Current Honours Projects



A complete list of all projects will be available in March 2009.
If you are enrolled and your name is not listed below please contact the co-ordinator.

Anatomy Honours


Student
Project Title
Primary Supervisor
Co-
Supervisor
Assoc-
Supervisor
School-
Supervisor
Examiner 1
Examiner2
Nicole Batten The Differential Contribution of the Red Nucleus and the Rubrospinal Tract to Fine Motor Control of the Forepaw in the ratRenee MorrisPascal CarriveNicole Jones
Faith HillInvolvement of interleukin-17 in spinal cord injuryGila Moalem-TaylorCathy GorrieNicole JonesTrudie Binder
Bonnie LamThe Hypothalamus in Frontotemporal DementiaOlivier PiguetGlenda HallidayJillian KrilKen Ashwell
Madeleine MaxMotor Control After StrokePenelope McNultyStuart SmithRichard Vickery
Amanda McConnellPresympathetic Neurons of Physical and Psychological Stressors: Are they the same?Pascal CarriveRoger DampneyRenee Morris
Pui KaYeungInflamation and its Relationship to the Onset and Progression of Alzheimer's DiseaseClaire ShepherdGlenda HallidayJohn KwokGary Housley



Pathology Honours



Student

Project Title

Primary Supervisor

Co-
Supervisor

Assoc-
Supervisor

School-
Supervisor

Examiner 1

Examiner 2

Aaron Berger

In Vivo Response of Allograft In an Ovine Model

William Walsh

Matt Pelletier



Sean Nicklin

Karen Gibson

Mark Bonnichsen

Breath analysis of subjects with smoking – related lung diseases

Paul Thomas

Shane Thomas



Rakesh Kumar

Wendy Jessup

Elya

Cytokine and Growth Factor Receptor Crosstalk

Levon Khachigian

Lionel Lourenco-Dias



Patsie Polly

Katharina Gaus

Catherine Doust

Motor Control After Stroke

Penelope McNulty




Richard Fitzpatrick

Renee Morris

Nell Farnham

Trafficking Pathways in apoE Secretion

Len Kritharides

Donna Dinnes



Nick Di Girolamo

Thomas Fath

Michael Gathy

T Cell Avidity in Effective Immune Control of Hepatitis C Infection

Andrew Lloyd

Barbara Cameron

Fabio Luciani


Miles Davenport

Nick Di Girolamo

Hannah Glover

Association Between Human Cytomegalovirus Infection and Regulatory T-cells in the Placenta

Gillian Scott

William Rawlinson



Andrew Lloyd

Amanda Boyce

Megan Ives

Relative Roles Of SAP In CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Mediated Immune Responses

Stuart Tangye

Elissa Deenick



Miles Davenport

Shane Thomas

Rylie Keogh

Macrophage Activation in a Model of an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Asthma

Rakesh Kumar


Cristan Herbert


William Sewell

Elizabeth Burcher

Steven Lazar

Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis Implemenation in high VTE-risk Hospitalised Medical Patients

Beng Chong

Marissa Lassere

Nicola Chapman


Michael Harvey

Angela Finch

Natalia Magarinos

Molecular Targets of Mast Cell Tryptase

Patrick McNeil

Katherine Bryant



John Hunt

Edna Hardeman

Danica Martinez

Effect of Obesity on Interferon Stimulated Gene Profile and Response to Antiviral therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C infection

Amany Zekry

Clovis Palmer



Robert Yang

Margaret Morris

Marie Rose Mouawad

Establishing the Efficacy of Virtual Reality Game Therapy for Rehabilitation After Stroke

Penelope McNulty




Simon Gandevia

Richard Vickery

Rabab Nasrallah

The Transcriptional Regulation of the Endoglin Gene during Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

John Pimanda

Julie Thoms

Mary Janes


Levon Khachigian

Steve Palmer

Lakshmi Prendergast

Analysis of Fronto-temporal Dementia Associated with Motor Neuron Disease

Carol Dobson-Stone

John Kwok



Ian Blair

Catherine Gorrie

Khairunnessa Rahman

Are Circadian or Diurnal Rythms Altered in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)?

Ute Vollmer-Conna

Andrew Lloyd



Paul Thomas

Karen Gibson

Nathalie Tjen

Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia

Beng Chong




Dedee Murrell

Angela Finch

Ju Ju Zaw

Studies Into the Treatment of Oxidative Stress- Induced Endothelial Dysfunction

Shane Thomas




John Pimanda

Ken Ashwell



Pharmacology Honours



Student

Project Title

Primary Supervisor

Co-
Supervisor

Assoc-
Supervisor

School-
Supervisor

Examiner 1

Examiner 2

Serena Chan

Genetic Influence on Inflammatory Cytokines in Parkinson's Disease

Yue Huang

Glenda Halliday



Kay Double

Patsie Polly

Hannah Chu

HIF-1 and Its Regulatory Enzymes in Ischemic Brain Injury and Repair

Nicole Jones




Catherine Gorrie

Amanda Boyce

Salaiman Darman

Efficacy of opioids in inflammation and inflammatory pain

Trudie Binder




Gila Moalem-Taylor

Richard Day

Thanh Le

Conformationally Constrained Subtype-Selective α, Adrenoceptor Ligands

Renate Griffith

Naresh Kumar



Larry Wakelin

John Langlands

Viviane Richter

Development of DNA Threading alkylating agents

Larry Wakelin

Gavin Edwards



Ross Grant

Peter Gunning

Hermani Trivedi

Does Drinking Red Grape Juice (or red wine) Fortified with a Natural Stimulant Affect Serum Oxidative Stress Markers and NAD metabolism

Ross Grant

Gilles Guillemin



Trudie Binder

Andrew Moorhouse

Emilie Wilkie

Validation of Alpha1 Adrenoceptors as new Targets for Prostate Cancer Chemotherapy

Angela Finch




Lu Liu

Elizabeth Burcher

Hayden Alicjic

Identification of the quinolinic acid transport system in human neurons


Gilles Guillemin

JosephNicolazzo

Karen Cullen

Bruce Brew

Shane Thomas

Luisa Chau

Adipose tissue bilogy in type 2 diabetes

Katherine Samaras

Anthea Bakopanos


Nicole Jones

Kim Bell Anderson

Margaret Morris

Olivia Szeto

Development & evaluation of a novel topical theraputic for enhancing NAD+ synthesis and DNA repair in UVB damaged skin cells

Ross Grant

Gilles Guillemin



Nicole Jones

Lu Liu



Physiology Honours


StudentProject Title
Primary Supervisor
Co-
Supervisor
Assoc-
Supervisor
School-
Supervisor
Examiner 1Examiner 2
Ellen HedditchABC Transporter Gene Expression and Regulation in Human CancerMichelle HendersonWendy JessupJohn PimandaNick Hawkins
Sadia HossainThe Impact of Stress On ObesityMargaret J MorrisTim SouthPascal CarriveAnthony Kee
Scott JonesModulation of Glycine Ionotropic ReceptorsAndrew MoorhouseJane Ellen CarlandTrevor LewisTrudie Binder
Patrick PhanRole of TRPC3 Channels in HearingGarry HousleySherif TadrosAndrew MoorhouseTrevor Lewis


Angela Finch


Contact


Dr Angela Finch
Honours Coordinator
Room M207
Wallace Wurth Building
T (02) 9385 1325
F (02) 9385 1059
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Honours Committee


Prof Ken Ashwell (Anatomy)
Dr Angela Finch (Pharmacology)
Dr Nick Di Girolamo (Pathology)
Dr Karen Gibson (Physiology)
Dr Craig Hardman (Anatomy)
Dr Patsie Polly (Pathology)

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