Research Higher Degree Candidates

	Mrs Norazlina Ahmad - PhD Malaysian Government Scholarship Supervisor: A/Prof. Kathryn Steadman and Prof. Ian Godwin Project Title: Pharmaceutical protein production using sorghum
	Mr Abdulfattah Alhazmi Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission Scholarship Supervisors:Dr Alesha Smith, Dr Adam La Caze and A/Prof. Neil Cottrell Project Title: Proton pump inhibitors increasing prescribing rate: causes and impact of health professionals and patient awareness
	Mr Othman Ibrahim Al-Omair - PhD Sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia Supervisor: Dr Nyoman Kurniawan, Prof. Ian Brereton, Prof. Graham Galloway & Prof. Maree Smith Project Title: Development of magnetic resonance diffusion imaging at 16.4T for application to drug efficacy assessment in the suppression of progressive neurological degeneration in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis
	Ms Naghmeh H. Asvadi - PhD International Postgraduate Research Scholarship \| UQ Centenary Scholarship Supervisors: A/Prof. Allan Coombes, Dr Mark Turner and A/Prof. Nicholas Davis-Poynter Project Title: Controlled drug delivery using polymeric matrix devices
	Ms Neeraj Bala - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: A/Prof. Kathryn Steadman & A/Prof. Elizabeth Aitken Project Title: Therapeutic significance of macrofungi
	Mr Aaron Basing - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: A/Professor Carl Kirkpatrick, Dr David Herd, A/Professor Bruce Charles and A/Professor Ross Norris Project Title: Population PK/PD analysis of Fentanyl administered intranasally
	Ms Jacqui Bond - PhD Supervisor: Dr Catherine Manathunga, Ms Caroline Steel & Professor Nick Shaw Project Title: Factors affecting the academic performance of international students in pharmacy programs in Australia and the UK
	Mr Utpal Bose - PhD University of Queensland International Scholarship (UQI) Supervisors: Dr Amitha Hewavitharana, Professor Nick Shaw and Prof John Fuerst Project Title: Study of the chemical diversity of the actinobacteria genus Salinispora, isolated from Great Barrier Reef Sponges
	Ms Selena Boyd - PhD Supervisor: Dr Lynne Emmerton & A/Professor Deborah Parker Project Title: Roles for pharmacists in the management of pain in residential aged care facilities
	Mr Mohammed Ashraf Chowdhury - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: Professor Greg Monteith & Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson Project Title: Calcium regulation in colon cancer cells: a focus on a pharmacologically relevant class of calcium channels
	Ms Hidy Chan - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Supervisors:A/Professor Lisa Nissen, A/Professor Kathryn Steadman & Dr Samantha Hollingsworth Project Title: Comparison of health care system and the regulation of complementary medicines in Australia and Asia
	Ms Merril Curry - PhD University of Queensland Research Scholarship (UQRS) Supervisors: Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson & Professor Greg Monteith Project Title: Overexpression of PMCA2 and how this impacts on breast cancer
	Nhung Thi Tuyet Dang - PhD International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) \| UQ Centenary Scholarship Supervisors: A/Professor Allan Coombes, Dr Nicholas Davis-Poynter and Dr Mark Turner Project Title: Polymeric matrix devices for controlled delivery of agents to prevent bacterial and viral infections
	Mr Vaskar Das - PhD APA Scholarship Supervisors: Professor Maree Smith & Dr Bruce Wyse Project Title: To establish, validate and characterize a rat model of bone cancer pain using behavioural pain measures and immunohistochemical methods
	Ms Felicity Davis - PhD National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Biomed Postgraduate Research Supervisors: Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson Project Title: Transient receptor potential calcium channels in breast cancer cell proliferation, apoptosis and invasiveness
	Ms Jennifer Deuis - PhD APA Scholarship Supervisors: Dr Pete Cabot, Dr Irina Vetter and Prof Richard Lewis Project Title: Novel opioid peptides from inflammatory tissue for the treatment of pain
	Ms Jane Fischer - PhD Supervisors: A/Prof. Alexandra (Zandy) Clavarino & Prof. Jake M. Najman Project Title: Quality of Life
	Mr Christopher Freeman - PhD The Alan Grant-Taylor Memorial Scholarship Supervisors: Associate Professor Lisa Nissen, A/Prof. Neil Cottrell & A/Prof. Greg Kyle Project Title: Integrating a Pharmacist into the Australian General Practice Environment
	Mr Ian Fredericks - PhD The Alan Grant-Taylor Memorial Scholarship Supervisors: Dr Therese Kairuz, Dr Alex Pudmenzky and Dr Laurence Rossato Project Title: The Role of the Pharmacist in Optimising Antibiotic Use in the Community
	Ms Gina Gujral - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Supervisors: A/Prof. Neil Cottrell & A/Prof. Lisa Nissen Project Title: The role of a pharmacist supporting beliefs about medications in consumers who have experienced an episode of Acute Coronary Syndrome
	Mr Andy Hale - Masters Supervisors: Associate Professor Lisa Nissen & Dr Ian Coombes Project Title: The evaluation of the impacts of a doctor - pharmacist collaborative prescribing model on the management of HIV infected patients
	Ms Yaqin (Felicity) Han - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Industry (APAI) Supervisors: Dr Bruce Wyse, Professor Maree Smith, Dr Kristofer Thurecht and Professor Andrew Whittaker Project Title: Sustained Release Biopolymer Delivery of a Pain Drug Candidate
	Ms Dewi Hariyadi - PhD Indonesian Government Scholarship Supervisors: Associate Professor Allan Coombes Project Title: Investigations of drug loading and delivery from gelatin and alginate gel microparticles produced by atomisation of biopolymer solutions
	Ms Dilanthi Herath - PhD AusAID Scholarship Supervisors: Dr Pete Cabot, Dr Amitha Hewavitharana & Professor Nick Shaw Project Title: A study of the fate of opioid peptides released in inflamed tissue with particular emphasis on the fragments that are responsible in pain reduction
	Ms Van Le Thu Hoang - PhD Tuition Fee Waiver/Living Allowance Scholarship Supervisors: Professor Greg Monteith, Professor Mike Gidley & Associate Professor Ralf Dietzgen Project Title: Nutritional properties of mango fruits linking genomics to cellular bioactivity
	Ms Banafsheh Sadat Afshar Imani - PhD International Postgraduate Research Scholarship Supervisors: Dr Marie-Odile Parat & Dr Pete Cabot Project Title: Morphine and breast cancer metastasis
	Ms Aisyah Jahidin - PhD Universiti Teknologi Mara Scholarships (Malaysia) Supervisors: Professor Greg Monteith & Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson Project Title: Characterization of calcium transporters identified on potential pharmacological targets in breast cancer
	Ms Siti Yusrina Nadihah Jamaludin - PhD Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship (Malaysia) Supervisors: Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson, Professor Greg Monteith & Dr Amelia Peters Project Title: Calcium Signalling Modifying Proteins as Targets for Breast Cancer Therapy
	Ms Jing Jing - PhD Supervisors: Dr Harry Parekh & Associate Professor Ming Wei Project Title: Traditional Chinese Medicine - Deciphering their mechanism of action and developing novel drug delivery systems
	Mr Nematullah (Nemat) Khan UQ International Scholarship (UQI) Supervisors: Professor Maree Smith and Dr Bruce Wyse Project Title: Molecular and cellular insights to develop novel therapeutic targets for clinical management of multiple sclerosis-induced neuropathic pain
	Mr Andy Kuo - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: Professor Maree Smith, Dr Bruce Wyse & Dr Samantha South Project Title: Can in vitro opioid binding and assays predict in vivo potency for antiociception and respitory depression?
	Ms Esther Lau - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Supervisors: A/Professor Kathryn Steadman Project Title: Controlled release of medications using delivery systems based on protein biopolymers derived from plants
	Ms Jane Lee - PhD Supervisors: Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson and Professor Gregory Monteith Project Title: Secretory pathway calcium and manganese transport in breast cancer cells
	Ms Sharon Lin - PhD Supervisors: Associate Professor Allan Coombes Project Title: Promoting nerve regeneration using advanced drug delivery techniques and tissue engineering
	Ms Nicole Luk - PhD Supervisors: Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson & Professor Greg Monteith Project Title: Altered activity and/or expression of calcium transporters upregulated in specific cancers affect regulation of key calcium dependent transcription factors
	Ms Yiming Ma - PhD China Scholarship Council Scholarship Supervisors: A/Prof. Allan Coombes, Dr Ben Ross & A/Prof. Brian Miller Project Title: Controlled delivery of nanoparticles to the colon for tumour targeting
	Mr Seyed Mojtaba Moosavi - PhD Supervisors: Dr Bruce Wyse and Dr Sussan Ghassabian Project Title: Development of high throughput in-vitro test methods for screening sensitization potential of industrial chemicals
	Arjun Muralidharan - PhD School of Pharmacy International Living Allowance Scholarship Supervisors: Professor Maree Smith & Dr Bruce Wyse Project Title: Pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning tumor-induced bone pain
	Ms Suvimol Niyomnaitham (Jesse) - PhD Supervisors: Dr Alesha Smith Project Title: Do Safety warnings influence prescribing: A Case study using clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors
	Mr Sohil Khan - PhD International Postgraduate Research Scholarship Supervisors: Associate Professor Bruce Charles Project Title: Studies on melatonin on children with sleep disorders
	Ms Samantha Nelis - PhD Supervisors: Associate Professor Carl Kirkpatrick, Associate Professor Lisa Nissen & Professor Nick Shaw Project Title: Metabolism studies of banned drugs in racing animals
	Mr Ming Ni - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: Dr John Duley & Associate Professor Bruce Charles Project Title: Clearance of pyrimidines and development of an oral screening test to predict susceptibility to fluoropyrimidine drug toxicity
	Ms Christy Noble - PhD Alan Grant Taylor Memorial Scholarship Supervisors: Associate Professor Lisa Nissen Project Title: Future-proofing pharmacists: National evaluation of undergraduate pharmacy degrees curricula
	Ms Zaswiza Binti Mohamad Noor - PhD Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship (Malaysia) Supervisors: Dr Alesha Smith, A/Prof. Lisa Nissen, Dr Simon Smith & A/Prof. Greg Kyle Project Title: Improving the management of sleep disorders in the community
	Mr Manoj Kumar Palanivelu - PhD Endeavor Postgraduate Award UQ International Research Tuition Award Supervisors: Dr Ben Ross & Dr Ross McGeary Project Title: Design, synthesis and in vitro evaluation of polymers for the treatment of amyloid diseases
	Meenakshi Pathak - PhD University of Queensland Research Scholarship (UQRS) Supervisors: A/Prof. Allan Coombes, Dr Mark Turner, Dr Ben Ross and Dr Cheryn Palmer Project Title: Controlled delivery of novel antibacterials for treatment/prevention of sexually transmitted infections
	Mrs Elena Pera - PhD International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) University of Queensland Centennial Scholarship (UQCent) Supervisors: Prof. Greg Monteith, Prof. Sarah Roberts-Thomson & Dr Sally Firth Project Title: Calcium signalling and the development of therapeutic resistance in breast cancer cells
	Ms Pamela Pietrobon - PhD Supervisors: Associate Professor Lisa Nissen & Dr Louise Young Project Title: How can innovative e-learning methods be effectively employed to cater for the educational needs of increasing numbers of medical graduates?
	Mr Arjun Poudel - PhD IPRS Scholarship Supervisors: Associate Professor Lisa Nissen Project Title: A multi-centre intervention aimed at improving the safety and quality of prescribing for patients with congestive heart failure in Australian teaching hospitals
	Ms Krishneeta Prakash - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: Associate Professor Lisa Nissen, A/Prof. Greg Kyle & Dr Simon Smith Project Title: The efficacy of medication histories in the diagnosis of sleep disorders
	Mr Chandramouli Radhakrishnan - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: A/Prof. Kathryn Steadman, A/Prof. Lisa Nissen & Dr Julie Cichero Project Title: Medication swallowing issues in the community
	Mr Venkatesan Moorthy Rao - PhD School of Pharmacy International Living Allowance Scholarship Supervisors: Dr Ben Ross, Dr Ross McGeary & Professor Nick Shaw Project Title: Dual Action Prodrugs for the Treatment of Alzeimer's Disease
	Ms Hemalatha Rajaram - PhD UQ Research Scholarship and UQ International Research Tuition Award (UQRS/UQIRTA) Supervisors: Dr Ben Ross Project Title: Photolabile drug delivery devices
	Ms Nurul Azrin Abd Rahman - PhD Malaysian Government Scholarship Supervisors: Dr Christine Staatz and Prof. Sue Tett Project Title: Individualizing Immunosuppressant Therapy in Autoimmune Disease to Improve Patient Outcomes
	Ms Majbritt Reugebrink - PhD UQ Research Scholarship Supervisors: Associate Professor Lisa Nissen, Dr Therese Kairuz & Dr Louise McCuaig Project Title: Quality use of medication in managing childhood ADHD
	Mr Saad Saeed Al Shehri - PhD Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry for Higher Education Scholarship Supervisors: Dr John Duley, Associate Professor Bruce Charles, Professor Nick Shaw Project Title: Purines and pyrimidines in saliva
	Ms Yassmin Samak - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: A/Professor Allan Coombes, Professor Tim Florin and A/Professor Andrew Barbour Project Title: Controlled drug delivery to the colon
	Ms Geeta Sandhu Supervisors: A/Prof. Carl Kirkpatrick, Ms Christine Carrington & A/Prof. Neil Cottrell Project Title: Standardisation of the documentation to support the prescribing, dispensing and administration of anticancer therapy
	Mr Peter Smith - PhD Supervisors: A/Professor Kathryn Steadman and A/Professor Zandy Clavarino Project Title: Factors influencing complementary medicine selection by breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
	Mohammad Soltani - PhD UQ Research Scholarship and UQ International Research Tuition Award (UQRS/UQIRTA) Supervisors: A/Professor Alexandra Clavarino & Dr Mohammad Reza Hayatbakhsh Project Title: Patterns of subjective sleep quality and medicine use in middle-aged Australian women: Correlates, predictors and consequences
	Ms Sonya Stacey - PhD UQ Research Scholarship Supervisors: Dr Karen Whitfield, Dr Ian Coombes and Professor Claire Wainwright Project Title: Building the paediatric health workforce and assessing the value to patients of advanced practice pharmacists
	Mr Shahzad Hasan Syed - PhD International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and UQ Centennial Scholarship (UQCent) Supervisors: Dr Therese Kairuz and A/Prof. Alexandra Clavarino Project Title: Inter-professional Collaboration: Effects of Clinical Outcomes and Health-related Quality of Life among Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus
	Mr Meng-Wong Taing - PhD UQ Research Scholarship (UQRS) ARC Linkage Top-up Supervisors: Professor Greg Monteith, Professor Mike Gidley, Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson, Professor Nick Shaw & Dr Ralf Dietzgen Project Title: Bioactive characterisation of mango constituents in cell models by indentification of calcium flux responses using FLIPR tetra system
	Ms Amy Tan - PhD UQ Tuition Fee Waiver scholarship \| UQ Research Scholarship (UQITRA/UQRS) Supervisors: Dr Lynne Emmerton & Dr Laetitia Hattingh Project Title: An exploratory study of non-traditional healthcare practitioner roles
	Ms Wendy Thompson - PhD Supervisors: Dr Therese Kairuz, Dr Clair Hughes and Ms Christy Noble Project Title: Exploring and addressing the challenges of preparing students to become life-long learners
	Ms Yady Juliana Manrique Torres (Juliana) - PhD UQ International Scholarship (UQI) Supervisors: A/Prof. Kathryn Steadman, Dr Julie Cichero, and A/Prof. Lisa Nissen Project Title: Quality use of medicines for patients with difficulties swallowing their medications: issues with crushing tables and mixing with thickened fluids
	Dr Angela Williams - PhD Supervisors: A/Professor Bruce Charles, A/Professor Ross Norris, Dr Helen Liley & Dr Rod Hunt Project Titlle: Pharmacokinetics of selected anticonvulsant medications in newborn infants with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy undergoing treatment with therapeutic hypothermia
	Ms Chin Lin Wong - PhD Supervisors: Dr Bruce Wyse and Prof. Maree Smith Project Titlle: Skin sensitisation prediction by using high throughput in vitro screening methods
	Ms Tina Wu - PhD Australian Postgraduate Award Supervisors: Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson & Professor Greg Monteith Project Title: Calcium transporters as therapeutic targets for cancer

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