HDR Candidates

(70%)

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

Annelise Gluer

Topic: 'Widening Access to the Medical and Health Professions'

Primary Supervisor – Professor Wendy Hu

Co-supervisors – Professor Lise Mogensen

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

Christine Crispin

Topic: 'An exploration of factors influencing homeschooling trends, school disengagement, and related academic and social outcomes in NSW'

Primary Supervisor – Professor Rebekah Grace

Co-supervisors – Associate Professor Roman Marchant (University of Technology Sydney), Dr Susan Collings, Dr Cris Townley

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

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

Danet Chapman

Primary Supervisor – Professor Rebekah Grace

Co-supervisors – Dr Susan Collings, Professor Ann Dadich and Dr Matias Quiroz (UTS)

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)

Emmanuel Musoni

Topic: 'Accessing farmland: challenges and possibilities of regional settlement of humanitarian migrants'

Primary Supervisor – Distinguished Professor Andre Renzaho

Farjana Islam Aovi

Topic: 'Accessibility and affordability of healthcare services for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity'

Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page

Co-supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy

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

Gayani Munasinghe

Topic: 'Using primary health care data to improve patient outcomes'

Primary Supervisor – Dr Sandro Martins Sperandei

Co-supervisors – Professor Andrew Page, Dr Sithum Munasinghe

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

Ghulam Muhammad Umar

Topic: 'A whole of systems approach to e-cigarette uses and vaping behaviours in South Western Sydney'

Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page

Co-supervisors – Professor Roderick McClure, Dr Yi Guo

Hir Jani

Topic: 'Pelvic floor disorders among women who have experienced sexual violence'

Primary Supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy

Co-supervisor – Professor Andrew Page

Joshua Schiller

Topic: 'Exploring common fussy eating behaviours, patterns and experiences in children under 9 years of age'

Primary Supervisor – Dr Catharine Fleming

Co-supervisors – Dr Caroline Mills, Associate Professor Gabriella Heruc

Kathy Karatasas

Topic: 'Keeping CALD Children in Care Culturally Connected: Exploring what it takes to keep children from diverse cultural backgrounds connected to their culture?'

Primary Supervisor – Professor Rebekah Grace

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

Mi Jin Kim

Topic: 'How is the expertise of early childhood educators recognised among families and educators?'

Primary Supervisor – Professor Rebekah Grace

Co-Supervisors – Dr Elisabeth Duursma, Associate Professor Christine Johnston

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

Ngozika Esther Ezinne

Topic: 'Tharawal Holistic Indigenist Metabolic Clinic: A replicability and adaptability study to improve metabolic health in Aboriginal clients of an Aboriginal Medical Service'

Primary Supervisor – Professor Aunty Kerrie Doyle

Co-Supervisors – Associate Professor Kingsley Agho, Dr Levi Osuagwu

Nilab Hamidi

Topic: 'An exploration of experiences and perceptions of infertility amongst Afghan women living in Australia'

Primary Supervisor – Dr Alexandra Hawkey

Co-Supervisors – Dr Rosalie Power, Professor Jane Ussher

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)

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

Rojina Raked

Topic: 'Implementing Safe Nutrition Messaging in Australian Schools: A Pilot Intervention'

Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Gabriella Heruc

Co-supervisors – Dr Lyza Norton , Dr Catharine Fleming, Dr Sarah Kennedy

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: 'Navigating to equity: Building and growing effective cancer navigation programs for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia’

Primary Supervisor - Associate Professor Kate McBride

Co-supervisors - Associate Professor Carolyn Ee, Professor Wei Chua

Sarah Hirst

Topic: 'Exploring Severe and Complicated Obesity: Lived Experiences and Impacts in the Context of Multidisciplinary Care Models'

Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Kate McBride

Co-supervisor – Associate Professor Milan Piya

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

Simone Nash

Topic: 'Equity and developmental screening during the first 2000 days of life: An investigation of social and health literacy related determinants'

Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Amit Arora

Co-supervisor – Professor Valsamma Eapen (UNSW), Dr James John (UNSW), Dr Christa Lam-Cassettari (UNSW), Dr Caroline Mills

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

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

Tamima Rahman

Topic: 'Co-creation and community: Developing a validated scale with refugee and migrant students in Western Sydney'

Primary Supervisor – Dr Susan Collings

Co-supervisor – Dr Daniel Waller

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)

Yiting Duan

Topic: 'Reliable Risk Predictive Model for Chronic Conditions Using Health Care Data Based on Data Quality Evaluating Mechanism and Machine Learning Algorithms'

Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Yi Guo

Co-supervisor – Dr Sandro Martins Sperandei, Professor Andrew Page

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