Research Activity Report 2003

Postgraduate Scholarships

Awarded and Commenced in 2003

University Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Silvano Jung, Doctor of Philosophy (Arts) - Zero@ninethirty: aviation archaelogy of the Broome Town air raid, Western Australia, 3 March 1942

Nicole Cranston, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - The effectiveness of riparian fencing for biodiversity conservation

John Guenther, Doctor of Philosophy (Education) - VET as a tool for regional planning and management in savanna communities

Colin Trainor, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - Responses of wildlife to shifting agriculture, selective logging and hunting in Timor Leste (East Timor)

Cindy Wall, Doctor of Philosophy (Arts) - The influence of Personality on Vocational Rehabilitation Outcome in the Northern Territory

Damin Si, Doctor of Philosophy (Menzies School of Health & Research) - Chronic care model for management of diabetes in rural and remote Aboriginal communities: A continuous quality improvement approach

David Steinberg, Master of Arts - The history and archaeology of the SS Brisbane shipwreck

Tomer Shemesh, Doctor of Philosophy (Menzies School of Health & Research) - Inflammation, oxidative stress, and cardiovascular risk factors in Indigenous Australians

Brett Dwyer, Doctor of Philosophy (Arts) - From spirit ancestors to cyber avatars: a study of change in Ho Chi Minh city

International Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Cooperative Research Centre Scholarship

Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Savannas

Colin Trainor, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - Responses of wildlife to shifting agriculture, selective logging and hunting in Timor Leste (East Timor)

John Guenther, Doctor of Philosophy (Education) - VET as a tool for regional planning and management in savanna communities

Nicole Cranston, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - The effectiveness of riparian fencing for biodiversity conservation

Tomer Shemesh, Doctor of Philosophy (Menzies School of Health & Research) - Inflammation, oxidative stress, and cardiovascular risk factors in Indigenous Australians

Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health

Kate Mounsey, Doctor of Philosophy (Menzies School of Health & Research) - Molecular diagnosis of acaricide resistance mechanisms in tolerant and sensitive scabies mites from Northern Australia

Julie Brimblecombe, Doctor of Philosophy (Menzies School of Health & Research) - Understanding perceptions of food and diet in relation to health and well being and the factors influencing the implementation and sustainability of food supply interventions among Aboriginal people living in a centralised community and its homelands

Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

Caroline Lehmann, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - Landscape dynamics of Eucalyptus tetrodonta dominated open woodland savannas of Kakadu National Park form 1950 to 2004

Australian Postgraduate Award

Janette Mulherin, Doctor of Philosophy (Business) - The production of cynicism regarding organisational change: A discourse analysis approach

Eva McRae-Williams, Master of Arts - What historical and cultural significance does the British Military settlement at Fort Dundas (1824-1829) or Fort Wellington (1822-1829) hold for indigenous and non-indigenous people and how does this effect the heritage management plan?

Yasmin Antwertinger, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - Use of differences in fish otolith trace-element concentrations to track juvenile fish movements in French Polynesia

Daniel Banfai, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - A multidisciplinary investigation of rainforest boundary dynamics in Kakadu National Park

Brett Murphy, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - Kangaroo, fire and Aboriginal land management

Australian Institute for Nuclear Science and Engineering

Yasmin Antwertinger, Doctor of Philosophy (Science) - Use of differences in fish otolith trace-element concentrations to track juvenile fish movements in French Polynesia