Research Students

2024

• Georgia Griffin: PhD (Candidate) – Primary Supervisor.
• Bau Dilam Ardyansyah Madjid: PhD (Candidate) – Associate Supervisor.
• Megan Watts: PhD (Candidate) – Co-Supervisor.
• Melaku Birhanu Alemu: PhD (Candidate) -Associate Supervisor.
• Piyali Debnath: Collaborative PhD (Candidate) – Co-Supervisor.
• Biswadeep Tamang: Collaborative PhD (Candidate) – Co-Supervisor.

2023

• Dr Troy Pittaway: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Living in Two Worlds: A Study of Sudanese Youth Living in Melbourne, Australia. Current Position: Lecturer in Melbourne, Australia.

2022

• Dr Kalyani Subbiah: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Managing care in gynaecological cancers: Role of health communication in enabling women’s health choices in India. Current Position: NGO Program Officer.
• Dr Maeve Coyle: Collaborative PhD (International Health) – Co-Supervisor. Widening participation in medicine in the UK and Australia: An international comparison of policy, process and experience. Current Position: Social scientist in healthcare research and innovation, Bristol Medical School, United Kingdom.

2021

• Dr Sandra Basham: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Asian Christian female migrants and cultural or religious barriers to their sexual health in Australia: implications for sexual health practice. Current Position: In private practice.

2020

• Dr Amy Clancy: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Impacts of Source of Health Funding on Child, Infant, Neonatal and Maternal Mortality in sub-Saharan African Countries. Current Position: Deputy Representative at UNICEF, Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Dr Mariyam Athifa: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor (Thesis under examination). Resilience and Women in the Maldives post-disaster: A case study. Current Position: Department of Health, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr Shelley Gower: PhD (International Health) – Associate Supervisor (Responding to examiner comments). The Influence of Participation in an International Clinical Placement on the Cultural Competence and Career Planning of Newly Graduated Nursing Students. Current Position: Academic and Researcher at Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
• Dr Anita Lumbus: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor (Responding to examiner comments). “This happiness can be better”: Refugee Women’s Perspectives of Settlement in Western Australia through Photovoice. Current Position: Sessional Academic and Researcher at Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

2019

• Dr Robyn Williams: PhD (Health Sciences) – Primary Supervisor. Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) through the Stories of Nyoongar Families and how can this Inform Policy and Service Delivery. Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Melbourne University based in Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr John Walkingshaw: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-ethnic Peer Education Programme for the Prevention of Sexually Transmissible Infections and HIV among University Students in Northwest China. Current Position: Academic in Qinghai, China.
• Dr Claire Rogers: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Adequate Access to Contraception and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Information Post-Abortion: A Case Study from Nepal. Current Position: Protection Officer with the World Food Program, Nigeria.

2018

• Dr Simonetta Cavilli: PhD (Public Health) – Co-Supervisor. Beyond Survivor: The Reconstruction of Self Following Intimate Partner Violence. Current Position: Lecturer (Sexology) and High School Science Teacher, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr Neel Arant Bandy: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Development, Implementation and Utilisation of a Mobile Technology Enhanced, Electronic Medical Record/Clinical Decision Support System for the Co-management of HIV and Pregnancy. Current Position: Nurse Practitioner, Berkeley, California, USA.

2017

• Dr Elias Martis: PhD (Social Work) – Co- Supervisor. Settlement Experiences of Post-1995 Male Migrants from India in New Zealand. Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Social Work, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Maori University, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Dr Jeremy Barrett: MPhil (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Development, implementation and evaluation of pictorial health education for low-literacy, low-resource communities. Current Position: Paramedic & Occupational Safety and Health Advisor, Perth, Australia.

2016

• Dr Lipi Dhar: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Perceptions of global coronary heart disease risk, and adherence to antihypertensive treatment among low income urban women in Delhi, India. Current Position: Medical Doctor, Delhi, India.
• Dr David Overlack: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Using explicit knowledge models and best practice guidelines to improve humanitarian outcomes through the development of a knowledge tool for international health workers. Current Position: International Humanitarian Health Practitioner.

2015

• Dr Tambri Housen: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Migration patterns and the impact of internal transfers on consumption and human capital in Timor-Leste. Current Position: Epidemiologist and Lecturer, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

2014

• Dr Majid Meshkini: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. A comparison of overall health between Asians and Australians from European backgrounds: A West Australian study of Chronic Disease, Diet & Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors. Current Position: Medical Officer, Tehran Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
• Dr Audrey Aumua: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Health Reforms: A Case Study of Fiji. Current Position: Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji.

2013

• Dr Elisa Pepall: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments. Current Position: Life Coach, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr Paula Wyndow: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. A Gendered Approach to Democratic Development Theory. Current Position: Senior Research Officer, Telethon Kids Institute, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr Andreia Schineanu: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Intimate partner violence and common mental disorders in Indian women – effects of autonomy, social support and spirituality. Current Position: Academic & Research Office, Charles Stuart University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
• Dr Moawiah Khatatbeh: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Factors associated with high turnover of Jordanian physicians in rural areas: a sequential exploratory mixed method study. Current Position: Academic, Yarmouk University of Medical Sciences, Yarmouk, Jordan.

2012

• Dr Clancy Read: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Applying a participatory action research model to assess and address community health concerns among tribal communities in Gujarat, Western India : the potential and challenges of participatory approaches. Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow Telethon Kids Institute, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr Brenda DeLisle: DIH (Doctor of International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Risk behaviors for STIs and HIV in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Current Position: Physician’s Assistant and Paramedic Contractor – Global assignments.
• Dr Barbara Nattabi: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Desire to have children among people living with HIV in post-conflict Northern Uganda : a mixed methods study. Current Position: Lecturer, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

2011

• Dr Gwen Brookes: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. The multilayered effects and support received by victims of the Bali bombings : a cross cultural study in Indonesia and Australia. Current Position: Psychologist in Private Practice, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr Lee Barclay: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Public health law in Timor-Leste. Current Position: Senior Manager, Department of Health (Vic Health), Melbourne, Australia.

2010

• Dr Ann O’Neill: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. A retrospective exploration of formal and social support received: experiences of secondary victims of homicide in England and Australia. Current Position: Founder Director Angelhands (NGO that supports secondary victims of violence) and Care Coordinator, Complex Case Coordination, Department of Health, Western Australia, Australia.
• Dr Rachael Hinton: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Making the links between women’s health and women’s lives in Papua New Guinea: Implications for policy and health care delivery. Current Position: Consultant, Maternal, Newborn and Child health, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland.

2009

• Dr Nicole Mohajer: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Adolescent empowerment programmes in two vulnerable populations: a cross-cultural study in rural Australia and rural India. Current Position: Medical Doctor in General Practice, Queensland & Community Health Researcher, India.

2008

• Dr Pam O’Connor: PhD (International Health) – Primary Supervisor. Stigma and discrimination of Indian women living with HIV/AIDS : perceptions and experiences of women in Mumbai, India. Current Position: Psychologist in Private Practice, Western Australia, Australia.

2007

• Lois Sheridan: MA (Indigenous Studies – Research) – Primary Supervisor. To examine whether the aboriginal family kinship network and aboriginal culture can improve outcomes for an aboriginal down syndrome child : namely Joseph. Current Position: Indigenous Researcher and Writer, Tasmania, Australia.