HDR Students

	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
	Andrew Kellett Topic: 'The Construction and Experience of Unemployment in Australian Unemployed Youth.' Primary Supervisor – Professor Janette Perz Co-supervisors – Dr Elizabeth Conroy, Dr Vanessa Karen Rose
	Anton du Toit Topic: 'Using big data methods to examine relationships between wellbeing and social' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisors – Dr Ante Prodan, Dr Jo-An Atkinson (Sax Institute), Dr Geoff Mcdonnell (UNSW)
	Benedict Asibey Topic: 'Examining the access and use of health services by homeless people in urban areas in Ghana' Primary Supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy Co-supervisor – Dr Brahm Marjadi
	Carlos El-Haddad Topic: 'Empowering patients in the development of entrustable professional activities' Primary Supervisor – Professor Wendy Hu Co-supervisor – Dr Iman Hegazi, Professor Kevin Pile
	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
	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
	Cris Carriage Topic: 'How do Aboriginal People Engage and Connect with Aboriginial Community Controlled Health Organisations?' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Ilse Blignault Co-supervisor – Dr Brahm Marjadi
	David Ayika Topic: 'Once a doctor always a doctor: Exploring the impact of societal expectations, stereotypes and social pressures on physician individualism and psychosocial wellbeing.' Primary Supervisor – Dr Tinashe Dune Co-supervisor – Dr Amit Arora
	Farshid Hajati Topic: 'Detecting clusters and anomalies in medicare MBS claim trajectories' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Federico Girosi Co-supervisor – Dr Evan Atlantis
	Hosmaldien Kamel Topic: 'Are socio-economic and dietary determinants of oral health modified by mental health status?' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisors – Dr John Macdonald, Dr Thomas Astell-Burt, Dr Haider Mannan
	James John Topic: 'Effectiveness of a patient-centred medical home model of primary care for improving patient and hospital outcomes in Australia' Primary Supervisor – Kathy Tannous Co-supervisors – Dr Evan Atlantis, Professor Virginia Schmied
	Kate Jones Topic: 'Can the short form of the OZI SF accurately capture the language competency of multilingual Australian children?' Primary Supervisor – Professor Lynn Kemp Co-supervisor – Professor Caroline Jones
	Kedir Yimam Ahmed Topic: 'Trends, determinants and health effects of infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia from 2000 to 2016: building the evidence base to match policy interventions' Primary Supervisor – Dr Felix Ogbo Co-supervisors – Dr Amit Arora, Professor Andrew Page
	Lalitha Rajagopal Topic: 'Living with Breast Cancer. The Lived Experience and the Role if Social Support Among Indian Women in NSW, Australia' Primary Supervisor – Dr Kate McBride Co-supervisors – Professor Pranee Liamputtong, Dr Freya Macmillan
	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: 'To investigate the correlation between teasing used by primary carers with adolescents around food, body image and self-esteem and recidivism in adulthood weight loss.' Primary Supervisor – Professor Phillipa Hay Co-supervisors – Dr Natalie Morrison, Professor Stephen Touyz, Dr Haider Mannan
	Ludovico Pinzari Topic: 'Development of Tools for the Design of Customizable Catchment Area and the Analysis of Geographic Variation in Health Care' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Federico Girosi Co-supervisor – Dr Shima Ghassem Pour
	Mansi Dhami Topic: 'Investigating the impacts of infant and young child feeding on diarrhoea and stunting among children younger than 2 years of age in India' Primary Supervisor – Dr Felix Ogbo Co-supervisor – Dr Kingsley Agho
	Marilyn Wise Topic: 'Identifying reasons for the persistence of inequities in health and implications for action by policy actors' Primary Supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisor – Professor Lyn Carson
	Michael Hart Topic: 'A better method of classifying patients in hospitals' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Federico Girosi Co-Supervisors – Dr Shima Ghassem Pour, Dr David Dean
	Moin Uddin Ahmed Topic: 'Economic Burden of Diabetes-related Foot Disease in Australia: Evidence from NSW' Primary Supervisor – Dr Kathy Tannous Co-Supervisors – Professor Deborah Turner, Dr Frances Henshaw
	Paul Fahey Topic: 'An algorithm for estimating the future number of cancer survivors: cancers of the digestive tract' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-Supervisors – Professor Glenn Stone (External), Associate Professor Thomas Astell-Burt (University of Wollongong)
	Piumee Bandara Topic: 'Domestic violence and suicidal behaviour in Sri Lanka' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisors – Dr Duleeka Knipe (University of Bristol), Professor Thilini Rajapakse (University of Peradeniya), Dr Lalith Senarathna (Rajarata University)
	Rose Vala Topic: 'The clinical quality of psychological and counselling social work services for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (ascsa): survivors’ experiences, and clinicians’ perspectives of their own expertise' Primary Supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisor – Dr Elizabeth Conroy
	Rosie Charter Topic: 'Experiences and constructions of parenthood amongst transgender Australians' Primary Supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisor – Professor Janette Perz
	Sam Sperring Research area: LGBTI experiences of cancer survivorship and care Primary Supervisor – Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisor – Professor Janette Perz, Dr Alex Hawkey
	Samantha Ryan Topic: 'Investigating women’s subjective experiences of embodiment in the premenstrual phase of the cycle in the context of body dissatisfaction' Primary Supervisor - Professor Jane Ussher Co-supervisors - Professor Janette Perz, Dr Chloe Parton
	Sandra Sonego Topic: 'Evaluating patterns of cancer care among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Greater Western Sydney' Primary Supervisor - Dr Kate McBride Co-supervisor - Dr Catharine Fleming
	Seyedamir Marashi Topic: 'Machine learning methods for the definition of more efficient Australian refined diagnosis-related groups (AR-DRGs)' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Federico Girosi Co-supervisor – Dr Shima Ghassem Pour
	Sithum Munasinghe Topic: 'Optimal referral pathways to reduce psychological distress and subsequent self-harm among those presenting to primary care with a mental health condition' Primary Supervisor – Dr Haider Mannan Co-supervisor – Professor Andrew Page
	Tensae Mekonnen Topic: 'Teenage pregnancy and maternal health care utilization: A secondary analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey' Primary Supervisor – Professor Janette Perz Co-supervisor – Dr Tinashe Dune
	Valerie Albrecht Topic: 'Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ways of looking at well-being.' Primary Supervisor – Associate Professor Ilse Blignault Co-supervisor – Dr Brahm Marjadi
	Vikas Arya Topic: 'The Epidemiology of Suicide in India: Exploring National and Regional Determinants of Suicide to Inform Appropriate Suicide Prevention Strategies' Primary Supervisor – Professor Andrew Page Co-supervisors – Dr Gregory Armstrong, Associate Professor Peter Mayer, Dr Haider Mannan