HealtheX 2015

Lily Chang - First place - AMRF Emerging Researcher Award
Title: Window to the central nervous system – Retinal examination for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
School of Optometry and Vision Science
Supervisor: Dr Monica Acosta

Susann Beier - Runner up
Title: 3D printed flow phantoms for dynamically scaled phase contrast MRI to improve coronary artery disease understanding
Department of Anatomy with Radiology
Supervisor: Professor Alistair Young

Hans Vellara - Runner up
Title: Dynamic biomechanical properties of keratoconic corneas
Department of Ophthalmology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dipika Patel

Michael Tzu Min Wang - First place
Title: Comparison of patient-applied heat therapies for meibomian gland dysfunction: a three-phase evaluation
Department of Ophthalmology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Jennifer Craig

Tim Hsu-Han Wang - Runner up
Title: Loss of Interstitial Cells of Cajal and Patterns of Gastric Dysrhythmia in Chronic Unexplained Nausea and Vomiting
Department of Surgery
Supervisor: Dr Greg O’Grady

Alistair Lock - Runner up
Title: In Vitro Immunogenicity Screening for Novel Bone Graft Scaffolds
School of Medicine
Supervisor: Dr David Musson

Stephanie Segovia - First place
Title: Conjugated linoleic acid supplementation improves maternal high fat diet-induced programming of metabolic dysfunction in male rat offspring
Liggins Institute
Supervisor: Associate Professor Mark Vickers

Jonathan Rawstorn - Runner up
Title: Breaking barriers: Real-time remote telemonitoring puts exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation at patients’ fingertips
National Institute for Health Innovation
Supervisor: Associate Professor Ralph Maddison

Carl Hume - Runner up
Title: What do women really want from Early Pregnancy Monitoring following fertility treatment?
School of Medicine
Supervisor: Dr Lynsey Cree

Congratulations to the following high-achieving HealtheX participants who represented the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University-wide student conference, Exposure.

Oral presentation

• Alistair Lock, supervised by Dr David Musson
• Chen (Peter) Qiu, supervised by Professor Paul Donaldson
• Elizabeth Hammond, supervised by Dr Lynsey Cree
• Grace Gong, supervised by Professor Peter Shepherd
• Hans Vellara, supervised by Associate Professor Dipika Patel
• Jamie de Seymour, supervised by Professor Philip Baker
• Jibin Xu, supervised by Associate Professor Nicola North
• Lennex Yu, supervised by Dr Sue McGlashan
• Lily Chang, supervised by Dr Monica Acosta
• Lotte van den Heuij, supervised by Professor Laura Bennet
• Lucia Du, supervised by Dr Christopher Hall
• Madhavi Pandya, supervised by Dr Monica Acosta
• Mancy Tong, supervised by Professor Larry Chamley
• Mohanraj Krishnan, supervised by Professor Andrew Shelling
• Odunayo Rotimi, supervised by Dr Ilva Rupenthal
• Rachel Dodd, supervised by Associate Professor Alan Davidson
• Rikus Botha, supervised by Associate Professor Kathy Mountjoy
• Sarah Gerritsen, supervised by Associate Professor Susan Morton
• Tiffany Eng, supervised by Professor Philip Crosier
• Veronica Boyle, supervised by Professor Philip Baker

Poster Presentation

• Amy Liu, supervised by Professor Sally Poppitt
• Dedeepya Uppalapati, supervised by Dr Darren Svirskis
• Dharani Sontam, supervised by Dr Justin O’Sullivan
• Guanyu Chen, supervised by Dr Jingyuan Wen
• Haowen Li, supervised by Dr Marie-Louise Ward
• Helen Murray, supervised by Associate Professor Maurice Curtis
• Jonathan Rawstorn, supervised by Associate Professor Ralph Maddison
• Jordan Walsh, supervised by Dr Marie-Louise Ward
• Marcelli Coronet, supervised by Professor David Cameron-Smith
• Stephanie Segovia, supervised by Associate Professor Mark Vickers
• Vandre Figueiredo, supervised by Professor David Cameron-Smith
• Yohanes Nursalim, supervised by Dr Maggie Kalev-Zylinska
• Samuel Haysom, supervised by Dr Sue McGlashan