CERC PhD Candidates
If you would like to know more about becoming a member of the Collaborative Evaluation and Research Centre, Federation University staff can email CERC@federation.edu.au
| Candidate | Principal Supervisor | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Haris Ahmad | Associate Professor Blake Peck | The Immunogenic and Cognitive Impact of the Use of Probiotic Among Children in Australian Childcare Centres: A Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial |
| Jessy Benny | Professor Joanne Porter | Exploring the Experiences of International Nursing Students during mental health Clinical Placements in Australia: A Mixed Methods Study |
| Jamie Borg | Professor Carolyn Unsworth | Investigating wheeled mobility device stability on public buses using a semi-active containment system |
| Natalie Bransgrove | Professor Joanne Porter | Natalie Bransgrove is a PhD student as part of the DELIVER MRFF funded project. Natalie’s project aim is to improve healthcare at home for older people living in regional and rural areas using a mixed method approach. |
| Trudy Brown | Professor Michael Olasoji | Trudy is looking at the current barriers to achieving optimum sexual and reproductive health in those with serious mental illness and ways to overcome these. |
| Nicole Coombs (Completed April 2024) | Professor Joanne Porter | Nicole's PhD is investigating public health messages provided by emergency nurses during disasters in Australia |
| Amy Cowan | Professor Joanne Porter | The essential elements of effective nursing leadership for developing positive cultures |
| Pritimoy Das | Professor Aziz Rahman | Pritimoy's PhD is investigating non-communicable diseases among migrants in Australia |
| Kerry de Vent | Professor Joanne Porter | Exploration of VAED data to assess home-based care for people aged 65 and over. |
| Natalie Dickson - M Health(Rsch) (Completed December 2023) | Professor Carolyn Unsworth | Assessment of Powered Mobility Device use among Older Australian in Residential Aged Care Facilities |
| Steven Foulds | Dr Dom McNeil | Elite athlete perceptions of effective strength and conditioning coach-athlete relationships |
| Anita Giannis | Professor Joanne Porter | Identify the experiences of female paramedics returning to work on a flexible working arrangements (FWA) post maternity leave. |
| Marufa Hasin | Professor Aziz Rahman | Marufa's PhD is investigating gestational diabetes mellitus among migrant women in Australia |
| Megan Hekkema | Dr Deborah Pascoe | Development of a Sport Management Competency Assessment Tool |
| Susan Hua | Professor Michael Olasoji | Integration of the dynamic appraisal of situational aggression (DASA) and the aggression prevention protocol (APP) into Emergency Department |
| Luis Hualda | Professor Joanne Porter | Investigation into agency as a food security dimension and its implications to public health outcomes in the Latrobe Valley |
| Ting Ting Hui | Professor Michael Olasoji | Improving the physical health of young people with early psychosis: a feasibility study of a co-designed lifestyle intervention in Australia |
| Sahaya Jesto | Professor Michael Olasoji | Evaluating knowledge, attitudes, and perceived experiences of nurses in assessing and managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia pre- and post-educational intervention in a psycho-geriatric unit: A mixed methods interventional study in Australia |
| Shariq Ali Khan | Professor Aziz Rahman | Oral health among the children attending Islamic boarding Schools in Pakistan. |
| Paul Kemel | Professor Joanne Porter | Paul's PhD is looking into the impact that sport participation has on recovery following environmental trauma. |
| Samira Kerbage | Loretta Garvey | Pain management of the sedated and ventilated patients in the intensive care setting: An exploratory study |
| Shingai Mareya | Professor Michael Olasoji | The effectiveness of the Stepped Care Model in delivery of mental health services in Australian primary health care. |
| Beverley Martin | Associate Professor Blake Peck | The impact of yoga on student engagement. The study seeks to understand the role of yoga has on key factors linked to student success and academic performance. |
| Elizabeth Miller (Completed Nov 2023) | Professor Joanne Porter | Elizabeth's PhD is investigating environmental factors within the acute hospital setting - the natural, built, social (behaviour and language), and symbolic environments where people may receive bad news about their life-limiting illness. |
| James Naismith | Kerry Hood | James Naismith's PhD Dissertation is titled Investigating the efficacy of replacing undergraduate nursing clinical placement hours in Australia with simulation hours |
| Marina Necoski | Kerry Hood | Patient physical assessments by newly graduated registered nurses and early patient deterioration |
| Naima Nimmi | Professor Aziz Rahman | Naima's PhD is investigating gestational diabetes amongst migrant women in Australia |
| Danielle Noble | Professor Karen Missen | Registered Nurses perceptions of new graduates nurses being workplace ready. |
| Lucy Osborn | Loretta Garvey | Lucy's PhD is exploring Clinical Competence Assessment in Nursing in Australia. This study seeks to enhance the way competence assessment is completed, ensuring safe practice. |
| Marianne Ota | Professor Danny Hills | Marianne is exploring the experiences of nurse leaders in promoting and maintaining civility in Australian rural and regional health and aged care settings. |
| Parul Parul | Professor Aziz Rahman | Parul's PhD is investigating substance use disorders and psychological intervention |
| Rebecca Peel | Professor Karen Missen | A mixed methods exploration of women’s experience in the emergency department |
| Victoria Petrini | Professor Michael Olasoji | An investigation into the issue of staff recruitment and staff retention in Mental Health Wards across Scotland, UK and Victoria, Australia. |
| Masudus Saleehin | Professor Aziz Rahman | Masudus' PhD is investigating smoking cessation among the migrant general practitioners in Victoria, |
| Hayley Scott (Completed Nov 2024) | Professor Carolyn Unsworth | Hayley is completing her PhD on developing and testing a driving clinical decision pathway to assist non-driver trained occupational therapists to guide return to driving practices for adults following a change in health status |
| Lee Scullion | Dr Meghan Casey | An Exploration of the Relationship Between Game Skills, Fitness Components, and Injury Prevention in Women’s Amateur Australian Football |
| Bekithemba Sibanda | Professor Michael Olasoji | Bekthemba's PhD Dissertation: is titled The Role of Spirituality, Religion and culture on the Mental Health of African Australians: A Phenomenological Study |
| Megan Simic (Completed Oct 2024) | Professor Joanne Porter | Meg is undertaking a PhD exploring the lived experience of emergency department nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Lyn Sudholz | Dr Meghan Casey | Recreational sportswomen’s experience of concussion: understandings of player protocols, post concussion syndrome, treatment and long term impacts |
| Darren Thomas | Dr Meghan Casey | Exploring the Development, Implementation and Effectiveness of Secondary School Sports Academies |
| Christine Trotman | Professor Joanne Porter | Safe at work: The prevention and minimisation of workplace aggression at rural and regional hospitals |
| Bonnie Watt | Professor Carolyn Unsworth | Bonnie's PhD is the Better Transport Inclusivity for all Passengers (Better Trip) Project, improving bus drivers' attitudes, behaviour and communication methods with passengers with disability. |
| Jacqueline Wheatcroft | Professor Carolyn Unsworth | Jacqui's PhD aims to both explore and enhance the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists when planning cognitive rehabilitation for adults with acquired brain injury. |