Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences The Nossal Institute for Global Health

Current and Completed Students

Current Research Higher Degree Students

Student/Supervisor Topic/Location Dates
Rosemary Mhlanga-Gunda (PhD); Supervisors: Dr Martha Morrow; Dr Michelle Kermode; Mrs Zibusisiwe Jokomo-Nyati Adherence and factors influencing adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among people living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe: implications for health policy and practice

2006 –

Leigh Williamson (PhD); Supervisors: Dr Michelle Kermode; Dr Martha Morrow Poverty, gender and mental illness: implications for participation in a community-based mental health and development program in rural India

2007 –

Sudirman Nasir (PhD); Principal supervision at Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society (University of Melbourne); Dr Timothy Moore Drug Use among Young People in a Slum Area (Lorong) in Makassar, Indonesia

2007 –

Ana Hutchinson (PhD); Principal supervision in Dept of Pharmacology; A/Prof Jim Black The causes and consequences of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

2004 –

Irani Ratnam (PhD); Principal supervision in Dept of Medicine; A/Prof Jim Black The rates (and risk factors) of acquisition of viral infections in travelers from Australia to South and South-East Asia

2005 –

Leon Worth (PhD); Principal supervision in Dept of Medicine; Prof Graham Brown; A/Prof Jim Black The prospects and requirements for a system of on-going surveillance of intravenous-catheter-related bloodstream infections in people with hematological malignancies

2005 –

Janet Harper (PhD);
A/Prof Jim Black
The epidemiology of tuberculosis in India

2008 –

Abuchahama Saifodine
(PhD); A/Prof Jim Black
The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Mozambique

2008 –

Sant Rayn Pasricha (Doctor of Medicine);A/Prof Jim Black; A/Prof Bev Biggs; Prof Rob Moodie; Dr Arun Shet Controlling anaemia and under-nutrition amongst tribal children living in rural Karnataka, India

2008 –

MelissaYow (PhD);A/Prof David Webb (Zoology); Dr Andrew John Pask; Prof Roger Short; Prof Rob Moodie The use of topical oestrogen to keratinise the inner aspect of the human foreskin

2008 –

Angelina Tabuteau-Moore (PhD);Dr Catherine Bennett; Stephanie Brown; Prof Nick Crofts “Talking about Aboriginal pregnancy and postnatal care" Aboriginal women’s experience of antenatal and postnatal care in Victoria, Australia

2008 –

Andrew Lovett (PhD);Prof Terry Nolan; Prof Nick Crofts Risks and harms associated with injecting drugs and other behaviours among juvenile justice centre entrants in Victoria

2008

Nick Thomson (PhD);Principal supervision Preventive Medicine, Monash University;Prof Nick Crofts HIV Risks associated with amphetamine use in Thailand and Laos

Under examination

Kit Yee Chan – Post-doctoral fellow; Prof Rob Moodie;Prof Christopher Fairley HIV risks and points of intervention for China’s internal migrants in the “export processing zones” of Guangdong

2008 –

Completed Research Higher Degree Students

Li Lin (PhD)Dr Martha Morrow; Dr Michelle Kermode Dissertation:  Vulnerable but feeling safe: HIV risk among male rural-to-urban migrant workers in Chengdu, China

Completed 2007

Mubeen Syed Muhammed (MPH by research); Dr Martha Morrow; Dr Simon Barraclough Dissertation: Smoking among future doctors:  A tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes and practices study in Karachi, Pakistan

Completed 2007

Naing Naing (DrPH);Dr Martha Morrow; Ms Jenni Livingston Dissertation: Using Theory-Based Behaviour Change Communication for HIV Prevention among Burmese Fishermen in Thailand:  an Evaluation Study

Completed 2007

Helen Cox (PhD)Dr Martha Morrow; A/Prof Peter Deutschmann Dissertation:  Tuberculosis treatment and control in Uzbekistan: DOTS and drug resistance

Completed 2006

 

AMS Students

Name Surname AMS topic
Hui Ling Chia Assessing the socio-cultural acceptability of a locally adapted depression-anxiety screening tool in the Oddanchatrum region of Tamil Nadu, South India
Eloise Williams Home is where the heart is: exploring the experiences, ideas, beliefs and perceptions of disability of mothers of children with disabilities in the Dharan region of Nepal and the impact of these on their lives.
Carolyn Ru-Hsin Chew Pilot study for evaluation of the impact of Rain Water Collection Systems provided by the organisation RainWater Cambodia to villagers in Rural Cambodia.
Felicity Creelman Creelman The barriers to the effective diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in Eastern Nepal.
Stephanie Jane Hepworth Factors that affect access to delivery care in Eastern Nepal
Jane Winter Maxwell Hidden Dangers: An Exploration of Community Knowledge and Handling of Pesticides in Oddanchatram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Helen Kim Hong Nguyen Youth-Friendliness in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care: What are the knowledge, attitudes and practices of policy-makers, programme managers and providers in post-abortion care for young women in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam?
Jesse Randall Zanker Mental Illness – Recovery and Reintegration in Resource-Poor Settings
Alice Truong Factors that promote and impede antiretroviral adherence in men and women living with HIV/AIDS  in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Jenny Jia Yu A qualitative study into HIV-related stigma and discrimination among health care professionals in Chengdu, China
Peter Mohan Mcinnis Pilot study for evaluation of the impact of Rain Water Collection Systems provided by the organisation RainWater Cambodia to villagers in Rural Cambodia.

 

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