HealtheX 2013

Lucy Goodman - First place
Title: Super resolution imaging of hippocampal synapses
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Johanna Montgomery

Susan Beier - Runner up
Title: Ex-vivo stented coronary artery hemodynamics using 4D flow measurements and computational flow dynamics (CFD)
Auckland MRI Research Group
Supervisor: Dr Brett Cowan

Michelle Munro - Runner up
Title: T-tubule and junctional protein organisation in JPH2 transgenic mice
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Christian Soeller

Nathanael Lucas - First place
Title: New Zealand university students’ knowledge of fertility decline in woman via natural pregnancy and IVF
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Andrew Shelling

Kate Dowson - Runner up
Title: Subsidisation of after-hours care for children under 6: effects of primary care services
Health Systems Section
Supervisor: Dr Tim Tenbensel

Danielle Lee - Runner up
Title: The acute effect of the parkinsonian toxin MPTP on nigral dopaminergic neurons
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Professor Janusz Lipski

Sarbjot Kaur - First place
Project: The contribution of the extracellular matrix to intracellular calcium handling in rat cardiac trabeculae
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Marie Ward

Tania Fowke - Runner up
Title: Hyaluronan and perineuronal nets in neuronal development
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Justin Dean

Shelly Lin - Runner up
Title: The role of P2 receptor signalling in hair cell survival under stress
Department of Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Srdjan Vlajkovic

Congratulations to the following high-achieving HealtheX participants who represented the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University-wide student conference, Exposure.

Oral presentation

• Lucy Goodman, supervised by Dr Johanna Montgomery
• Kate Dowson, supervised by Dr Tim Tenbensel
• Danielle Lee, supervised by Professor Janusz Lipski
• Susann Beier, supervised by Dr Brett Cowan
• Michelle Munro, supervised by Associate Professor Christian Soeller
• Mohanraj Krishnan, supervised by Associate Professor Andrew Shelling
• Antonia Verstappen, supervised by Dr Tim Tenbensel
• Ankita Umapathy, supervised by Dr Julie Lim
• Ana-Mishel Spiroski, supervised by Associate Professor Frank Bloomfield
• Sandy Lin, supervised by Professor Jillian Cornish
• Catherine Han, supervised by Associate Professor Mark McKeage
• Chi Hsiu-Juei (Ben) Kao, supervised by Professor Lynnette Ferguson
• Rachael Robson, supervised by Professor Laura Bennet
• Lily Yu-Li Chang, supervised by Dr Monica Acosta
• Denis Simonov, supervised by Dr Anthony Phillips
• Thin Myat Khine, supervised by Dr Sherly Parackal
• Elizabeth Hammond, supervised by Dr Lynsey Cree
• Tracey-Lee Dalton, supervised by Professor Matthew Parsons
• Tiffany Eng, supervised by Dr Stephen Jamieson
• Nichola Wilson, supervised by Associate Professor Sue (Ngaire) Stott

Poster presentation

• Sarbjot Kaur, supervised by Dr Marie Ward
• Jiamei Jing, supervised by Dr Michelle Honey
• Ching-Yu (Shelly) Lin, supervised by Dr Srdjan Vlajkovic
• Carol Greene, supervised by Dr Shaheen Shah
• Emma Horsfield, supervised by Associate Professor Janie Sheridan
• Sheena Gow, supervised by Associate Professor Robyn Dixon
• Tzu-Ying Yu, supervised by Associate Professor Robert Jacobs
• Victoria Low, supervised by Dr Maurice Curtis
• Pavani Wijewardene, supervised by Dr Lynsey Cree
• Jia Wei, supervised by Dr Larry Chamley
• Kathryn Burns, supervised by Dr Nuala Helsby
• Isabella Cheung, supervised by Professor Charles McGhee
• Wei-Tzu (Angel) Chang, supervised by Associate Professor Andrew Shelling
• Vandre Figueiredo, supervised by Professor David Cameron-Smith
• Hao Chang, supervised by Dr Srdjan Vlajkovic
• Kyle De Rozario, supervised by Associate Professor Andrew Shelling