The Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses gives formal recognition to outstanding PhD and MPhil graduates who have been commended by their thesis examiners.
All examiners are given the opportunity to nominate a candidate for the Dean’s award if they feel the standard of the thesis is exceptional and makes an outstanding contribution to the field of research.
2020
- Dr Philp Mosley, Impulsivity and Caregiver Burden after Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease
- Principal Supervisor Professor Michael Breakspear
- University UQ
| Year | Student | Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | University |
| 2020 | Dr Philip Mosley | Impulsivity and Caregiver Burden after Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease | Prof Michael Breakspear | UQ |
| Dr Gregory Quaife-Ryan | Transcriptional regulation of mammalian heart regeneration | Prof James Hudson | UQ | |
| 2019 | Dr Simone Minnie | Restoring myeloma-immune equilibrium by stem cell transplantation | Prof Geoff Hill | UQ |
| Dr Yulong Aaron Gao | Group 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells in Cancer | Prof Mark Smyth | UQ | |
| 2018 |
Dr Cornel Mirciov | Studies on the Regulation of Hepcidin | Dr David Frazer | UQ |
| Dr Olga Montvida | Evaluation of Cardio-Metabolic Effects of Treatment with Incretin-Based Therapies in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes | A/Prof Sanjoy Paul | QUT | |
| 2017 | Dr Therese Vu | Maintenance of blood stem cells and the development of haematological malignancies | Prof Steven Lane | UQ |
| Dr Arabella Young | Targeting immunosuppressive adenosine to promote an immune response against cancer | Prof Mark Smyth | UQ | |
| 2016 | Dr Jazlyn Read | Familial melanoma risk genes in Queensland | Prof Nic Hayward | UQ |
| Dr Yvonne (Ying Wai) Ho | Forensically Relevant Applications of Genome-Wide Association Studies | Prof Sarah Medland | UQ | |
| 2015 | Dr Mark Bettington | A Clinicopathological and Molecular Categorisation of Serrated Colorectal Polyps | Prof Barbara Leggett | UQ |
| Dr Julie Burel | Molecular Profiling of Cellular Immune Responses to Plasmodium Spp. Blood-stage Infection in Humans Using Systems Immunology | Prof Denise Doolan | UQ | |
| Dr Melinda Protani | Examining the role of obesity in the survival of women with breast and ovarian cancers | Prof Penny Webb | UQ | |
| 2014 | Dr Lauren Aoude | Dissecting the genetic architecture of familial melanoma School of Medicine | Prof Nick Hayward | UQ |
| 2013 |
Dr Franziska Bieri | Impact of a video-based health education intervention on soil-transmitted helminth infections in Chinese school children | Prof Don McManus | UQ |
| Dr Kimberley Jones | Novel strategies for monitoring, treating and preventing Epstein Barr virus-associated Lymphomas | Prof Maher Gandhi | UQ | |
| Dr Min-Hsuan Lin | Viral and cellular factors in HIV-1 replication | Assoc Prof David Harrich | UQ | |
| Dr Simone Reynolds | Analysis of the Binding Properties and Functions of Scabies Mite Serine Proteases. | Prof Alex Lukas | UQ | |
| Dr Ken Dutton-Regester | The identification of therapeutic targets in metastatic melanoma | Prof Nick Hayward | QUT | |
| 2012 | Dr Steven Lane | Self-renewal pathways in leukaemia stem cells and haematopoietic stem cells | Prof Andrew Boyd | UQ |
| Dr Karin (Catharina) Verweij | The genetics of complex human behaviour: Cannabis use, personality, sexuality and mating | Prof Nick Martin | UQ |
