Congratulations to CCS's 26 PhD students who completed in 2015

2015's new PhD students

Congratulations to all 26 of our completed PhD students this year!! A remarkable achievement by all the students listed below.

A big thank you also to all supervisors and staff involved in supporting our PhD students.

See all enrolled CCS Graduate Research students at: www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/hdr-students.html

	Matthew Kitson (Medicine)	Thesis title: A study of the relationship between vitamin D status and the severity and outcomes of chronic non-cholestatic liver disease Supervisor: A/Prof Stuart Roberts, A/Prof Kumar Visvanathan, Prof William Sievert
	Tanya Millard (Infectious Diseases)	Thesis title: The development and evaluation of an online self-management program for men living with HIV in Australia Supervisors: Dr Julian Elliot, Dr Karalyn McDonald, Dr Sonya Girdler, Dr Sean Slavin
	Mark Fitzgerald (Surgery)	Thesis title: Computer-aided decision support for trauma reception and resuscitation
	Melissa Kirkovski (MAPrc)	Thesis title: The influence of biological sex on neurobiological mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder: An investigation of neural activity and connectivity Supervisors: Prof Paul Fitzgerald, Dr Peter Enticott
	Ying Ying Kong (Immunology)	Thesis title: Effects of cancer cells on the cells of the dendritic cell lineage Supervisors: Prof Magdalena Plebanski, Dr Katie Flanagan
	Sarah Charnaud (Burnet)	Thesis title: Mechanism of protein export in the malaria parasite Supervisors: Prof Brendan Crabb, Dr Paul Gilson
	Eric Tan (MAPrc)	Thesis title: Speech disturbances and quality of life in schizophrenia Supervisors: Dr Susan Rossell, Dr Gregory Yelland
	Mutsa Madondo (Immunology)	Thesis title: Immunomodulatory effects of Cyclophosphamide: Optimising administration for improved efficacy in patients with gynaecological malignancies Supervisor: Prof Magdalena Plebanski
	Benjamin Fancke (Immunology)	Thesis title: Dendritic cells: development, tolerance and immunity. A novel cross-species study. Supervisors: Dr Meredith O’Keeffe, A/Prof Mark Wright
	Sewa Rijal (ACBD)	Thesis title: Characterizing the role of inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase type II (INPP4B) in acute myeloid leukaemia Supervisors: Dr Andrew Wei, Prof Christine Mitchell
	Michael Cangkrama (Medicine)	Thesis title: Analysis of the Grainyhead-like genes in mammalian development and disease Supervisors: Prof Stephen Jane, Dr Charbel Darido
	Amit Joglekar (Immunology)	Thesis title: Mechanisms of immune tolerance following genetic manipulation and transplantation of bone marrow-haematopoietic stem cells Supervisors: A/Prof Frank Alderuccio
	Jodie Abramovitch (Immunology)	Thesis title: Influence of food processing on the humoral and cellular immune response to shared and unique allergens of crustacean species Supervisors: E. Prof Jennifer Rolland, Prof Robyn O’Hehir
	Brendan Elsworth (Burnet)	Thesis title: Characterisation of the Plasmodium falciparum export complex Supervisors: Prof Brendan Crabb, Dr Paul Gilson
	Gabriela Khoury (Medicine)	Thesis title: HIV persistence on antiretroviral therapy - the role of homeostatic proliferation and T-cell trafficking Supervisors: Prof Sharon Lewin, Prof Paul Cameron
	Andrew Guirguis (ACBD)	Thesis title: Apoptosis and its regulation in myelodysplasia - using basic mouse models and human samples. Supervisors: A/Prof David Curtis, Dr Andrew Wei
	Emma Tavender (Surgery)	Thesis title: Improving the management of mild traumatic brain injury in the emergency department Supervisors: Dr Denise O’Connor, Prof Russell Gruen
	Zane Kaplan (ACBD)	Thesis title: Biochemical and biomechanical factors regulating leukocyte-thrombus interactions Supervisors: Prof Shaun Jackson, Dr Yuping Yuan
	Belden Mado (ACBD)	Thesis title: Investigation of New Anti-clotting approaches Supervisors: Prof Rob Andrews, Dr Elizabeth Gardiner
	Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah (Burnet)	Thesis title: Dimeric IgA for serodiagnosis of active mucosal infections Supervisors: Dr David Anderson, A/Prof Rosemary French
	Janine Trevillyan (Medicine)	Thesis title: Pathogenesis and prevention of cariodvascular disease in HIV positive patients Supervisors: Prof Jennifer Hoy, Prof Sharon Lewin
	Evan Newnham (Gastroenterology)	Thesis title: Shifting treatment paradigms in newly diagnosed coeliac disease Supervisors: Prof Peter Gibson

Juliana Van Der Merwe

(Surgery)

Thesis title: A comparison of pulsatile and non-pulsatile flow in ventricular assist devices: Effects on bacteraemia, end-organ function and vascular reactivity

Supervisors: Prof Frank Rosenfeldt, A/Prof Robert Salamonsen, Prof David Kaye
 

 Jeremy Ruben (Surgery)
Thesis title: Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy: Effect on Dose Distribution and Scattered Dose and Implications for Carcinogenesis
Unsupervised

Michael Christopher (Baker IDI)

Thesis title: Dyslipidaemia resulting from obesity is a major contributor to the onset and progression of Type 2 diabetes

Supervisors: A/Prof Peter Miekle, Dr Josephine Forbes

Jonathon Habersberger (Medicine)
Thesis title: Proinflammatory effects of monomeric C reactive protein in vascular endothelium
Supervisor: Prof Peter Karlheinz