Fourth year medical student projects, Department of Public Health

Below is a list of fourth year undergraduate public health projects.

2018

• Ellie Baxter, Emilie Butterfield, Sam Colenutt, Sophie Dyhrberg, Louise Griffin, Richard Guttenbeil, Josiah Hodson, Maartje Jans, Shiva Kalyanasundaram, Bree-Anna Langton, Fiona Macdonald, Shamus Moffatt, Michael Parsons, Esther Pinfold, Kealey-Rei Sanford, Jared Smiler, Cameron Toogood and Andrew Wong. Harm Reduction Strategies for Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in the Wider Wellington Region. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2018.
• Kirsty Sutherland, Johanna Nee-Nee, Rebecca Holland, Miriam Wilson, Samuel Ackland, Claudia Bocock, Abbey Cartmell, Jack Earp, Christina Grove, Charlotte Hewson, Will Jefferies, Lucy Keefe, Jamie Lockyer, Saloni Patel, Miguel Quintans, Michael Robbie, Lauren Teape, Jess Yang. Now we see them, now we don't: Tobacco pack display in New Zealand after the introduction of standardised packaging. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2018.
• Amy Van der Sluis, Apollonia Tay, Ashwin Gangisetty, Ben Lie, Eliza Mudgway, Fynn Campbell-Bowden, Grace Williams, Josh Tomlinson, Kathryn Hippolite, Kirshni Bhula, Kirsten McCashin, Neeraj Khatri, Niket Shah, Oliver Dugena, Raymond Phang, Sean Read, Serena Huang, Toni Anitelea, Vanujan Jayananthan. Towards Environmental Sustainability - Attitudes, practices, and possibilities for the future in the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2018.
• Laken Baker, Harrison Bedel, Louise Calder, Timothy Colson, Jamie Go, Lauren Hubbard, Eden Hawkins, Sophie Janssen, Ana Keall-Neches, Andrew Leighs, Naomi Looker, Zung Mai, Bridget Moral, James Overell, Rose Melchers, Rebecca Stanley, Grace Tylee, Bailey Van Marrewijk. They're Our Whanau. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2018.
• Hannah Bartlett, Eilish Buckley, Adam Cameron, Adam Faatoese, Carys Finlayson, Sophie Gandh1, Vivian Gu, Aimi Hj Zulkipli, Virginia Irwin, Dwayne Jones, Brooke Leota, Kimberley Low, Naomi Mendoza, Shanella Nallaiah, Benjamin Parsons, Natalie Ruddlesden, Patrick Sinclair, Julia Whyte, Simon Wong. A Public Health Day for NZ - Has it's time come. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2018.
• Lucy Allison, Abhinav Bhasin, Kimberley Choi, Agnes Wing Chu, Karl Grice, Alice Hay, Stephanie Huang, Ellie-May Jarvis, Bridie Laing, Alexandra Lewis, Brad Martin, Rebecca Moriarty, Tobi Obafemi, Prish Rajendra, James Simpson, Albertina Tay, Tevita Vaipuna, Anne Yang. Kids Online - A Pilot Study - Testing a method for recording children's online world and the harmful marketing in it. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2018.

2017

• Guy Bennett, Alesha Bosson, Phoebe Butler-Munro, Kate Chatfield, Devin Farmery, Samuel Gladwin, Phillipa Hawke, Christina Khouri, Binura Lekamalage, Hannah Liggins, Luke McCulloch, Hogan McKee, Jack Mellor, Michaela Mullen, Peter Newman, Sariah Ratford, Hayden Smith, Dominique Verschuur. Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm in Wellington's Entertainment Precinct. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2017.
• Timothy Galt, Sabrina Koh, Max Hardie Boys, Dhenisha Dahya, Devon Winders, Rita Kettoola, Emily Fiennes, Mikayla Barnett, Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith, Felicia Joe, Shaina Pinares Garcia, Silabhakta Livirya, Gobi Ou, Andy Robinson, Sarah Hulme-Moir, Logan Clarricoats. Kids'Cam Tonga 2017: Looking at Health in Tonga from a Child's Eye View. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2017 NB: this report has already had a journal article published.
• Kailash Bahirathan, Angela Bauman, Chok Chan, Dahi Choi, Brytt Frunt, Namratha Giridharan, Emma Gray, Maira Haimona, Libby Kofoed, Rex Liao, Maggie Lin, Sean McPetrie, Nick Parish, Bianca Prendergast, Abhinav Swarup, Andy Yeomans. Living Under The Health Protection Umbrella – Should We Be Worried? Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2017.NB: this report has two appendices – here (Quantitative) and here (Qualitative)
• James Berry, Liam Cairns, Katherine Court, Sascha Feary, Hanisah Han, Isabelle Hunt, Tariq Kader, Bernard Kean, Prashant Lakshman, Brooke Leota, Ben Lockwood, Arron Miller, Lura NehrenSmith, Simon Powell, Luke Rolfe, Liezel Söhnge, Stevie Waerea and Kimiko Withrington. Kimihia Ngā Whare Māori Ōranga Pai Towards Healthy Māori Rental Housing: Māori Renter's Views on Renting in the Wellington Region. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2017.
• Sarah Logan, Sarah Twine, Georgia Bromiley, Holly Curtis, Brian Dunne, Christina Gordon, Dominika Van, Iffah A.Kahar, Jack Roberts, Josh Nicholson, Kieran Blackmore, Lachy Harrison, Laura Sandbrook, Liam McGruddy, Megan Janes, Mumtazah Ghazali, Mike Whiley, Sally Lee. Factors Influencing the Smoking Status of Ex-Prisoners Reintegrating into the Community After Release. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2017.
• Barry H, Brockway G, Chester A, Domanski N, Gee W, Glass C, Gray TM, Knight T, Lin Z, McGregor J, McMillan L, Neville J, Paintin E, Ridha M, Tinawi G, Vaeau T. What's on the Bottle: Study of Health Warning Labels on Alcoholic Beverages on the New Zealand Market. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2017. NB this project has been published in Drug and Alcohol Review. See media release and Youtube clip.

2016

• Kate Seddon, Zoë Vincent, Luke Weaver-Mikaere , Adrienne Morales, Simone Besseling, Matthew O'Sullivan, Emily Cartmell, Shaina Pinares Garcia, Grant Crane, Laurie Renwick, Jonathan Feki, Elyssa Tan, Nicola Guy, Geoff Hoggins, Benjamin Keren, Jake Aitken, Jacob Arahill. Disasters Causing Mass Fatalities in New Zealand 1900-2015: The Basic Descriptive Epidemiology. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2016
• Philip Allan, Harriet Baxter, Kathleen Brown, Fiona Chan, Luke Donaldson, James Gilling, Ryan Hill, Robbie Jaine, Florence Lim, Rebecca Lyons, Kyriakos Matsis, Olivia Nicholson, Chloe Palmer, Ron Puni, Mitchell Rose, Robina Stevens, Jack Tapsell & Michael Yip. Two reports:
  Report 1: Consumer attitudes towards food labelling- Is chicken literacy a solution for campylobacteriosis, Report 2: A discussion of labels as a vector for food information. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2016
• Anna Barry, Liam Gray, Emma Wilson, Fakhriyah Alikhan, Caitlin Carter, Isabella Chan, Thomas Dyce, Laura Elliot, Kevin Fong, Steffanie Jury, Hamish Louis, Hazirah Othman, Sofie Rose, Jong Shin, Elysia Tan, Hilary Watson, Madeleine Wilson, Tom Yang. Trade offs and solutions: Investigating Survival Strategies and Decision-making to Mediate the Effects of Poverty in Whānau. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2016
• Thomas Aitken, Michelle Bai, Richard Bell, Liam Christopher, Stefanie Dixon,Gabrielle Farley, Katie Hoeksema, Jaron Huang, Carl Lin Liew, Steve Miller,Jordan O'Neill, Edward Palmer, Barney Rathnayaka, Matthew Russell,Paige Simpson and Neil Van Geest. Is Film Misleading Young Adults About Traumatic Brain Injury? Investigating misconceptions about Traumatic Brain Injury in young adults and the portrayal of head injuries in popular film.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2016
• Lavan Sivaraja, Alana Chamberlain, Yaechan Ju, Tommy Loeffen-Gallagher, Hamed Al-Busaidi, Fabian Barrett, Lily Boothman-Burrell, Francesca Dalzell, Jordan Felderhof, Albert Hailes, Catherine Midgley, Nicholas On, Mike Peebles, Holly Pittar, Ali Sarfarazi, Nikeeta Unka, Laura Upton, Kavindu Weerasekera, Hope Yuan. Traffic Related Air Pollution: Perceptions in Wellington.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2016
• Hermaleigh Townsley, Rowena Woodhams, Samuel Ackland, Adilya Arslanova, Matthew Beaumont, Michael Catterall, Grace Chia, Kate Evans, Nicole Gledhill, Alex Howie, Zoe Lahood, Harriet Marshall, Caitlin Mountfort, Mercy Moxham, Izzan Pengiran Abu Bakar Sani, Claire Richardson, Amelia Shaw, Bryce Watson. Achievement of Ministry of Health smoking cessation targets at Hutt Hospital.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2016

2015

• Chris Arthur, Leah Boyle, Kieran Bunn, Saskia Campbell, Megan Chatfield, Harry Clegg, Jacob Collins, Ryan Cullen, Holly Egan, Daniel Fouhy, Alex Hedley, Markus Ho, Nicholas Jones, Richard Kennedy, George Lin, Amber McLean. Watching What You Eat: a snapshot of food marketing and availability in New Zealand schools.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2015
• K. Scorringe, S. Wheeler, M. Bin Ismail, T. Pett, D. Wood, S. Siljee, G. Ross, S. Yu, V. Tan, G. Shaw, Q. Nokman, T. Wijeweera, S. Stevens, R. Puni and R. Wong. He Takatapui noa ahau. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2015
• Alexandra C Carswell, Niamh F Hammond, Wan N Ab-Halim, Olivia P Badcock, Georgia TA Brownlee, Sarah MJ Bush, Samuel CD Clark, Shaun G Collings, Sarah AL Cox, Jhanvi A Dholakia, Amelia A Eddowes, Timothy J Foster, Auzita Irani, Tom A Judd, Georgina LE Kioa. Costs of Childhood Hospitalisation for Asthma. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2015
• Raja Patel, Lucy Sulzberger, Grace Li, Jonny Mair, Hannah Morley, Merryn Ng-Wai Shing, Charlotte O'Leary, Asha Prakash, Nicholas Robilliard, Merrin Rutherford, Caitlin Sharpe, Caroline Shie, Logitha Sritharan, Julia Turnbull, Imogen Whyte and Helen Yu. Is That APP-propriate? Apps for Weight Loss and Smoking Cessation: A Review and Quality Assessment.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2015
• Joshua Smith, Bonnie White, Ashleigh Parrott, Printha Ramachandran, Daniel Scott, Emily Woodhouse, Jess Nairn, Natalie Olds, Sophia Sherwood, Dayna Tafatu, Wendy Zhu, Rosalind Poulgrain, Shreeja Mehrotra, Joshua Stewart, Hinerangi Temara, Sophie Wilkinson. Barriers and enablers to uptake of folic acid fortification of bread in New Zealand: An investigation into the alignment of manufacturer and consumer positions on the necessity, safety, and ethics of fortification.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2015
• Ahmad Fauzul Ayob, Roza Brajkovich-Payne, Madeleine Burton, Olivia Carleton, Christopher Clews (Team Leader), Julie Cook, Charlotte Deroles, Emily Dwight, Ruby Faulkner, Mary Furniss, Anahera Herewini, Daymen Huband, Nerissa Jones, Cho Wool Kim, Alice Li and Chuan Li Lu. The Power of Exposure. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2015.

2014

• Jordan Aitcheson, Kylie Allison, Mohammed Alsinan, Jordan Baldwin, Abigail Boyer, Aterea-James Brown, Nina Chambers, Philip Dabrowski, Charlotte Duley, Michael Fleete, Bridget Gilmour, Henry Gribben, Helena Halley, Daniel Hermann, Dylan Hohepa, Sophie Kyrke-Smith, Anwen Maddock, Sunniva Jones. Through the Looking Glass: A Snapshot of Kiwi Kids' Environment.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2014
• Matt Lewis, Hinewaiora McCleery, Blake Moore, Caroline Newson, Patrick O'Regan, Rosie Parker, Kavita Rao, Olivia Robb, William Shelker, Alexandra Skerten, Grace Spratt, Victoria Tafatu, Isaac Tranter-Entwistle, Zaineb Ukra, Josh Wakem, Zoe Webster, Nicholas Wightman, Amber-Jane Wood. Kia Piki te Ora o Ngā Whānau: A study on whānau access to effective healthcare.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2014
• Charlotte Legge, Katie Allen, Mohammed Alqassab, Oliver Armstrong-Scott, David Bellamy, Madison Brown, Anita Chandler, Karl de Silva, Michael English, Cobi Fredric, Chynna Gleeson, Theo Gudex, Michael Harrington, Ryan Hill, Faye Hudson, Sumedh Kanade, Emily Keane, Brooke Knightbridge. The daily grind of cafe cacophony: noisy cafes and social exclusion. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2014.
• Group A1. Is the Island Bay-City Cycleway a valid approach to Climate Change Mitigation?Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2014.
• Merryn Wilson-van Duin, Jono Murtagh, Stefan van Ryn, Henry Schofield, Div Panesar, Ethan Ward, Rosie Whiting, Connor Oliver-Rose, Zhou Wu, Amanda Speed, Scott Rieper, Vidit Singh, Sara Trafford, Harriet Pengelly, Natasha Martin, Hugh McHugh, Rhona Strachan, Te Kahui Tapsell. Cigarette Package Placement at Outdoor Bars/Cafés in Wellington in the Period Prior to Plain Packaging Legislation. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2014.

2013

• Jacky Chan, Tristan Burnett, Ranui Baillie, Sophia Blomfield, Peter Cameron-Cristie, James Dickson, William Fleishl, Swetaa Ghandi, Katherine Gordon, Jaewon Heo, Agata Kesy, Alex Yu Kao, Christopher Kenny and Amy Knight. “Should We Take This Outside?” Is banning smoking in outdoor areas the next step towards a Smokefree New Zealand? Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2013
• Phillip de Latour, Gabrielle Kemp, Nohoana Findlay, Angela Halim, Nicola Atkinson, Mark Chong, Rose Cameron, Courtney Brown, Grace Kim, Paul Campbell, Toby Hills, Aditya Jayawant, Matthew Chae, Chiranth Bhagavan, Claire French. Thirsty In Suburbia: An Investigation Into Public Drinking Fountain Provision In The Greater Wellington Region. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2013
• Asanga Nanayakkara, Ben Mcbreen, Kate Margetts, Jessica Mead, James Mehrtens, Morgan Pengelly, Rebecca Prowse, Nirmalie Rupasinghe, Rianda Roets, Dave Small, Georgia Stewart, Coran Turner, Bridget Walker, Pieta Winter, Renee Yetton. Wikileeks: Digging up Secrets of Fruit and Vegetable Prices at Markets and Supermarkets in Wellington and Christchurch. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2013.

2012

• Alice Ma, Mary McWatters, Sandeep Naik, Julia O'Flaherty, Nurasiah PG Omar, Nishanthan Ramachandran, Riley Riddell, Brigit Ross, Katie Shillito, Nippun Sofat, Tarucilla Tatui, Jennifer Walker, Tom Wilkinson, Joel Winstanley, Jess Yager. Calling the shots. HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer: Analysis of Risk Percpetion amongst Young Women and Influences on Parental Decline. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2012.
• Asim Abdulhamid, Abdulrahman Albabtain, Matthew Beard, Justin Brimble, Adam Campbell, Georgina Denning-Kemp, Sijing Feng, Karl Geiringer, Mohamad Haminudin, Jessica Hunter, Ashton Kelly, Natasha Kunac, Peny Lin, Nicole Lundon. Kiwi Pride? A Snapshot of Wellington Paediatric Admissions, an Audit of Potential Risk Factors in Child Hospitalisation. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2012.
• Rebecca McLean, Jesse Mills, Aimee Norman, Lewanna Pentecost, Rosanna Rahman, Madeline Rhind, Lloyd Roffe, Kelly Smith, Neil Stewart, Shea Timoko-Barnes, Sophie Wagner, Jeremy Wild, Elizabeth Wilson, Zhou Wu. Bringing You Up To Speed: A Health and Economic Model of the Effects of Raising the Speed Limit on New Zealand State Highways and Motorways from 100km/h to 110km/h. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2012.
• Christopher Drury, Zeid Abussaud, Georgina Allison, Ekta Bhindi, Jessie Bustard, Joshua Chamberlain, Midori Fujino, Hamish Green, Leslie Harding, Ruth Ironside, Laura Judge, Kathleen Kerse, Emma Laing, Benjamin Liu. Mobile Phone use while Driving after a New Law: Observational study. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2012.
• Angela Aitken, Hamish Anderson, Sophie Bridge, Hayley Cameron, Ciaran Edwards, Robert Fyfe, Frederick Gudex, Alice Hickey, Anna Johnston, Dalit Kaur, Dhara Knight, Yi-Wen Liao, Rebecca Little, Anna Marshall. Hi Viz: The Way to G(l)o? An Investigation of Motorcycle Rider Use of and Attitudes Towards High Visibility Gear. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2012.
• Susan Meredith, John Ngui, Kyle Paton, Matt Radford, Amber-Lea Rerekura, Guy Riley, Nikhil Sharma, Bijia Shi, Guy Smith, Fredda Steiner, Emma Thompson, Louise Unsworth, Isla Wignall, Gregor Willox, Joshua Wood. He Koha Aroha: A study in the area of Māori suicide prevention strategies. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2012.

2011

• Mark Cleghorn, Shannon Carter, Christabel Logan, Justin Mathews, Riana Calman, Mohd Faizal Ahmad, Marilyn Boo, Oliver Ball, Brierley Emmett, Marshneil Gonsalves, Miriam Jobson, Mollie Kain, Sylvia Kwang, James Mitchell, Farrael Mohd Azmin. Growing Individuals, Growing Communities. Well-being outcomes of participating in ecological restoration and community gardening initiatives.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, 2011.
• John Mortimer, Sue Hui Ong, Cynthia O'Sullivan, Natasha Perinpanayagam, Aizat Rosli, Sam Schriek, Pooja Singh, Teresa Stempa, Matthew Stretton, Katherine Tse, Daniel Wellington, Sharon Pik Shan Wong, Sai Tim Yam, Zhafri ZulkifliAn. Investigation of the Health Implications of the Wellington Northern Corridor Development: A Health Impact Assessment. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2011.
• Farhan Ab Razak, Siti Mardiah Alias, Ryan Barber, Ashleigh Brown, Kate Campbell, Elizabeth Dickie, Farhan Fader, Ashley Hooper, Emma Jones, Neal Kerr, Ayman Khan, Nicola Lange, Rose Longhurst, Ann-Marie Mekhail & Mohamad Hanib Mohamad Firdaus. Shining a light on sunbeds; The attitudes of NZ youth to sunbed use and tanning. Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2011.
• Nurulain Mohd Arif Leow, Ahmad Bukhari Muhammad Nor, Qi Haq Ong, Crispin Ovenden, Caitlyn O'Fallon, Caitlin O'Rourke, Ari Pfeiffenberger, Jessie Rowsell, Armit Singh, Emma Stevenson, Sue Todd, Geoff White, Clare Wilson, Alex Wynne. One Heart Many Lives Evaluation Report.Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, 2011.