PhD candidates
Haider Al-Darraji
Comprehensive active tuberculosis case finding amongst HIV infected inmates upon entry into a Malaysian prison
Supervisors: Professor Philip Hill, Associate Professor Katrina Sharples
Email aldha180@student.otago.ac.nz
Lika Apriani
Latent tuberculosis infection among Indonesian health care workers
Supervisors: Professor Philip Hill, Dr Sue McAllister, Associate Professor Katrina Sharples
Email aprli894@student.otago.ac.nz
Manoj Boyina
Investigation of clinical pharmacy activities in primary care general practice
Supervisors: Associate Professor Rhiannon Braund, Professor Tim Stokes
Email boysi071@student.otago.ac.nz
Sarah Donald
Prescription medicine use in pregnancy
Supervisors: Dr Lianne Parkin, Dr Simon Horsburgh, Associate Professor Katrina Sharples
Email sarah.donald@otago.ac.nz
Rosee Hodgson
Shaping cities for youth: Transport and urban planning to improve young people’s access to education, employment, and training
Supervisors: Professor Jennie Connor, Dr Alex Macmillan, Associate Professor Tony Moore, Christina McKerchar
Email nevro854@student.otago.ac.nz
Ms Win Thandar Oo
Role of Leptospira infection in severe febrile illness
Supervisors: Professor John Crump, Wah Win Htike, Dr James Ussher and Professor David Murdoch
Email win.thandar.oo@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Bronwen McNoe
Addressing sun protection in an educational context
Supervisors: Associate Professor Tony Reeder, Dr Kate Morgaine, Dr Ella Iousa
Email bronwen.mcnoe@otago.ac.nz
Tin Ohn Myat
Bacterial infections in Yangon, Myanmar
Supervisors: Professor John Crump, Dr David Murdoch, Wah Win Htike
Email myati260@student.otago.ac.nz
Tony Zhang
Phenotypes of lung function and its growth and decline: A longitudinal analysis
Supervisors: Professor Bob Hancox, Andrew Gray
Email zhato394@student.otago.ac.nz
Masters’ students
Warinthon Baker
Health and disability outcomes and health service experiences: A prospective study of injured migrants and non-migrants in New Zealand
Supervisors: Professor Sarah Derrett, Mr Ari Samaranayaka, Dr Emma Wyeth
Email bakwa665@student.otago.ac.nz
Shawnee Brausch
Research project: To explore the stories of young Māori wāhine (women) and their relationships with alcohol
Supervisors: Dr Emma Wyeth and Dr Richard Egan
Email shawnee.brausch@otago.ac.nz
Linda Buxton
The ultra violet radiation (UVR) environment and sun protection at secondary school rowing regattas in Otago
Supervisors: Tony Reeder, Louise Marsh
Email buxli123@student.otago.ac.nz
Sam Carrington
A qualitative investigation using a One Health approach to explore Māori understandings of antimicrobial resistance in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Supervisors: Dr Emma Wyeth and Pauline Norris
Email sam.carrington@otago.ac.nz
Judy Clarke
A study of health capability in a group of female health care assistants working in the aged-care residential sector
Supervisors: Dr Trudy Sullivan, Dr Richard Egan
Email claju350@student.otago.ac.nz
Charlotte Gilkinson
Modelling of Leprosy cases in Kiribati
Supervisors: Associate Professor Patricia Priest and Professor Stephen Chambers
Email charlotte.gilkison@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Hai Sue Kang
Socioeconomic risk factors for childhood pneumonia in Basse, rural The Gambia
Supervisors: Professor Philip Hill, Associate Professor John Dockerty, Grant Mackenzies
Email kanha550@student.otago.ac.nz
Sarah Mitchell
An Ecohealth approach to antimicrobial resistance in New Zealand
Supervisors: Dr Alex Macmillan, Associate Professor Patricia Priest, Dr Kate Morgaine
Email sarah.mitchell@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Elizabeth Peterson
Health-related quality of life and disability outcomes for older people with chronic kidney disease
Supervisors: Professor Sarah Derrett, Dr Emma Wyeth, Dr Ariyapala Samaranayaka, and Professor Rob Walker
Email petel497@student.otago.ac.nz
Louise Thorn
Risk factors of Staphylococcus capitis colonisation in the Dunedin Hospital NICU
Supervisors: Professor John Crump, Associate Professor Roland Broadbent, Dr James Ussher, Associate Professor Katrina Sharples
Email tholo632@student.otago.ac.nz
Cassie Withey-Rila
How gender diverse populations experience dominant gender discourses
Supervisors: Dr Kate Morgaine and Dr Gareth Treharne
Email witca871@student.otago.ac.nz
Beau Xu
Investigating the cascade of care analysis for drug resistant tuberculosis using systematic reviews and original cohort data collection in Bandung, Indonesia
Supervisors: Professor Philip Hill and Associate Professor Katrina Sharples
Email xuxi3973@student.otago.ac.nz
Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours students
Mary Cane Demecillo
Otago medical students’ perspectives on spirituality and its role in healthcare
Supervisors: Dr Richard Egan and Hamish Wilson
