A message from HDR Coordinator Dr Suyin Hor.
PhD students
Welcome to all our existing and prospective PhD students.
These pages and links provide details regarding PhD application, PhD study and other essential information to help ensure your time and effort studying with our School is productive and fun.
Our School invites enquiries from those looking to explore PhD opportunities across a wide range of health topics. Please also check out our Research Experts tile on our Research home page to explore possible PhD supervisors in your area of interest.
We're keen to hear from both domestic and international candidates alike and look forward to discussing possible PhD opportunities with you. Please email any queries to Suyin.hor@uts.edu.au.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
With best wishes
Dr Suyin Hor
Email: Suyin.hor@uts.edu.au
Meet our students
Jenny Care – Doctor of Philosophy
Jenny is a researcher currently completing a PhD in health practitioner regulation with a focus on allied health professions not registered under Australia's National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.
Josie Newton – Doctor of Philosophy
Josie is Wiradjuri with genealogical and ancestral ties to Burrangong, central western NSW, and Celtic descent. With a 40-year career in health commencing with nursing, she has experience working largely in Aboriginal Affairs at the commonwealth and state levels in senior health administrative roles.
Tristan Carter – Doctor of Philosophy
As a passionate naturopathic researcher advocating for paternal health and natural health remedies, Tristan works in collaboration with a sterling supervisory team to undertake public health research which focuses on prevention and preventive strategies exploring Australian males in the preconception period to establish their influence on pregnancy and offspring-related outcomes.
Jillian (Jill) Mary Dunn – Doctor of Philosophy
Conventionally trained as a general and maternity nurse, and faced with managing a long-term disabling condition in a fragmented health system, I have been an advocate for the integration of naturopathic medicine for more than four decades.
Hannah Jackson – Doctor of Philosophy
Hannah Jackson is a Ph.D. Candidate within the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) specialising in the field of pharmacoeconomics and its intersection with maternal healthcare.
Jose Orlando – Doctor of Philosophy
I'm a medical doctor from Argentina with an initial clinical background and health services auditing later. I have been developing my skills in Public Health in Australia since 2019 at the SPH at UTS.
Birhanu Gutu Turi – Doctor of Philosophy
My passion is influencing adolescent SRH policy via cutting-edge research. I have also written research papers and published them as a sole author, the primary author, and a co-author in regarded journals like PlosOne, BMC Public Health, and others.
Chanelle Mastronardo – Doctor of Philosophy
I am a practicing osteopath with interests in public health research and policy development. I'm keen on all things complementary medicine and its advancement in the healthcare landscape.
Melise Ammit – Doctor of Philosophy
I am a PhD candidate at UTS, with a research focus on women and alcohol use disorders. I am employed as a clinical nurse specialist in drug and alcohol nursing, and a casual academic at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) within the School of Nursing & Midwifery
Linda Justin – Doctor of Philosophy
Linda is a Non-Executive Director with National and International for Purpose Organizations, chairing subcommittees in a dynamic policy environment, with emerging risks for these organisations and the vulnerable populations they serve.
