Recipients announced: Summer Research Scholarships 2022-23
The Charles Perkins Centre Summer Research Scholarship program is open to both undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students who are currently enrolled at the University of Sydney, from any area of study and with any level of research experience, reflecting the CPC’s multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to finding solutions to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related conditions.
Applicants have the opportunity to design their own research projects that will contribute to the work of the Charles Perkins Centre and involve supervisors from two or more disciplinary areas.
The Charles Perkins Centre Summer Research Scholarship has now awarded 135 scholarships since its inception, many of the recipients have gone on to study for higher research degrees and Fellowship positions at the Charles Perkins Centre.
Supported in recent years by the Nicholas Catchlove Early Career Researcher Development Fund, the competitive program offers a minimum 10 scholarships annually to high-achieving students.
We congratulate them heartily and look forward to the results of their scholarship projects
“We are hugely indebted to Dr Barry Catchlove AM, himself a University of Sydney alumnus (MBBS, 1966) who supports the scheme through the Nicholas Catchlove Early Career Researcher Development Fund," said Professor Stephen J Simpson AC.
"I know that Dr Catchlove is very proud of this year’s cohort of 12 scholars - as am I - and their projects which all reflect our truly multidisciplinary model. We congratulate them heartily and look forward to the results of their scholarship projects.”
Charles Perkins Centre Summer Research Scholarships 2022-23
Enrolled: Master of Public Health
Project: Current Interventions Targeting Nutrition in Early Childhood Food Environments.
Supervisors: Professor David Raubenheimer, Professor Philayrath Phongsavan
Enrolled: Bachelor of Science/Master of Mathematical Sciences
Project: Single Cell RNA-Seq Analysis of Limb Muscle Tissue Ageing Transcriptome
Supervisors: Professor David James, Dr Soren Madsen
Enrolled: Graduate Diploma in Psychology
Project: Debunking Misinformation: A revised meta-analysis accounting for social and cultural differences
Supervisors: Dr Micah Goldwater, Dr Claire Hooker
Enrolled: Bachelor of Advanced Studies
Project: Impact of dietary fibre intake on clinical course and immune responses in the animal model of multiple sclerosis.
Supervisors: Professor Stephen Simpson, Associate Professor Laura Piccio
Enrolled: Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine
Project: Which metabolic pathways regulate the fate of alloreactive CD8 T Cells?
Supervisors: Professor Alexandra Sharland, Dr Shila Ghazanfar
Enrolled: Bachelor of Arts / Adv Studies (Politics / International Relations)
Project: A Review of Indigenous Peoples' Opinions on A Voice to Parliament
Supervisors: Dr John Gilroy, Dr Josephine Gwynn
Enrolled: Master of Science in Medicine (Ophthalmic Science)
Project: Determinants of medication adherence in people with acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
Supervisors: Professor Clara Chow, Professor Jinman Kim
Enrolled: Bachelor of Science
Project: Statistical models of integrated microbiome features: from mouse to man
Supervisors: Professor Jean Yang, Dr Alistair Senior
Enrolled: Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Medical Science)
Project: Ischaemia-induced platelet death and microvascular obstruction in cardiovascular disease [ischaemic stroke]
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simone Schoenwaelder, Dr Kristina Cook
Enrolled: Bachelor of Science
Project: Associations between temporal meal and sleep patterns and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea severity.
Supervisors: Dr Yu Sun Bin, Dr Timothy Gill
Enrolled: Master of Public Health
Project: Cardiovascular responses to heat exposure for people with cardiovascular disease: a scoping review
Supervisors: Professor Ollie Jay, Dr Georgia Chaseling
Enrolled: Bachelor of Science
Project: A data science approach to investigate human development
Supervisors: Dr Pengyi Yang, Dr Lipin Loo
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