Summer Research Scholarships 2012/2013 - Projects arranged by School or Institute
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Below is a list of the 2012/2013 projects listed by the host School or Institute.
- Asbestos Disease Research Institute
- ANZAC Research Institute
- Australian Red Cross Blood Service
- Brain and Mind Research Institute
- The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders
- Central Clinical School
- Centenary Institute
- Children’s Hospital at Westmead
- George Institute for Global Research
- Heart Research Institute
- Nepean Clinical School
- NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre
- Northern Clinical School
- Office of Medical Education
- School of Medical Science
- School of Public Health
- Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School
- Western Clinical School
- Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
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Asbestos Disease Research Institute
- The potential significance of FBP1 as tumour suppressor in human malignant mesothelioma (ADRI1)
Supervisors: Yuen Yee Cheng and Dr Glen Reid - Functional characterisation of long noncoding RNAs involved in Malignant Mesothelioma (ADRI2)
Supervisors: Casey Wright, Dr Glen Reid and Dr Michaela Kirschner - Tumour suppressor activity of microRNAs in malignant pleural mesothelioma (ADRI3)
Supervisors: Glen Reid, Dr Michaela Kirschner and Casey Wright
ANZAC Research Institute
- The Role of Glucocorticoid Receptor in Breast Cancer and its Bone Metastasis (ANZAC1)
Supervisors: Dr Yu Zheng and Associate Professor Hong Zhou - Understanding the molecular basis of motor and sensory nerve death (ANZAC2)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Marina Kennerson and Alex Drew - Effect of Cyclosporin A on the distribution of cholesterol amongst lipoproteins during reverse cholesterol transport (ANZAC3)
Supervisor: Dr Maaike Kockx - Dendritic Cells and Cancer. (ANZAC4)
Supervisors: Dr Phillip Fromm and Professor Derek Hart - Androgen and wound healing (ANZAC5)
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang and Dr Ulla Simanainen - Biofilm and Infection of Burn Wound (ANZAC6)
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang, Professor Peter Kennedy and Dr Zhe Li - Nutrition and wound healing (ANZAC7)
Supervisors: Dr Yiwei Wang, Professor Peter Maitz and Dr Zhe Li - Dissecting the hormonal control of sperm development (ANZAC8)
Supervisor: Dr Charles Allan - Investigating the upregulation of EMMPRIN (CD147) in monocytes and granulocytes (ANZAC9)
Supervisors: Dr Gabrielle Pennings, Professor Len Kritharides and Dr Caroline Reddel - The role of microparticles in haemostasis, inflammation and cardiovascular disease (ANZAC10)
Supervisors: Dr Caroline Reddel, Professor Len Kritharides, Dr Gabrielle Pennings, and Dr Jenny Curnow - Regulation of liver drug metabolizing enzymes by androgens (ANZAC11)
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Yan ru (Ellen) Gao - Androgen actions in the uterus (ANZAC12)
Supervisors: Dr Ulla Simanainen and Jae Sung (Peter) Choi
Australian Red CRoss Blood Service
- Evaluation of the thromboelastogram (TEG) as a tool for determining platelet functionality after cryopreservation (ARCBS1)
Supervisors: Dr Denese Marks and Dr Lacey Johnson
The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders
- Do ketogenic diets improve weight loss? (BIONE1)
Supervisor: Associate ProfessorAmanda Sainsbury-Salis
Brain and Mind Research Institute
- The Impact of Sleep Disturbance after Stroke (BMRI1)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Nick Glozier and Dr Maree Hackett - Disability and exercise in Young Adults with mental illhealth - The Transitions Study (BMRI2)
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - Physical activity at work and cardiovascular disease (BMRI3)
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nick Glozier - Magnetic resonance diffusion measurements in whole human prostates (BMRI4)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Jim Lagopoulos and Dr Carl Power - Creating Neurons from Skin: A Comparison of Different Stem Cell Technologies (BMRI5)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Michael Valenzuela and Aileen Lowe - Using zebrafish to study neurodegeneration in motor neuron disease and dementia (SMS1)
Supervisors: Dr. Claire Goldsbury and Dr. Angela Laird - Cytoskeletal rearrangement in Alzheimer's disease (SMS2)
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Goldsbury
Central Clinical School
- Novel regulators of fat cell differentiation:- Focus on the MMP/TIMP system (CCS1)
Supervisor: Associate Professor Susan McLennan - MicroRNAs in Thyroid Carcinoma (CCS2)
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Chua and Dr Catherine Woolnough - Studies to Explore the Conservation of Epitopes in Niesseria Meningococcus Proteins for Antibody Targeting and Vaccines to Protect Against Meningitis (CCS3)
Supervisors: Dr Garry Lynch, Professor Robert Booy and Dr William Bret Church - A Study of Seasoned Antibodies and their Epitopes for Universal Influenza Vaccines & Protection Against Avian H5N1 (CCS4)
Supervisors: Dr Garry Lynch and Dr William Bret Church - Improving communication about radiotherapy for patients with low literacy (CCS5)
Supervisors: Dr Haryana Dhillon and Dr Sian Smith - Total laparoscopic hysterectomy versus fast track open hysterectomy. A comparison of direct hospital related costs of a matched cohort. (CCS6)
Supervisors: Dr Selvan Pather, Associate Professor John Loadsman and Dr Shannon Philp - Capturing Acute Vertigo (CCS7)
Supervisors: Dr Miriam Welgampola and Professor G. Michael Halmagyi - Monocyte activation is altered in diabetes: a possible pathogenic role in diabetic complications? (CCS8)
Supervisors: Dr Danqing Min and Associate Professor Jencia Wong
Centenary Institute
- The role of the novel pathway of Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase (EMMPRIN) mediated cell aggregation in the development of human liver injury and cancer. (CEN1)
Supervisors: Dr. Nicholas Shackel and Dr. Annette Maczurek
Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School
- Modifiers of disease severity in identical twins with Rett syndrome. (CHW1)
Supervisors: Professor John Christodoulou and Dr Sarah Williamson - Evaluation of respiratory chain complex levels in mitochondrial disorders using flow cytometry (CHW2)
Supervisors: Lisa Riley, Professor John Christodoulou and Dr Sandra Cooper - Case Control Audit of Children with Acute Asthma Requiring Readmission within 28 Days (CHW3)
Supervisors: Professor Peter van Asperen, Dr Paul Robinson and Ms Tracey Marshall - A potential role for Tumor Protein D52 (TPD52) over-expression in cancer cells which display a lipogenic phenotype (CHW4)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Jennifer Byrne and Dr. Alvin Kamili - The health of young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness (CHW5)
Supervisors: Professor Kate Steinbeck and Dr Emily Klineberg - The role of interleukin 7 (IL7) in neuroblastoma. (CHW6)
Supervisors: Dr Daniel Catchpoole and Dr Loretta Lau - Use and efficacy of botulinum toxin A in children with aquired brain injury and spinal cord injury. (CHW7)
Supervisors: Dr Simon Paget and Dr Emma Richardson - What do oral health literacy indices reveal? (CHW8)
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Oral health literacy: a new concept for dental practitioners (CHW9)
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - What information do parents feel is important in the first year post-partum? (CHW10)
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Teething symptoms in the first year year of life and associated factors: a cohort study (CHW11)
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Cultural factors and child oral health: a qualitative study (CHW12)
Supervisors: Dr Amit Arora and Professor Louise Baur - Individual-cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of masks in preventing transmission of influenza-like illness among pilgrims at Hajj: Drafting research protocol (CHW13)
Supervisors: Dr Leon Heron, Professor Robert Booy and Dr Harunor Rahid - An analysis of anti-vaccination messages in the print news media in Australia (CHW14)
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Dr Melina Georgousakis - Long term respiratory and atopic outcomes in infants hospitalised with pertussis (CHW15)
Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Wood and Professor Peter McIntyre - Development of a decision aid for women considering a pertussis vaccine during pregnancy (CHW16)
Supervisors: Dr Julie Leask and Ms Kerrie Wiley - Review of literature describing new development technologies and adjuvants for influenza vaccines (CHW17)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Kristine Macartney and Dr Melina Georgousakis - How do the physical characteristics of brain tissue influence glioblastoma brain tumour cell invasion? (CHW18)
Supervisors: Dr Kylie Turner and Associate Professor Geraldine O'Neill - Fair and ethical trade in medical supplies (CHW19)
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Otitis media systematic reviews: are we comparing apples with oranges? (CHW20)
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Pacific islands burden of paediatric disease project (CHW21)
Supervisor: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera - Optimal Bisphosphonate therapy in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (CHW22)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Craig Munns and Dr Andrew Biggin - SEARCH: Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health
Supervisors: Dr Hasantha Gunasekera and Professor Craig - The experiences and perspectives of adults living with systemic lupus erthrymatosus (SLE): systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies (SPH1)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Dr Davinder Singh-Grewal and Professor Jonathan Craig - The motivations and experiences of related and unrelated bone marrow donors: a systematic review (SPH2)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman and Professor Jonathan Craig - Patient attitudes towards living kidney donor transplantation: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research (SPH3)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Healthcare professional attitudes to living kidney donation: a systematic review (SPH4)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Interventions to increase individuals’ and family willingness for deceased organ donation. A systematic review (SPH5)
Supervisors: Dr Michelle Irving, Dr Allison Tong, Associate Professor Kirsten Howard and Associate Professor Stephen Jan - Skin Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients (SPH6)
Supervisors: Dr Martin Howell, Dr Germaine Wong, Dr Allison Tong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Central obesity and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease (SPH7)
Supervisors: Dr Germaine Wong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Cost-effectiveness of testing for latent tuberculosis in end stage kidney disease patients (SPH11)
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster - Tests for latent tuberculosis in candidates for solid organ transplantation: a systematic review (SPH12)
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster
George Institute for Global Research
- Providing difficult information to stroke patients and carers: A qualitative study of Indian clinicians’ perspectives (GEORGE1)
Supervisors: Dr. Maree Hackett, Professor Craig Anderson and Dr. P.N. Sylaja
Heart Research Institute
- The role of RNA and DNA chlorination in atherosclerosis (HRI1)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Clare Hawkins and Dr Anna Forsman Quigley - Multifunctional Regulation of Angiogenesis by High Density Lipoproteins (HRI2)
Supervisors: Dr Joanne Tan and Dr Christina Bursill - Identification of the MicroRNAs that regulate the multifunctional effects of high-density lipoproteins on angiogenesis. (HRI3)
Supervisors: Dr Christina Bursill and Dr Joanne Tan
Nepean Clinical School
- Specificity of calsequestrin and collagen XIII antibody tests in patients with thyroid autoimmunity (NEPEAN1)
Supervisors: Professor Jack Wall and Dr Hooshang Lahooti - Fat and Bone: An Odd Couple- Basic Sciences (NEPEAN2)
Supervisor: Professor. Gustavo Duque - Fat and Bone: An Odd Couple- Clinical Sciences (NEPEAN3)
Supervisor: Professor. Gustavo Duque - The Nepean Osteoporosis and Frailty (NOF) Study (NEPEAN4)
Supervisors: Professor. Gustavo Duque and Dr. Oddom Demontiero - Hormones and the Risk of Barrett's Oesophagus and Oesophageal Cancer: A Meta-analysis. (NEPEAN5)
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick and Professor Michael Cox - Tooth Loss and Risk of Cancer: A Meta-analysis. (NEPEAN6)
Supervisors: Guy D. Eslick
NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre
- Benefits and harms of prophylactic anticoagulation therapy in patients with cancer (CTC1)
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Lord and Dr Wendy Hague - The use of insulin pumps and glucose sensors in Type 1 diabetes care (CTC2)
Supervisors: Professor. Alicia Jenkins, Professor Dennis Yue, Marg. McGill, Professor Stephen Twigg, Dr Jane Overland and Professor Tony Keech - Statin intolerance in people treated for elevated cholesterol levels (CTC3)
Supervisors: Dr David Sullivan, Dr Alicia Jenkins and Professor Tony Keech - The Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CTC4)
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Keech and Professor Alicia Jenkins - Attitudes and Barriers to Doctors Undertaking Clinical Research (CTC5)
Supervisors: Professor Alicia Jenkins and Professor Anthony Keech - RNA-based biomarkers for diabetes (CTC6) Supervisors: Associate
Professor Anand. A Hardikar, Professor Tony Keech, Professor Alicia Jenkins and Dr Mugdha Joglekar
Northern Clinical School
- Regulation of angiopoietin1 in endothelial cells (NCS1)
Supervisors: Dr Nikita Minhas, Associate Professor Chris Jackson and Dr Meilang Xue - Characterising the PAR-4 arthritis (NCS2)
Supervisors: Dr Kelly McKelvey, Associate Professor Chris Jackson and Dr Meilang Xue - Assessment of clearance of flourodeoxyglucose from normal cortex in patients with brain cancer on dual time point PET imaging. (NCS3)
Supervisors: Dr Geoffrey Schembri and Professor Dale Bailey - Variability of thermal quantitative sensory testing, and it’s applicability to the prediction of iatrogenic neuropathy (NCS4)
Supervisors: Dr Karl Ng and Dr Elizabeth Barnes - The utility of central and hemisurround interleaved checkerboard pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials in the detection of past optic neuritis. (NCS5)
Supervisors: Dr Karl Ng and Dr John Parratt - Applied biostatistics: trends and recurrence of stillbirth in NSW (NCS6)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Christine Roberts, Samantha Lain and Jillian Patterson - Thoracic biomechanics - prevention of rib fractures in elderly occupants of motor vehicle crashes (NCS7)
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Clarke and Dr Julie Brown - Biomechanical assessment of paediatric spine in lateral bending for injury prevention applications (NCS8)
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Clarke - Relationship between degree of meniscus tear and functional knee impairment for investigations in osteoarthritis mechanisms (NCS9)
Supervisors: Professor Chris Little and Dr Elizabeth Clarke - Development of a nomogram and point of care smart-phone application to calculate the risk of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal tumours (NCS10)
Supervisors: Dr Mark Sywak and Dr Robin Turner - Clinical implications of drug interactions in older adults. (NCS11)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Danijela Gnjidic - Off-label prescribing for older adults (NCS12)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Hilmer and Dr Danijela Gnjidic - Redox signalling in diabetes (NCS13)
Supervisors: Dr Anastasia Susie Mihailidou and Dr Anthony Ashton - Modulators of Immune Response in High Grade Glioma Patients (NCS14)
Supervisors: Dr Nicole Parker and Dr Helen Wheeler - Reliability of the Quality Assessment Tools for Studies for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout Epidemiology. (NCS15)
Supervisors: Professor Lyn March, Dr Emma Smith, Dr Marita Cross and Dr Jian Sheng Chen
Office of Medical Education
- Promoting clinical leadership and professional standards: the role of medical education. (OME1)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Christine Jorm, Associate Professor Rebekah Jenkin and Professor Michael Frommer
School of Medical Science
- Using zebrafish to study neurodegeneration in motor neuron disease and dementia (SMS1)
Supervisors: Dr. Claire Goldsbury and Dr. Angela Laird - Cytoskeletal rearrangement in Alzheimer's disease (SMS2)
Supervisor: Dr. Claire Goldsbury - In the balance: Behavioral correlates of the ageing balance system in mice (SMS3)
Supervisor: Dr. Aaron Camp - Metabolic profiling muscle cells that lack lipolytic capacity (SMS4)
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Hoy - Identification of proteins in the microenvironment of breast cancer and mammary adipocytes (SMS5)
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Hoy - Embryonic stem cells and embryo development (SMS6)
Supervisors: Dr Michael Morris and Dr Margot Day - Inhibiting experimental snore vibration damage to cultured human carotid artery endothelial cells with natural antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents (SMS7)
Supervisor: Associate Professor Paul Witting - What does the eye tell the brain? (SMS8)
Supervisors: Dr. Jin Huang and Dr. Dario Protti - Growth factor-like effects of amino acids on early embryo development (SMS9)
Supervisors: Dr Margot Day and Dr Michael Morris - Amino-acid transporters essential for early mammalian development: A knockout mouse model (SMS10)
Supervisors: Dr Margot Day and Dr Michael Morris - Development of visual orientation selectivity (SMS11)
Supervisor: Dr Alan Freeman - Perception of auditory motion (SMS12) Supervisors: Associate
Supervisors: Professor Simon Carlile and Mr. Johahn Leung - Auditory spatial perception and the cocktail party problem (SMS13)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Carlile and Ms. Heather Kelly
School of Public Health
- The experiences and perspectives of adults living with systemic lupus erthrymatosus (SLE): systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies (SPH1)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Dr Davinder Singh-Grewal and Professor Jonathan Craig - The motivations and experiences of related and unrelated bone marrow donors: a systematic review (SPH2)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman and Professor Jonathan Craig - Patient attitudes towards living kidney donor transplantation: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research (SPH3)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Healthcare professional attitudes to living kidney donation: a systematic review (SPH4)
Supervisors: Dr Allison Tong, Professor Jeremy Chapman, Professor Jonathan Craig and Dr Germaine Wong - Interventions to increase individuals’ and family willingness for deceased organ donation. A systematic review (SPH5)
Supervisors: Dr Michelle Irving, Dr Allison Tong, Associate Professor Kirsten Howard and Associate Professor Stephen Jan - Skin Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients (SPH6)
Supervisors: Dr Martin Howell, Dr Germaine Wong, Dr Allison Tong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Central obesity and cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease (SPH7)
Supervisors: Dr Germaine Wong and Professor Jonathan Craig - Do environmental factors impact on the progress of people with Huntington Disease? (SPH8)
Supervisors: Dr Clement Loy and Clinical Associate Professor Elizabeth McCusker - Benefits and harms of annual whole body computed tomography (CT) scans in patients with stage IIIa melanoma. (SPH9)
Supervisors: Dr Rachael Morton, Professor John F Thompson and Maria Gonzalez - The socio-economic status of melanoma clinical trial participants (SPH10)
Supervisors: Dr Rachael Morton, Professor John F Thompson and Lauren Haydu - Cost-effectiveness of testing for latent tuberculosis in end stage kidney disease patients (SPH11)
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster - Tests for latent tuberculosis in candidates for solid organ transplantation: a systematic review (SPH12)
Supervisors: Dr Angela Webster
Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School
- Prospective randomised placebo controlled trial of intravenous lignocaine infusions for postoperative analgesia (SAH1)
Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Phillips - Prospective audit of peri-operative morbidity & mortality in the elderly- the influence of theahared care model. (SAH2)
Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Phillips and Associate Professor Arthur Richardson - Improving the tolerability of transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies for the diagnosis of prostate cancer (SAH3)
Supervisor: Associate Professor Henry Woo - The utilisation of Twitter at surgical conferences (SAH4)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Henry Woo and Dr Jill Tomlinson - Urinary tract sepsis following transrectal ultrasound guided biopsies in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. (SAH5)
Supervisor: Associate Professor Henry Woo - Residual gastric pH and volume in fasted patients- is the risk of Mendelsons Syndrome increased by diabetics, old age, obesity or peptic pathology (SAH6)
Supervisors: Dr Stephanie Phillips and Dr Paul Stewart
Western Clinical School
- The Role of Liver-Adipose Tissue Cross Talk in Liver Disease (WCS1)
Supervisors: Dr Lionel Hebbard and Dr Tristan Iseli - Development of a novel approach for the local immunoprotection in islet xenotransplantation (WCS2)
Supervisors: Dr Shounan Yi and Dr Ya Wang - Acute kidney and cardiac injury following non-cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study (WCS3)
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Clara Chow - The role of macrophages in uraemic vascular calcification (WCS4)
Supervisors: Dr Vincent Lee and Dr Yiping Wang - Evaluation of a cardiovascular prevention program delivered via mobile phone text messages (WCS5)
Supervisors: Dr. Clara Chow, Dr. Julie Redfern and Dr Aravinda Thiagalingam - An evaluation of the utilisation of resources of radiation oncology inpatients. (WCS6)
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Long term outcome of children with medulloblastoma at Westmead (WCS7)
Supervisor: Dr Verity Ahern - Qualitative Systematic Review of Attitudes to HPV Vaccine (WCS8)
Supervisors: Dr Spring Cooper and Associate Professor Rachel Skinner - Qualitative Evaluation of NSW Sexual Health Promotion Evaluation Activities (WCS9)
Supervisors: Dr Spring Cooper and Dr Anthony Santella - Impact of Notch signalling on the expression of liver cancer stem cell markers in xenograft tumours (WCS10)
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - A possible interaction between IL-6 and Notch signalling in liver cancer (WCS11)
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson - Effect of IL-6 on angiogenesis of liver cancer (WCS12)
Supervisors: Dr Liang Qiao, Professor Jacob George and George Wilson
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
- Does changes in the airway structure contribute to asthma? (WOOL1)
Supervisors: Associate Professor Janette Burgess and Dr Brian Oliver - Role of CCL20 as a therapeutic target for mucus hypersecretion (WOOL2)
Supervisors: Dr Brian Oliver and Associate Professor Janette Burgess - Does variability of lung function in health and asthma tell us anything about disease? (WOOL3)
Supervisors: Dr Greg King and Dr. Cindy Thamrin - New ways to predict treatment needs in asthma (WOOL4)
Supervisors: Dr. Claude Farah and Dr. Cindy Thamrin - Ensuring quality control for lung function testing in children (WOOL5)
Supervisors: Dr. Paul Robinson and Dr. Cindy Thamrin