This month we are highlighting the recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence and the HDR Impact Prize.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence recognises 12 Doctoral theses a year that have been of particularly high standard. This year they cover a wide range of research areas such as the everyday lives of sex workers, how the family meal compares over the last 30 years, the evolution of sociality in insects to the chronic pain with endometriosis as well as the life of America’s first clown woman, the transformations in a peopled riverscape on the Riverland and the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.

The HDR Impact Prize recognises two Doctoral theses to recognise the quality and impact of research. Congratulations to all recipients!

The Office of Graduate Research will be hosting a ceremony to celebrate their success on 14 June 2023.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

• Roxanna Diamond – College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
• Taylor Swain -College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
• Katerina Byrant – College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Peta Straiton – College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Craig Westell – College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Jessica Maddern – College of Medicine and Public Health
• Ludovico Messineo – College of Medicine and Public Health
• Jenne Tran – College of Medicine and Public Health
• Georgia Middleton -College of Nursing and Health Sciences
• Matt Jellicoe – College of Science and Engineering
• Lucas Hearn – College of Science and Engineering
• Jordan Wray – College of Science and Engineering

 

HDR Impact Prize

• Lauren Jones – College of Medicine and Public Health
• Morgan Pankhurst – College of Nursing and Health Sciences

 

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Roxana Diamond College of Education, Psychology and Social Work “‘Come as you are’: Peer research exploring the everyday lives of sex workers in South Australia”

Taylor Swain College of Education, Psychology and Social Work “An investigation into the relationship between prospective memory and PTSD symptom severity in the general population”

Katerina Bryant  College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences “The Art of Falling and Searching for Loretta”

Peta Straiton College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences “Assessing the economic and sociocultural value of maritime cultural heritage sites: An interdisciplinary pilot study”

Craig Westell College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences “Just Add Water: Transformations in a peopled riverscape in the Riverland region of South Australia”

Jessica Maddern  College of Medicine and Public Health “Mechanisms underlying chronic pelvic pain associated with endometriosis”

Ludovico Messineo  College of Medicine and Public Health “Personalized, physiology-based treatment for obstructive sleep apnea”

Jenne Tran  College of Medicine and Public Health “Modelling Sanfilippo Syndrome with induced pluripotent stem cell patient-derived neurons”

Georgia Middleton College of Nursing and Health Sciences “The family meal; then and now, a 30-year comparison study”

Matt Jellicoe  College of Science and Engineering “Vortex mediated catalysis and physico-chemical process control”

Lucas Hearn College of Science and Engineering “Evolution of sociality in insects: insights from the only known social colletid bee Amphylaeus morosus ”

Jordan Wray  College of Science and Engineering ” Convolution Approach to the πNN System”

 

HDR Impact Prize

Lauren Jones College of Medicine and Public Health “The Role of Enterochromaffin Cells in Gut Motility and their Interactions with Extrinsic Sensory Nerves”

Morgan Pankhurst College of Nursing and Health Sciences “Measuring consumer food service satisfaction in residential aged care homes”