Past General Health PhDs Scholarships

Zhenyu Zhang is a PhD candidate at University of Wollongong under the supervision of A/Prof. Ping Yu, Prof. Chao Deng, Dr. Rita Chang, and Dr. Sim Lau. She holds Research Master of Information and Communication Technology, Master of Health Informatics from University of Wollongong, and Bachelor of Information Management and Information System from Liaoning University, China.

Jacqueline is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. Her greatest passion is improving the children’s health and well-being. She completed a Bachelor of Biomedicine and the University of Melbourne in 2016, majoring in Human Structure and Function. Using this knowledge, she commenced an Honours year researching child abuse in 2017. Jacqueline published this research and decided to pursue her findings through a PhD.

Over the past twenty years, I have challenged myself to become a knowledgeable and competent Clinical Psychologist through education, employment and running my own clinical practice in Warragul, Victoria. I am committed to furthering my knowledge, enhancing my skill-set, widening my perspectives and being exposed to new and innovative ways of understanding human nature.

“A registered nurse originally from the Philippines with ten years of working experience in the Philippines, New Zealand and Australia. Presently I am teaching Clinical Research and Safety Perspective at the School of Nursing in Murdoch University whilst also working as a registered nurse at Fiona Stanley Hospital and as a Clinical Nurse Facilitator.

I have completed a Bachelor of Science (Honours), awarded in 2014. My Honours research project focused on the kinetics and activation states of macrophages in colorectal cancer liver metastases following treatment with OXi4503 a Vascular Disruptive Agent (VDA) treatment. While researching this topic I gained valuable experience in various experiments, in data collection and analysis and in research techniques such as using immunohistochemistry to determine treatment response.

Lochlan Fennell is a PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland and Basic Research Scientist based in the Conjoint Gastroenterology Laboratory at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. Lochlan completed his Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2017 and began his Doctor Of Philosophy thereafter.

I was born and raised in Yangon, Myanmar. In 2011, at the age of 16, I received a fully-funded government scholarship to undertake my tertiary studies in South Korea. I successfully enrolled at the prestigious Seoul National University, where I received a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Food Science and Biotechnology in 2016. After my graduation, I relocated to Cape Town, South Africa where I worked as a food scientist until the end of July 2018.

I was born in Blacktown, Western Sydney. My parents and the difficulties they had faced providing for me, encouraged me to study and to become independent by working. Concurrently, I pursued interests in figure skating, karate, music, ballroom dancing, and travelling through Europe and the Asia Pacific regions.

In January 2019, Hyo Jeong Kim commenced work on her PhD at Bond University, investigating on the synthesis and evaluation of sialyltransferase inhibitors supervised by Dr Stephan Levonis, Dr Stephanie Schweiker and Dr Donna Seller.

Anna te Velde is a research physiotherapist and PhD candidate with the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute and The University of Sydney. Her research focuses on mapping the early natural history and development of babies with cerebral palsy (CP) in order to answer parent’s questions about what their future holds. Anna is passionate about working globally in low and middle income countries.