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La Trobe University 'Rising Stars' research mentoring program and network
ARCH has invited Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) from among its partners to join the La Trobe University “Rising Stars” post-doctoral research mentoring program and network. The cohort represents a variety of health disciplines, including nursing, allied health, public health and medicine. The aim of the network is to provide mentoring and support to EMCRs to become more competitive with grant applications, improving the quality and quantity of their research outputs and to learn about how to develop a highly successful career in health research. The network members meet both in-person and virtually. Please see below for a summary of some of our Rising Stars and their areas of research interest should you wish to collaborate.
To find out more about the Rising Stars Program, please email C.Thwaites@latrobe.edu.au
EMCR Name | Affiliation | Current areas of research | Expertise | Contact details |
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Dr Hazel Heng | Northern Health | Falls prevention, health services research, digital health, vestibular physiotherapy | Qualitative research, scoping and systematic reviews, REDCap, program evaluations | Hazel.heng@nh.org.au |
Dr Bijaya Pokharel | LTU School of Nursing and Midwifery, Austin Clinical School | Cultural safety and competency, primary care, sexual/reproductive health, family violence, migrant/refugee health | Implementation science, theory-based evaluation of complex interventions, qualitative research, systematic reviews | b.pokharel@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Caroline de Moel-Mandel | LTU Department of Public Health, School of Psychology and Public Health | Equitable access to healthcare services, particularly in sexual and reproductive health, as well as the systems and processes that facilitate the delivery of these services | Mixed-methods research; and scoping, rapid and systematic reviews | c.mandel@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Prabhat Lamichhane | LTU School of Psychology and Public Health | Health Systems, Continuity of Care, Impact Evaluation, Health Services, Child Health, Obesity | Health Systems Evaluation, Health Economics, Public Health, Quantitative surveys, Mixed-Method | p.lamichhane@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Burcu Ozcul | LTU School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Alfred Clinical School | Child and adolescent mental health, young people's mental health, child, adolescent and young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, depression, anxiety, neuroimaging | Qualitative research, Quantitative research | b.ozkul@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Brooke Huuskes | LTU Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease Research | Kidney disease, health services | Qualitative research, patient engagement, research priority setting | b.huuskes@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Tafheem Ahmad Wani | LTU Digital Health Information Management Cluster, School of Psychology and Public Health | Healthcare Cybersecurity, Mobile Health, Socio-technical models in Digital health, Virtual Care, Responsible and Ethical AI use in Health | Mixed-methods, Action Research/Co-Design, Digital Health Frameworks | T.Wani@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Amy Dennett | Eastern Health | Cancer, health service improvement, education | Trial management, qualitative, surveys, mixed methods, implementation | a.dennett@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Chris Lynch | LTU Department of Public Health, School of Psychology and Public Health | Digital/mHealth models for virtual/hybrid care, CVD, health services research | Codesign, digital health frameworks, trial management, mixed methods | chris.lynch@latrobe.edu.au |
Dr Aruska D’Souza | The Royal Melbourne Hospital | Health service research, outcome measurement, general medicine, geriatrics/ gerontology, hospital discharge | Quantitative research, mixed methods, systematic reviews, psychometric testing | Aruska.D’Souza@mh.org.au |
Dr Fleur Terrens | Eastern Health | Parkinson’s Disease, Falls prevention, Ageing | Qualitative research, co-design, mixed methods, systematic reviews | fleur.terrens@easternhealth.org.au |
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