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 veracity of traditional media vs social media reports, the effect of political despair on personal well-being, ageism in contemporary Australian literature as well as agitation in the adult intensive care unit, self-management for older people with urinary incontinence and the behavioural ecology of delphinids.

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 3 May 2024.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

• Mohammad Akhib – College of Business, Government and Law
• Lara King – College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
• Lucy Bird – College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
• Susan Arthure – College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Rebecca Carpenter-Mew – College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Rebecca Lindsay – College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Lisia Barros Ferreira – College of Medicine and Public Health
• Andrew Hayles – College of Medicine and Public Health
• Anne Mette Adams – College of Nursing and Health Sciences
• Fang Yan – College of Nursing and Health Sciences
• Mohsen Feyzi – College Science and Engineering
• Jonathan Syme – College of Science and Engineering

 

HDR Impact Prize

• Alison Dymmott – College of Nursing and Health Sciences
• Matthew Iasiello – College of Nursing and Health Sciences

 

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Mohammad Akhib College of Business, Government and Law “‘Exploring the consumer perceived veracity of traditional media vs social media reports in an organisational crisis context”

Lara King College of Education, Psychology and Social Work “A dual conceptualisation of personal authenticity and its relationship with offender defensiveness and moral repair”

Lucy Bird College of Education, Psychology and Social Work “”We despair”: Understanding the effect of political despair on personal well-being and actions to promote social change”

Susan Arthure College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences “A long, long way from Clare to here: An archaeology of the Irish in colonial South Australia”

Rebecca Carpenter-Mew College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences “Ageism and the older woman in contemporary Australian literature: the tonics and the toxins”

Rebecca Lindsay College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences “Settler Reading Postures: Reading Ruth in Settler-Colonial Australia”

Lisia Barros Ferreira College of Medicine and Public Health “Effects of Inflammatory Cytokines on Human Retinal Endothelial Cells”

Andrew Hayles College of Medicine and Public Health “Hydrothermally Etched Titanium for the Mitigation of Implant Associated Infection”

Anne Mette Adams  College of Nursing and Health Sciences “Nonpharmacological prevention, minimisation and management of agitation in the adult intensive care unit. Development of preliminary Danish and Australian patient-centred clinical practice guidelines”

Fang Yan College of Nursing and Health Sciences “Construction and Application of a Hybrid Self-management Model for Community-dwelling Older People with Urinary Incontinence”

Mohsen Feyzi  College of Science and Engineering “Tribocorrosion behaviour of Ti and CoCrMo biometals in metal-on-metal contacts: analytical modelling and experimental evaluation”

Jonathan Syme  College of Science and Engineering “The behavioural ecology of mixed-species groups of delphinids”

 

HDR Impact Prize

Alison Dymmott College of Nursing and Health Sciences “The allied health rural generalist pathway: A workforce initiative”

Matthew Iasiello College of Nursing and Health Sciences “Investigating the dual-continua model of mental health: Assessment of mental wellbeing in the context of psychological distress”