Post-Graduate Students

PhD STUDENTS AND CANDIDATES

Mr Saeed Alighaleh
Supervisors: Dr Nira Paskaranandavadivel, Associate Professor Greg O’Grady
Research title: Pacing the human stomach

Dr Anastasila Artuyants
Supervisors: Dr Augusto Barbosa, Professor Anthony Phillips
Research title: Protoza and bacteria-derived vesicles and their role in intercellular communication

Ms Varsha Asrani
Supervisors: Professors John Windsor, Ian Bissett
Research title: Developing a Gut Dysfunction Scoring Tool in Critical Illness

Mr Stefan Calder
Supervisors: Dr Peng Du, Associate Professor Greg O’Grady
Research title: Foundations of high-resolution electrogastrography

Ms Vanessa Chang
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Swift, Professor Anthony Phillips
Research title: Characterization of mycobacterial membrane vesicles

Dr Alistair Escott
Supervisors: Professors John Windsor, Anthony Phillips, Dr Jiwon Hong
Research title: Towards the treatment of toxic thoracic duct lymph in critical illness

Mr Hossein Jahedi
Supervisors: Professors Lai-Ming Ching , John Windsor, and Cristin Print
Research title: Targeting pancreatic tumour stroma to improve efficacy of chemo- and immuno-therapeutic agents

Dr Rebekah Jaung
Supervisors: Professor Ian Bissett, Dr David Rowbotham
Research title: Risk factors, pathophysiology and management of diverticular disease

Dr Celia Keane
Supervisors: Professor Ian Bissett, Associate Professor Greg O’Grady
Research title: Understanding the Low Anterior Resection Syndrome

Dr Anthony Lin
Supervisors: Professor Ian Bissett, Associate Professor Greg O’Grady
Research title: Optimising sacral neuromodulation in faecal incontinence

Ms Gao Lin (PhD Candidate enrolled with Nanjing University)
Supervisors: Professor Anthony Phillips
Research title: Acute pancreatitis- new monitoring and treatments.

Dr Chen Liu
Supervisors: Professor Ian Bissett, Associate Professor Greg O’Grady
Research title: The use of enteral refeeding in loop stoma patients

Dr Tony Milne
Supervisors: Professor Ian Bissett, Associate Professor Greg O’Grady
Research title: Developing an intervention for prolonged postoperative ileus in patients undergoing bowel resection

Ms Mah Sa Moteshakeri
Supervisors: Professors Paul Kilmartin and Anthony Phillips
Research title: Development of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-modified Electrochemical Sensors for Uric Acid Analysis in Milk

Mr Lomani O’Hagan
Supervisors: Professor John Windsor
Research title: The lymphovenous junction

Dr Rakesh Prekumar
Supervisors: Professors Anthony Phillips, John Windsor
Research title: The impact of obesity on severe acute illness

Dr Peter Russell, HRC Clinical Training Fellow
Supervisors: Professors John Windsor, Anthony Phillips, Dr Jiwon Hong
Research title: The role and treatment of oedema and lymphatic dysfunction in critical illness

Mr Soe Min Tun
Supervisors: Professors Anthony Phillips, John Windsor, Dr Jiwon Hong
Research title: Probing the toxicity of mesenteric lymph in critical illness

Dr Hsiang-Wei Wang
Supervisors: Professors Anthony Phillips, John Windsor
Research title: Cyclic voltammetry for the real time assessment of antioxidant status in patients with acute and critical illnesses

Mr Tim Hsu-Han Wang
Supervisors: Associate Professor Greg O’Grady, Dr Peng Du
Research title: Advances in the investigation and management of post-operative gastric dysfunction

Ms Claudia Wen (PhD Candidate enrolled with Sichuan University)
Supervisor: Professor Anthony Phillips
Research title: Investigation of properties of Chinese Traditional medicine on acute pancreatitis.

Ms Joni White
Supervisors: Associate Professor Simon Swift, Professor Anthony Phillips, Dr Frederique Vanholsbeeck
Research title: The use of eukaryotic extracellular vesicles for communication to the resident and pathogenic microbiome

Dr Victor Zimbron
Supervisors: Professors Anthony Phillips, John Windsor, Dr Jiwon Hong
Research title: Human lymph and critical illness

MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS

Dr Sean Seo
Supervisors: Associate Professor Greg O’Grady, Professor Ian Bissett
Research title: Non-invasive evaluation of colonic motility in surgical recovery

Mr Luke Tracy
Supervisors: Dr Jiwon Hong, Professor Anthony Phillips
Research title: The pathogenesis of end organ injury in critical illness

HONOURS STUDENTS

Mr Daniel Carson
Supervisors: Associate Professor Greg O’Grady, Dr Armen Gharibans
Research title: Plausibility criteria evaluation in gastric dysrhythmias

Mr Tully Dickson
Supervisors: Associate Professor Greg O’Grady, Professor Ian Bissett
Research title: Non-invasive colonic electrical recordings