Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions |
8 |
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL |
5 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced |
Proposed
Completion |
Program |
Supervisor Type |
Research Title |
| 2013 |
2017 |
PhD (Anatomy) |
Co-Supervisor |
The Role of Orexin in Stress and Psychopathology |
| 2012 |
2016 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
The Inflammatory Phenotype: Its Potential Role in Fertility |
| 2012 |
2016 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
The Role of Early Versus Late Gestational Maternal Immune Activation in the Aetiology of Schizophrenia: A Focus on Cognitive Symptomology, the NMDA Receptor and Microglial Activation Using a Rodent Model |
| 2011 |
2015 |
PhD (Human Physiology) |
Co-Supervisor |
Novel Approach for Assessing Stress and Anxiety in Rodents |
| 2010 |
2014 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Sole Supervisor |
Perinatal Programming - Integration of Braine, Behaviour and Immunity: Implications for Reproductive Fitness |
| 2009 |
2013 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Sole Supervisor |
Pain Sensitivity Following Prenatal Exposure to Infectious Agents |
| 2008 |
2016 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
Childhood Stress and Altered Psychphysiological Reactivity in Chronic Pain |
| 2007 |
2010 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
Does the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Play a Role in the Immune Response to Gastrointestinal Nematodes? |
Past Supervision
| Year |
Program |
Supervisor Type |
Research Title |
| 2013 |
PhD (Food Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
Maternal Probiotic Intervention as a Prophylaxis against the Impact of Neonatal Stress: Implications for Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| 2011 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
Impact of Neonatal Infection on Adult Hippocampal Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Outcomes |
| 2011 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Sole Supervisor |
The Early Microbial Environment and its Role in Determining Emotional Development in the Rat: Transgenerational Implications |
| 2008 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Sole Supervisor |
Prenatal Programming of the Innate Immune Response and Pain Perception in an Animal Model of Gestational Infection |
| 2007 |
M Psychology (Clinical) [R] |
Sole Supervisor |
The Mediatory Role of Postnatal Endotoxin Exposure on Later Development of Psychopathology: Physiological and Behavioural Correlates in a Rodent Model of PTSD |
| 2007 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Principal Supervisor |
Early Life Determinants of the Effect of the Endogenous Cannabinoid System on Health Outcomes in Adulthood |
| 2006 |
PhD (Psychology - Science) |
Sole Supervisor |
The Interaction Between Early-Life Developmental Plasticity and Exposure to Bacteria: An Investigation of the Immediate and Long-Term Consequences Associated With Neonatal Endotoxin Exposure in the Fischer-344 Rat |
