Faculty of Medicine & Health
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
ACADEMIC PROCESSION
The Academic Procession proceeds to the dais, the Assembly standing. The University Mace is carried by Emeritus Professor Michael Lawrence, BSc BE(Hons) Sydney, MSc PhD UC Berkeley
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
The Chancellor, Mr David Gonski AC, BCom LLB UNSW, FCPA, FAICD
ADMISSION TO AWARDS
Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, MBBS PhD Melbourne, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health requests the Chancellor, on behalf of the University Council, to admit candidates to awards
HONORARY DEGREE
The Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Attila Brungs, BSc(Hons) UNSW, DPhil Oxon, FTSE, FRNS, presents the award recipient
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS
Dr Peter Farrell AM, Founder & Executive Chairman of ResMed Inc
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, MBBS PhD Melbourne, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
Following the Concluding Remarks, the Assembly will stand while the Academic Procession retires.
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
The candidates will be presented by Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Medical Science
Richard Hao Tian Tang
Physiology
Surabhi Shrestha
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE BMedSc
Mason Mcleod Couldwell-Watt
Molly Margaret Dignan
Vikneshwari Kadiressane
Ava Lai
Duc Cuong Phi
Torey Stephen Politis
Distinction
Eric Halim
Nathan Ung
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE BPsychSc
Madeleine Claire Rhodes
Olivia Jane Wilson-Wheeler
Distinction
Philip Jack Edwards
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS BSc&Bus
Ruo Qi Chen
Dylan Joshua Damevski
Hong Shen
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BSc
Farah Azzahra
Xinyi Li
May Thi Maung Maung
Molly Rolfe
Ralph Ivanhoe Schraader
Shiona Soman
Wing Tung Wong
Monique Yakas
Ken Yu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) BSc(Hons)
Medical Science
Honours Class 1
Adnan Agha
India Allen
Genevieve Georgia Cowie
Pharmacology
Honours Class 1
Travis Pavlovski
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF ARTS BSc BA
Distinction
Cameron Jefferson Huber
FACULTY OF OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH
The candidates will be presented by Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
BACHELOR OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY BExPhys
Esther Attia
Rafli Rahmat Chandra
Matthew Chen
Richard Du
Kevin Khai Van Duong
Yingting Gu
Rachel John
Mathew Chamel Khalil
Anyi Liang
Bao Tram Pham
Hans Sun
William Vuong Trieu Truong
Daniel Jungho Woo
Distinction
Andrew Hadchiti
Pameala Lu
Grace Eliza McClung Ryan
BACHELOR OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH BIPH
Distinction
Aimee Elizabeth Watson
BACHELOR OF VISION SCIENCE BVisSc
Olivia Ellen Englert
Jeremy Kek Yuen Lee
Hanna Aisyah Danial Muller
Dallas Alberto Nguyen
Distinction
Cindie Syn Yin Kong
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES BMed
Katherine Vi Thi Thuy Nguyen
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD
Elizabeth Jane Read
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH GradCertPH
Pui Shan Karin Leung
Stephanie Ann Martin
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE GradCertPharmMed
Tracy-Lon Armstrong
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT GCertHLM
Sandra Joy Fardon
MASTER OF CLINICAL OPTOMETRY MClinOptom
Sicong Zheng
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MHLM
Zena Daher
Christine Mackenzie Forster
Mark Robert Jamesion
Zara Frances Mills
Dorota Podolak
Nella Lynn Renton
Natan Michael Sasson
Chloe Rebecca Tobin
Excellence
Niall Hugh Caverly
Kam Man Larissa Chandra
Dabrina Issakhany
Amanda Jane Lyall
Caitlin Ann Rogers
MASTERS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE (EXTENSION) MIDIExtn
Ni Yan
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH MGH
Anneta Nundo Nchena
Excellence
Amy Elizabeth Hughes
Erin Isla Jane Prince
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH MIPH
Excellence
Nicholas James Betts
MASTER OF OPTOMETRY MOptom
Yuyang Cai
Excellence
Xiaona Ping
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MPH
Margot Clare Deegan
Alvaro Goncalves Rezende
Mervyn John Holmes-Wighton
Pravash Paudel
Excellence
Tansy Matilda Collyer
Kristine Joy Fernandez
Stacey Anne Fredericks
James Suraj Karki
Gillian Mary Kehoe
Jiaxing Lu
Erin Frances Mowbray
Katerina Mary Lecchi
Helen Tina Carter
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (EXTENSION) MPH(Extn)
Xiaomin Lin
MASTER OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE MPharmMed
John Alexander Caviedes Fonseca
Dillon John Heagney
Linda Jane Hewat
Excellence
Simone Jain
Justine Marie O'Donovan
MASTER OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE MRMed
Katrina Chenevier
Anthea Jordan Todd
Excellence
Farah Azura Ab Rahman
Karen May Yee Chan
Vicky Li
MASTER OF SCIENCE MSc
Excellence
Victoria Kate Blake
MASTER OF WOMEN'S HEALTH MEDICINE MWomHMed
Zainab Abdulghani Abdulazeez
Excellence
Kristin Jade Bhalru
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MGH MHLM
Dip Jyoti Khand
Samantha Irena Kulakowski
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
Excellence
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MGH MHLM
Excellence
Vi Thuy Ha
Isabelle Kapterian
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM MIPH
Angela Elizabeth Neville
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM MPH
Jennifer Maree Ashmore
Natalie Peta Cutler
Paidamoyo Michelle Mangwiro
Rohanti Ravikulan
Glenn Sisson
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Excellence
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM MPH
Excellence
Minhaj Foujia Jahan
Tegan Patricia Rizzi
Stephanie Lorraine Wood
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (EXTENSION) MHLM MPH(Extn)
Alasdair Matthew Nicol
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MIDI MPH
Kir Kir Deng
MASTER OF MEDICINE (RESEARCH) MMed(Res)
Paediatrics
Clara Wai Ting Chung
MASTER OF SCIENCE (RESEARCH) MSc(Res)
Physiology and Pharmacology
Eliza Rose Macdonald
MASTER OF SURGERY (RESEARCH) MS(Res)
Lawrence Jun-Houk Oh
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Anatomy
Megan Victoria Farrell
Thesis: Bringing T cell receptor and chimeric antigen receptor signalling landscapes to light using a novel microscopy technique
Conall McGuinness
Thesis: Perfringolysin O pore formation dynamics: from soluble monomer to membrane insertion and beyond
Loren Emily Jacqueline Tearle
Thesis: Uncovering the Mechanisms Underpinning Melanoma Invasiveness at Single Cell Resolution
Children's Cancer
Sujanna Mondal
Thesis: The Super-Enhancer driven lncRNA PRKCQ-AS1 promotes neuroblastoma tumorigenesis
Medicine
Helen Mary Badge
Thesis: Clinical practice guideline prophylaxis compliance in orthopaedic surgery
Shovon Bhattacharjee
Thesis: Development of Next-Generation Protective Clothing and High-Performing Face Masks
Daniella Bulic
Thesis: Cognitive and psychosocial outcomes of mechanically ventilated intensive care patients: Does an experience of delirium make a difference
Beth Jane Catlett
Thesis: Diagnostic strategies to enhance testing for hepatitis C virus infection
Karen Sze Wee Chia
Thesis: The role of exercise and multidisciplinary rehabilitation for patients with pulmonary hypertension
Megan Amanda Crumbaker
Thesis: Clinical Applications of Genomic Analyses in Prostate Cancer
Louise Alison Geddes
Thesis: An investigation of the health-related harms associated with illicit opioid injection
Samira Hosseini Hooshyar
Thesis: Hepatitis C elimination among people living with HIV
Shane Joseph Kelly
Thesis: Investigating the genomic landscape of antigen-specific lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of human autoimmune disease
Ranita Kirubakaran
Thesis: Individualising tacrolimus therapy in adult heart transplant recipients
Anthony Lau
Thesis: An investigation into the impact of dysregulated PI3Kδ signalling on B cell development and autoimmunity
Shima Nozari
Thesis: The role of ß2GPI in gastrointestinal physiology and autoimmunity
Robba Rai
Thesis: MRI-based radiomics: Quantifying the stability and reproducibility of tumour heterogeneity in vivo and in a 3D printed phantom
Bella Shadur
Thesis: A Clinical and Laboratory Characterisation of LRBA Deficiency Prior to and Following the Introduction of Targeted Therapy and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Simon Che Sum Tang
Thesis: Cardiac MRI in the evaluation of acute cardiac toxicity following cancer therapy, with a focus on radiation
Lucy Alexandra Watchirs Smith
Thesis: Investigating the impact of current issues affecting the sexual health of Australian young people
James Xu
Thesis: Coronary microvascular function in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome: impact of contemporary therapies and relationship with peripheral endothelial function
Medicine (The George Institute)
Zien Zhou
Thesis: Effects of low-dose alteplase and intensive blood pressure control on brain (micro-) circulation: imaging analyses from the ENCHANTED trial Optometry
Archana Madhav Boga
Thesis: The role of oestrogen in dry eye
Gauri Shankar Shrestha
Thesis: Characterisation of Tear Metabolite Expression in Bacterial Keratitis
Zahra Tajbakhsh
Thesis: Dendritic cells in ocular allergy
Peter Wagner
Thesis: Smart wearables - advancing myopia research through quantification of the environment
Paediatrics
Laurel Helen Mimmo
Thesis: Optimising quality and safety experiences and outcomes for inpatient children and young people with intellectual disability using a strengths-based approach.
Suzanne Mary Nevin
Thesis: Co-developing and evaluating 'Finding a Way': a suite of positive psychology resources to support caregivers of children with genetic developmental epileptic encephalopathies
Christopher Michael Atholwold Poulton
Thesis: Exploring a multiple causative bacterial aetiology for paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Finding a needle in a stack of needles and the point of sifting through the faecies
Pathology
Arunasingam Abayasingam
Thesis: Neutralising antibody responses in acute hepatitis C and SARS-CoV-2 infection
Physiology and Pharmacology
Alexander Charles Engel
Thesis: Improving Fundamental Motor Skills in a Preschool Setting
Shi Yun Catherine Li
Thesis: Understanding the molecular mechanisms of doxorubicin-induced memory loss
Kevin Kah Wai Ng
Thesis: Encoding tactile frequency and intensity information in the temporal pattern of afferent nerve impulses
Jessica Hnorah Richardson
Thesis: Mechanical activation of PIEZO1 and TRPV4 at the cell substrate interface
Psychiatry
Yunhe Huang
Thesis: Pathways, predictors, and impact of receiving an autism spectrum diagnosis in Australia
Fatemeh Khorshidi
Thesis: Brain Cell Viability and the Cellular Adaptive Response
Peiwen Liao
Thesis: Using linked health and disability data to understand the epilepsy-related health and health service use of people with intellectual disability
Janet Isabel Mitchell
Thesis: Meaningful relationships for people experiencing dementia-associated behaviours in residential aged care
Marina Ulanova
Thesis: Towards early Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: development of amyloid-targeted magnetic nanoparticles for use as MRI/MPI tracers
Public Health and Community Medicine
Carah Alyssa Figueroa
Thesis: Trends in level and causes of mortality in Tonga
Rubana Islam
Thesis: Sedentary behaviour and theory- and evidence-informed intervention features to reduce occupational sitting time in Bangladesh: A mixed-methods study
Tolesa Bekele Okuba
Thesis: Effects of water, sanitation and hygiene on child growth in Ethiopia
Public Health and Community Medicine (NDARC)
Rebecca Jane Bosworth
Thesis: Treatment entry and return to opioid use outcomes from a pre-release methadone program in a Malaysian prison: towards improved HIV treatment outcomes
Wing See Yuen
Thesis: Trajectories of alcohol-related harm among young people
Honorary Degree
The Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Attila Brungs, presents to the Chancellor for admission to the degree of
DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY Hon.DUniv
honoris causa
Dr Peter Farrell AM