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Research Higher Degrees Completions

Congratulations to the following students and their supervisors for attaining this significant milestone:


Research Higher Degrees 2011 Completions

  • Rosalind Monteith (Prof Doc, Roger Cook & Susan Moore)
    Women who drink: A study of mature aged women who misuse alcohol
  • Jacqueline Bermingham (Ph.D, Enzo Palombo & Anthony Barton)
    Immunological and biochemical characterization of the NSP4 protein of HRV RV4 and RV5.
  • Fallon Cook (Ph.D, Joseph Ciorciari & Andrew Scholey)
    Assisting children affected by parental separation and exposure to parental conflict.
  • Grant O'Sullivan (Prof Doc, Conrad Perry & Susan Moore)
    Body Image and its impact in Selected Groups of Men
  • Katie Wyman (Prof Doc, Roger Cook & Roslyn Galligan, Ben Williams)
    What therapists bring to therapy: an examination of therapist effects on the alliance and the characteristics which build the therapist-client alliance.


Research Higher Degrees 2010 Completions

  • Adele Carmady (Prof Doc, Counselling, Ann Knowles and Greg Murray)
    An Exploration of Psychological Characteristics of People Seeking Relationship Counselling in an Australian Clinical Setting
  • Jane Dunkley (Prof Doc, Clinical, Glen Bates and Bruce Findlay)
    Understanding adaptation of first episode psychosis: Trauma and growth responses
  • Karen Johnson (Prof Doc, Counselling, Bruce Findlay and Roger Cook)
    Predicting the Relationship Satisfaction of Couples with Dependent Children: The Impact of Attachment, Conflict Styles and Emotional Intelligence
  • Preethi Krishnan (Prof Doc, Counselling, Glen Bates and Emiko Kashima)
    The role of expectancies and negative affect on alcohol consumption and the factors that influence motivation to change problem drinking behaviour and treatment outcome in an Indian context
  • Maureen Pianta (Prof Doc, Counselling, Bruce Findlay and Simon Knowles)
    The Roles of Spirituality, Hope and Social Support as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
  • Mona Merhej Moussa (PhD, Glen Bates and Mike Kyrios)
    An Investigation of Lebanese Students' Reactions, Cognitive Processing, Coping Strategies and Quest for Meaning Following the 2006 War and Post-War Events in Lebanon
  • Rosemary Panelli (PhD, Susan Moore and Terrence O'Brien)
    The first Seizure Clinic: Psychosocial characteristics of patients and the effect of an epilepsy support program
  • Huimei Wu (PhD, Mrinal Bhave and Russell Crawford)
    Characterisation of genes encoding cyclophilins and protein disulphide isomerases in cereals
  • Mark Ziemann (PhD, Mrinal Bhave and Sabine Zachgo)
    Exploring the roles of FK506-binding proteins in chloroplast function and plant development
  • Julia Lamborn (PhD, Ian Harding and Mike Connor)
    Modelling Landfill Degradation Behaviour
  • Danielle Tilmanis, (PhD, Enzo Palombo and Russell Crawford)
    Growth and Therapeutic Properties of Agaricus blazei
  • Christopher Baker (Ph.D, ISR, Michael Gilding & Michael Liffman & Karen Farquharson)
    Estate Transmission and Post Mortem Charitable Giving in Australia
  • Loretta Bell (Prof Doc, Counselling, Glen Bates & Roslyn Galligan)
    Impairment in autobiographical memory in women with post-traumatic stress disorder: a comparative analysis of autobiographical specificity, central executive functioning and self-concept clarity.
  • Clare-Louise Brumley (Ph.D, EBC, John Patterson & Louise Dunn)
    Evolutionary Nutrition and Optimal Human Health: An Integrative Perspective for Contemporary Australia.
  • Matthew Currie (Prof Doc, Clinical, Catherine Wood & Glen Bates)
    Aggression Replacement Training (ART): An Australian youth justice
  • Luke Downey (Ph.D, BSI, Con Stough & Grant Devilly)
    The psychological determinants rugby union player performance.
  • Jacques Duff (Ph.D, BSI, Richard Silberstein & Frederick Jarman)
    Changes in Brain Electrical Activity of Boys with ADHD following Neurotherapy.
  • Deborah Eyles (Ph.D, Psychology, Glen Bates & Christine Critchley)
    The predictors and pathways of depression in an Australian sample of early adolescents
  • Rosemary Higgins (Prof Doc, Health, Elizabeth Hardie & Marian Worcester)
    Factors related to spontaneous changes in fat intake and physical activity after coronary angioplasty
  • Matthew Marques (Ph.D, HASS, Christine Critchley & Elizabeth Hardie)
    An Examination of Intellectualism and The Tall Poppy Syndrome in The Australian Context: Investigating Attitudes towards Scientists using a Values Framework and Contextual Information.
  • David Prater (Ph.D, ISR, Julian Thomas & Denise Meredyth)
    Bonfire of the Vanity Presses: Self-Publishing in the Field of Australian Poetry - Exegesis and Artefact.
  • Jacqueline Tracey (Prof Doc, Counselling, Roger Cook & Susan Moore)
    An exploration of the psychological experiences of commissioning gestational surrogate couple.
  • Susan Wheeler (Prof Doc, Counselling, Bruce Findlay & Greg Murray)
    An exploration of secondary trauma effects in members of the Victorian Police Force
  • Wendy Stone (Ph.D, Kathleen Hulse & Denise Meredyth)
    Downshifting and housing: How changing consumption patterns relate to housing in contemporary Australia
  • Lai Cheng Chan (Ph.D, Prof Glen Bates & Susan Moore)
  • Sheau Tsuey Chong (Ph.D, Karen Farquharson & Katharine Betts)
    Young Australians: Building Social Capital Through Membership of Organised Groups
  • Peter Gollan (Ph.D, Mrinal Bhave & Patrick Romano)
    Exploring the roles of FK506-binding proteins in chloroplast function and plant development.
  • Gordon McCaskie (Masters, Peter Love & David Hayward)
    Brian Boyd: a Biography of a Trade Unionist.
  • Mona Merhej Moussa (Ph.D, Glen Bates)
  • Shee Ping Ng (Ph.D, Mrinal Bhave & Enzo Palombo)
    Genetic systems encoding heavy metal resistance and/or transport in Achromobacter sp.strain AO22 and their applications in environmental biotechnology.
  • Gordana Bruce (Ph.D, Elizabeth Hardie & Bruce Findlay)
    Living with heart disease: The impact of a cardiac event on patients and their partners.
  • Peter Eide (Ph.D, Con Stough & Pradeep Nathan)
    Personality, Neuropsychology and Brain Electrical Activity in Unmedicated Patients with Major Depression.
  • Barry Hancock (Ph.D, Peter Love & David Hayward)
    Watershed or Water Shared? An Inquiry into the Politics of Rural Water Allocations in Victoria.
  • Jackson Mahr (Ph.D, Mark Finn & Trevor Barr)
    Brand Europe? An Analysis of the Interactions between Brands, Media, and National Cultures.
  • Vivien Silbert (Ph.D, Glen Bates & Naomi Crafti)
    Three degrees of separation: Processes and Outcomes in intergenerational transmission of trauma in second and third generation Holocaust survivors.