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The incidence and prevalence of adverse drug reactions in a tertiary hospital

logo - Canterbury District Health BoardSupervisor(s): Associate Professor Matt Doogue, Dr Paul Chin, Dr James Williams, Professor Murray Barclay
Sponsor: Department of Clinical Parmacology, CHDB
Student: Kaden Toms

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Psychological effects of virtual reality for patients in protective isolation care

logo - Canterbury District Health BoardSupervisor(s): Professor Peter Dooley
Sponsor: Ruth Spearing Cancer Research Trust
Student: Tahfiz Zamri

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The feasibility of the community questionnaires for identifying secondary complications in SCI

Supervisor(s): Dr Jo Nunnerley, Dr Jennifer Dunn, Associate Professor Sarah Derrett, Mr Johnny Bourke and Dr Amy Richardson
Sponsor: New Zealand Rehabilitation Association
Student: Harry White

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Development and validation of a three-dimensional (3D) printed thorascopic oesophageal atresia/trachea-oesophageal fistula simulator

Supervisor(s): Mr Jonathan Wells, Dr Nick Cook and Professor Spencer Beasley
Sponsor: Health Research Council
Student: David Nair

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Exploring palliative care experiences and options for Māori patients and their whanau

logo - MIHISupervisor(s): Amanda Landers and Suzanne Pitama
Sponsor: MIHI
Student: Samantha Jackson

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Cognitive functioning in individuals with obesity: a systematic review

logo - University of OtagoSupervisor(s): Dr Jennifer Jordan and Professor Doug Sellman
Sponsor: National Addictions Centre and University of Otago, Division of Health Science
Student: Ravini Gamalath

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Diagnostic delay in AYA Hodgkin Lymphoma patients. Does it exist? A comparative analysis across all ages

Supervisor(s): Tristan Pettit, Ruth Spearing, Kate Gardner, Louise Sue, Louise Bremner and Val Waugh
Sponsor: The Ruth Spearing Cancer Research Trust
Student: Eunice Chou

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New Zealand single centre experience with sutureless aortic valve replacement

logo - Canterbury District Health BoardSupervisor(s): Harsh Singh and Trevor Tnay
Sponsor: CDHB, Department of Cardiothorasic Surgery
Student: Anne Chiang

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Preliminary outcome evaluation one year after the introduction of a chronic pain education seminar (BASE)

logo - Maurice & Phyllis Paykel TrustSupervisor(s): Bronny Trewin, Dr Ian Holding and Dr Jessica Mills
Sponsor: Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust
Student: Kimberley Choi

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Understanding the sympathetic effects and intra-individual variability of male voiding and urinary retention

Supervisor(s): Mr Giovanni Losco, Dr Sharon English and Professor Ted Arnold
Sponsor: Urological Research Foundation
Student: Jonathan Abbott

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Volatile anaesthetic agent use during Induction of paediatric anaesthesia

Supervisor(s): Dr Ben van der Griend, Associate Professor Ross Kennedy and Margie McKellow
Sponsor: The Anaesthetist's Instrument Pool Limited
Student: Annabelle Vincent

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Antenatal renal abnormailities require early postnatal follow up: an analysis of the conditions identified and long term outcomes

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Nicola Austin, Rachael McEwing, Phillipa Depree, James Hector-Taylor, Giovanni Losco and Kiki Maoate
Sponsor: Pacific Radiology Group
Student: Mackenzie Reid

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Does the response to IV cannulation predict post-operative pain?

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Dr Ross Kennedy and Mrs Margie McKellow
Sponsor: The Anaesthetist's Instrument Pool Limited
Student: Rachel Matthews

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Diagnostic delay in AYA Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma patients. Does it exist? A comparative analysis across all ages.

Supervisor(s): Ruth Spearing, Tristan Pettit, Kate Gardner, Louise Sue, Lucy Pemberton and Val Waugh
Sponsor: The Ruth Spearing Cancer Research Trust
Student: Savannah Adams

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Retrospective analysis of outcomes in Christchurch myeloma patients following the introduction of new therapies

logo - Bone Marrow Cancer TrustSupervisor(s): Dr Sean MacPherson, Dr Peter Ganly, Dr Barry Hock and Dr Judy McKenzie
Sponsor: The Bone Marrow Cancer Trust
Student: Katie Mulholland

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Publication rates, predictors and characteristics of summer research projects at the University of Otago: a 10-year analysis

logo - University of OtagoSupervisor(s): Professor Lutz Beckert, Dr Yassar Alamri, Dr Ibrahim Al-Busaidi and Professor Tim Wilkinson
Sponsor: Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch
Student: William Currie

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Direct Oral Amoxicillin challenge study of low risk general medical hospital inpatients

logo - Canterbury Medical Research FoundationSupervisor(s): Heather Isenman, Dr Alan Pithie, Dr Matt Doogue and Dr Ignatious Chua
Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Student: Silabhakta Livirya

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What are the patterns of referral and uptake of BRCA testing of eligible women with ovarian caner in NZ?

logo - Cancer Society of New ZealandSupervisor(s): Dr Bryony Simcock, Associate Professor Peter Sykes, Dr Caroline Lintott, Dr Ailing Tan and Dr Amanda Tristran
Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc, Cancer Society Cheviot and Westport Groups
Student: Kate Fraser

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Trends in the diagnosis of high grade cervical abnormalities in young women in the post vaccination era

Supervisor(s): Associate Professor Peter Sykes, Dr Carrie Ines, Dr Bryony Simcock and Dr Helene NacNab
logo - Cancer Society of New ZealandSponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc, Cancer Society Ashburton and Ellesmere Groups
Student: Avnish Goyani

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Frailty in older patients referred to Oncology and impact of treatment

Supervisor(s): Professor Bridget Robinson, Dr Dean Harris and Ruth Gerring
Sponsor: Health Care of the Elderly Education Trust
Student: Claire Whitehead

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Eye movement symptoms in Huntington's disease: evidence from a large international collaboration

logo - Canterbury Medical Research FoundationSupervisor(s): Professor Tim Anderson and Dr Michael MacAskill
Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Student: William Muller

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Establishing the prevalence of delirium in hospital inpatient settings

logo - Age ConcernSupervisor(s): Professor Roger Mulder, Dr Colin Peebles, Dr Val Fletcher and Dr Matthew Croucher
Sponsor: Age Concern Canterbury Trust
Student: Catherine O'Brien

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Alcohol-related presentations to the Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department: Wave 2

logo - Health Promotion AgencySupervisor(s): Dr James Foulds and Professor Michael Ardagh
Sponsor: Health Promotion Agency
Student: Oliver Coleman and Catherine Ford

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Point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use in inpatients at the Christchurch Hospital campus

logo - Canterbury District Health BoardSupervisor(s): Dr Sarah Metcalf, Dr Simon Dalton, Dr Sharon Gardiner, Dr Tony Walls, Dr Alan Pithie and Professor Steve Chambers
Sponsor: CDHB, Department of Infectious Diseases
Student: Ari Basevi

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Investigation of the relationship between Body Mas Index and local recurrence following breast conservation treatment for early breast cancer

logo - The New Zealand Breast Cancer FoundationSupervisor(s): Dr Melissa James
Sponsor: Breast Cancer Foundation
Student: Lucy Timmings

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The epidemiology of listeriosis in pregnant women and infants in New Zealand

logo - Cure KidsSupervisors(s): Dr Tony Walls, Dr Cheryl Brunton and Dr Jonathan Williman
Sponsor: Cure Kids
Student: Emma Jeffs

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How are dabigatran concentration monitoring and idarucizumab being used?

logo - Canterbury District Health BoardSupervisor(s): Dr Paul Chin
Sponsor: CDHB, Department of Clinical Pharmacology
Student: Hyun Lee

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Laboratory

Prevalence and clinical significance of multiple simultaneous respiratory viral infection in adults

Supervisor(s): Dr Mona Schousboe
Sponsor: Graduate Women Canterbury Trust
Student: Chi-Yen Hwang

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Analysis of the hypoxic pathway in kidney cancer

Supervisor(s): Gabi Dachs and Christina Wohlrab
Sponsor: Centre for Translational Cancer Research
Student: Maria Nonis

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Manipulation of immune cell function by hydrogen peroxide from Streptococcus pneumoniae

logo - Canterbury Health LabsSupervisor(s): Professor Mark Hampton and Dr Heather Parker
Sponsor: Canterbury Health Laboratories
Student: Danielle Riley

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Comparing the bioavailability of liposomal and water-soluble vitamin C

Supervisor(s): Professor Margreet Vissers, Dr Juliet Pullar and Dr Anitra Carr
Sponsor: LivOn Pharmaceuticals
Student: Jenny Gallagher

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Does vitamin C interact with chemotherapy in cancer treatment in vivo?

logo - Cancer Society of New ZealandSupervisor(s): Dr Abel Ang and Associate Professor Gabi Dachs
Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc, Cancer Society Hokitika and Ellesmere Groups
Student:
Eleanor Burgess

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Role and therapeutic potential of myoregulin in cardiovascular disease

logo - Canterbury Medical Research FoundationSupervisor(s): Dr Sarah Appleby and Associate Professor Chris Pemberton
Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Student: Mark Holdaway

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Sheep as a pre-clinical model for human gene therapy

logo - Canterbury Medical Research FoundationSupervisor(s): Dr Nadia Mitchel and Professor David Palmer
Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Student: Ariel Pons

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Engineering physiologically relevant breast cancer tumour models

logo - The New Zealand Breast Cancer FoundationSupervisor(s): Dr Khoon Lim
Sponsor: New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
Student: Annabelle Greenwood

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Comparing the colorectal cancer microbiome of stool and tissue samples

logo - Cancer Society of New ZealandSupervisor(s): Dr Rachel Purcell and Dr John Pearson
Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc, Cancer Society Hurunui and Greymouth Groups
Student: William Taylor

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Does diet switch a bacterial commensal to a colon carcinogen?

logo - Cancer Society of New ZealandSupervisor(s): Dr Jacqui Keenan and Professor Frank Frizelle
Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc, Cancer Society Diamond Harbour, Oxford and Ellesmere Groups
Student: James Swan

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Investigation of signaling pathways activated in breast cancer cell lines after adipocytle co-culture

logo - Cancer Society of New ZealandSupervisor(s): Dr Elisabeth Phillips and Dr Margaret Currie
Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc, Cancer Society Rangiora Group
Student: Leah Butt

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Who should die of a broken heart? A genetic and electrocardiographic study in earthquake stress cardiomyopathy

Supervisors(s): Paul Bridgman, Professor Martin Kennedy and Dr Kit Doudney
Sponsor: National Heart Foundation of New Zealand
Student: George Watson

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HLA-Typing of Patients with Severe Adverse Drug Reactions

logo - Canterbury Medical Research FoundationSupervisor(s): Dr Simran Maggo and Professor Martin Kennedy
Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Student: Isabelle Chai

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Finding the reservoir of Legionella longbeachae

logo - Canterbury Medical Research FoundationSupervisor(s): Professor Stephen Chambers, Trevor Anderson, Dr Johm Clemens, Professor David Murdoch and Dr Amy-Scott-Thomas
Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Student: Michael Chim

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Community

Enriching the environment for people with Down Syndrome living with a dementia

Supervisor(s): Tracey Hawkes, Dr Susan Gee, Dr Matthew Croucher
Sponsor: Graduate Women Canterbury Trust
Student: Tessa Luff

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Evaluation of the Hauora Māori Graduate Nursing Programme

logo - MIHISupervisors(s): Tania Huria
Sponsor: MIHI
Student: Michaela Matenga

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Understanding the modifiable factors contributing to acute hospital admissions for Nurse Maude's Māori Clients

Supervisor(s): Mary-Anne Stone and Hamish Jamieson
Sponsor: MIHI and Nurse Maude
Student: Miriarangi Kapa

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Recognition of clinical deterioration in community based nursing care

logo - Nurse MaudeSupervisor(s): Maree Steel, Dr Philippa Seaton, Gill Coe and Sheree East
Sponsor: Nurse Maude and the Department of PostGraduate Nursing, University of Otago, Christchurch
Student: Anna Swanson

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Data capture of historical spinal cord injury into the New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Registry

Supervisor(s): Dr Jennifer Dunn, Mr Rowan Schouten and Mrs Tracey Croot
Sponsor: Canterbury Orthopaedic Service Limited
Student: Courtney Poole

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The reasons for the ebb and flow of career intentions through medical school and pre-vocational training

logo - University of OtagoSupervisors: Professor Tim Wilkinson
Sponsor: Otago Medical School
Student: Matthew Kent

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Diabetes care in general practice - Access to the Retinal Screening Pathway

logo - Pegasus Health (Charitable) LtdSupervisor(s): Dr Ruth Savage and Deborah Callahan
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Trust
Student:
Jamie Go

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Understanding the ASH rates for Pacific children in Canterbury

logo - Pegasus Health (Charitable) LtdSupervisor(s): Professor Les Toop and Deborah Callahan
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Trust
Student: Suli Tuitaupe

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Meeting cultural competency learning needs of general practice reception staff

logo - Pegasus Health (Charitable) LtdSupervisor(s): Associate Professor Gillian Abel
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Trust
Student: Jane Reeves

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Motivators for integrated primary care between general practitioners and pharmacists

logo - Pegasus Health (Charitable) LtdSupervisor(s): Dr Ben Hudson
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Trust
Student: Aaspreet Boparai

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Development of nurse led models of care for people with heart failure - a descriptive study

logo - Pegasus Health (Charitable) LtdSupervisor(s): Dr Beverley Burrell, Erin Wilmshurst, Donna Hahn and Kirsten Carey
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Trust
Student: Lauren Smith

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Developing a humanistic outcomes based model of care for homecare and community nursing

logo - Nurse MaudeSupervisor(s): Dr Philippa Seaton, Dr Beverly Burrell, Ms Sheree East and Gill Coe
Sponsor: Nurse Maude and the Department of PostGraduate Nursing, University of Otago, Christchurch
Student: Ella Nicholls

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Samoan, New Zealand and Nepalese medical student perspectives, attitudes and idas arising from the Global Health Classroom (GHCR)

logo - University of OtagoSupervisor(s): Dr Andrew Miller, Mr Roshit Bothara, Faumuina Associate Professor Tai Sopoaga, Dr Malama Tafunai, Dr Ashis Shrestha, Mrs Jen Desrosiers, Professor David Murdoch, Dr Susan Jack, Professor Tim Wilkinson, Dr Tony Walls, Associate Professor Philip Pattemore
Sponsor: University of Otago, Division of Health Science
Student: Hannah Sim

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