Clinical projects
A review of the update and clinical utility of miss match repair gene immunihistochemistry in women with endometrial cancer: A retrospective study
Student: Chi-Yen Hwang- Supervisors: Associate Professor Peter Sykes, Bryony Simcock and Rachel van der Griend
- Sponsor: Estate of Maree Elizabeth Britten (via the Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc.)
Audit of administration of vancomycin by continuous infusion to outpatients
Student: Madeleine Long- Supervisors: Professor Stephen Chambers, Dr Sarah Metcalf, Dr Sharon Gardiner, Dr Simon Dalton, Dr Alan Pithie and Ms Kate Gallagher
- Sponsor: Canterbury District Health Board Department of Infectious Diseases
Benchmarking Canterbury Type 1 diabetes outcomes to Australasian centres
- Student: Morgan Arnold
- Supervisor: Dr Martin de Bock
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – Department of Paediatrics
Breast cancer in the elderly in New Zealand – an age old issue
- Student: Nicole Withers
- Supervisors: Dr Melissa James, Associate Professor Bridget Robinson and Dr Lisa Johannson
- Sponsor: Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand
Clinical Pharmacology Top Trumps for the gamification of student learning about medicines
- Student: Harry White
- Supervisors: Associate Professor Matt Doogue, Dr Paul Chin and Professor Murray Barclay
- Sponsor: Canterbury District Health Board Department of Clinical Pharmacology
Co-prescribing of antiplatelet and anticoagulant medicines in hospital and community
- Student: Priyal Patel
- Supervisors: Dr Paul Chin and Associate Professor Matt Doogue
- Sponsor: Canterbury District Health Board - Department of Clinical Parmacology
Diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia before it happens
Student: Ellen O’Byrne- Supervisors: Professor G M Shaw, Dr J K Dickson and Professor Geoffrey Chase
- Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Diverticulitis – A retrospective analysis of incidence and demographics in Christchurch Hospital
- Student: William Currie
- Supervisors: Dr Rachel Purcell and Professor Frank Frizelle
- Sponsor: Bowel and Liver Trust
Epidemiology of interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease in Canterbury
Student: Danielle Bucknall- Supervisors: Dr Adrienne Edwards and Professor Lisa Stamp
- Sponsor: Arthritis New Zealand
Is there a relationship between processed EEG characteristics during anaesthesia and general level of health?
- Student: Rachel Matthews
- Supervisors: Associate Professor Ross Kennedy and Mrs Margie McKellow
- Sponsor: The Anaesthetist’s Instrument Pool Limited
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve: The mind–body connection in broken heart syndrome
Student: George Watson- Supervisors: Dr Paul Bridgman and Dr Cameron Lacey
- Sponsor: National Heart Foundation
Kidney transplantation assessment in Canterbury
Student: Josie Nicholas-McAnergney- Supervisors: Professor Suetonia Palmer and Dr Nick Cross
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch Māori Indigenous Health Institute
Long term complications of surgery and radiotherapy for prostate cancer
- Student: Brennan Carne
- Supervisor: Sharon English
- Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc. & Cancer Society Ashburton, Greymouth & Malvern Groups
Māori experience of Anaesthesia in the perioperative setting: A pilot study of research methodology
- Student: Reuben Katene
- Supervisors: Dr Courtney Thomas, Associate Professor Suzanne Pitama
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – MIHI
Measurement of vitamin C concentrations in plasma from patients at pre-administration for cancer surgery
- Student: Rebecca White
- Supervisors: Professor Margreet Vissers, Associate Professor Gabi Dachs, Helen Morrin, Dr Andrew Das and Professor Bridget Robinson
- Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Measurement of vitamin C concentrations in plasma from patients receiving cancer chemotherapy or immunotherapy
- Student: Maria Nonis
- Supervisors: Associate Gabi Dachs, Dr Matthew Strother, Dr Andrew Das, Professor Bridget Robinson and Professor Margreet Vissers
- Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc. & Cancer Society Diamond Harbour & Amberley Groups
Optimising the use of lumbar puncture in patients with suspected sub-arachnoid haemorrhage
- Student: Annie Vincent
- Supervisors: Dr Scott Pearson, Dr Martin Than, Dr James Weaver and Associate Professor John Pickering
- Sponsor: Ministry of Health
Optimising use of patient generated health data through analysis of their glucose meter results
Student: Kacey Gritt- Supervisors: Associate Professor Helen Lunt, Helen Heenan and Dr Huan Chan
- Sponsor: Diabetes Training and Research Trust and Diabetes Christchurch Inc Society
Parkinson’s clinical audit: Mortality and diagnostic coding accuracy in unmedicated patients
Student: Emma Halsey- Supervisors: Dr Toni Pitcher, Professor Tim Anderson and Dr Daniel Myall
- Sponsor: Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust
Prostate cancer in the elderly
- Student: Alastair Hercus
- Supervisors: Dr Scott Babington, Dr Hilde Wlzak, Dr Ben Hindson and Dr Brendon Anderson
- Sponsor: Canterbury Healthcare for the Elderly Education Trust
The impact and burden on patient and health system of nephrostomy urinary diversion for upper tract obstruction in Canterbury
- Student: Claire Whitehead
- Supervisors: Mr Giovanni Losco, Mr Peter Davidson and Dr Andrew Laing
- Sponsor: Canterbury Urological Research Foundation
The relationship between severe adenovirus respiratory infections and bronchiectasis or bronchiolitis obliterans in children in Canterbury
Student: Madeline Newman- Supervisors: Associate Professor Philip Pattemore, Associate Professor Tony Walls
- Sponsor: CureKids
Understanding current antipsychotic prescibing practice for older people in Canterbury
- Student: Tessa Luff
- Supervisors: Susan Gee and Matthew Croucher
- Sponsor: Canterbury District Health Board - Older Persons Mental Health Research Trust
What influences clinicians to choose wisely?
- Student: Adi Raina
- Supervisors: De Belinda Loring and Dr Michael Ardagh
- Sponsor: Ministry of Health – Choosing Wisely Campaign
Why do young males have a poorer outcome following knee replacement?
Student: Greer Mahoney- Supervisors: Professor Gary Hooper and Dr Debbie Snell
- Sponsor: Canterbury Orthopaedic Service Limited
Wound mapping of diabetic foot ulcers, utilising Snomed CT anatomy labelling, is it detailed enough for a specialist diabetes foot clinic?
- Student: Tori Murray
- Supervisor: Karyn Balance
- Sponsor: Diabetes Training and Research Trust and Diabetes Christchurch Inc Society
Laboratory projects
Characterisation, quantification and mapping of various calcium crystals in osteoarthritic knees using MARS spectral scanner
- Student: Bradon Noordanus
- Supervisors: Dr Aamir Raja, Dr Fabio Becce, Professor Francis Verdun, Professor Olivier Guyen and Professor Lisa Stamp
- Sponsor: Lausanne University Hospital
Characterising the role of a peroxidase in invasive metastatic melanoma cells
- Student: Daisy O'Connor
- Supervisors: Dr Martina Paumann-Page and Professor Christine Winterbourn
- Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc. & Cancer Society Ellesmere, Cheviot & Hokitika Groups
Direct RNA analysis on a nanopore sequencing device
- Student: Jessie Chang
- Supervisors: Dr Simone Cree, Dr Logan Walker, Allison Miller, Associate Professor John Pearson, Professor Martin Kennedy
- Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Establishing DNA analysis methods for GBA mutations in Parkinson’s disease
- Student: Oscar Graham
- Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Tim Anderson, Dr Toni Pitcher and Ms Allison Miller
- Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Evaluation of molecular rapid respiratory virus testing for improving adult patient flow at Christchurch Hospital during the influenza season
- Student: Jawon Kim
- Supervisors: Dr Anja Werno, Meik Dilcher
- Sponsor: Canterbury Health Laboratory
Exploring the antioxidant defences of Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Student: Yanxiang Meng
- Supervisors: Professor Mark Hampton, Professor Christine Winterbourn, Associate Professor Ren Dobson (University of Canterbury)
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science
How do DNA methylation and non B-DNA interact to cause genotyping failure during PCR?
Student: Eva Mulder- Supervisors: Dr Aaron Stevens, Professor Martin Kennedy
- Sponsor: The Carney Centre for Pharmacogenomics
Leukocyte distribution in the developing tumour and the effect of vitamin C
- Student: Thomas Williams
- Supervisors: Dr Abel Ang, Associate Professor Gabi Dachs and Associate Professor Margaret Currie
- Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc. & Cancer Society Hurunui & Westport Groups
Local and systemic effects of obesity of breast cancer cells
- Student: Devon Bull
- Supervisors: Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Associate Professor Margaret Currie and Dr Matthew Strother
- Sponsor: Breast Cancer Foundation
Mycobacterial resistance to neutrophil oxidants
- Student: Heath Ryburn
- Supervisors: Professor Mark Hampton, Dr Heather Parker
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science
Optimisation of oxygen gradients in 3D-bioprinted cartilage constructs
- Student: James Swan
- Supervisors: Dr Gabriella Lindberg, Dr Khoon Lim and Associate Professor Tim Woodfield
- Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Requesting patterns, results and outcome of rapid ANCA vasculitis testing
- Student: Isla Revell
- Supervisor: Dr Ignatius Chua
- Sponsor: Canterbury Health Laboratories
Role of cardiac troponin T on heart function using an ex vivo isolated rat model
- Student: Cassian Duthie
- Supervisors: Dr Sarah Appleby and Associate Professor Chris Pemberton
- Sponsor: Ikram Research Fellowship
Spitting the dummy - a study for breast and ovarian cancer to compare genetic material in blood and saliva samples in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene
- Student: Isabelle Chai
- Supervisors: Dr Vanessa Lattimore and Dr Logan Walker
- Sponsor: Cancer Society of New Zealand, Canterbury-West Coast Division Inc. & Cancer Society Rangiora & Malvern Groups
The great garden glove swap: A survey of gardener’s gloves for the presence of L. longbeachae
- Student: Krista Dawson
- Supervisors: Dr Sandy Slow, Professor Stephen Chambers and Professor David Murdoch
- Sponsor: Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Community projects
A sleep in the classroom: Are current education guidelines on sleep health adequate and effective for educators and intermediate students
- Student: Kate Ford
- Supervisors: Paul T Kelly, Rebecca Williamson and Michael Hlavac
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – Division of Health Sciences
A survey of primary care physicians’ and medical students’ risk tolerance in the assessment of acute chest pain
Student: Richard Stewart- Supervisors: Dr Lynley Cook, Dr Ben Hudson and Dr Martin Than
- Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Limited
Evaluation of a patient management system implementation to a mobile health workforce
- Student: Sam Selwyn Jabaraj
- Supervisors: Virginia Maskill, Gill Coe, Kosta Tabakakis and Mary-Anne Stone
- Sponsor: Nurse Maude Association and Centre for Postgraduate Nursing
Evaluation of a postgraduate online learning forum
- Student: Jimi Macmillan
- Supervisor: Christina McKerchar
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – MIHI
In patients taking statin therapy, do lipid profile measurements result in alteration of statin dose or type?
- Student: Harrison Beadel
- Supervisors: Dr Ben Hudson and Paul Bridgford
- Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Limited
Staff experience after implementation of a new client record management system
- Student: Clare Macleod
- Supervisors: Dr Chris Moir, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton (Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies, UOC); Gill Coe (NZ Institute of Community Health Care); Mary-Anne Stone (Nurse Maude)
- Sponsor: Nurse Maude
Transitions to menopause among Christchurch Health and Development Study female cohort members
- Student: Jacqui-Lyn Welch
- Supervisors: Dr Geraldine McLeod and Associate Professor Joseph Boden
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – Department of Psychological Medicine
Understanding novice medical student roles and expectations in a surgical environment to enhance learning experience and outcomes
- Student: Nikky Fraser
- Supervisors: Mr Jeremy Simcock, Associate Professor Tim Eglinton, Professor Tim Wilkinson, Ms Rebecca Pascoe and Mr Roshit Bothara
- Sponsor: University of Otago, Christchurch – Division of Health Sciences
