PhD
Taiwo Adebowale
Dunedin
PhD topic: Can early sleep intervention improve mental health and wellbeing in pre-teens?
Supervisors: Jill Haszard, Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Sarah Fortune (Psychological Medicine), Barbara Galland (WC Health)
Email: taiwo.adebowale@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Elisabeth Heath
Dunedin
PhD topic: Preparation for Palliative Care: New Zealand medical and nursing graduates' preparation, self-efficacy and attitudes towards providing palliative and end of life care
Supervisors: Ella Iosua, Richard Egan (Preventive and Social Medicine), Jean Ross, Rob Walker (Medicine)
Email: latli559@student.otago.ac.nz
Fathima Hussain
The Maldives
PhD topic: Equitable health care and Social Justice in the Maldives: a mixed methods exploration of the development of Social Justice related attributes in undergraduate health professional students
Supervisors: Claire Cameron, Chrys Jaye (GP and Rural Health), Tim Stokes (GP and Rural Health), Lauralie Richard (GP and Rural Health)
Email: fathimath.hussain@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Sung Kyong Lee
Dunedin
PhD topic: Intergeneration transmission of health behaviours
Supervisors: Andrew Gray, Bob Hancox (Preventive and Social Medicine)
Email: leeso133@student.otago.ac.nz
Rory Miller
Whangamata
PhD topic: Exploring inequity in outcomes and access to investigations and treatment between metropolitan and rural Aotearoa for people with ischaemic heart disease
Supervisors: Robin Turner, Tim Stokes (GP and Rural Health), Garry Nixon (GP and Rural Health)
Email: milro971@student.otago.ac.nz
Silke Morrison
Dunedin
PhD topic: The effect of mild sleep loss on dietary intake and movement behaviour in children: A randomised cross-over trial
Supervisors: Jill Haszard, Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Barbara Galland (WC Health)
Email: silke.morrison@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Nan Xin Wang
Dunedin
PhD topic: Discretionary sodium intake in the New Zealand population
Supervisors: Claire Cameron, Rachael McLean (Preventive and Social Medicine), Sheila Skeaff (Human Nutrition)
Shay-Ruby Wickham
Dunedin
PhD topic: Examining screen use, sleep and mental well-being in adolescents aged 11-14 years
Supervisors: Jill Haszard, Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Tamlin Conner (Psychology)
Email: shay.wickham@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Tri Nisa Widyastuti
Dunedin
PhD topic: Trends, Determinants and Consequences of Overweight and Obesity in Indonesia: A Longitudinal Study
Supervisors: Robin Turner, Rachael McLean (Preventive and Social Medicine), Helen Harcombe (Preventive and Social Medicine)
Email: widni363@student.otago.ac.nz
Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (DClinDent)
Ceridwen Benn
Wellington
DClinDent topic: Promoting Oral Health in Pregnancy. Exploring the needs of Lead Maternity Care Midwives
Supervisors: Ari Samaranayaka, Graeme Ting (Dentistry)
Email: bence332@student.otago.ac.nz
Beatrice Ng
Dunedin
DClinDent topic: Use and utility of teledentistry in aged residential care facilities in the Otago region of New Zealand
Supervisors: Ari Samaranayaka, Graeme Ting (Dentistry), Moira Smith (UOW)
Email: beatrice.ng@postgrad.otago.ac.nz