STUDENT PROJECTS

CAREERS

 

Here are the projects undertaken by current PhD students at WCHRI

 


APPLIED NUTRITION

PhD

Dominique Condo

To assess maternal iodine intake and status in pregnancy and their relationship with breast milk iodine concentration, iodine status and thyroid function of the children.

 

Nicola Gawlik

 

The effect of DHA supplementation on the language development of young children: a follow up of a randomised controlled trial.

 

Jacky Gould

 

 

Follow-up investigation whether maternal supplementation with DHA enhances development of attention and mental flexibility in early childhood.

 

Anoja Gunaratne

 

Maternal dietary interventions to reduce allergy risk in children.

 

Lenka Malek

Explore attitudes, knowledge and practices of women regarding diet and dietary supplement from preconception through to pregnancy and lactation.

 

 

Merryn Netting

 

Egg Allergy and Egg Allergenicity.

Jessica Reid

 

Determining the optimum macronutrient balance of the preterm infant diet.

 

 

CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

PhD

Victoria Leitch

 

Changing the face of craniosynostosis.

 

 

LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

PhD

Shriram Nath

 

Investigation of the interaction of leukemic cells and the bone marrow stroma in childhood ALL.

 

 

 


MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

PhD

Stephen Pederson

 

The search for genes under regulatory control of Foxp3, and their role in lineage specification for regulatory T cells.

 

Natasha McInnes

 

Investigating the role of the transcription factor FOXP3 in breast cancer.

 

 
 

WOUND HEALING

PhD

 

Alex Cameron

The role of Flightless protein in hypertrophic scarring and it's potential as a therapeutic target.

 

Tony Lin

Role of Flightless I in foetal wound repair.

 

Nadira Ruzehaji The role of Flightless I protein in diabetic wound healing.