Postgraduate research

As part of our mission to continually improve clinical trials research we identify high-calibre people as PhD candidates to progress particular research questions. These candidates contribute significantly to the development of our research, and we are proud to support an increasing number of PhD students.

Current and recent PhD candidates (and a link to their thesis details) include:     

Michaella Smith. Quality of life and arm symptoms following axillary surgery for breast cancer	Annette Kifley. Observed and latent measures for global health-related quality-of-life assessment	Kushwin Rajamani. The effects of fenofibrate on various cell functions
Mark Donoghoe. Additive regression modelling for risks and rates with biostatistical applications	Hannah Carter. Costs of premature mortality in Australia	Ru-Dee Ting. Microvascular complications of diabetes
Emily Callander. The Freedom Poverty Measure: a multidimensional measure of poverty for Australia	Belinda Kiely. The art of oncology: communicating survival expectancy to patients with cancer

Manjula Schou. Statistical methods addressing biases and inefficiencies in the design and analysis of clinical trials

Puma Sunderasan. Exploring barriers to adiotherapy utilisation

Deme Karikios. The costs and effectiveness of anticancer treatments

Chee Lee. Predicting individual survival and the benefits of treatment for cancer patients

Prunella Blinman. Patients' and clinicians' preferences for chemotherapy: what makes it worthwhile?

Jordan Fulcher. Studies of cardiovascular disease and its treatment

Lukas Staub. Studies of diagnostic test accuracy and clinical trials of treatment effectiveness



For more information, or to discuss your interest in becoming a student at the CTC, contact us.