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Conjoint A/Prof. Peter Wark

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions 7
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL 0.12
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL 2.25

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
2011 2015 PhD (Medicine) Principal Supervisor Impaired Innate Immune Responses in Asthmatics
2010 2015 PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) Co-Supervisor Indentification of New Therapeutics in COPD/ Emphysema
2009 2013 PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) Co-Supervisor Elucidation the Pathogenesis of Influenza Infection in Chronic Airway Diseases
2008 2012 M Philosophy (Medicine) Co-Supervisor An Investigation of Dietary Intake, Body Composition and Physical Activity in People at Risk of Developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
2008 2012 PhD (Medicine) Principal Supervisor In Vitro Response of Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Neutrophils to Inflammatory Stimuli: a Comparison of Patients with COPD, healthy Smokers and Healthy Non-Smokers
2008 2012 PhD (Medical Biochemistry) Co-Supervisor Anti-inflammatory Effects of Resveratrol in Bronchial Epithelial Cells Associated with Human Rhinovirus infection in asthma
2007 2012 PhD (Medicine) Principal Supervisor In vitro response of bronchial epithelial cells and activiation of lymphocytes to infection with rhinovirus

Past Supervision

Year Program Supervisor Type Research Title
2013 PhD (Medicine) Co-Supervisor Investigation of the Immune Mechanisms in Pregnancy and Asthma Leading to Increased Susceptibility and Disease Severity to Respiratory Virus Infections
2011 PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) Co-Supervisor Immune Mechanisms that Promote the Development of Inducible Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (IBALT)
2010 PhD (Medicine) Principal Supervisor Mechanism of Infection of Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Human and Avian Influenza Viruses