Our students

PhD

Ms Patty Chondros
Thesis: The design and analysis of pair-matched cluster randomised trials.
Supervisors: Prof John Carlin, Dr Obioha Ukoumunne & Prof Jane Gunn

Ms Sandra Davidson
Thesis: A model of professionally based social support for patients with depression.
Supervisors: Prof Jane Gunn & Prof Christopher Dowrick

Dr Caroline Johnson
Thesis: An exploration of monitoring depression in the general practice setting.
Supervisors: Prof Jane Gunn & Dr Renata Kokanovic

Ms Tanya Koolmatrie
Thesis: Understanding the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal Women after Childbirth
Supervisors: A/Prof Stephane Brown, Dr Yin Paradies and Ms Lyn McInnes

Dr Ruth McNair
Thesis: Disclosure and attitudes to lesbians: outcomes in General Practice (DIALOG).
Supervisors: A/Prof Kelsey Hegarty & Dr Angela Taft

Ms Anita Morris
Thesis: Safety and Resilience at Home: voices of children who live with fear
Supervisor: A/Prof Kelsey Hegarty

Mrs Susan Perlen
Thesis: Changing policy and maternity care: Exploring women's and clinicians' views and perceptions about smoking in pregnancy using mixed methods.
Supervisors: A/Prof Stephanie Borwn, Dr Jane Yelland and Ms Susan Donath

Dr Kate Robins-Browne
Thesis: Future Medical Decision Making for Older People.
Supervisors: A/Prof Kelsey Hegarty, Dr Rhian Parker, Prof Sanchia Aranda & Prof Paul Komesaroff

Ms Donna Southern
Thesis: The development and validation of a measure of lay-reported quality for Australian General Practice.
Supervisors: Prof Jane Gunn & A/Prof Graeme Hawthorne

Mr Hagen Tuschke
Thesis: Gendered Nature of Occupational Violence in Australian Primary Care
Supervisor: A/Prof Kelsey Hegarty & Prof Gerry Farrell (La Trobe University)

Ms Cathy Watson
Thesis: The use of alternative therapies with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC)
Supervisors: Dr Marie Pirotta, Suzanne Garland (RWH) & Kit Fairley (MSHC)

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Doctor of Medicine

No current students

Master of Medicine (Research)

Dr Paul Grinzi
Thesis: How well prepared are our future GPs for managing patients with alcohol-related problems?
Supervisor: Dr Lena Sanci

Dr Christine Longman
Thesis: Evaluation of General Practice pharmacotherapy training program.
Supervisors: Dr Meredith Temple-Smith, Dr Nicholas Lintzeris & Dr Gail Gilchrist

Dr Claudio Villella
Thesis: Do they get there? What happens to young people with drug and alcohol and/or mental health issues when they leave detention in Melbourne.
Supervisor: Dr Lena Sanci

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Master of Primary Health Care (Research)

Ms Verity Newnham
Thesis: The barriers, enablers and current practices of primary care nurses in implementing ‘youth friendly’ practice and developing general practice networks.
Supervisor: Dr Lena Sanci

Dr Anne Stephenson
Thesis: What is the impact on social networks for health and wellbeing of developing a social/physical activity club in a rural coastal town?
Supervisors: Dr Lena Sanci & Dr Lucio Naccarella

Ms Susan Webster
Thesis: General Practice health assessment of children and young people in out-of-home care.
Supervisor: Dr Meredith Temple-Smith

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Master of Public Health (Primary Care Research Report)

No current students

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Advanced Medical Science (AMS)

2009/2010 Students

No current students

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Alumni

Completed

Dr Elizabeth Deveny
Thesis: When computing meets the clinic: Prescribing Decisions in Australian General Practice.
Award: PhD (2003)

Dr John Furler
Thesis: Theorising inequality in general practice: exploring the role of socio-economic status and class in the experiences of GPs and patients in diabetes care.
Award: PhD (2007)

Dr Cathy Hutton
Thesis: Does the length of consultation in General Practice improve outcomes in the management of depression?
Award: Primary Care Research Report (2006)

Dr Heather McGarry
Thesis: Management of depression in general practice.
Award: Master of Medicine (Research) (2004)

Dr Carreen Jansen
Thesis: An exploratory study investigating the use of opioid maintenance therapy in general practice.
Award: Master of Medicine (Research) (2008)

Dr Lucio Naccarella
Thesis: Measuring and describing patterns of interactions between GPs and other primary health care providers.
Award: PhD (2006)

Dr Cate Nagle
Thesis: Design and evaluation of a decision aid for prenatal testing of fetal abnormalities.
Award: PhD (2006)

Dr Colleen Nordstrom
Thesis: Beyond Modernist Instruments: A Re-conceptualisation of 'Quality of Life' in Terminal Cancer.
Award: PhD (2003)

Dr Denise O'Hara
Thesis: Divisions of general practice and their role linking general practice with the wider health system.
Award: PhD (2008)

Dr Carolyn O'Shea
Thesis: A content based study of computer use during the consultation.
Award: Master of Medicine (Research) (2006)

Dr Chris Pearce
Thesis: Doctors, their patients and computers: The new medical consultation. A study of the impact of computerisation on the doctor-patient relationship.
Supervisors: PhD (2007)

Ms Kelly Phuah
Thesis: What are the parental attitudes to their adolescents independently accessing General Practice?
Award: Primary Care Research Report (2006)

Dr David Pierce
Thesis: Problem solving approaches to depression in general practice.
Award: Doctor of Medicine (2008)

Dr David Pierce
Thesis: An analysis of Australian GPs’ view of depression.
Award: Master of Medicine (Research) (2005)

Dr Marie Pirotta
Thesis: Enhancing the evidence base for complementary and alternative medicine use in general practice – the case of post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis.
Award: PhD (2005)

Ms Maria Potiriadis
Thesis: Investigating the access of young people to general practice in Victoria.
Award: Master of Primary Health Care (Research) (2009)

Dr Justin Tse
Thesis: Prostate cancer screening: to investigate the view, knowledge and beliefs of Victorian RACGP registrars.
Award: Master of Medicine (Research) (2005)

Ms Lara Watson
Thesis: Risk factors associated with avoidable emergency department presentations and hospital admissions for adults with Type 2 diabetes.
Award: Primary Care Research Report (2007)

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