HDR Candidates

	Adam Conway Topic: 'Neurobehavioural profile of autism spectrum disorder and binge eating disorder' Primary Supervisor – Professor Phillipa Hay Co-supervisors – Dr Brooke Donnelly
	Adaora Ezekwem-Obi Topic: 'Upholding the Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out-of-Home Care' Primary Supervisor – Professor Rebekah Grace Co-supervisors – Associate Professor Stacy Blythe
	Aidan Wood Topic: 'Optimising Youth Mental Health Services to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours in Western Sydney' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisors – Dr Sandro Martins Sperandei, Associate Professor Arianne Reis
	Andrea Haas Topic: 'The meaning of low sexual desire. An exploration of perceptions and experiences of low sexual desire in the context of sex therapy' Primary Supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisors – Professor Janette Perz, Dr Margaret Redelman
	Annelise Gluer Topic: 'Widening Access to the Medical and Health Professions' Primary Supervisor – Professor Wendy Hu Co-supervisors – Professor Lise Mogensen
	Anton du Toit Topic: 'A longitudinal cohort study of psychological wellbeing in university students using ecological momentary assessment and sensor data from smartphones' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisors – Dr Ante Prodan, Dr Geoff McDonnell (UNSW), Prof. Nathaniel Osgood (University of Saskatchewan)
	Bradley Burns Topic: 'Supporting Aboriginal Children in Out-of-home Care' Primary Supervisor – Dr Rebekah Grace Co-supervisor – Dr Gabrielle Drake, Dr Scott Avery, Dr Dianne Jackson (adjunct).
	Brooke Hardy Topic: 'Social and Community Work in the Transition to School ecology: mapping the role of workers in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs in whole of community approaches' Primary Supervisor – Dr Rebekah Grace Co-supervisor – Dr Cathy Kaplun
	Catherine Sinclair Topic: 'A phenomenological study of adult's regressions to prenatal and perinatal states in meditation based somatic psychotherapy' Primary Supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisors – Professor Janette Perz, Dr Sheridan Linnell
	Christopher Pitt Topic: 'What influence does personal culture have on organisation culture and individual leadership style' Primary Supervisor – Aunty Kerrie Doyle Co-supervisors – Professor Janette Perz, Professor Elias Mpofu
	Colin Ellis Topic: 'What is the impact of prostate cancer for gay, bisexual, transgendered, and intersex individuals when balancing the need to work during and/or post treatment?' Primary Supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisors – Dr Alex Hawkey & Professor Janette Perz
	Coralie Properjohn Topic: 'An exploration of teachers' subjective experiences of teaching the "difficult knowledge" inherent in Stolen Generations pedagogy' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Rebekah Grace Co-supervisors – Dr Corrinne Sullivan, Dr Kevin Lowe
	Cris Carriage Topic: 'How do Aboriginal People Engage and Connect with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations?' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Ilse Blignault Co-supervisor – Dr Brahm Marjadi
	Dana Slape Topic: 'What is the Experience of People Living in Prisons in New South Wales with Skin Disease, What is the Burden and What Can Be Done to Address Patient Care Needs?' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Penny Abbot
	Deena Mehjabeen Topic: 'Examining self-help strategies to mitigate mental health issues within Arabic-speaking refugee and migrant populations globally' Primary Supervisor – Dr Shameran Slewa-Younan Co-supervisors – Dr Ilse Blignault, Dr Nicola Reavley (University of Melbourne)
	Feleke Astawesegn Topic: 'Quality of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV services at Public Health Facilities of Southern, Ethiopia' Primary Supervisor – Dr Felix Ogbo Co-supervisors – Associate Professor Virginia Stulz, Dr Kingsley Agho
	Ghada Alsultany Topic: 'Design and Delivery of an Integrated Intervention to Maintain Treatment Outcomes During Transition from Tertiary Obesity Treatment to Community Care' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Kate McBride Co-supervisors – Associate Professor Freya MacMillan, Associate Professor Milan Piya, Dr Kathryn Williams
	Gavin Prowse Topic: 'An Examination of Outcome Trajectories for Public Mental Health Inpatient Participants of a Brief Transdiagnostic Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Intervention for Serious Mental Illness' Primary Supervisor – Dr Lise Mogensen Co-supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy
	Hir Jani Topic: 'Assessing longitudinal associations between diet, social connectedness, and psychological distress among adolescents living in Western Sydney, Australia' Primary Supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy Co-supervisor – Professor Andrew Page
	Jennifer McDonald Topic: 'Portfolios in medical education: how do they support self-assessment?' Primary Supervisor – Professor Wendy Hu Co-supervisor – Dr Sylvia Heeneman
	Kim Slender Topic: 'Holocaust Trauma Transmission in Families: A Single Family Case Study' Primary Supervisor – Dr Natalie Morrison Co-supervisors – Dr Elizabeth Conroy, Dr Anna Denejkina
	Kritika Rana Topic: 'Addressing Housing as an Infrastructure of Health Equity among Migrant and Refugee Communities in Australia' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisors – Dr Jennifer Kent (University of Sydney)
	Kyar Wilkey Topic: 'A mixed method investigation into Health clinicians’ attitudes and beliefs about the cultural responsiveness of Motivational Interviewing as an intervention for use with Indigenous communities.' Primary Supervisor – Professor Aunty Kerrie Doyle Co-supervisors – Dr Rashid Flewellen and Dr Elizabeth Conroy
	Laura Kiely Topic: 'Understanding Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa (SEAN)' Primary Supervisor – Professor Phillipa Hay Co-supervisors – Dr Janet Conti
	Lili Yuen Topic: 'Ethnic differences in women with gestational diabetes mellitus' Primary Supervisor – Professor David Simmons Co-supervisors – Professor Jeff Flack, Associate Professor Vincent Wong
	Lucy Dahill Topic: 'Words matter. A mixed methods investigation of perceived parental comments on adolescents’ weight, shape, and eating' Primary Supervisor – Professor Phillipa Hay Co-supervisors – Dr Natalie Morrison, Professor Stephen Touyz, Dr Haider Mannan
	Megan Buys Topic: 'Beyond Abjection: Co-designing a psychotherapy program for premenstrual change' Primary Supervisor – Dr Alex Hawkey Co-Supervisors – Professor Jane Ussher, Dr Sam Ryan
	Dr Mithilesh Dronavalli Topic: 'Evaluating Primary Mental Health-Care Interventions in Areas of Social Disadvantage' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-Supervisors – Dr Sandro Martins Sperandei
	Mohammad Monirul Haque Topic: 'Economics of Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy' Primary Supervisor – Distinguished Professor David Simmons Co-Supervisors – Associate Professor Kathy Tannous, Dr Milan Piya
	Phillip Good Topic: 'Children as Health Ambassadors: An Approach to Improving Health, Wellbeing, and Learning Outcomes for Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous Children and Communities' Primary Supervisor – Dr Rebekah Lorraine Grace Co-Supervisors – Dr Cathy Kaplun, Dr Janet Conti
	Rahat Akbar Topic: 'Trajectories of health, wellbeing and service use among young people following a presentation indicating risk of subsequent suicidal behaviour' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisor – Dr Sithum Munasinghe, Dr Ash Padhi (WSLHD)
	Rebekah Rankin Topic: 'Client and Carer Perception/satisfaction of Care and Lived Experience and Other Heath Care Provider’s Perception/ satisfaction with the First Residential Facility for the Treatment of Eating Disorders in Australia' Primary Supervisor – Dr Janet Conti Co-supervisor – Associate Professor Lucie Ramjan; Professor Phillipa Hay
	Rick Varma Topic: 'GP shared care and referral pathways in populations attending publicly funded sexual health and Blood Borne Virus services' Primary Supervisor – Professor Penny Abbott Co-supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy
	Sam Hogan Research area: 'Prevalence and determinants of Hepatitis B infection among selected populations in Nepal' Primary Supervisor – Dr Kate McBride Co-supervisors – Professor Andrew Page, Dr Sameer Dixit
	Samia Michail Topic: 'Child Voice Mechanisms for Children at Risk in NSW' Primary Supervisor - Dr Rebekah Grace Co-supervisors - Dr Kelly-Anne Baird, Dr Tobia Fattore
	Sandra Marjanovic Topic: 'Reducing Lung Cancer Stigma in Healthcare Settings to Improve Quality of Care' Primary Supervisor - Dr Kate McBride Co-supervisors - Dr Tara Roberts, Professor Andrew Page, Dr Emily Stone (UNSW)
	Sandra Sonego Topic: 'Improving the experiences of colorectal cancer care among ethnic minority patients in South West Sydney: Development of a Patient Navigation program' Primary Supervisor - Dr Kate McBride Co-supervisor - Dr Catharine Fleming
	Scott Fatt Topic: 'Understanding disordered eating, body image, and eating disorders in athletes' Primary Supervisor – Dr Deborah Mitchison Co-supervisor – Professor Phillipa Hay, Dr Emma George
	Shahana Ferdousi Topic: 'Evaluation of GP Practice Indicators and Real Time Visualisation for Chronic Disease Outcomes' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisor – Dr Kate McBride
	Sinead Day Topic: 'The effectiveness of residential treatment for eating disorders and trauma as a moderator of treatment outcomes' Primary Supervisor – Dr Deborah Mitchison Co-supervisor – Professor Phillipa Hay, Associate Professor Kathy Tannous
	Sisira Dharmaratne Topic: 'Place, Social Accountability and Professional Identity Formation' Primary Supervisor – Professor Wendy hu Co-supervisor – Dr Asela Olupeliyawa, Professor Stephen Tobin
	Susan Manners Topic: 'Women’s construction and experiences of hormonal and non-hormonal contraception' Primary Supervisor – Dr Alex Hawkey Co-supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher, Professor Janette Perz
	Tagrid Yassine Topic: 'Impacts of place-based knowing on curriculum and student experiences' Primary Supervisor – Professor Wendy Hu Co-supervisor – Associate Professor Monica Moran, Professor Dawn Forman, Dr Yann Guisard
	Tiffany Allen Topic: 'Can assessing and intervening to improve a primary caregiver’s attachment security through attachment-focused EMDR (AF-EMDR) improve outcomes in psychological interventions (individual, dyadic, or group) intended to reduce mental health symptoms in children 0-12 years of age?' Primary Supervisor – Dr Natalie Morrison Co-supervisor – Associate Professor Shameran Younan
	Timothy Low-wah Topic: 'Understanding the Dietary and Lifestyle Behaviours That Impact Diabetes Risk Factors in Pasifika Children and Adolescents to Develop a Family-based Intervention in Sydney, Australia' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Kate McBride Co-supervisor – Associate Professor Freya MacMillan, Distinguished Professor David Simmons, Dr Jason Wu
	Wei-May Su Topic: 'Identifying and engaging with people who use abuse and violence who present in Australian general practice' Primary Supervisor – Professor Penny Abbott Co-supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy, Professor Kelsey Hegarty (University of Melbourne)
	Yive Yang Topic: 'What is the added value of a dietitian in the treatment of eating disorders?' Primary Supervisor – Professor Phillipa Hay Co-supervisor – Dr Janet Conti