OUR RESEARCH STUDENTS
Our students come from around the world and bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to their study and volunteering. Students are undertaking a diverse range of projects, topics, settings and populations using a range of methodologies.
For the list of supervisors click here.
I am currently completing my PhD exploring the influence of a public health partnership on research and evaluation capacity. Throughout this process I have been supported by a wonderful team of CERIPH researchers. Undertaking my PhD has strengthened my skills in qualitative research, evaluation and stakeholder engagement.
ROCHELLE TOBIN, PhD CANDIDATE
CURRENT STUDENT PROJECTS
Mohammad Alhasbashneh | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Using Text-to-Speech technology to help teachers teach students with dyslexia.
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Co-Supervisor: Professor Sharyn Burns
Naif Almutairi | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Associated with Influences of Obesity and Overweight Among Adolescents in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Supervisors: Professor Sharyn Burns, Dr Linda Portsmouth
Kiran Awarthi | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: To Design, Implement and Evaluate a Community Engagement Intervention for the Prevention of Malaria Transmission in a Low Endemic Country, Nepal.
Supervisors: Professor Archie Clements, Professor Jonine Jancey, A/Prof Justine Leavy
Sandra Basham | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Southeast Asian Female Migrant Populations & Judeo-Christian Worldviews about Healthy Sexuality: Implications for Sexual Health Interventions in Australia
Supervisors: Professor Jaya Dantas, A/Prof Maryanne Doherty
Sadhana Bose | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Improving health and building resilience through organic farming: A case study of the benefits and risks in a disadvantaged rural setting in India.
Supervisors: Professor Jaya Dantas, Professor Jayjoo
Saeideh Botlani Esfehani | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: The effect of weight loss and physical activity on sexual functioning in overweight and obese individuals
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Supervisors: A/Prof Sam Winter, Dr Emily Calton, Dr Robert Kane
Maeve Coyle | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Exploring widening access to Medicare in the UK and Australia.
Supervisors: Professor Jaya Dantas, Professor Sally Sandover
Malena Della Bona | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: TBC
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Supervisors: Dr Justine Leavy, Dr Gemma Crawford, Professor Jonine Jancey
Scott Devenport | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: The partner selection process: Exploring experiences of diverse sexual identities and the utility of a biopsychosocial perspective.
Supervisors: A/Prof Sam Winter
Han Doan | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Motorcycle Crashes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An examination of crashes, long-term outcomes and behaviour.
Supervisors: Professor Jonine Jancey, A/Prof Justine Leavy, Dr Michele Hobday
Melinda Edmunds | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: TBA
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Supervisors: A/Prof Christina Pollard, Dr Gemma Crawford, Dr Jonathan Hallett
Misty Farquhar | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Living Outside the binary in Australia: FenceSitter or Bridge-Builder?
Supervisors: A/Prof Sam Winter
Corie Gray | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Co-designing an intervention to increase HIV testing uptake with females from priority migrant communities at-risk of HIV in Perth, Western Australia.
Supervisors: Dr Roanna Lobo, Dr Gemma Crawford
Abbas Haddadpour | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Health & wellbeing of trans people in Iran.
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Supervisors: A/Prof Sam Winter, Dr Jacqui Hendriks
Kavaish Krishna | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Development of a digital health communication resource for children about ergonomic use of Information and Communication Technologies.
Co-Supervisor: Dr Linda Portsmouth
Kara Lilly | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Health in all Councils (Health in All Policies in local government)
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Supervisors: Professor Suzanne Robinson, A/Prof Linda Selvey, Dr Jonathan Hallett
Rachel Pages-Oliver | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Architecture and Children's Physical Activity in Perth Primary Schools.
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Co-Supervisor: Professor Jonine Jancey, Dr Krysten Blackford
Nang Nge Nge Phoo | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Comparison of modes of survey administration in assessing hepatitis B knowledge, attitudes and practices among Myanmar community in Perth, WA.
Supervisors: A/Professor Alison Reid, Dr Roanna Lobo, Dr Daniel Vujcich
Troy Pittaway | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Living in two worlds: A study of Sudanese youth living in Melbourne, Australia.
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Supervisors: Professor Jaya Dantas, Dr Elisha Riggs, Dr Andrew Joyce
Hannah Penklis | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Disordered Eating Patterns and Eating Disorders in Australian Trans People: a focus on the non-binary population.
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Supervisors: A/Prof Sam Winter
Virginia Rabeling | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: An analysis of lawful limitations on human rights law applicable to trans and gender diverse Australian citizens and permanent residents.
Supervisors: A/Prof Sam Winter
Matthew Roberts | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Testing for transgender hiring discrimination in Australia.
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Supervisors: A/Prof Sam Winter
Shoshana Rosenberg | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Zipporah, Queen of the dessert: Australian gender and sexually-diverse Jewish people’s lifeworlds.
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Supervisors: Dr Lisa Hartley, Dr Jacqui Hendriks
Felicity Roux | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: A formative intervention research study to develop and trial a school-based “Whole Person ovulatory-menstrual (OM) health literacy program” for 13-16 year old females in Perth WA.
Supervisors: Professor Sharyn Burns, Dr Jacqui Hendriks, Dr Jun Chih
Lydia Sandrah Kaforau | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Risk factors of adverse birth outcomes and lived experiences of mothers with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands.
Supervisors: Professor Jonine Jancey
Ni Wayan Septarini | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: A Community-Engaged Research to Explore Attitudes, Behaviours, and Experiences of Men Who Have Sex with Men and Waria in Bali, Indonesia.
Supervisors: Professor Sharyn Burns, Dr Jacqui Hendriks
Chimwemwe Tembo | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Cultural and social determinants influencing mental health among adolescent mothers aged 14 -19 years during the postpartum period in Lilongwe Malawi.
Supervisors: Professor Sharyn Burns, Dr Linda Portsmouth
Rochelle Tobin | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: The influence of a network on public health policy and practice: A systems approach to developing an evaluation framework and tool.
Supervisors: Dr Jonathan Hallett, Dr Roanna Lobo, Dr Gemma Crawford
Patrice Whitehorne-Smith | PhD Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Exploring the enablers and barriers experienced by people with severe and enduring mental illness in Jamaica when accessing health care for chronic physical illness.
Supervisors: Professor Sharyn Burns, A/Prof Robyn Martin, Dr Ben Milbourn
Georgia Griffin | MPhil Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Facilitating refugee women's access to health services.
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Supervisors: Professor Jaya Dantas, Dr Mohammed Ali
Jenifer Tartaglia | MPhil Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Developing a Parent Nutrition Education Program for Parents of 0-5 year olds
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Supervisors: Professor Jonine Jancey
Marc Zen | MPhil Candidate
THESIS TITLE: Developing a Parent Nutrition Education Program for Parents of 0-5 year olds
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Supervisors: Dr Jacqui Hendriks, Professor Sharyn Burns