HDR students

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.

Rebecca Jarrott

Rebecca Jarrott

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

Jonathan Garner

Jonathan Garner

PhD Candidate

Email: jgarner@csu.edu.au

Thesis: Circumstances surrounding falls in tactical populations

Alison Devitt

Alison Devitt

PhD Candidate

Email: adevitt@csu.edu.au

Thesis: A collaborative telehealth coaching intervention for adults with mild intellectual disability

Sophie Shephard

Sophie Shephard

PhD Candidate

Email: sshephard@csu.edu.au

Thesis: Codesign of a competency framework for a post-professional allied health role in persistent pain management

Brent Smith

Brent Smith

PhD Candidate

Email: brensmith@csu.edu.au

Thesis: Expanding and sustaining clinical placements for pre-registration allied health students in rural Australia

Kym Barry

Kym Barry

PhD Candidate

Email: kbarry@csu.edu.au

Thesis: What is quality anyway? Experiences of clinical placement quality in nuclear medicine

Danielle Kennedy

Danielle Kennedy

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?

Bright Jose

Bright Jose

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

Kathryn Castelletto

Kathryn Castelletto

PhD Candidate

Email: kcastelletto@csu.edu.au

Thesis: The impact of psychological safety on health students’ rural work-integrated learning experiences

Latitia Kernaghan

Latitia Kernaghan

PhD Candidate

Email: lkernaghan@csu.edu.au

Thesis: How are lived experience experts contributing to formal and informal mental health education in Australia?

Elsie de Klerk

Elsie de Klerk

PhD Candidate

Email: edeklerk@csu.edu.au

Thesis: Redefining identity: The journey from clinician to academic at Australian University Departments of Rural Health

Michelle Grigg

Michelle Grigg

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

Protais Hakizimana

Protais Hakizimana

PhD Candidate

Email: phakizimana@csu.edu.au

Thesis: Digital health literacy and engagement on healthy ageing outcomes in rural older adults