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | COVID-19 - 2022 and Beyond | Dr Joe Duncan | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Eating Disorder Services in Northern NSW and the GP Interface: Service Mapping and Exploration of Issue in Delivering Best Practice Care. | Dr Rosie Hamilton; Dr Natalie Edmiston; Deanna Bowen | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Gut Health and Psychiatry - Literature Review and Scoping Project | Dr Richard Seamark | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Exploring Feasibility of Medical Student Placements in Residential Aged Care Facilities with Particular Focus on Meeting Primary Care Curriculum Requirements and Learning Outcomes of WSU | Dr Christine Ahern; Dr Natalie Edmiston | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Intentions to Work in Rural and Regional Areas and Relationship to Confidence and Willingness to Work in "Tricky Areas" | Dr Natalie Edmiston; Dr Levi Osuagwu; Dr Rosie Hamilton | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Bacterial STIs in Early Pregnancy Loss - A Scoping Review of Epidemiology and Current Interventions | Dr Natalie Edmiston; Dr Gary Brown | Dr Levi Osuagwu |
| Rural Health - Lismore (RHL) | Where Are the Children Who are Not Vaccinated in Northern NSW? An Analysis of AIR Records. | Ms Carolyn Lloyd; Ms Genevieve O'Neill | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
2023 Year 4 MD Project - Research Projects and Supervisors
| STREAM | PROJECT TITLE | SUPERVISOR(S) | STREAM LEAD |
| Biomedical Sciences | Characterization of the glial activation state in a mouse model of chronic neuroinflammation | Dr Yossi Buskila | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Characterization of Kir4.1 channels in a mouse model of ALS | Dr Yossi Buskila | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Retinopetal release of neuromodulators in the mammalian retina | Dr Morven Cameron | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Degeneration of acetylcholine releasing cells in the retina in response to neuroinflammation | Dr Morven Cameron, A/Prof Erika Gyengesi | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Effect of acute exercise on endocannabinoid and mood responses in adults with cancer: A pilot study | A/Prof Bobby Cheema | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Tumour educated platelets for a non-invasive way of detection and monitoring of gliomas. | Dr Shadma Fatima, A/Prof Kieran Scott | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | The role of neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration – early impact on Alzheimer’s disease | Dr Erika Gyengesi | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Which microRNAs are you eating? | A/Prof Anand Hardikar, Dr Mugdha Joglekar | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Effect of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) on gut cells in diabetes | Dr Mugdha Joglekar | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Evaluation of new mouse models for research into dementia and motor neuron disease. | Prof Tim Karl | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Brain tumour testing in pathology – cellular and molecular characterisation of complex brain tumour phenotypes using wide-area ultrastructural mapping, 3D array tomography and correlative microscopy with molecular pathology followed by advanced machine learning. | Prof Murray Killingsworth, Dr Tzipi Cohen Hyams, Dr XiaoJuan Wu, Prof Soon Lee | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) in contemporary texts: variations and contradictions. Will the real NHST please stand up? | Dr Richard McNulty, Prof Stewart Head | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Towards the effective diagnosis of malignant squamous cell carcinoma in Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). | A/Prof Albert Mellick, A/Prof Kieran Scott | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Identifying synergetic combinatorial drugs for c2 (a novel investigational drug) as a novel anticancer therapy | A/Prof Kieran Scott, Dr Shadma Fatima | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Helicoverpa armigera (caterpillar) as a Parkinson's disease model. | A/Prof Mourad Tayebi | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Aetiology and treatment of substance abuse in schizophrenia | Dr Rose Chesworth Vieyra | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | MicroRNA knockdown in non-insulin-producing cell types | Dr Wilson Wong, A/Prof Anand Hardikar, Dr Mugda Joglekar | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Jelly Fibre: developing a new delivery platform to introduce soluble fibre to gastroparesis patients | Dr Jerry Zhou | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Clinical Medicine | Audit of Continuous Glucose Monitor use in patients with Type 1 Diabetes attending Young Adults Clinic | Dr Sarah Abdo, Dr Tang Wong, Prof Jeff Flack | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Audit of Bankstown Metabolic Health Clinic for patients with Type 2 Diabetes and severe obesity | Dr Sarah Abdo, Dr Tang Wong, Prof Jeff Flack | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Decision Aid for Clinical Obesity Services (DACOS): the DACOS pilot study | Dr Evan Atlantis, Paul Fahey, Dr Jim Basilakis, Dr Milan Piya | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Improving our understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder and its best treatment | Prof Vlasios Brakoulias | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Environmental, genetic factors and neuroinflammation in vascular dementia | Prof Daniel Chan | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Accuracy of recording different iron containing pregnancy supplements taken and their correlation to maternal | A/Prof Seng Chua, A/Prof Marjan Khajehei (RN); Beeta Gidaszewski (CM)1 | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Analysing immune microenvironment in colorectal cancer | Prof Wei Chua, A/Prof Tara Roberts; Dr Weng Ng | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Pregnancy supplements taken by pregnant women at Westmead Hospital (WMH) and their perception of its use. | A/Prof Seng Chua, A/Prof Marjan Khajehei (RN); Beeta Gidaszewski (CM)1 | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Effectiveness of wound infusion catheters for postoperative analgesia | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman, Dr Richard Halliwell | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Long-term prognosis after cancer surgery using total intravenous anaesthesia compared to inhalational anaesthesia – a meta-analysis | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman, Dr David Tian | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Regional aneasthesia for thoracic surgery - a network meta-analysis | A/Prof Stefan Dieleman, Dr David Tian | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Developing evidence summaries and clinical pathways to inform clinical practice at the Western Sydney Integrative Health (WSIH) | Dr Carolyn Ee | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | A survey of bacterial infections in injecting drug users admitted to hospital | Dr Robert Graham | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension and breathlessness in heart failure | A/Prof Simon Green, Dr Belinda Cochrane, Dr Upul Premawardhana | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Technology for tracking vital signs remotely | Prof Annemarie Hennessey | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Examining the frequency of hypoglycaemia as a sign of medical instability | Dr Gabriella Heruc, Dr Milan Piya | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Evaluating the human gut microbiome | Dr Vincent Ho, Dr Yann Ko | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Randomised controlled trial to determine efficacy of multiple multimedia communication technologies responsive to patient reported outcomes and experience measures versus standard care as control on the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy. | Dr Viraj Kariyawasam, Dr Michael Au | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | SCREEN – Self – created records by eAPP for early antenatal hospital access | Prof Angela Makris | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Mental Health Impact in the Management of Diabetes in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations in Southwest Sydney: Role of digital health platform in assessment of psychological disorders and telehealth in delivering psychotherapy. | Dr Mani Manoharan, Dr Natalie Morrison | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Rehabilitation protocol for transtibial/transfermoral osseonintegration patients | Prof Munjed Al Muderis | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Medical Cannabis: Tolerance and Toxicity | Dr Tina Naumovski | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Khat chewing and its association with common mental health disorders and neurobehavioural and cognitive functions: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Dist Prof Andre Renzaho | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | The effect of vitamin D supplementation on mental health outcomes and cognitive functions: an umbrella review and meta-analysis | Dist. Prof Andre Renzaho | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Association between cognitive flexibility, antipsychotic induced appetite stimulation and weight gain in schizophrenia spectrum disorders | A/Prof Anoop Sankaranarayanan, Prof Phillipa Hay | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Is ethnicity associated with symptom bother of urinary incontinence in the urogynecologial population? | A/Prof Clara Shek | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Complications of diabetes in pregnancy: A clinical audit of diabetes care for women attending the Diabetes in Pregnancy clinic at Campbelltown Hospital | Dist. Prof David Simmons, Jincy Immanuel | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Understanding the impact of extended waiting for a developmental diagnostic assessment on children and families | Dr Lydia So, Dr Jenny McDonald | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | An evaluation of aftercare services in preventing suicidal behaviour in Western Sydney | Dr Sandro Sperandei, Dr Arianne Reis; Prof Andrew Page | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Cost effectiveness of Primary Ureteroscopy program in Campbelltown Hospital | Dr Matthew Stanowski | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Testicular Cancer in South West Sydney | Dr Matthew Stanowski | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Effect of COVID on Prostate Cancer treatment pathways. | Dr Matthew Stanowski | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | Methodological and reporting quality of systematic reviews and interventional studies in paediatric surgical research: a prospective cross-sectional study and follow-up author survey | Dr Aidan Tan | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Clinical Medicine | The clinical significance of capillary glucose testing in pregnancies with gestational diabetes | Dr Tang Wong, Dr Sarah Abdo; Prof Jeff Flack | Prof Stephen Tobin, Dr Mohammad Rehmanjan, Prof Sanjay Swaminathan |
| Community Health | Primary care screening for ear health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison | A/Prof Penny Abbott, Dr Joanne Grimsdale | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Data Quality Improvement for Cervical Cancer Programs in the Pacific | Megan Chard, Nusrat Jahan | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Orphans, Outbreaks and Insanity: Institutional Care in Western Sydney | Prof Wendy Hu, A/Prof Carol Liston, Dr Fiona Pacey | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | The Birth Experience Study (BESt) | Dr Hazel Keedle, Prof Hannah Dahlen | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Quality Equity and Systems Transformation in Primary Health Care: Developing and testing a tool to measure quality in Australian General Practice | Dr Phyllis Lau, Prof Jenny Reath, Ms Sam Ryan |
Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Pasifika Preventing Diabetes Programme (PPDP): stakeholder and community perspectives | Dr Kate McBride | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Pasifika Preventing Diabetes Programme (PPDP): Children’s baseline characteristics | Dr Kate McBride | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Health issues of People of African Background in Australia: A mixed method study. | Dr Olayide Ogunsiji | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Neuroticism, self-esteem, and fear of negative evaluation in eating disorders | Katarina Prnjak, Dr Deborah Mitchison; Prof Phillipa Hay | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Supporting and Evaluating the Peer support programme in Wollondilly Shire for preventing diabetes and its complications | Dist. Prof David Simmons | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Association of violence, discrimination, and incarceration with suicidal ideation and behaviour among transgender women in Brazil | Dr Sandro Sperandei, Dr Arianne Reis; Prof Andrew Page | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Association of violence, discrimination, and incarceration with suicidal ideation and behaviour among transgender women in Brazil | Dr Sandro Sperandei, Dr Arianne Reis; Prof Andrew Page | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Health Innovations | Immunology - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, A/Prof Karuna Keat | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Oncology - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, Dr Wei Chua | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | GP - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, A/Prof Penny Abbott | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Complementary Medicine - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, Dr Mike Armour | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Gastroenterology - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, Dr Vincent Ho | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Renal - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, Prof Annemarie Hennessy | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Cardiology - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, Dr Aiden O’Louglin | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Infections Disease - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, A/Prof Slade Jensen | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Endocrinology - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, Prof David Simmons | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Health Innovations | Radiology - Identifying areas of unmet need in medical disciplines relevant to Greater Western Sydney, for future innovation studies | Dr Elizabeth O'Connor, A/Prof Noel Young | A/Prof Michael O'Connor |
| Indigenous Health | An indigenist model of clinical care for clients of the SWSLHD Drug and alcohol units | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | Cultural strengths program for school-aged Aboriginal, Maori, and Pasifica youth at risk. | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | An indigenist model of clinical care for clients of the SWSLHD Drug and alcohol units | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | Cultural strengths program for school-aged Aboriginal, Maori, and Pasifica youth at risk. | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | The role of Aboriginal Liaison Officer providing care coordination & support to families. | Angela Wood, Dr Winston Lo | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Medical Education | Practising cardiac auscultation using a chatbot | Dr Kenneth Cho, Dr Yun Megan Foo; Dr Bronwen Dalziel and Prof Wendy Hu | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Overdiagnosis and overtreatment as core competencies; representation in the medical curriculum | Dr Natalie Edmiston, Dr Thanya Pathirana; Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | A Systematic Review to Identify the Training Barriers and Facilitators Experienced by Medical Students with Disability | Dr Gisselle Gallego, Dr Lise Mogensen | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Place, Identity and Medical Education: how does place impact on learning? | Prof Wendy Hu | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Student, Supervisor and Specialty Research Skills: What is expected? | Prof Wendy Hu | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Inclusive approaches for working with vulnerable, disadvantaged, and marginalised people: Establishing trans-professional competencies for the emerging health workforce | Dr David Lim, Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of a newly established diabetes education course | Dist Prof David Simmons, Therese Fletcher; Cathy Wilson; Jincy Immanuel | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | Vaccine Hesitancy in Western NSW | Dr Chandima De Alwis | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | An audit of ADHD cases in a regional paediatric clinic: examining the role of gender in the diagnostic pathway | Dr Chandima De Alwis | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | Adverse reactions to ADHD medication in a regional paediatric cohort. | Dr Chandima De Alwis | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | An audit of adult radiology investigations at Bathurst hospital | Dr Jaydeep Mandal | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | An audit of paediatric radiology investigations at Bathurst hospital | Prof Tim McCrossin | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | Technology and rural GPs: A qualitative study | Dr Robyn Vines | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | Factors associated with loneliness in central west NSW | Dr Robyn Vines | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Bathurst) | Surgical national antimicrobial prescribing survey: an audit of Bathurst Hospital | Dr Ross Wilson | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Lismore) | Evaluating COVID-19 hospital admissions in Northern NSW during the early 2022 wave: a retrospective cohort study | Dr Joseph Duncan | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Lismore) | Anaphylaxis presentations to regional Emergency Departments | Dr David Glendinning | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Lismore) | What We Haven’t Considered – Needle/Syringe distribution in rural/regional settings | Shasi Johnston | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Lismore) | Use of regional anaesthetics for hip and knee replacements: role in prevention of opioid dependency. | Dr David Scott | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health (Lismore) | Procedural sedation in the Emergency Department; post discharge adverse events. | Dr Meg Wilson | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
2022 Year 4 MD Project - Research Projects and Supervisors
| STREAM | PROJECT TITLE | SUPERVISOR(S) | STREAM LEAD |
| Biomedical Sciences | Mechanism of dopamine release from dopaminergic amacrine cells in the retina | Dr Morven Cameron | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | The effect of aging and chronic microglia activation on the morphology and numbers of hippocampal neurons in mice | Dr Erika Gyengesi | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Mouse model research into dementia and motor neuron disease | Prof Tim Karl | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Prevalence of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus in Australia and finding alternatives to antibiotics for its treatment | Dr Poonam Mudgil | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Discovery of novel anti inflammatory and neuroprotective compounds from Australian Indigenous plants | Prof Gerald Muench | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Peripheral cytokine levels as prognostic indicators in gastric cancer | A/Prof Tara Roberts, Prof Wei Chua, Dr Weng Ng | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Plant poisoning and Parkinson's disease | A/Prof Mourad Tayebi, Meena Mikhael | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Lymphoma and cellular prion protein | A/Prof Mourad Tayebi, A/Prof Tara Roberts | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Biomedical Sciences | Early detection and treatment of Alzheimer's disease | A/Prof Mourad Tayebi, Utpal Adhikari | Prof John Morley, Prof Stewart Head |
| Community Health | Attitudes, knowledge and confidence in providing sexual and reproductive healthcare to CALD women among students in the health professions | Dr Alexandra Hawkey | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Women's health literacy service learning project with Community Migrant Resource Centre Paramatta | Dr Miriam Brooks | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Identifying changes to health and well being of volunteers, over 70 years of age, from volunteering role to COVID 19 | Gail Carroll, Corinne Cox | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Monitoring health and well being of a malnourished client who will follow National Meal Guidelines using meals provided by Meals on Wheels | Gail Carroll, Corinne Cox | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Models of feeding care that work for children with complex health issues | A/Prof Ann Dadich, Dr Cathy Kaplun | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | The experiences of receiving and providing value based healthcare | A/Prof Ann Dadich, Dr Cathy Kaplun | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Student self care and patient centred care | Dale Donadel, Dr Brahm Marjadi | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Indigenous Health | Revisiting the gambling bug in Aboriginal communities | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit: Role of mind body therapies in diabetes and obesity management | Dr Carolyn Ee | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Studies in the epidemiology and treatment of eating disorders | Prof Phillipa Hay | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | The role of participatory research in child health outcomes. | Dr Cathy Kaplun, Prof Cathi Best, A/Prof Ann Dadich | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | The role of guided play in learning and health outcomes among children. | Dr Cathy Kaplun, Prof Cathi Best, A/Prof Ann Dadich | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Role of preventative health in sustaining housing for those who have been homeless | Vicki Langan | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit: Obesity management | Dr Kate McBride, Dr Milan Piya | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Evaluation of the HealthPathways format: audit of clinical content using CareTrack clinical indicators | Ben Neville | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Nature based solutions for health and wellbeing | Dr Nicole Peel | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Exploring prisoner perception of factors contributing to their discontinuation of drug and alcohol use disorder treatment post release from custody, and any perceived impact on their risk of subsequent relapse and return to custody. | Dr Dena Attalla, Dr Penny Abbott | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | The use of flash glucose monitoring in a new model of care for hospital discharge: The Monitor and Triage approach. | Dr Milan Piya, Dr Fran Henshaw, Dist Prof David Simmons, Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit: Obesity programme outcomes | Dr Milan Piya, Dr Kate McBride | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit: Diabetes in pregnancy | Dist Prof David Simmons, A/Prof Freya Macmillan, Dr Kate McBride, Jincy Immanuel | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit: Diabetes complication prevention and management | Dist Prof David Simmons/Dr Milan Piya/Dr Fran Henshaw/Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit: Integrated care | Dist Prof David Simmons/Dr Milan Piya/Dr Fran Henshaw/Dr Levi Osuagwu | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Attitudes and knowledge toward Transgender and Non Binary patients among students in the health professions | Prof Jane Ussher | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Monitoring Symbiosis Eye Projects in Bangladesh | Prof John Whitehall | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Community Health | Monitoring the institution and outcome of cerebral palsy clinics in Bangladesh | Prof John Whitehall | Dr Sandro Sperandei |
| Clinical Medicine | Clinical outcomes of castrate sensitive prostate cancer patients treated with upfront docetaxel chemotherapy in SWSLHD between 2015 and 2020 | Prof Wei Chua, /Dr Abhijit Pal/Dr Therese Becker | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Incidence and outcomes of non diabetic patients with ketosis at ICU admission | A/Prof Deepak Bhonagiri | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Improving our understanding of obsessive compulsive and related disorders | Prof Vlasious (Bill) Brakoulias | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Obsessive compulsive symptoms and co | Prof Vlasious (Bill) Brakoulias | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Clinical outcomes and predictive factors of patients with colorectal cancer liver limited metastases at SWSLHD between 2010 | Prof Wei Chua, Dr Weng Ng, A/Prof Tara Roberts | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Standardisation and validation of techniques for measurement of mass and surface area of gastric tissue removed during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy | Prof Michael Edye | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Mindbody therapies and acupuncture for weight gain after breast cancer a scoping review | Dr Carolyn Ee | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Exercise testing in the diagnosis of breathlessness | A/Prof Simon Gree, Dr Belinda Cochrane, Dr Upul Premawhardana | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Tracking of clinical markers for high risk pregnancy | Dist Prof Annemarie Hennessey | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Where is women's cardiovascular health taught in a medical curriculum | Dist Prof Annemarie Hennessey | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Efficacy of Neurostimulation Therapies in Major Depressive Disorders: a Systematic Scoping Review | Dr Padmini Howpage | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | A Scoping Review of the Efficacy of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Treatment Resistant Depressive Disorder | Dr Padmini Howpage | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Use of rapid micro-induction of buprenorphine: in-patient and out-patient settings compared to other methods used for transferring patients from methadone maintenance therapy | Nazila Jamshidi, James Blogg | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | A review of pulmonary and extra pulmonary small cell carincoma. A review of extra pulmonary small cell carcinoma | Dr Peey Sei Kok, Dr Kim-Lin Chiew | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Factors influencing bone health after a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes a longtitudinal analysis | Dr Sue Lynn Lau | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Machine Learning Assisted Audit of Paediatric Mental Health Presentations to the Emergency Department | Dr Jenny McDonald | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Prospective validation of a decision rule for utility of head CT in toxicology patients | Dr Richard McNulty | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Outcomes of Upper Gastrointestinal resections for cancer | Prof Neil Merrett | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Diabetes complications in selected patient populations in Western Sydney | Dr Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Dr Tien-Ming Hng, Prof Glen Maberly | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Validation of ICD coding methods in estimating sepsis epidemiology: A prospective, observational cohort study | Luis Schulz | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD): A Comprehensive Investigation of Mechanisms and Potential treatments | A/Prof Paul Sowman, Prof Harry McConnell | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Does using a peanut ball during labour with an epidural affect birth outcomes? A pilot study | A/Prof Virginia Stulz | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Targeting a sustainable health care future within Blacktown Clinical School | Prof Sanjay Swaminathan, Prof Golo Ahlenstiel | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Clinical Medicine | Mechanisms of spirometry induced acid reflux | Dr Jerry Zhou, Dr Vincent Ho, Dr John Brannan, Dr Ming Teo | Prof Stephen Tobin |
| Indigenous Health | A comparison of presentation times for Indigenous Vs Non Indigenous patients with stroke to Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital Emergency Dept, is there a difference? | Dr Ryan Dashwood, Prof Auntie Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | Cultural strengths program for school-aged Aboriginal, Maori, and Pasifica youth at risk. | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | The gambling bug in Aboriginal communities | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | Revisiting the gambling bug in Aboriginal communities | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | Bridging the gap between knowledge and action: A knowledge translation project with an Indigenous primary health care research collaboration | Dr Alison Laycock, Dr Veronica Matthews, Jodie Bailie, Prof Ross Bailie | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Indigenous Health | Action from the Grass Roots: Co design of primary health initiatives with Aboriginal community controlled health services in the Northern Rivers | Dr Veronica Matthews, Emma Walke, Kris Vine | Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle |
| Medical Education | Diagnosis and overdiagnosis in the medical curriculum | Dr Natalie Edmiston, Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Reviewing and Realigning the Preclinical Medical Curriculum at Western Sydney University | Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Writing and evaluating new PBL cases for the preclinical curriculum | Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Assessing the effectiveness of online gastroenterology education to the general public | Dr Vincent Ho | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Retention and progression of medical students | Dr Caroline Joyce, Dr Carl Parsons, Angie Nguyen | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Writing and evaluating new PBL cases for the preclinical curriculum | Dr Victoria Mansour, Jake Williams, Dr Iman Hegazi | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Medical Education | Exploring the impact of online learning on first year students' sense of belonging in entry level clinical health science programs. Student and academic perspectives | Dr Clarice Tang, Dr Liz Thyer | Dr Iman Hegazi |
| Rural Health | Midwives experiences with birthing in a regional centre during covid 19 | Carlie Barrott | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Patient experiences with using Fiasp insulin for their diabetes management a qualitative interview study | Michelle Booth | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Knowledge and awareness of healthcare associated infections in a rural community and willingness to take the lead as a patient in HAI prevention | Tegan Dutton | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Knowledge and awareness of Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAI) in a rural community and willingness to take the lead as a patient in HAI prevention | Tegan Dutton | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | HIV and multimorbidity, 1)changes over time, 2)relationship to QOL. Also HIV MOC Community engagement | Dr Natalie Edmiston | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | What makes you "rural"? A qualitative study of rural perspectives on rurality | Prof Wendy Hu | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Polypharmacy in the Elderly | Tien Khoo | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | The mental health of young people following devastating flooding in northern NSW | Dr Veronica Matthews, Dr Jo Longman | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | An audit of epilepsy cases within a Regional paediatric clinic | Dr Tim McCrossin | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | FLORB Study. Fatty Liver: Obstacles to Reducing the Burden | Dr Bruce McGarity | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | LiFiD STUDY: Liver Disease and Fibrosis in Diabetes | Dr Bruce McGarity | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | An audit of autism cases within a Regional paediatric clinic | Dr Samridh Nagar | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Rural GP perspectives on preventative bowel cancer screening | Krista Reed, Dr Bruce McGarity | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Perspectives on cardiac rehab services in the Bathurst region (provider and patient) | Krista Reed, Dr Bijan Jahangiri | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Perspectives on stroke services in the Bathurst region (provider and patient) | Krista Reed, Thomas Shepherd | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Screening for anaemia in pregnancy in a regional centre | Dr Priya Dharshini Vadivel | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Internet and phone addiction and correlations with mental health | Dr Robyn Vines | Dr Natalie Edmiston |
| Rural Health | Rural patient's perspectives on e prescribing | Dr Kam Wong | Dr Natalie Edmiston |