Faculty of Science
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 Stephen Dain, BSc(Hons) PhD, FCOptom, FAAO, 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
The Chancellor Mr David Gonski AC, BCom LLB UNSW, FCPA, FAICD
ADMISSION TO AWARDS
Professor Marc Wilkins, PhD Macquarie, DSc UNSW, Deputy Dean (Research and Enterprise) of the Faculty of Science requests the Chancellor, on behalf of the University Council, to admit candidates to awards
HONORARY DEGREE
Professor Sean Emery, BSc PhD Brunel, Senior Vice Dean (Research and Operations) of the Faculty of Medicine & Health presents the award recipient
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS
Dr H. Clifford Lane, BSChem(Hons) MD Michigan, MACP, FIDSA, NIAID, NIH
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Professor Marc Wilkins, PhD Macquarie, DSc UNSW, Deputy Dean (Research and Enterprise) of the Faculty of Science.
Following the Concluding Remarks, the Assembly will stand while the Academic Procession retires.
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
The candidates will be presented by Professor Marc Wilkins, Deputy Dean (Research and Enterprise) of the Faculty of Science
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Medical Science
Sarah Obaidi
Microbiology
Banjo James Webster
Molecular and Cell Biology
Campbell Francis Saul Robinson
Neuroscience
Bella Hongyan Lu
Pathology
David Hae-Sung Kim
Kaitlyn Trajcevski
Sipiththa Velayuthar
Pharmacology
Riley Mumberson
BACHELOR OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (HONOURS) BBiotech(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Harry Charles Fisher
Yan Ping Rena Tan
BACHELOR OF LIFE SCIENCES BLS
Tiantian He
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE BMedSc
Shruthi Annamalai
Isabelle Anne Parsons
Distinction
Yixuan Gu
Karen Su
Sarah Hau Thanh Dang Tran
BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE BPsychSc
Rabita Ahmed
Genevieve Lily Camille Bell
Kwok Yan Chan
Wei Chun Ray Chan
Tallula Wendy Chit
Felicity Coluccio
Noah James Du
Nicole Maree Flipo
Benjamin Tiger La
Lavinia Lay
Emily Hannah Lindsay
Jerry Ly
Cathy Run Chi Ma
Edward James Irwin Moore
Lauren Jean Olumets
Andreas Papadopoulos
Margaux Angela Silag
Dylan Huy Tran
Stella Sumiko Tsagalias
Carla Marie Youssef
Distinction
Jennifer Liu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS BSc&Bus
Duomei Tian
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BSc
Kelly Chan
Alan Chung
Thomas Hymers Geordie Gillings
Emily-Jane Kerameas
Kiri Lara Kerr
Haoyu Li
Shirley Liu
Hoor E Maksura
Greta Brigid Doherty Markley
Rachel Na
Leshi Wang
Natasha Yuen Henn Wong
Jessica Xu
Ellene Zhang
Distinction
Henry Arthur Nguyen Hemmings
Josephine Nadine Prior
Muskan Singh
Wan Hei So
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) BSc(Hons)
Anatomy
Honours Class 1
Jonathan Yu
Medical Science
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Thivyaa Kathiravan
Honours Class 1
Sumyukta Garikapati
Derek Yat Hung Wong
Microbiology
Honours Class 1
Georgia Maie Brouner
Alizeh Shanzah Jamal
Pathology
Honours Class 1
Aidan Dong
Exercise Physiology
Honours Class 1 and The University Medal
Brishna Shah
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF ARTS BSc BA
Tayla Rose Dizon
Khandoker Junnuryne Taseen Shubarta
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Distinction
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS BSc BFA
George Eggleton
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS)
Honours Class 1
Pathology
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND POLICY BAdvSci(Hons) BSRP
Anjali Kannan
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS)
Honours Class 1
Psychology
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS BAdvSci(Hons) BFA
Mahitha Ramanathan
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOLOGY GDPsych
Marie-Celine Chery
Roslyn Marie Colagrossi
Tiffany Fazon
Electra Anastasia Kolovos
Jillian Elizabeth Noad
Elizabeth Mary Nurthen
Jennifer Margaret Russell
Markos Sikiotis
Christopher Squadrito
MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY (FORENSIC) MPsychol(For)
Excellence
Tara Lee Van Zeist
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Biotechnology
Md Imtiazul Islam
Thesis: Ancestral Sequence Reconstructions of Stator Proteins of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor
Microbiology
Hiroki Suyama
Thesis: Proteomic dissection of biofilms and identification of T-cell antigens of Bordetella pertussis
Microbiology and Immunology
Winton Wu
Thesis: Characterising the functional sRNA interactome of S. aureus and its role in vancomycin tolerance
Psychology
Byron Eric Crimmins
Thesis: Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Signaling in the Basolateral Amygdala Promotes the Strength and Durability of Fear Memories
Sylvia Kay Harmon-Jones
Thesis: Examining the relation between individual differences in early memory and adulthood anxiety across species
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY (CLINICAL) PhD MPsychol(Clin) Psychology (Clinical)
Emma Marie Bryant
Thesis: The association between human salivary fibroblast growth factor-2 and stress, anxiety and depression
FACULTY OF MEDICINE & HEALTH
The candidates will be presented by Professor Sean Emery, Senior Vice Dean (Research and operations) of this Faculty
BACHELOR OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY BExPhys
Shuanglei Zhang
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD
Tsz Ching Yan
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL STUDIES
Distinction
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE BMed MD
Distinction
Cambell Douglas McMaster
MASTER OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH MFMH
Excellence
Mohammed Iqbal Akhtar
MASTER OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE MPharmMed
Philip Ajak Kon
MASTER OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE MRMed
Preetam Subodh Ganu
Wilkinson Yoong Jian Tan
Excellence
James Henshaw
Ayustawati Krishna
MASTER OF WOMEN'S HEALTH MEDICINE MWomHMed
Excellence
Dinu Sadadcharan
MASTER OF SCIENCE (RESEARCH) MSc(Res)
Medicine
Jayson Avino Catiwa
Psychiatry
Chiara Angela Mastrogiovanni
MASTER OF SURGERY (RESEARCH) MS(Res)
Alexander James Cameron Jessup
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Anatomy
James Alexander Cremasco
Thesis: Mechanobiology of NK Cell Tumour Homing and Cytotoxicity
Children's Cancer
Filip Tomasz Michniewicz
Thesis: Investigating novel therapeutic strategies in DIPG - copper chelation and its effect on epigenetics, metabolomics, and kinase signalling cascades
Jing Wu
Thesis: Identification and Functional Characterization of the Novel Long Noncoding RNA linc02440 in Neuroblastoma
Medicine
Dima Anwar Mousa Alajlouni
Thesis: The Role of Sarcopenia Components in Predicting Osteoporotic Fracture and Its Outcomes of Subsequent Fracture and Mortality in Two Large Prospective Cohorts
Dunia Al Arkawi
Thesis: The Fracture - Mortality Association and The Effect of Osteoporosis Treatment on Mortality: A Multinational Study
Mayan Amiezer
Thesis: Regulation of Mucosal immune Responses by the IgA Cytoplasmic Tail
Louise Anne Baldwin
Thesis: The Great (Immune) Escape: Unpacking breast cancer immune evasion cell by cell
Cecilia Racquel Chambers
Thesis: Inhibition of the NPY signalling axis as a novel therapeutic option in Pancreatic Cancer.
Alexander Patrick Corr
Thesis: Elucidating the Dormant Cancer Cell Niche in Bone using Single-Cell Transcriptomics
Annabelle Enriquez
Thesis: Identifying the genetic causes of congenital anomalies
Fiona Louise Knapman
Thesis: A novel optogenetics-based muscle stimulation therapy for obstructive sleep apnea
Damian Kotevski
Thesis: Using machine learning to understand and improve care and outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer
Joel Willem Johan Lasschuit
Thesis: Determinants of bone health in type 2 diabetes and Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy, and a step toward intervention
Hannah Rosie Law
Thesis: T follicular helper cell dynamics in response to vaccination
Alpha Raj Mekapogu
Thesis: HGF/c -Met Pathway Inhibition Combined with Chemotherapy Increases Cytotoxic T-cell infiltration and Inhibits Pancreatic Tumour Growth and Metastasis
Christina Marie Norris
Thesis: Improving the care of older surgical patients - Implementation and evaluation of a new model of care in the general surgical setting
Ashley Lindsay Quigley
Thesis: Epidemiological methods to evaluate the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anushi Shah
Thesis: Investigation of de novo mutations in human genomes using whole genome sequencing data
Belinda Vangelov
Thesis: Computed tomography-defined sarcopenia in patients with head and neck cancer – an exploration of assessment and association with outcomes
Medicine (The George Institute)
Soumyadeep Bhaumik
Thesis: Addressing the burden of snakebite: analysing policy prioritisation, evaluating health systems, and fostering research on clinical outcomes for effective and safe treatment
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Daria Di Filippo
Thesis: Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
Leah Naomi Hechtman
Thesis: Ovarian biomarkers in fertility - Serum BMP15 and GDF9 as ovarian biomarkers in polycystic ovarian syndrome and premature ovarian insufficiency
Pathology
Anurag Adhikari
Thesis: Antibody mediated cellular phagocytosis in Hepatitis C and SARS-CoV-2 infections
Nicholas Alan Brasher
Thesis: Characterising the antibody response in hepatitis C virus infection
Pallavi Srivastava
Thesis: Biophysical regulation of in-vitro Gastrulation using human induced pluripotent stem cells
Physiology and Pharmacology
Paulina Andrea Rudolffi Soto
Thesis: Versatility of protein-protein interactions with Mediator in different biological processes
Psychiatry
Andrew John Affleck
Thesis: The relationship of antihypertensive medication use with Alzheimer's and cerebrovascular disease brain pathology
Jing Du
Thesis: Examining cerebrovascular burden using neuroimaging techniques in ageing brains
Gabriela Tavella
Thesis: Self -diagnosed burnout: an examination of its definition, symptoms, and relationship with clinical depression
Public Health and Community Medicine
Alex Nicole Richmond
Thesis: Surviving to Thrive: An Examination of Sustainability and Social Enterprise in Sport for Development and Social Change Organizations (S4SC)
Honorary Degree
Professor Sean Emery, Senior Vice Dean (Research and Operations) of the Faculty of Medicine & Health presents to the Chancellor for admission to the degree of
DOCTOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE Hon.DMedSc
honoris causa
H. Clifford Lane