PhD, Masters and Honours Projects: 2013 intake

Offered by Charles Darwin University and Menzies School of Health Research

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Research Area	Research Division	Project Title	Supervisors
Early learning and care Social determinants of health	Centre for Child Development and Education	Intergenerational Family Literacy Project PhD	Prof Sven Silburn
Genomics	Child Health	Would the pathogenic nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae please stand up; a whole-genome comparison of carriage- and disease-related isolates PhD,Masters,Honours	Dr Heidi Smith-Vaughan Dr Patiyan Andersson
Indigenous child health, microbiology, health promotion, hygiene	Child Health	Clean hands and faces - impact on childhood infection in remote communities PhD,Masters,Honours	A/Prof Amanda Leach Dr Liz McDonald Dr Heidi Smith-Vaughan
Indigenous Child Health, Health Promotion, Environmental Health and Hygiene	Child Health	A cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of a complex hygiene program (compared to a single hygiene program) to reduce high rates of infections among Aboriginal children aged <5 years living in remote Northern Territory communities PhD,Masters,Honours	Dr Liz McDonald A/Prof Amanda Leach Prof Ross Bailie Dr Heidi Smith-Vaughan Prof Anne Chang
Indigenous child health (ear and respiratory), Immunisation	Child Health	Developing more accurate measures of immune response and vaccine efficacy of standard and novel schedules of two new pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (Prevenar13 or Synflorix) in Indigenous infants PhD, Masters	A/Prof Amanda Leach A/Prof Peter Morris Ms Anne Balloch
Indigenous child health (ear and respiratory), Immunisation	Child Health	Pneumococcal carriage and risk factors for inter- and intra-familial transmission in remote Indigenous communities PhD	A/Prof Amanda Leach Dr Liz McDonald Dr Heidi Smith-Vaughan
Indigenous child health (ear and respiratory), Immunisation	Child Health	Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedules and health outcomes in first 3 years of life – BOOST PhD	A/Prof Amanda Leach A/Prof Peter Morris Prof Anne Chang
Microbiology	Child Health	MINOPOLI – Microbes in the Nasopharynx Prior to Lung Infection PhD, Masters	Dr Heidi Smith-Vaughan
Molecular microbial ecology	Child Health	Bacteria, Biofilm and Viruses in Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease PhD	Dr Robyn Marsh Dr Heidi Smith-Vaughan Prof Anne Chang
Molecular microbial ecology	Child Health	What are the bacterial markers of progression to chronic suppurative otitis media and the implications for intervention? Honours	Dr Heidi Smith-Vaughan Dr Robyn Marsh
Sexual and Reproductive Health	Education	Creating sexual and reproductive health managements systems in organisations PhD, Masters	Dr Suzanne Belton Jiunn Yih Su
Sexual and Reproductive Health	Education	Maternal mortality in Eastern Indonesia PhD, Masters	Dr Suzanne Belton Bronwyn Myers
Sexual and Reproductive Health	Education	Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pregnancy Masters	Dr Suzanne Belton Heather D’Antoine
Sexual and Reproductive Health	Education	Termination of pregnancy – issues of quality of care in the NT PhD, Masters	Dr Suzanne Belton Kim Johnstone Andrea Whittaker
Cancer Epidemiology and psycho-oncology	Epidemiology and Health Systems/Centre for Primary Health Care Systems	Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Indigenous Australian Cancer Patients in Queensland PhD	A/Prof Gail Garvey A/Prof Patricia Valery
Organisational change, systems thinking, health services research	Epidemiology and Health Systems/Centre for Primary Health Care Systems	Assessing systems that support quality improvement at middle-level/regional health care management PhD, Masters	Prof Ross Bailie
Systems thinking, complex adaptive systems, health services research, quality improvement	Epidemiology and Health Systems/Centre for Primary Health Care Systems	Consolidating evidence about overcoming barriers to quality improvement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care PhD	Prof Ross Bailie
Bioinformatics, molecular microbiology, bacterial population biology	Global Health and Tropical Health	Development and application of a bioinformatic pipeline for high resolution epidemiological inference using microbial metagenome data PhD	Prof Phil Giffard Dr Patiyan Andersson
Bioinformatics, molecular microbiology, bacterial population biology	Global Health and Tropical Health	Whole genome-based inference of bacterial transmission patterns and events in Royal Darwin Hospital PhD	Prof Phil Giffard Dr Deborah Holt
Diagnostic Microbiology, Molecular Biology	Global Health and Tropical Health	Evaluation of Next Generation Melioidosis Diagnostics PhD,Masters,Honours	Dr Derek Sarovich Dr Erin Price Mr. Mark Mayo Prof Bart Currie
Microbial ecology	Global Health and Tropical Health	The habitat of the melioidosis agent Burkholderia pseudomallei in plants in the Top End of Australia PhD,Masters,Honours	Prof Bart Currie Mr Mark Mayo
Microbiology	Global Health and Tropical Health	The occurrence of the melioidosis agent Burkholderia pseudomallei in scats from captive and wild animals in the Darwin region Honours	Prof Bart Currie Mr Mark Mayo
Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics	Global Health and Tropical Health	Genomic analysis of Burkholderia pseudomallei and correlation with clinical outcomes PhD	Dr Derek Sarovich Dr Erin Price Mr. Mark Mayo Prof Bart Currie
Molecular microbiology, bacterial population biology, bioinformatics	Global Health and Tropical Health	The population structure of Chlamydia trachomatis in the Northern Territory PhD	Prof Phil Giffard Dr Deborah Holt
Immunology	Global Health and Tropical Health	Understanding immune function in sepsis patients receiving statin treatment PhD,Masters,Honours	Dr Tonia Woodberry Prof Nicholas Anstey Dr Gabriela Minigo
Immunology/Infectious Diseases	Global Health and Tropical Health	Understanding regulatory T cell activation in malaria PhD	Dr Gabriela Minigo Dr Tonia Woodberry Prof Nicholas Anstey
Infectious Diseases	Global Health and Tropical Health	Improving TB diagnosis and control in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Information on application) PhD	Dr Anna Ralph Prof Nicholas Anstey
Infectious Diseases	Global Health and Tropical Health	Understanding non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections and causes of non-HIV immunosuppression in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Information on application) PhD	Dr Anna Ralph Prof Nicholas Anstey
Infectious Diseases	Global Health and Tropical Health	Determining metabolomic profiles of different TB phenotypes in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Information on application) PhD	Dr Anna Ralph Prof Nicholas Anstey
Rheumatic Heart Disease	Global Health and Tropical Health	Improving delivery of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease: a stepped-wedge, community-randomised trial PhD	Prof Jonathan Carapetis Prof Bart Currie Dr Anna Ralph Dr Vanessa Johnston
Nutrition and food security	Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases	Building capacity of community people in nutrition and dietary intake Honours	Dr Selma Liberato Dr Julie Brimblecombe
Psychology	Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases	Brief online interventions for Indigenous people with substance misuse Honours, Masters	Dr Kylie Dingwall Assoc Prof Tricia Nagel
Psychology/addiction medicine	Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases	Cognitive Response to Thiamine Replacement Therapy in Alcohol Affected Patients in Alice Springs Honours, Masters	Dr Kylie Dingwall
Tobacco Control	Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases	A longitudinal research project to explore the impacts of tobacco control policies and programs on experiences and smoking behaviour PhD	Dr Vanessa Johnston
Tobacco Control	Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases	Smoking and Indigenous youth PhD, Masters	Dr Vanessa Johnston
Tobacco Control	Wellbeing and Chronic Diseases	Talking about the Smokes (TATS) Research Project PhD	A/Prof David Thomas

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