We help future research leaders by creating and supporting opportunities for higher degrees by research.
Research Masters and PhD students are well supported by Three Rivers DRH and the Office of Research Services and Graduate Studies at Charles Sturt University.
If you are interested in pursuing a higher degree by research with our research team, please contact us.

PhD Candidate
Email: rsmith@csu.edu.au
Thesis: Exploring the validity, clinical utility and cultural safety of The Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform Assessment when used to assess cognitive function of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Supervision

PhD Candidate
Email: jgarner@csu.edu.au
Thesis: Circumstances surrounding falls in tactical populations

PhD Candidate
Email: adevitt@csu.edu.au
Thesis: A collaborative telehealth coaching intervention for adults with mild intellectual disability

PhD Candidate
Email: sshephard@csu.edu.au
Thesis: Codesign of a competency framework for a post-professional allied health role in persistent pain management

PhD Candidate
Email: brensmith@csu.edu.au
Thesis: Expanding and sustaining clinical placements for pre-registration allied health students in rural Australia

PhD Candidate
Email: kbarry@csu.edu.au
Thesis: What is quality anyway? Experiences of clinical placement quality in nuclear medicine

PhD Candidate
Email: dankennedy@csu.edu.au
Thesis: What are the enablers and barriers to delirium screening for nurses working in rural and regional New South Wales hospitals?

PhD Candidate
Email: bjose@csu.edu.au
Thesis: Improving cardiac care in rural communities: a focus on cardiac self-efficacy, self-management and quality of life

PhD Candidate
Email: kcastelletto@csu.edu.au
Thesis: The impact of psychological safety on health students’ rural work-integrated learning experiences

PhD Candidate
Email: lkernaghan@csu.edu.au
Thesis: How are lived experience experts contributing to formal and informal mental health education in Australia?

PhD Candidate
Email: edeklerk@csu.edu.au
Thesis: Redefining identity: The journey from clinician to academic at Australian University Departments of Rural Health

PhD Candidate
Email: Michelle.Grigg@health.nsw.gov.au
Thesis: Increasing accessibility of occupational therapy services to older adults in rural NSW: Development of an occupational therapy telehealth service delivery model
Supervision

PhD Candidate
Email: phakizimana@csu.edu.au
Thesis: Digital health literacy and engagement on healthy ageing outcomes in rural older adults