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Postgraduate research opportunities at the University of Otago

Ngā ara rangahau – tohu paerua – Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou

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A High Quality Aotearoa New Zealand Diet for Metabolic Health and Whānau Wellbeing - He Rourou Whai Painga (HRWP)

Supervisors
Professor Jeremy Krebs, Dr Meika Foster
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Is there a relationship between nutrition, microbiome and antenatal depression?

Supervisors
Dr Aaron Stevens, Dr Michelle Thunders, Professor Julia Rucklidge (Canterbury)
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Thematic analysis of factors attributed to recovery amongst staff enrolled in the Air New Zealand Alcohol and Other Drug Programme

Supervisors
Dr Elliot Bell, Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes, Dr Julie Myers
Level
Master’s

Dual-comb spectroscopy – resolving optical precision electronically

Supervisor
Associate Professor Harald Schwefel
Level
PhD

Doctor, my heel has a spike! What does that mean?

Supervisor
Dr Johann Zwirner
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Gunshots, falls and helmets – Improving human head models

Supervisor
Dr Johann Zwirner
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Development of a bio-inspired resin modified glass ionomer cement

Supervisors
Dr May (Lei) Mei, Dr Manikandan Ekambaram, Dr Kai Chun Li
Level
PhD

From remission to relapse: How do tumour resistance is driven under the pressure of immune responses?

Supervisors
Dr Kunyu Li, Professor Antony Braithwaite
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s

Determine the contribution of the p53 isoform, Δ133p53, in the development of bowel inflammation and IBD

Supervisors
Dr Kunyu Li, Professor Antony Braithwaite
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s

Muslim migrant women’s politics of representation in Aotearoa New Zealand cities

Close date
Monday, 31 May 2021
Supervisors
Dr Ashraful Alam, Associate Professor Douglas Hill
Level
PhD

Minority ethnic migrant's settlement experience in the rural and small-town Aotearoa New Zealand

Close date
Monday, 31 May 2021
Supervisors
Dr Ashraful Alam, Associate Professor Douglas Hill, Professor Etienne Nel
Level
PhD

Regulation of immunity by microparticles excreted from human papillomavirus positive cervical cancer cells

Supervisor
Professor Merilyn Hibma
Levels
Honours, Master’s

Characterisation of YB-1 interactions with the cytoskeleton using live cell imaging

Supervisor
Dr Adele Woolley
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Predicting risk of diabetes complications and costs using machine learning with equity analysis

Supervisors
Dr Nhung Nghiem, Professor Nick Wilson, a computer scientist (TBC)
Level
Master’s

Sport and alcohol policy

Supervisor
Professor Steve Jackson
Levels
PhD, Master’s, Postdoctoral

Disrupting the pathway to suicidal thinking and behaviour in adolescents and young adults

Supervisor
Associate Professor Richard Linscott
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Molecular mechanisms, genomics and role of the microbiome in response to therapy in rectal cancer

Supervisors
Dr Rachel Purcell, Associate Professor John Pearson, Professor Frank Frizelle
Level
PhD

Disruption of timing and sequencing mechanisms in a model of schizophrenia

Supervisor
Professor David Bilkey
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Sexual behaviour in rodents

Supervisor
Dr Erik Wibowo
Levels
Master’s, PhD

PhD scholarship for developing real time analysis of marine biomass

Supervisor
Professor Keith Gordon
Level
PhD

Private choices, public costs: A follow-up study

Supervisor
Dr Erin Penno and Dr Trudy Sullivan
Level
Master’s

Spectroscopy of disease (funded with stipend)

Supervisor
Dr Sara Miller
Level
Master’s

Disturbance of the ‘Cellular uric acid homeostasis’ as the driver for diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cancer

Supervisor
Dr Andrew Bahn
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Investigating the role of hormones on the neural circuitry controlling parental behaviour.

Supervisor
Dr Rosie Brown
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Vasopressin in hypertension

Supervisors
Professor Colin Brown, Dr Martin Fronius
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Neuroendocrine pathology in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Supervisor
Associate Professor Rebecca Campbell
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Investigating the interplay between calcium and reactive oxygen species in skeletal muscle function

Supervisor
Dr Tanya Cully
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Novel approaches for treating cardiovascular disease

Supervisor
Dr Jeff Erickson
Levels
Master’s, PhD

ENaC in the vasculature and its role in hypertension

Supervisor
Dr Martin Fronius
Levels
Master’s, PhD

The role of recycling complexes in trafficking of ion channels in polarised epithelia

Supervisors
Associate Professor Kirk Hamilton, Professor Fiona McDonald
Levels
Master’s, PhD

ENaC’s contribution in COVID-19

Supervisor
Dr Martin Fronius
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Control of stress circuit excitability

Supervisor
Dr Karl Iremonger
Levels
Master’s, PhD

How do drugs used to treat mood disorders affect brain networks?

Supervisor
Dr Phil Heyward
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Central regulation of the diabetic heart

Supervisors
Associate Professor Regis Lamberts, Professor Colin Brown, Associate Professor Daryl Schwenke
Levels
Master’s, PhD

The fat surrounding the human heart in obesity and arrhythmias

Supervisor
Associate Professor Regis Lamberts
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Loss of irreplaceable cells as a driver for cardiac dysfunction in old age?

Supervisors
Associate Professor Regis Lamberts, Associate Professor Phil Sheard
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Epithelial sodium channel as a target in breast cancer

Supervisor
Professor Fiona McDonald
Levels
Master’s, PhD

The role of ultrastructural changes in cardiac dysfunction

Supervisor
Dr Michelle Munro
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Neuroendocrine control of obesity and diabetes

Supervisor
Associate Professor Alexander Tups
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Regulation of Ubiquitin chain assembly

Supervisor
Professor Catherine Day
Level
PhD

The microbiome in colorectal cancer metastasis

Supervisor
Dr Rachel Purcell
Level
PhD

Molecular mechanisms of colorectal cancer

Supervisor
Dr Rachel Purcell
Level
PhD

The role of the microbiome in the development of colorectal cancer

Supervisor
Dr Rachel Purcell
Level
PhD

Biomarkers of response to radiotherapy in rectal cancer

Supervisor
Dr Rachel Purcell
Level
PhD

The microbiome and diverticular disease

Supervisor
Dr Rachel Purcell
Level
PhD

Diverticular disease in Canterbury; patterns of presentation, predicators of recurrence and outcomes from surgery including quality of life

Supervisor
Professor Frank Frizelle
Level
PhD

Outcomes of Colorectal cancer in New Zealand

Supervisor
Professor Frank Frizelle
Level
PhD

Epidemiological studies of colorectal cancer in New Zealand

Supervisor
Professor Frank Frizelle
Level
PhD

Epidemiological and outcome study of anal cancer

Supervisor
Professor Frank Frizelle
Level
PhD

Early onset colorectal cancer

Supervisor
Dr Jacqui Keenan
Level
PhD

Host iron status and gastrointestinal disease

Supervisor
Dr Jacqui Keenan
Level
PhD

Gut bacteria and colorectal cancer

Supervisor
Dr Jacqui Keenan
Level
PhD

Biomarkers and gastrointestinal disease

Supervisor
Dr Jacqui Keenan
Level
PhD

Surgical management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Supervisor
Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
Level
PhD

Genetics of colorectal cancer

Supervisor
Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
Level
PhD

Diverticular disease

Supervisor
Associate Professor Tim Eglinton
Level
PhD

Validation of 3D printed thorascopic model of surgical expertise in oesophageal atresia repair

Supervisor
Professor Spencer Beasley
Level
PhD

Is a Cryptic Late Cretaceous Suture Hidden in the Otago Schist?

Supervisors
Dr Mike Palin, Emeritus Professor Alan Cooper
Level
Master’s

Investigation of the connection between cohesin’s roles in cell division and gene expression in embryonic cell fate commitment

Supervisor
Professor Julia Horsfield
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Investigation of a Wnt/cohesin cause for AML

Supervisors
Professor Julia Horsfield, Dr Jisha Antony
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Reversal of enhancer dysregulation to combat cohesin-mutant leukemia

Supervisors
Dr Jisha Antony, Professor Julia Horsfield
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Mushrooms and truffles - why are they different?

Supervisors
Associate Professor David Orlovich, Dr Chris Brown, Dr Tina Summerfield
Level
PhD

Thermal and isotopic evolution of an exhumed accretionary prism: Otago Schist, New Zealand

Supervisors
Associate Professor James Scott, Professor Graham Pearson, Dr Nick Mortimer
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Environmental geochemistry at modern and historic gold mines in Otago

Supervisors
Associate Professor James Scott, Dr Cathy Rufaut
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Thermal change and mineralogy of the K-T boundary

Supervisors
Associate Professor James Scott, Dr Sebastian Naeher (GNS Science)
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Cratonic mantle under the San Francisco Craton (South America)

Supervisors
Associate Professor James Scott, Professor Graham Pearson
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Cretaceous mantle under Westland

Supervisor
Associate Professor James Scott
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Age and metamorphism of the lower crust of the North Island and South Island, NZ

Supervisor
Associate Professor James Scott
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Wall-rock alteration in gold deposits in Westland, NZ

Supervisor
Associate Professor James Scott
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Redox Regulation of Signal Transduction

Supervisor
Associate Professor Elizabeth Ledgerwood
Level
PhD

Mental health services: experiences and outcomes

Supervisors
Professor Sarah Derrett, Associate Professor Emma Wyeth
Level
Master’s

Post-injury Health, Disability and Well-being Outcomes: Multiple projects available

Supervisors
Professor Sarah Derrett, Associate Professor Emma Wyeth, Dr Helen Harcombe
Levels
Master’s, PhD

The role of extracellular vesicles in immune regulation by cancer-causing human papillomaviruses

Supervisor
Professor Merilyn Hibma
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Neurodegenerative and Lysosomal Disease

Supervisor
Associate Professor Stephanie Hughes
Level
PhD

The historical role of parks in representing colonial Aotearoa

Supervisor
Dr Robin Quigg
Level
Master’s

Evolution of the Paterson Inlet sedimentary basin, Stewart Island

Supervisors
Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Dr Christina Riesselman, Dr Chris Moy
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s

Volcanism in Central Otago

Supervisors
Dr Marco Brenna, Professor James White, Dr Christian Ohneiser
Level
Master’s

Towards categorising software vulnerable in publically available code (funded MSc, PhD, or postdoc)

Supervisors
Dr Sherlock A Licorish, Dr Amjed Tahir, Professor Stephen MacDonell
Levels
Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral

Becoming a Paralympian: Identity development and post-traumatic growth through sport

Supervisor
Dr Paul Skirrow
Level
PhD

Footwear, foot function, falls risk, and ageing

Supervisors
Dr Xaviour Walker, Professor Debra Waters, Dr Chris Sole
Levels
PhD, Postdoctoral

Patient education and self-management for patients with persistent rotator cuff related shoulder pain

Supervisor
Associate Professor Gisela Sole
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Predictors for confidence and self-efficacy following ACL reconstruction

Supervisor
Associate Professor Gisela Sole
Levels
PhD, Postdoctoral

Sleep patterns and children’s oral health

Supervisors
Professor Barbara Galland, Associate Professor Ben Wheeler, Dr Manikandan Ekambaram (Mani)
Level
PhD

Worker deaths involving vehicles – identifying opportunities for prevention

Supervisor
Dr Rebbecca Lilley
Level
Master’s

RNA biology, genome variation, and bioinformatics

Supervisor
Associate Professor Paul Gardner
Level
PhD

Proofing code reuse: Detecting errors in publicly available software (fully-funded PhD scholarship)

Supervisors
Dr Sherlock Anthony Licorish, Dr Amjed Tahir, Professor Stephen MacDonell
Level
PhD

Health and disability discordance

Supervisor
Dr Meredith Perry
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Respiratory service provision for people with Neuromuscular disease

Supervisor
Dr Meredith Perry
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Parks for Activity and Recreation in the Community (PARCs)

Supervisor
Dr Meredith Perry
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Implementing STarT Back in New Zealand for people with low back pain

Supervisor
Dr Cathy Chapple
Levels
Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral

Dose of manual therapy for people with knee osteoarthritis

Supervisor
Dr Cathy Chapple
Levels
Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral

Complex (combined) interventions for the management of people with osteoarthritis

Supervisor
Dr Cathy Chapple
Levels
Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral

Kaupapa Māori or Māori-centred suicide research

Close date
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Supervisors
Dr Gabrielle Jenkin, Dr Sarah McKenzie
Level
Master’s

E kore au e ngaro – The enduring legacy of whakapapa

Supervisor
Associate Professor Karyn Paringatai
Level
PhD

High-resolution reconstruction of past water quality using innovative non-destructive core scanning techniques in New Zealand lake sediments

Supervisors
Associate Professor Chris Moy, Dr Sebastian Naeher, Dr Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
Level
PhD

The experience of ‘denormalisation’ among smokers in Aotearoa – what is it and what implications does it have for developing strategies to reach a Smokefree Aotearoa?

Supervisors
Professor Richard Edwards, Mr Anaru Waa, Professor Janet Hoek
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Tracing gold mineralization and associated heavy-metal pollution using lead isotopes

Supervisors
Dr Candace Martin, Professor Claudine Stirling
Level
Master’s

Provenance of sand and mud in turbidites using detrital zircons and neodymium isotopes

Supervisors
Dr Candace Martin, Dr Mike Palin
Level
Master’s

Trace elements in freshwater bivalve shells as records of water quality

Supervisor
Dr Candace Martin
Levels
Honours, Master’s

Smoking and occupation in Aotearoa: A census-based analysis

Supervisors
Professor Richard Edwards, Associate Professor James Stanley
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Cloud and distributed systems security

Supervisor
Associate Professor David Eyers
Levels
PhD, Master’s

Large-scale data science

Supervisor
Associate Professor David Eyers
Levels
PhD, Master’s

Time-series database systems

Supervisor
Associate Professor David Eyers
Levels
PhD, Master’s

Distributed data provenance tracking and data sovereignty

Supervisor
Associate Professor David Eyers
Levels
PhD, Master’s

Explainable, context-sensitive, user-centric security

Supervisor
Associate Professor David Eyers
Levels
PhD, Master’s

Two fully funded PhD positions to study climate change in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica

Supervisors
Associate Professor Nicolas Cullen, Dr Marwan Katurji
Level
PhD

Spatial ecology of urban possums

Supervisors
Professor Philip Seddon, Professor Yolanda van Heezik, Adjunct Professor Deb Wilson (Mannaki Whenua/Landcare Research)
Level
PhD

Upper Clutha terrace chronology and late Quaternary activity of the Pisa Fault

Supervisor
Professor Mark Stirling
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Ice mechanics and the dynamics of ice sheets

Supervisor
Professor Dave Prior
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Ross Sea Paleoceanography and ice shelf retreat – 15 kyr to present

Supervisors
Dr Christian Ohneiser, Dr Christina Riesselman, Dr Catherine Beltran
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Eocene-Oligocene paleoclimate of NZ constructed from drill cores

Supervisors
Dr Christian Ohneiser, Associate Professor Daphne Lee, Associate Professor Chris Moy, Dr Catherine Beltran
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Surtsey volcano’s diatreme

Supervisor
Professor James White
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

The structural and lithological characterization of the Port Chalmers Breccia

Supervisors
Dr Marco Brenna, Professor James White, Dr Christian Ohneiser
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours

"Marine" seismic imaging of the Ostler Fault in Mackenzie Country, central South Island, New Zealand

Supervisor
Associate Professor Andrew Gorman
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s

"Marine" seismic imaging of the floor of Lake Roxburgh, Central Otago, New Zealand

Supervisor
Associate Professor Andrew Gorman
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s

Understanding the timing and drivers of drought in New Zealand

Supervisors
Associate Professor Chris Moy, Dr Christina Riesselman, Dr Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
Level
PhD

3D lithological reconstruction of the Dunedin Volcano

Supervisor
Dr Marco Brenna
Levels
Honours, Master’s

Climate of the last millennium

Supervisors
Associate Professor Chris Moy, Dr Marcus Vandergoes (GNS Science)
Levels
Honours, Master’s

Mechanism for active subsidence of the Dunedin volcano

Supervisors
Professor Mark Stirling, Dr Paul Denys (Surveying), Dr Pilar Villamor (GNS Science)
Level
Master’s

Seismic analysis of the Hyde Fault

Supervisors
Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Professor Dave Prior, Professor Mark Stirling
Levels
Honours, Master’s

Metamorphic Methane and Gold Mineralization in the Otago Schist

Supervisors
Dr Mike Palin, Associate Professor Greg Holk (California State University)
Level
Master’s

Developing a crustal P-wave velocity model for SE South Island using petroleum industry sources and land-based broadband seismometers

Supervisors
Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Dr Donna Eberhart-Philips (GNS Science)
Levels
Honours, Master’s

Ethics and social license of antimicrobials developed for animal-only use

Supervisors
Dr Mike King, Associate Professor Lynley Anderson
Level
PhD

Hydrothermal reaction experiments involving serpentinite

Supervisor
Dr Steven Smith
Levels
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Quaternary Stratigraphy (and/or Structure?) of Otago Harbour

Supervisors
Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Dr Christina Riesselman
Levels
Honours, Master’s

Effects of dike/fissure-wall properties on near-surface magma transport and eruption: An experimental approach using molten wax

Supervisor
Professor James White
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Socio-cultural, political-economic and media impact of sport

Supervisors
Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Michael Sam
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral

Humanities and arts in health

Supervisor
Dr Katherine Hall
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Human resource management

Supervisors
Associate Professor Fiona Edgar, Dr Paula O'Kane, Dr Jing (Annie) Zhang, Dr Dana Ott
Level
PhD

Bibliography and book history

Supervisor
Associate Professor Shef Rogers
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Voice and tone in 18th-century British literature

Supervisor
Associate Professor Shef Rogers
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Small beginnings, significant outcomes: A new life-course approach to understanding the impacts of social inequality on human health in ancient China

Supervisors
Associate Professor Sian Halcrow, Dr Melanie Miller, Professor Kate Pechenkina, Associate Professor Dong Yu
Levels
Honours, PhD, Postdoctoral

Vision Mātauranga in the New Zealand Science System

Supervisor
Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl and Dr Diane Ruwhiu
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Research in Pharmacy Practice

Supervisor
Dr Mudassir Anwar
Levels
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, PhD

Ethical dimensions of public health and health policy; global health justice

Supervisor
Elizabeth Fenton
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Tracking PhD graduates - where do they go?

Supervisor
Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith
Level
PhD

Master of Indigenous Studies (MIndS)

Level
Master’s

BA(Hons), PGDipArts or MA (Coursework) in Māori Studies or Indigenous Development

Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s

Clinical research in concussion recovery

Supervisor
Dr Ewan Kennedy
Levels
Master’s, PhD

MA (by thesis) or PhD thesis in Māori Studies, Indigenous Development, or Pacific Islands Studies

Levels
Master’s, PhD

Indigenous medievalisms: Intercultural interactions c.1000–1500CE

Supervisor
Associate Professor Simone Marshall
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Principlism and medical ethics

Supervisors
Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes, Professor John McMillan, Professor Sharon Lawn
Level
PhD

Postgraduate Research Opportunity in Music at the University of Otago School of Performing Arts

Supervisor
Dr Tessa Romano
Level
Honours

Transport and ageing

Supervisor
Dr Angela Curl
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Older adults experiences of the pedestrian environment

Supervisor
Dr Angela Curl
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Transport accessibility and relation to health and social outcomes

Supervisor
Dr Angela Curl
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Social and distributional impacts of transport

Supervisor
Dr Angela Curl
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Socio-spatial equity and shared micromobility

Supervisor
Dr Angela Curl
Levels
Master’s, PhD, Postdoctoral

The NEEDN’T Food Study

Supervisor
Associate Professor Simon Adamson
Level
PhD

Mental health nursing

Supervisor
Dr Dave Carlyle
Level
PhD

Improving functioning in mood disorders – includes psychotherapy, neurocognitive interventions, and family interventions in mood disorders

Supervisors
Professor Richard Porter, Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Katie Douglas, Dr Maree Inder, Dr Dave Carlyle
Level
PhD

The experience of and recovery from psychiatric disorders

Supervisors
Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Dave Carlyle
Level
PhD

Psychological consequences of psychiatric disorders

Supervisors
Dr Caroline Bell, Professor Richard Porter
Level
PhD

Rhetoric and style in Roman historical texts

Supervisor
Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Politics and propaganda in Roman coinage

Supervisors
Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre, Dr Daniel Osland
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Imperial cult and the politics of Roman religion

Supervisor
Dr Gwynaeth McIntyre
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Hellenistic history

Supervisor
Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Ancient Greek history: Numismatics

Supervisor
Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Ancient Greek history: The Diadochoi

Supervisor
Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Ancient Greek history: Philip II and Alexander the Great

Supervisor
Associate Professor Pat Wheatley
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Farid Ud-din Attar's The Conference of the Birds and Geoffrey Chaucer's The Parliament of Fowls: An Intercultural Investigation

Supervisor
Associate Professor Simone Marshall
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Accounting education (various topics)

Levels
Master’s, PhD

Australian nineteenth-century settler literature

Supervisor
Dr Grace Moore
Level
PhD

Application of machine learning algorithms for EEG data processing

Supervisor
Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Transport and Health: Multiple projects available

Supervisor
Dr Rebecca McLean
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Investor trading behaviour and asset prices

Supervisor
Dr Olena Onishchenko
Level
PhD

High performance computing for big data

Supervisor
Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Archaeology of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire

Supervisor
Dr Daniel Osland
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Development of microfluidic techniques and 3D printing strategies for medical device applications

Supervisors
Professor Tim Woodfield, Dr Khoon Lim
Level
PhD

Development of chemical tools to interrogate cannabinoid receptors

Supervisor
Dr Andrea Vernall
Level
PhD

Cicero the philosopher

Supervisor
Dr Sean McConnell
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Victorian literature and culture

Supervisor
Dr Grace Moore
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Environmental humanities

Supervisor
Dr Grace Moore
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Race in the Middle Ages: Perceptions of whiteness

Supervisor
Associate Professor Simone Marshall
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Molecular mechanisms of developmental disorders

Supervisor
Associate Professor Louise Bicknell
Level
PhD

Evaluation of the Good One Party Register – a Public Health South alcohol harm reduction health promotion intervention

Supervisor
Dr Kate Morgaine
Level
Master’s

Understanding the intersection between endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Supervisors
Dr Jane Girling, Associate Professor Rebecca Campbell
Levels
PhD, Master’s

The Learning Repro Study: Understanding of reproduction and reproductive health in young people

Levels
PhD, Master’s

Regulation of Stress Granule assembly and disassembly in disease

Supervisor
Dr Adele Woolley
Level
PhD

Māori Doctoral Scholarship: The EDGI study

Supervisor
Associate Professor Jenny Jordan
Level
PhD

Making it work – understanding and assessing residential rehabilitation in the Salvation Army context

Supervisors
Dr Elliot Bell, Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes
Level
PhD

Are residential aged care facilities required to offer cardiac resuscitation (CPR) to their residents?

Supervisors
Dr Janine Penfield Winters, M.D.
Levels
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s

Neo-Victorianism

Supervisor
Dr Grace Moore
Levels
Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Philosophy of psychiatry, mental health, gender, ethics and sport

Supervisor
Dr Taryn Knox
Levels
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Parallel machine learning algorithms

Supervisor
Associate Professor Zhiyi Huang
Levels
Master’s, PhD

Augmented reality to enhance human vision

Supervisor
Associate Professor Tobias Langlotz
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Living well with patellofemoral pain

Supervisor
Associate Professor Gisela Sole
Level
PhD

Analysis of cancer genome atlas data to identify epigenetic signature of tumour metastasis

Supervisors
Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee,
Levels
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Investigation of genetic and epigenetic signatures of primary and metastatic cancer (melanoma and colorectal cancer)

Supervisors
Associate Professor Aniruddha Chatterjee, Dr Euan Rodger
Levels
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Honours, Master’s, PhD

Mobile apps in healthcare

Supervisor
Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger
Level
PhD

Technology adoption in medical education

Supervisor
Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger
Level
PhD

Medical Education: Translating theory to practice

Supervisors
Associate Professor Diane Kenwright, Associate Professor Rebecca Grainger
Levels
PhD, Master’s

Towards a new penicillin for rheumatic fever prevention

Supervisor
Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu
Level
Master’s

Implementation of genomic medicine in Aotearoa

Supervisor
Dr Sara Filoche
Level
PhD

The applicability of ctDNA for early cancer detection

Supervisor
Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu
Level
Master’s

The role of inflammation shaping the response to acute myocardial infarction

Supervisors
Associate Professor Peter Larsen, Dr Ana Holley
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Molecular biomarkers in colorectal cancer

Supervisors
Dr Kirsty Danielson, Associate Professor Elizabeth Dennett
Levels
Honours, Master’s, PhD

Intellectual or learning disability

Supervisors
Associate Professor Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
Level
PhD

Two PhD positions in Protein Biochemistry

Supervisor
Professor Catherine Day
Level
PhD

Endometrial cancer: projects available in genomic, cell biology, clinical and public health areas

Supervisors
Dr Claire Henry, Professor Alec Ekeroma
Levels
PhD, Master’s, Honours

Psychotherapy for mood disorders

Supervisors
Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Jenny Jordan, Dr Maree Inder, Associate Professor Sue Luty
Level
PhD

Psychological adaptation to medical illness

Supervisor
Professor Lois Surgenor
Level
PhD

Personality disorders and treatment

Supervisors
Professor Roger Mulder, Dr Dave Carlyle
Level
PhD

Māori mental health

Supervisor
Dr Cameron Lacey
Level
PhD

Obesity

Supervisors
Associate Professor Lois Surgenor, Dr Jenny Jordan
Level
PhD

Eating disorders

Supervisors
Associate Professor Lois Surgenor, Dr Jenny Jordan
Level
PhD

Neurocognitive interventions

Supervisors
Professor Richard Porter, Dr Katie Douglas
Level
PhD

Anxiety disorders and treatment

Supervisor
Associate Professor Caroline Bell
Level
PhD

Addiction and co-existing disorders

Supervisors
Associate Professor Simon Adamson, Dr James Foulds, Professor Doug Sellman
Level
PhD

Qualitative methods

Supervisor
Associate Professor Lee Thompson
Level
PhD

Tobacco control and vaping

Supervisor
Associate Professor Lee Thompson
Level
PhD

Pleasure and health

Supervisor
Associate Professor Lee Thompson
Level
PhD

Critical approaches to public health and health promotion

Supervisor
Associate Professor Lee Thompson
Level
PhD

Health professionals and interprofessional boundaries

Supervisor
Associate Professor Lee Thompson
Level
PhD

Nursing practice

Supervisors
Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Beverley Burrell, Dr Virginia Jones, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
Level
PhD

Health professional education

Supervisors
Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Dr Jenny Conder
Level
PhD

Health services delivery

Supervisors
Dr Beverley Burrell, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Dr Henrietta Trip
Level
PhD

Health leadership

Supervisors
Dr Beverley Burrell, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton
Level
PhD

Mental health

Supervisor
Professor Marie Crowe
Level
PhD

Family-centred care

Supervisors
Dr Virginia Jones, Associate Professor Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Dr Jenny Conder, Dr Henrietta Trip
Level
PhD

Women’s health

Supervisor
Dr Beverley Burrell
Level
PhD

Management of long-term conditions

Supervisors
Dr Beverley Burrell, Dr Virginia Jones, Associate Professor Philippa Seaton, Professor Marie Crowe, Dr Henrietta Trip
Level
PhD

Parkinson’s and related disorders

Supervisors
Professor Tim Anderson (clinical neurology), Dr Michael MacASkill (movement), Dr Tracy Melzer (brain imaging), Dr Toni Pitcher (PD imaging and epidemiology)
Level
PhD

Public perceptions of genomic medicine

Supervisor
Dr Sara Filoche
Level
PhD

Christchurch Heart Institute clinical research

Supervisors
Professor Mark Richards, Professor Richard Troughton
Level
PhD