Current Students

The George Institute has local and international doctoral students conducting research in Australia and abroad.

Current PhD Students at the Institute
Name of Student Thesis Title
Yousif Al-Hosani The economic impacts of the Motor Vehicle Crashes (MVC) on the health care expenditures in the United Arab Emirates
Kate Anderson Psychosocial factors affecting equity in the treatment of chronic kidney disease

Vibeke Anna

Lifestyle determinants of chronic disease in Chinese cohorts

Tom Chen The comparison of risk factors for motor vehicle injuries between rural and urban areas
Clara Chow Designing primary healthcare services for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in resource poor settings
Hung Dang Viet Motorcycle Helmet Use in Vietnam: Prevalence, Barriers to use and Policy Implications
Liz de Rome Injury prevention benefits of motorcycle protective clothing

Martin Gallagher

Critical analysis of the barriers to the application of medical evidence and methods to overcome these barriers in the clinical setting

Reece Hinchcliff Stakeholder analysis into the road safety research-to-policy process in NSW and WA

Stephanie Hollis

Managing return-to-play decisions following mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)

Andre Pascal Kengne Cardiovascular risk evaluation in type 2 diabetes - global perspectives
Crystal Man Ying Lee Ethnic comparisons of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in the Asia-Pacific Region
Nicole Li Novel dietary strategies for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in China
Stephen Li Internet-based identification and intervention in familial hypercholesterolaemia
Alireza Moghaddam The relationship of cancer incidence to cardiovascular risk factors in South East Asian Cohorts

David Peiris

Identifying and overcoming barriers to optimal chronic disease care for Aboriginal Australians

Dillini Pelpola

Pre-hospital trauma management

Kyra Sim Impact of a weight loss program on pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilisation (IVF)
Fiona Turnbull The effects of different blood pressure lowering regimens on major cardiovascular events in important patient subgroups
Jacqui Webster Evaluating the effectiveness of the Australian salt reduction campaign in comparison to other national approaches
Ruth Webster Development and assessment of novel strategies at reducing the evidence-practice gap in cardiovascular disease prevention
Sarah White Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease