2023
Student: Jaslyn Kee
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: The Clinical Application of Pharmacogenetics in Understanding Drug Response
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Simone Cree, Dr Paul Chin
2019
Student: Priyanka Sinha
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Transcriptional effects of mood stabiliser drugs in a serotonergic cell line
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Associate Professor John Pearson, Dr Simone Cree
2016
Student: Dr Sarah Appleby (Jodczyk)
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Telomere length as a putative biomarker of health and disease
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Mark Hampton, Associate Professor John Pearson
Student: Dr Aaron Stevens
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: The interaction of G-Quadruplex DNA structure and cytosine methylation
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Simon Cree
2015
Student: Dr Eng Wee Chua
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Understanding Adverse Drug Reactions Using Genomic Sequencing
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Ruth Savage, Professor Murray Barclay
2011
Student: Dr Sarah Deng
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Gene regulation by antidepressant drugs
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Peter Joyce
Student: Dr Alice Johnstone
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Implications for drug addiction development from expressional analyses of rattus norvegicus striatal tissue following methamphetamine and benzylpiperazine exposure
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Rod Lea (ESR)
Student: Dr Amy (Marshall) Osborne
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Assessment of genetic variation in the threatened New Zealand sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri, and its association with fitness
Supervisors: Professor Neil Gemmell, Professor Martin Kennedy
2009
Student: Dr Michael Bland
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Genetic and functional analysis of novel serotonergic candidate genes in psychiatric disorders
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Peter Joyce, Dr Rebecca Roberts
Student: Dylan Glubb
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Allelic expression patterns in psychiatric candidate genes
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Peter Joyce
2008
Student: Dr Selma Stuffrein-Roberts
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Genetic and functional analysis of novel serotonergic candidate genes in psychiatric disorders
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Vicky Cameron, Dr Michael Eccles
2007
Student: Dr Matthew Littlejohn
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Pharmacogenetics of the B2 adrenergic receptor and related molecules
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Robin Taylor
2006
Student: Dr Patrick McHugh
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: A cellular model for investigating antidepressant pharmacogenomics
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Peter Joyce, Dr Geraldine Rogers
2005
Student: Dr Vickie Hanrahan
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: A cellular model for investigating antidepressant pharmacogenomics
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Stephen Brennan, Dr Geraldine Rogers
2001
Student: Dr Louise Neville
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: Gene trapping in mouse embryonic stem cells
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Vicky Cameron
Student: Dr Rebecca Roberts
Degree: PhD
Thesis title: The clinical relevance of genetic polymorphisms in cytochrome P450 enzymes and drug transporter proteins
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Evan Begg, Professor Peter Joyce
2018
Student: Jessie Chang
Degree: BBiomedSc(Hons)
Thesis title: Targeted enrichment and Nanopore sequencing of RNA transcripts from breast cancer risk genes
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Associate Professor Logan Walker, Dr Simone Cree, Associate Professor John Pearson
2016
Student: Rosie Burn
Degree: BBiomedSc(Hons)
Thesis title: A validation study to detect markers of proliferation adequacy in the endometrium
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Gloria Evans, Professor John Evans
Student: Lucy de Jong
Degree: BBiomedSc(Hons)
Thesis title: Diagnostic applications of a Nanopore sequencing device
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Logan Walker, Dr Simone Cree
2015
Student: Millie Taylor
Degree: BBiomedSc(Hons)
Thesis title: Impact of G-quadruplex structures and DNA methylation on allelic drop-out during in vitro amplification of imprinted genes
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Simone Cree
2011
Student: Sarah Jodczyk
Degree: BBiomedSc(Hons)
Thesis title: Establishment and validation of a telomere length assay
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy
2010
Student: Andrew Gibb
Degree: BBiomedSc(Hons)
Thesis title: Does promoter variation in the USP46 gene influence antidepressant response?
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy
2002
Student: Melanie Allington
Degree: DipMLSci
Thesis title: Bone marrow transplantation in a mouse model of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Suypervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Geraldine Rogers
Student: Roy Hopkins
Degree: MSc
Thesis title: Variation within the promoter region of the murine serotonin transporter (Slc6a4) gene
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Professor Peter Joyce
1995
Student: Wendy Fifield
Degree: BSc(Hons)
Thesis title: Development of screening procedures to identify targeted knockouts in the murine adrenoleukodystrophy gene
Supervisors: Professor Martin Kennedy, Dr Peter Crossen
1993
Student: John Ah-Chan
Degree: BMedSci
Thesis title: Telomere mediated chromosome fragmentation
Supervisors: Prof Martin Kennedy
2018-19 Jessie Chang
2018-19 Oscar Graham
2018-19 Eva Mulder
2017-18 Isabelle Chai
2016-17 Sarah Heath
2015-16 Lucy de Jong
2013-14 Leon Smyth
2012-13 Leon Smyth
2011-12 Sarah Jodczyk
2011-12 Aaron Stevens
2010-11 Andrew Gibb
2010-11 James Hadfield
2009-10 Peter Cameron-Christie
2007-08 Emma Carter
2005-06 Tony Harley
2004-05 Dylan Glubb
2004-05 Tony Harley
2002-03 Michael Bland
2001-02 Himanshu Bhatia
2001-02 Laura Joyce
2000-01 Roy Hopkins
2000-01 Laura Joyce
2000-01 Matthew Littlejohn
2000-01 Jordan Wood
1999-00 Jordan Wood
1995-96 Karen Barwell
1994-95 Wendy Fifield
1994-95 Louise Neville