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 Jason Middleton, BSc PhD Monash, FRAes 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
Vice-Chancellor & President, Professor Attila Brungs, BSc(Hons) UNSW, DPhil Oxon, FTSE, FRNS
ADMISSION TO AWARDS
Professor Adrienne Torda, MBBS (Hons), PhD, GradDip Bioethics, GradCert University Learning & Teaching UNSW, FRACP, SFHEA, FANZAPHE, FHERDSA,
Vice Dean and Head, School of Clinical Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine & Health requests the Vice-Chancellor & President, on behalf of the University Council, to admit candidates to awards
HONORARY DEGREE
Professor Adrienne Torda, MBBS (Hons), PhD, GradDip Bioethics, GradCert University Learning & Teaching UNSW, FRACP, SFHEA, FANZAPHE, FHERDSA, Vice Dean and Head, School of Clinical Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine & Health presents the award recipient
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Darren Isenberg
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS
Professor Kelvin Kong AM BSc MBBS UNSW, FRACS (OHNS), MD UoN, Paediatric & Adult Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgeon, HNELHD, Hunter ENT, RACS
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Professor Adrienne Torda, MBBS (Hons), PhD, GradDip Bioethics, GradCert University Learning & Teaching UNSW, FRACP, SFHEA, FANZAPHE, FHERDSA, Vice Dean and Head, School of Clinical Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine & Health
Following the Concluding Remarks, the Assembly will stand while the Academic Procession retires.
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS) BAdvSci(Hons)
Honours Class 1
Medical Science
Dinuki Pamalka Perera
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE BMedSc
Fadya Akkaoui
Elliot Robert Anastopoulos
Joseph Yan-Wing Cheung
Aisyah Lois Fraser
Teng An Joshua James Khoo
Vanessa Alessandra Reyes
Rheena Alyssa Silvestre
Distinction
Thomas Andrew Calnin
Tanushree Devikoppa Yogesh
Claire Elise Lamph
Amelia Mary Rose Scobie
Beattie Jane Sexton
Daniella Kyra Spyridopoulos
Guang Rui Kelvin Xu
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS BSc&Bus
Uyen Nhi Pham
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BSc
Lily Grace Brooks
Jennifer Phuong Bui
Debora Hans Christian
Catarina Grace Daniels
Jeyda Selin Olca
Yuwei Su
Chitra Va
Danielle Zhang
Distinction
Elizabeth Rose Chan
Nathan Samerski
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) BSc(Hons)
Medical Science
Honours Class 1
Shreya Elizabeth Boby
Neuroscience
Honours Class 2 Division 1
Wendi Gao
Isabella Paula Pejkovic
Inuli Minoji Subasinghe Appuhamilage
Honours Class 1
Lara Olivia Alexander
Benjamin Bartolo Curtin
Pharmacology
Honours Class 1
Udaybir Singh Chawla
Zoe Annika Eastwood
BACHELOR OF ARTS
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BA BSc
Leanne Rachelle Solidum
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF ARTS BSc BA
Rajeev Prasad
BACHELOR OF ADVANCED SCIENCE (HONOURS)
Neuroscience
Honours Class 1
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BAdvSci(Hons) BSc
Distinction
Raiyaan Ahmed Ruhi
FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH
BACHELOR OF EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY BExPhys
Taha Ahmed
James Anastas
Charlotte Jacqueline Anderson
Harrison John Barkl
Chung Hang Anthew Choi
Hayden Choi
Edison Cui Dorahy
Amber Elchami
Salma Zoya Fardeen
Steven Brian Jones
Wendy Lam
Ella Marshall
Pratham Ripalkumar Shah
Daniela Kate Stamatellis
Kristie Kim Ngan Vu
Daniel Thomas Widders
Distinction
Matthew Khoa Dang Duong
Brandon Jakob Freire
Scarlett Elise Hamblin
Kassem Talal Khanafer
Anindya Sarker
Matthew Craig Segaert
Sevasti Tefa
Jasmyn Tuladhar
Distinction and The University Medal
Omar Barbar
BACHELOR OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH BIPH
Distinction
Isabella Ambrosine Casanova Clarke
BACHELOR OF VISION SCIENCE BVisSc
Neam Yousif Najeeb Alsamaani
Rand Ragheed Amanouil
Justin Nguyen Quang-Vuong Dinh
Kai Tung Lau
Joseph Rajah Thaninayagham
Distinction
Jayden Ta
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HEALTH DATA SCIENCE GradDipHDS
Maureen Lejimoh Obasseh
BACHELOR OF VISION SCIENCE
MASTER OF CLINICAL OPTOMETRY BVisSc MClinOptom
Sarah Marzan Ashraf
Hyeyoon Oh
MASTER OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH MFMH
Excellence
Maurice Yuet On Leung
Suk Ha Maymie Suen
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MHLM
Yazeed Alofisan
Oluwaseun Adegboyega Awotokun
Rachel Bowes
Suchita Dabhi
Bronwyn Maree Finley
Jie Jiao
Nwanyieze Nwadiuto Nwali
Anjila Mani Raju
Reema Shah
Kim Nga Tang
Sarah Antonia Vaughey
Phone Myint Wai
Excellence
Elizabeth Anne Brettschneider
Douglas Kento Nobuhara Brown
Lucy Helena Bucci
John Gray
Rebecca Katrina Hunter
Patrice Kate Harle Johnson
Tharani Krishnan
Laura Scarlett Lincoln
Jason Aaron Nair
Catherine Mae Parr
Tiana Gaye Smart
Amelia Starkey
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH DATA SCIENCE
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT GradCertHDS MHLM
Michael Salabit Marquez
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE MIDI
Emilia Rose Jones
Pamela Mendya Mirr
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH MGH
Selina Madeleine
Kulia Moala
Hijiri Grace Suzuki
Excellence
Andrea Doris Kindinger
MASTER OF OPTOMETRY MOptom
Jingjing Guo
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MPH
Matthew Bell
Qianyu Cai
Dominic Francis Douglas
Tiantian Guo
Priscillar Iyoisi Napoleon
Meredith Ann Page
Kiya Lea Shipley
Kate Alison Tulloch
Chenyan Xue
Jiawen Zhou
Precious Zvomuya
Excellence
Moniek Marie Borsovszky
Sarah Kate Driscoll
Liam James Whitley Egan
Holly Elizabeth Goodwin
Stewart Edward Holmes-Brown
Kate Mary Lawrence
Agnes Cecile Claire Matheson
Melinda Debra McDonald
Reinette Deidre McFarland
Shalini Yasassri Ratnayake
Melissa Ann Thompson
Danielle Christina Wilkinson
Jennifer Anne Yu
Epidemiology
Craig Peter Coorey
International Health
Nisha Devan Nair
MASTER OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE MRMed
Hala Dawood Yaqoob Al Alaf
Simone De-Arne Coote
Sarah Dean
Jennifer Inder
Michael Lewis McAllan
MASTER OF SCIENCE MSc
Health Data Science
Qianxin Li
Muniratul Husna Binti Mohd Idrus
Harini Subramanian
Excellence
Bokang Bi
Annie Li
Meg Louise Stockwell
MASTER OF WOMEN'S HEALTH MEDICINE MWomHMed
Nour Al Huda Yasser Othman M Abu-lughod
Samantha Emily Jones
Jingyi Wang
Excellence
Olivia Marshall-Baird
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM MPH
Arya Laxmikant Shinde
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Excellence
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM MPH
Excellence
Julia Therese Conway
Alicia Jane Kendall
Stacey Lee Lamont
Siu Pong Siu
Amanda Marie Soloman
Rumes Kanna Sriamareswaran
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH MIDI MGH
Sarah Ann Carige
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE
Excellence
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH MIDI MGH
Excellence
Omolara Joy Kolawole
MASTER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTELLIGENCE (EXTENSION)
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MIDIExtn MPH
Quinn Watkins
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MGH MPH
Lama El-Chaar
Morris Gitonga Ndwiga
MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
Excellence
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MGH MPH
Excellence
Ellen Louisa Crossley
MASTER OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (EXTENSION)
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH MHLM(Extn) MPH
Duc Minh Khoa Nguyen
MASTER OF SCIENCE (EXTENSION) MSc(Extn)
Xinghui Li
Excellence
Health Data Science
Yuxin Dong
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (RESEARCH) MPH(Res)
Antony Christopher Bolton
MASTER OF SCIENCE (RESEARCH) MSc(Res)
Medicine
Priya Acharya
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Anatomy
Dr Lavanya Achanta
Thesis: ß-Hydroxybutyrate in the brain; one molecule, multiple mechanisms
Children's Cancer
Dr Jourdin Renee Cornelia Rouaen
Thesis: Copper chelation disrupts the immunosuppressive neuroblastoma tumour microenvironment to enhance anti-GD2 immunotherapy.
Medicine
Dr Kate Florence Burry
Thesis: Reproductive (In) Justice in the Pacific Islands: Studies on Abortion and Infanticide
Dr David Ross Darley
Thesis: Novel pathophysiologic markers of allograft dysfunction phenotypes and graft survival after lung transplantation
Dr Lisa Ewans
Thesis: An Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing in Mendelian Disorders: Diagnostic Potential and Clinical Utility
Dr Emma Kalena Fletcher
Thesis: Defining the effects of bisphosphonate drugs on tissue-resident macrophages.
Dr Mikhail Gudkov
Thesis: Identification and characterisation of genetic variation in human health and disease
Dr Hui Min Amanda Hor
Thesis: Are GLP-1 Receptor Agonists safe in Prader-Willi Syndrome A detailed investigation on safety and efficacy with a focus on gastric emptying
Dr Christopher James Jara
Thesis: Investigating tolerance of a cross-reactive human autoantibody: Distinguishing self and foreign antigens
Dr Joseph William Mackie
Thesis: The spectrum of inborn errors in STAT3: Impact on cytokine-mediated adaptive immune responses in humans.
Dr Benjamin James McLean
Thesis: Effective Co-Targeting of Fibrotic and Immune Microenvironments to Improve Overall Anti-tumour Response in Models of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Dr Humaira Noor
Thesis: Molecular characterisation of lower-grade glioma and investigation of its genomic aberrations influencing patient prognosis and therapeutic response
Dr Dheeraj Pandey
Thesis: Oral Microbiome Dysbiosis in Head and Neck Cancer: Chemoradiation Therapy and Related Complications
Dr Natalie Natalija Pavlovic
Thesis: Investigating a problematic trilogy: osteoarthritis, obesity and knee or hip arthroplasty
Dr James Matthew Sligar
Thesis: The Importance of Mitochondrial Quality Control for Healthy Ageing
Dr Jennifer Rebecca Snaith
Thesis: Insulin Resistance and Metformin in Type 1 Diabetes
Dr Braulio Mark Valencia Arroyo
Thesis: Host and pathogen genetic determinants of severity and outcome of acute viral infections
Dr Lachlin Vaughan
Thesis: Targeting integrin alpha 5 and focal adhesion kinase to overcome azacitidine resistance in higher risk myelodysplastic syndromes.
Dr Daniel James Wills
Thesis: Thermal exposure during bone drilling are a component of surgical trauma in osteosynthesis
Dr Ian Kwok Jing Wong
Thesis: Anal cancer in people living with HIV
Dr Yi Cheng Zeng
Thesis: Molecular Basis for Promiscuous Substrate Transport and Inhibition in Organic Cation Transporter 1
Medicine (The George Institute)
Dr Samuel Patrick Crosby
Thesis: Opportunities to Reform Australian Clinical Trials’ Ethical and Governance Systems
Dr Sudha Subhadra Kallakuri
Thesis: The acceptability and feasibility of co-designing and implementing an intervention to reduce mental health stigma for adolescents living in an urban slum in India
Dr Violetta Sylvia Korczak
Thesis: Intersection Between Patients Who Present Frequently to the Emergency Department and Low Acuity Presentations: Understanding the Drivers for Demand and Identifying Models of Care
Dr Ebony Lewis
Thesis: Identification of frailty in primary care with a focus on Indigenous populations
Dr Rong Liu
Thesis: Influenza vaccination and cardiovascular diseases, with a focus on China
Dr Justin-Paul Scarr
Thesis: Investigating multisectoral action in the context of drowning prevention
Dr Shangzhi Xiong
Thesis: Leveraging Primary Health Care to Improve Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Management in China
Dr Lizheng Xu
Thesis: Economics of Osteoporotic Fracture Prevention and Care
Dr Tamara Kate Young
Thesis: The Assessment and Management of Complications Arising from the Disordered Calcium Homeostasis of Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr Bonnita Edith Werner
Thesis: The Clinical and Translational Utility of Cell-Free DNA From Ovarian Cancer-Related Ascites
Optometry
Dr Madeeha Afzal
Thesis: Determining the pathogenic traits of Staphylococcus aureus associated with keratitis.
Dr Geetha Sravani Nakka
Thesis: Characterisation of pupillary and accommodative responses for close range tasks
Paediatrics
Dr Katelin Marie Allan
Thesis: Towards Personalised Cystic Fibrosis Medicine: Functional characterisation and targeted therapies for rare CFTR mutations using patient-derived organoids
Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr Gina Chowdhury
Thesis: Understanding Metformin in Heart Failure: Safety, Metabolic Effects and Clinical Perspectives
Dr Sophia Raquel Gilchrist
Thesis: Paraventricular Thalamic Circuitry Associated with Appetitive and Aversive Behaviour
Dr Mark Andrew Kaizik
Thesis: DiTA: a diagnostic test accuracy evidence database for physiotherapists
Dr Samantha Kathleen Millard
Thesis: Unravelling the PAF-Pain Relationship: Modulating Peak Alpha Frequency and Prolonged Pain Sensitivity through Pharmacological and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Approaches
Dr Brendan Wilkins
Thesis: The molecular pharmacology of the orphan G protein-coupled receptor, GPR146
Psychiatry
Dr Chul Kyu Kim
Thesis: Exploring Multi-Omics Profiling and novel Neurotherapeutic Strategies to promote healthy brain ageing with clinical relevance to Alzheimer’s Disease
Dr Annabel Porter Matison
Thesis: Food for thought - Exploring the links between diet, heritability and depression in middle-aged and older adults.
Dr Katherine Kay Petrie
Thesis: Understanding mental ill-health and suicidality among the medical profession in Australia: A synthesis of national evidence
Dr Mei XU
Thesis: Cognitive Effects of Excitatory Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS): An In-Depth Exploration
Public Health and Community Medicine
Dr Fleur Webster
Thesis: Vaccination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia: coverage and critical success factors
Dr Kathryn Thorburn
Thesis: Processes and outcomes of co-design to improve physical health care with mental health consumers in primary care
Dr Christel Macdonald
Thesis: Who gets diverted into treatment Exploring the factors that influence mental health diversion in the NSW Local Court
Vision Science
Dr Janelle Geyin Tong
Thesis: Application of novel techniques enabling detection of early functional deficits in ocular pathologies
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PhD
Psychology
Dr Timothy Justin Hill
Thesis: Neural and behavioural mechanisms of regulated nicotine use
HONORARY DEGREE
Professor Adrienne Torda, Vice Dean and Head, School of Clinical Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine & Health presents to the Vice-Chancellor & President for the admission to the degree of
DOCTOR OF HEALTH CARE Hon.DHlthCare
honoris causa
Professor Kelvin Kong AM