Department of Anaesthesia
Student: Chad Sloley
Supervisors: Professor Ted Shipton, Associate Professor Caroline Bell, Dr Jonathan Williman
Topic: Relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder and chronic pain
Department of the Dean
Student: Sharyn Esteves
Supervisors: Professor Tim Wilkinson and Dr Marcus Henning
Topic: Professionally appropriate social media use for healthcare students: Development of an educational tool to support healthcare students’ appropriate use
Student: Christina Grove
Supervisors: Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger, Professor Tim Wilkinson
Topic: LGBTQIA+ Health Education and Educational Safety
Student: Tracy Haitana
Supervisors: Associate Professor Cameron Lacey, Associate Professor Suzanne Pitama and Professor Marie Crowe
Topic: The impact of life events on the course of Bipolar Disorder in Māori
Student: Karen Keelan
Supervisors: Associate Professor Cameron Lacey, Professor Tim Wilkinson and Associate Professor Suzanne Pitama
Topic: He Tirohanga Whānui ki ngā Mahi Tikanga mō ngā Whare Tiaki Kaumātua: Views on What Constitutes Best Practice in caring for Kaumatua in residential aged care facilities
Student: Sarah Goldsbury
Supervisor: Professor Suzanne Pitama, Associate Professor Raewyn Mutch, Dr Makarena Dudley
Topic: Māori Whānau experiences of neuropsychological assessment for FASD
Student: Cara Meredith
Supervisor: Associate Professor Cameron Lacey, Dr Christina McKerchar
Topic: Kaupapa Māori approaches to maternal mental health distress
Department of Medicine
Student: William Aye
Supervisors: Associate Professor Tracy Melzer, Professor Timothy Anderson, Dr Campbell Le Heron
Topic: Imaging cerebral tau accumulation and cerebral blood flow in Parkinson’s disease using positron emission tomography
Student: Jozef Crosland
Supervisors: Professor Richard Jones, Dr Reza Shoorangiz
Topic: Real-time EEG-based detection and prediction of microsleeps from deep neuroelectric features in the brain
Student: Margot De Koning
Supervisors: Professor Lutz Beckert, Dr Mike Maze
Topic: The impact of microbiology in empyema and complicated pleural effusion
Student: Ashley Deane
Supervisors: Associate Professor Tracy Melzer, Professor Tim Anderson
Topic: Cerebrovascular medicated cognitive pathology in Parkinson’s disease
Student: Angela Forbes
Supervisors: Professor Richard Gearry, Professor Andrew Day
Topic: Epidemiology of IBD
Student: Grace Hall-McMaster
Supervisors: Associate Professor Tracy Melzer, Professor John Dalrymple, Dr Reza Shoorangiz, Professor Timothy Anderson
Topic: Biomarkers for cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease
Student: Ann Holden
Supervisors: Dr Michael MacAskill, Dr Kyla Horne, Professor Timothy Anderson, Dr Reza Shoorangiz
Topic: Investigation of Visual Hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease
Student: Mark Holdaway
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Appleby, Professor Chris Pemberton
Topic: Assessing Erythroferrone in Acute Heart Failure Patients
Student: Hamish Farquhar
Supervisors: Professor Lisa Stamp, Professor Lutz Beckert
Topic: Rheumatoid interstitial lung disease in Canterbury, New Zealand
Student: Amanda Landers
Supervisors: Professor Lutz Beckert, Professor Suzanne Pitama, Professor Suetonia Palmer
Topic: Evaluating a proposed model of integrated care for patients with severe COPD in their last year of life
Student: Rebecca Lee
Supervisors: Associate Professor Tracy Melzer, Associate Professor James Foulds, Dr Reza Shoorandgiz, Dr Mustafa Almuqbel
Topic: Early cannabis use and its impact on the ageing brain: an MRI study of a New Zealand longitudinal birth cohort
Student: Jasjot Maggo
Supervisors: Professor Richard Gearry, Dr Simone Bayer
Topic: Gut Health
Student: Ethan Marshall
Supervisors: Professor Tim Anderson, Dr Michael MacAskill
Topic: Characterisation of synkinetic movements in Parkinson's disease
Student: Lee-Anne Morris
Supervisors: Dr Campbell Le Heron, Dr Michael MacAskill
Topic: Cognitive profiles of apathy in Huntington's Disease
Student: Hwei Ng
Supervisors: Professor Richard Gearry, Dr Catherine Wall, Sr Simone Bayer
Topic: Effect of habitual intake of green kiwifruit over a 4-week period on gut health
Student: Leigh O’Brien
Supervisors: Professor Richard Gearry, Dr Catherine Walls, Professor Tim Wilkinson
Topic: Functional diarrhoea in older adults: causes, dietary management and characteristics
Student: Christina Pike
Supervisors: Dr Toni Pitcher, Dr Michael MacAskill, Professor Tim Anderson, Dr Daniel Myall
Topic: Identifying individuals at high risk of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
Student: Kate Richards
Supervisors: Professor Suetonia Palmer, Dr David McGregor
Topic: Haemodialysis vascular access
Student: Akhilesh Swaminathan
Supervisors: Professor Richard Gearry, Professor Anthony Kettle, Professor Andrew Day, Professor Mark Hampton
Topic: Evaluation of novel biomarkers in gastrointestinal disorders
Student: Evie Templeton
Supervisors: Dr Anna Pilbrow, Associate Professor John Pickering, Professor Vicky Cameron, Dr Moritz Lasse
Topic: Using non-coding RNAs to identify heart failure patients at risk of acute kidney injury
Student: Uma Venkatasubramanian
Supervisors: Professor Richard Jones, Professor Lutz Beckert, Dr Steve Weddell and Dr John Pearson
Topic: Real-time detection and prediction of lapses of responsiveness
Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies
Student: Jai Chung
Supervisors: Dr Chris Moir, Associate Professor Jenny Jordan
Topic: Burnout and compassion fatigue in nursing
Student: Natalie Conley
Supervisors: Dr Brigit Mirfin-Vetich and Dr Jenny Conder
Topic: An exploration of the experience of registered nurses caring for people receiving compulsory care as care recipients under the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Student: Ahmad Hammad
Supervisors: Professor Philippa Seaton and Dr Virginia Jones
Topic: The role of human patient simulation in undergraduate nursing education learning in practice: students’ perception
Student: Shirley Harris
Supervisors: Professor Philippa Seaton and Dr Beverley Burrell
Topic: Mastery of breathlessness after a six week multidisciplinary breathlessness support service compared with usual care
Student: Amy Henry
Supervisors: Dr Virginia Jones, Professor Lois Surgenor, Professor Tai Sopoaga
Topic: Palliative Health for Cook Islanders in New Zealand
Student: Adrian Higgins
Supervisors: Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder and Professor Kate Diesfeld
Topic: An examination of the rehabilitative outcomes for care recipients subject to compulsory care orders under the Intellectual (Disability Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
Student: Cate McCall
Supervisors: Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Anitra Carr and Dr Sarah Metcalf
Topic: Understanding the personal experience and clinical course of sepsis
Student: Nic McKenzie
Supervisors: Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder and Dr Henrietta Trip
Topic: Advance Care Planning and Intellectual Disability
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Student: Alex Tino
Supervisors: Dr Kenny Chitcholtan, Associate Professor Gabi Dachs, Professor John Evans and Associate Professor Peter Sykes
Topic: Ovarian Cancer
Student: Irfan Yunianto
Supervisors: Associate Professor Peter Sykes, Dr Kenny Chitcholtan and Associate Professor Margaret Currie
Topic: The JAKs Stats Pathway in Ovarian Cancer
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Student: Grace Griffiths
Supervisors: Dr Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Bronwyn Lennox Thompson, Associate Professor Debbie Snell
Topic: Diagnosis and management experiences of patients utilising hand therapy services for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Student: Hieu Minh Ho
Supervisors: Associate Professor Khoon Lim, Professor Tim Woodfield
Topic: Development and characterisation of vascular bioinks for 3D bioprinting
Student: Melissa Ishii
Supervisors: Professor Tim Woodfield, Professor Gary Hooper, Associate Professor Khoon Lim
Topic: Development of microfluidic techniques and 3D-printing strategies for medical device applications
Student: Sang Kang
Supervisors: Professor Gary Hooper, Dr David Keiser, Dr Sarah Whitehouse
Topic: The factors in knee arthroscopy for meniscal tears in degenerative knees
Student: Sandra Kieser
Supervisors: Professor Gary Hooper and Associate Professor Tim Woodfield
Topic: Advanced imaging of early osteoarthritis.
Student: Gretal Major
Supervisors: Professor Tim Woodfield, Associate Professor Khoon Lim
Topic: Development of 3D hydrogel breast cancer and adipocyte models for in vitro screening
Student: Rebekah Miller
Supervisors: Associate Professor Debbie Snell, Professor Greg O'Beirne, Dr Jennifer Dunn
Topic: The relationship between vestibular issues, noise sensitivity (hyperacusis), and psychological factors as predictors of the length of time to recover among adults with mild traumatic brain injury
Student: Tamara Mullaney
Supervisors: Professor Timothy Eglinton, Professor Richard Gearry, Dr Rachel Purcell
Topic: Neoplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Student: Axel Norberg
Supervisors: Professor Tim Woodfield, Dr Gabriella Lindberg, Associate Professor Khoon Lim, Professor Gary Hooper
Topic: Oxygen control in 3D bioprinted osterochondral constructs
Student: Amy Pullen
Supervisors: Professor Gary Hooper, Dr David Kieser
Topic: The factors in thoracic gunshot injuries
Student: Bram Soliman
Supervisors: Associate Professor Khoon Lim, Associate Professor Tim Woodfield, Professor Gary Hooper and Gabriella Lindberg
Topic: Biofabrication of hybrid scaffolds for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine
Student: Seth Taylor
Supervisors: Professor Gary Hooper, Dr David Kieser and Associate Professor Niels Hammer
Topic: A further experimental investigation into the viability of synbone ballistic spheres as a proxy to human crania
Student: Laura Veenendaal
Supervisors: Dr Gabriella Lindberg, Professor Tim Woodfield, Associate Professor Khoon Lim
Topic: Personalised 3D tissue models for probing cartilage regeneration and integration
Department of Paediatrics
Student: Laura Appleton
Supervisors: Professor Andrew Day, Professor Richard Gearry
Topic: Non-invasive biomarkers to predict disease outcome and treatment response in children with IBD
Student: Stephanie Brown
Supervisors: Professor Andrew Day, Professor Richard Gearry, and Dr Catherine Wall
Topic: Nutrition and Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Student: Mercedes Burnside
Supervisors: Dr Martin de Bock, Professor Andrew Day, Associate Professor Cameron Lacey, Dr Ben Wheeler
Topic: Open-source automated insulin delivery in type 1 diabetes
Student: Sophie Hall
Supervisors: Professor Andrew Day, Dr Kristin Kenrick
Topic: Management and outcomes of children diagnosed with Coeliac Disease in Canterbury, New Zealand
Department of Pathology
Student: Grace Borichevsky
Supervisors: Professor Tony Kettle, Professor Richard Gearry, Dr Louisa Ashby
Topic: No stool left unturned: Understanding and predicting disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease
Student: Eleanor Burgess
Supervisors: Associate Professor Gabi Dachs, Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Professor Margreet Vissers, Professor Bridget Robinson
Topic: The role of ascorbate in glioma
Student: Oscar Graham
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Associate Professor John Pearson, Dr Toni Pitcher, Professor Timothy Anderson
Topic: Nanopore Sequencing of GBA
Student: Sarah Heath
Supervisors: Dr Christoph Goebl, Professor Mark Hampton, Dr Vanessa Morris, Professor Christine Winterbourn
Topic: Molecular analysis of p16 amyloid formation
Student: Therese Featherston
Supervisors: Dr Martina Paumann-Page, Professor Mark Hampton
Topic: Exploiting oxidative stress in the treatment of metastatic melanoma
Student: Hyunwoo Jun
Supervisors: Dr Sandy Slow, Dr Steve Chambers
Topic: Developing low risk potting mix products to protect gardeners from Legionnaire's Disease
Student: Ayush Kumar
Supervisors: Professor Madhav Bhatia, Professor Steve Chambers
Topic: Hydrogen sulphide and substance P in acute pancreatitis
Student: Xihua Lian
Supervisors: Professor Madhav Bhatia, Dr Aamir Raja, Professor Steve Chambers, Dr John Lewis
Topic: Invasive Aspergillosis
Student: Sumeet Manandhar
Supervisors: Professor Madhav Bhatia, Professor Steve Chambers
Topic: Role of H2S and substance P in NF-kB level expression in polymicrobial sepsis
Student: Hadley Northcott
Supervisors: Professor Mark Hampton, Dr Andree Pearson, Professor Margreet Vissers
Topic: Allele-specific expression analysis of BRCA1/2 variants in breast cancer patients
Student: Citra Praditi
Supervisors: Professor Margreet Vissers and Associate Professor Gabriele Dachs
Topic: Vitamin C and Metastasis
Student: Carlos Smith Diaz
Supervisors: Professor Margreet Vissers, Professor Mark Hampton, Associate Professor Tim Hore
Topic: Effect of nutrition and oxidative stress on epigenetic regulation during cellular differentiation and development
Student: Ping Siu Kee
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Simram Maggo
Topic: The application of pharmacogenetics to understanding Adverse Drug Reactions
Student: Cassie Stylianou
Supervisors: Dr Logan Walker, Associate Professor John Pearson, Dr Vanessa Lattimore
Topic: Copy number variants and endometrial cancer risk.
Student: Eveline van Leeuwen
Supervisors: Professor Mark Hampton, Professor Margret Vissers
Topic: Oxidative stress and redox regulation of the cytoskeleton
Student: Jessika Wise
Supervisors: Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Associate Professor Tim Woodfield, Associate Professor Khoon Lim and Associate Professor Margaret Currie
Topic: 3D breast tumour models for drug discovery
Student: Zhixing Zhu
Supervisors: Professor Madhav Bhatia, Professor Steve Chambers, Professor Xiangdong Wang, Professor Yiming Zeng
Topic: The role of exosome miRNA in acute lung injury
Department of Population Health
Student: Lavanya Pillay
Supervisors: Associate Professor Gillian Abel, Dr Rose Crossin
Topic: Sex workers’ experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: a comparative analysis between South Africa and New Zealand.
Student: Claire Weinhold
Supervisors: Associate Professor Gillian Abel, Associate Professor Lee Thompson
Topic: Decriminalisation and the management of brothels in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Student: Nicola Williams
Supervisors: Dr Angela Curl, Dr Christina McKerchar, Mr James Berghan
Topic: How will applying a cultural gender lens to Christchurch City’s transport network result in changes that will have significant, positive outcomes
Student: Lev Zhuravsky
Supervisors: Associate Professor Gillian Abel and Associate Professor Lee Thompson
Topic: Creating Resilience in Health Care Organizations. Role of Shared Leadership in Realigning a Gap between Work as Imagined and Work as Done
Department of Psychological Medicine
Student: Zoe Barczyk
Supervisors: Dr Katie Douglas, Professor Richard Porter, Associate Professor James Foulds
Topic: Cognitive functioning during treatment for severe depression: changes in cognitive functioning and predictors of change
Student: Ben Beaglehole
Supervisors: Associate Professor Caroline Bell, Professor Roger Mulder and Associate Professor Joe Boden
Topic: The psychological impacts of the Canterbury Earthquakes
Student: Kate Eggleston
Supervisors: Professor Richard Porter, Dr Katie Douglas, Professor Marie Crowe
Topic: Patient perspectives of cognition and functioning in mood disorders
Student: Vanessa Gray
Supervisors: Professor Richard Porter and Dr Katie Douglas
Topic: Cognitive remediation and Apophenia in the elderly depressed
Student: Tara Hayward
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Adamson, Associate Professor Jenny Jordan, Dr Katie Douglas
Topic: Applicability of cognitive remediation in an opioid substitution treatment population
Student: Samantha Groves
Supervisors: Professor Richard Porter, Associate Professor Jenny Jordan and Dr Katie Douglas
Topic: The impact of IPSRT and cognitive remediation on neuropsychological function in recurrent mood disorders
Student: Nathan Monk
Supervisors: Associate Professor Joe Boden, Dr Janet Spittlehouse, Dr Geri McLeod
Topic: Network analysis of mental disorder in the Christchurch Health and Development Study cohort
Student: Donna Ritchie
Supervisors: Professor Marie Crowe and Dr Dave Carlyle
Topic: How men living with disabilities are occupied with constructing and reproducing their own masculinity
Department of Radiology
Student: Krishna Chapagain
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Butler, Dr Aamir Raja
Topic: Application of MARS-CT scanner for differentiation of prostatic carcinoma
Student: Jennifer Clark
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Butler, Dr Aamir Raja
Topic: Using MARS-Spectral CT for osteoporosis imaging and fracture risk assessment
Student: Theo Dapamede
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Butler, Dr Neils de Ruiter, Professor Phil Butler, Dr James Atlas, Mahdieh Monghiseh
Topic: Application of MARS Spectral CT in cardiovascular imaging
Student: Josie Macfarlane
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Butler, Dr Alex McHaffie
Topic: Medical Student Radiology Teaching at UOC-Are they prepared?
Student: Robert Phillips
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Butler
Topic: The Use of Novel Imaging for Surgical Planning
Department of Surgery
Student: Krista Dawson
Supervisors: Associate Professor Jacqui Keenan, Professor Andrew Day
Topic: Investigating the role of mucus in gastrointestinal barrier function
Student: Tamara Glyn
Supervisors: Professor Timothy Eglinton, Professor Richard Gearry, Dr Rachel Purcell
Topic: Neoplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Student: Scott Loeffler
Supervisors: Associate Professor Jacqui Keenan, Associate Professor John Pearson, Professor Frank Frizelle
Topic: Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis [ETBF] infection in selected NZ sheep flocks - a possible zoonotic reservoir
Student: Jessica Permain
Supervisors: Dr Rachel Purcell, Associate Professor Timothy Eglinton, Dr Barry Hock
Topic: The Microbiome and Colorectal Cancer Development
Student: Isaac Tranter-Entwistle
Supervisors: Associate Professor Timothy Eglinton, Mr Saxon Connor
Topic: Proposal for development of automated training tools in laparoscopic surgery
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