Faculty of Medicine and Health
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
ACADEMIC PROCESSION
The Academic Procession proceeds to the dais, the Assembly standing. The University Mace is carried by Emeritus Professor Ross Griffith, BSc UNSW, PhD Leeds, CText FTI, FRSN
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Advance Australia Fair
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are one and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
WELCOME
Pro-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Terry Campbell, BSc(Med) MB BS MD UNSW, DPhil Oxon, FRACP, FACC
ADMISSION TO AWARDS
Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, MBBS PhD Melbourne, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health, requests the Pro-Chancellor, on behalf of the University Council, to admit candidates to awards
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS
Professor Nicholas Talley AC, MD UNSW, PhD Sydney, FRACP FAFPHM FAHMS, Laureate Professor at the University of Newcastle
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, MBBS PhD Melbourne, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health
Following the Concluding Remarks, the Assembly will stand while the Academic Procession retires.
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Candidate presented by Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Pharmacology
Tommy Zhou
FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH
Candidates presented by Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, Dean of the Faculty
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE MD
Alana Justine Muller
Krithika Veeraragavan
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD
Joseph Ryan Cook
Ali Mahammed Darwich
Sarah El-Dadoun
Soe Thinzar Han
Jennifer Huo
David Kang
Shahin Kazemzadeh
Geok Jim Lim
Brandon Eu Vin Loo
Kenneth Lu
Terence Zi-Long Luo
Celeste Hoi-Yin Mar
Alexander Trong Minh Nguyen
Jainoor Kaur Rana
Nisali Jithathma Ranasinghe
Paveta Rengarajoo
Shane Andrew Rosenzweig
Serag Saleh
Sereibanndith Seang
Tharani Tharmakumar
Amy Alexandra Weber
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Distinction
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD
Distinction
Marcus Dat Yun Lau
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD
Distinction
Selin Khadija Birro
Rena Hai Man Cao
Richard Mark Chatoor
Suzannah Louise Dewhurst
Hayden Arnold Foung
Sharanya Dhenuka Mohan
Sophie Ann Newsome
Jacquelyn En Qi Ooi
Amna Ahmed Saadi
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Distinction
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD
Distinction
Mina Kang
Malin Katarina Schumacher
Sarah Irene Smith-Wade
Joanna Yu
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Distinction
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MEDICINE) HONOURS BMed MD BSc(Med)Hons
Medicine
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Tara Wing Lum Chan
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
Distinction
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MEDICINE) HONOURS BMed MD BSc(Med)Hons
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Jonathan Zachary Felthun
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Distinction
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
Distinction
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MEDICINE) HONOURS BMed MD BSc(Med)Hons
Honours Class 1
Bernard Lok-Yin Chan
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MEDICINE) HONOURS
Surgery
Honours Class 2 Division 1
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Distinction
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD BSc(Med)Hons
Distinction and The University Medal
Maria Joseph
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MHLM
Rania Fathy Labib Falts
Ayen Jan Christine Manahan
Jane McGauley
Shantelle Therese Mullen
Paula Louise Sinclair
Excellence
Alexander Joseph Slattery
Nicolette Vorlow
MASTER OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT MHM
Yue Gao
Andrew Ngie Heng Tang
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Excellence
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MEDICINE) HONOURS
Microbiology
Honours Class 1
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Distinction
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD BSc(Med)Hons MHLM
Distinction and The University Medal
Digby Wigram Maiden Allen
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (EXTENSION) MHLM(Extn)
Salatiel Ngezi
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE MIDI
Nicole Arline King
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH MGH
Excellence
Lara Elizabeth Johnson
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH MIPH
Lyndal Maree Alchin
Pisilani Meliame Iongi-Stowers
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MPH
Oluwadamilola Olasunbo Awomodu
Katrina Louise Birrell
James Minjae Chang
Stuart Alexander Cox
Danielle Maree Gardner
Yu Igarashi
Matthew Glenn James
Lauren Shirley Nutt
Oluwatomilola Adebayo Alegbe
Richard Simbulan Talisayon
Excellence
Sivasankari Arunanthy
Victoria Ann Farrar
Samantha Ruth Hand
Philippa Maree Maynard
Alexander James Peters
Alisa Sarah Pollack
Melody Taba
Ashleigh Edith Gabrielle Ray
Michele Thai
Ashleigh Lauren Jane Butler
Francis Vinoth Ratnakumar
Kawisha Sewwandi Arander
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH BMed MD MPH
Excellence
Daniel Joseph White
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Excellence
MASTER OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT MPH MHM
Excellence
Christie Lee Webster
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MGH MHLM
Oluchukwu Esther Egbo
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
Excellence
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MGH MHLM
Excellence
Phillipa Alexandra Kensit
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT BMed MD MGH MHLM
Shubash Ahmed Quazi
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM MPH
Ashleigh Sheevani Prasad
Parmita Milind Priyadarshi
Bonny Puszka
Gregory Zotos
Excellence
Deepti Chawla
MASTER OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHM MPH
Zhizhen Hu
Excellence
Frances May Myint
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE MGH MIDI
Simona Vittorio
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Excellence
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE MIPH MIDI
Excellence
Salini Manoharan
MASTER OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH (EXTENSION) MHM MIPH(Extn)
Sharon Ann Jose
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
Excellence
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH BMed MD MGH MPH
Excellence
Celia Ya Dan Feng
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MIPH MPH
Rachel Georgina Wilkins
MASTER OF SCIENCE by research MSc
Medicine
Natasha Rajesh Masand
Anders William James Sideris
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY MIPH PhD
Public Health and Community Medicine
Susan Jain
Thesis: Sustainable and Safe Glove Use for Clinicians Standard and Contact Precautions
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Medicine
Sarah Alexandrou
Thesis: Elucidating the mechanisms of resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors and endocrine therapy in ER+ breast cancer
Jason Behary
Thesis: The Rising Burden of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Disease: Epidemiology, Gut Microbiota and Immunopathogenesis
Aidan Gregory Cashin
Thesis: Evidence- based management for low back pain: Quality, mechanisms and reporting
Pankaj Jain
Thesis: Assessment of Left Ventricular Contractility and Loading Conditions Under
Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Andrew Man-Kit Law
Thesis: Strategies for targeting the tumour microenvironment using high fidelity 3D
culture systems
Kendelle Joan Murphy
Thesis: Fine-tuned stromal versus epithelial FAK manipulation to improve systemic response to Gemcitabine and Abraxane in Pancreatic Cancer
Celine Francesca Casin Santiago
Thesis: Examining the role of gene-environment interactions in TTNtv-related dilated
cardiomyopathy
Oliver Philip Skinner
Thesis: New insights into the link between protein prenylation and inflammation using models of mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD)
Sara Wahlroos
Thesis: Effect of Exercise Alone and in Combination with Systemic Therapy on
Breast Cancer
Public Health and Community Medicine
Kathryn Thu Dinh
Thesis: Culturally responsive evaluation: A theoretical approach relevant to South East and East Asia and guiding principles for Vietnam
Public Health and Community Medicine
Md Nazmul Huda
Thesis: A mixed-methods study of sex work and the HIV prevention environment for female sex workers in Bangladesh
Jiahui Qian
Thesis: Epidemiology of herpes zoster in middle-aged and older Australians: the role of immunosuppressive conditions and therapies
Public Health and Community Medicine (CPHCE)
Katherine Jane Short
Thesis: Australian children who are experiencing adversity: Risk and protective factors influencing language development with and without intervention
Public Health and Community Medicine (Centre for Big Data)
Sanja Lujic
Thesis: Measuring multimorbidity using Australian linked administrative health data
sources
Surgery
Samuel John Macdessi
Thesis: The Relationship of Alignment and Balance in Total Knee Arthroplasty