Current Honours Projects

Anatomy
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology

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 rat	Renee Morris				Pascal Carrive	Nicole Jones
Faith Hill	Involvement of interleukin-17 in spinal cord injury	Gila Moalem-Taylor	Cathy Gorrie			Nicole Jones	Trudie Binder
Bonnie Lam	The Hypothalamus in Frontotemporal Dementia	Olivier Piguet	Glenda Halliday			Jillian Kril	Ken Ashwell
Madeleine Max	Motor Control After Stroke	Penelope McNulty				Stuart Smith	Richard Vickery
Amanda McConnell	Presympathetic Neurons of Physical and Psychological Stressors: Are they the same?	Pascal Carrive				Roger Dampney	Renee Morris
Pui KaYeung	Inflamation and its Relationship to the Onset and Progression of Alzheimer's Disease	Claire Shepherd	Glenda Halliday			John Kwok	Gary Housley

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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

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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

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Physiology Honours

Student	Project Title	Primary Supervisor	Co- Supervisor	Assoc- Supervisor	School- Supervisor	Examiner 1	Examiner 2
Ellen Hedditch	ABC Transporter Gene Expression and Regulation in Human Cancer	Michelle Henderson			Wendy Jessup	John Pimanda	Nick Hawkins
Sadia Hossain	The Impact of Stress On Obesity	Margaret J Morris	Tim South			Pascal Carrive	Anthony Kee
Scott Jones	Modulation of Glycine Ionotropic Receptors	Andrew Moorhouse	Jane Ellen Carland			Trevor Lewis	Trudie Binder
Patrick Phan	Role of TRPC3 Channels in Hearing	Garry Housley	Sherif Tadros			Andrew Moorhouse	Trevor Lewis

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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)