Photo gallery | June Virtual Graduation

With COVID-19 restrictions in place Charles Darwin University held its first-ever virtual graduation ceremony on 12 June 2020. As the ceremony was virtual we have included some photos of some of the graduates with their thoughts on studying at Menzies. Congratulations to the following students.

Menzies Higher Degrees by Research Graduates

Name	Degree	Supervisory panel	Thesis title
Celestine Aho	PhD	- A/Prof Heidi Smith-Vaughan - Dr Michael Binks - Prof Amanda Leach - Ruth Thornton	Understanding pathogens with relevance to otitis media management in Papua New Guinea
Karen Hobday	PhD	- Caroline Holmer - Dr Renae Kirkham - Ndola Prata	Swallowing the pills: Scaling-up the use of misoprostol for the prevention of post-partum haemorrhage at home births in two provinces in Mozambique
Jana Lai	PhD	- Prof Kim Mulholland - A/Prof Heidi Smith-Vaughan - Prof Ross Andrews	Pneumococcal epidemiology in East Asia
Alison Laycock	PhD	- Prof Ross Baillie - Prof Frances Cunningham - Gillian Harvey - Nikki Percival	The developmental evaluation of a knowledge translation project in Indigenous primary health care quality improvement
Lisa McHugh	PhD	- Dr Michael Binks - Tom Snelling - Prof Sue Kildea	The uptake and safety of vaccines in pregnancy
Audrey Rachlin	PhD	- Prof Bart Currie - Mirjam Kaestli - David Dance	Next-generation sequencing for greater understanding of Burkholderia pseudomallei epidemiology and phylogeography in northern Australia and Vientiane, Laos
Moana Tane	PhD	- Prof David Thomas - Dr Marita Hefler Matire Harwood	Talking about Smoking in East Arnhem Land: Denormalisation, Stigmatisation and Leadership in remote Yolŋu communities, a qualitative study
Beverley Marcusson	Master by Research	- Prof Gail Garvey - Kate Anderson - Dr Lisa Whop	Challenges to equitable access to cancer services for Indigenous Australians

Coursework

Eleven students graduated from coursework programs in the first half of this year: two students from the Graduate Diploma in Health Research, four students from the Graduate Diploma in Public Health; and five students from the Master of Public Health.

Graduate Diploma in Health Research