Faculty of Health and Life Sciences research student profiles

Nursing student profiles

Hilary Brown

Thesis title: Optimising the care and support of people with inoperable pancreatic cancer and their family carers

Started: January 2021

Director of Studies: Dr. Lucy Mcgeagh 

Second supervisor: Professor Eila Watson

Hilary Brown

Psychology, Health and Professional Development student profiles

Sophie Harris

Thesis title: How do I get past this? The influence of anxiety, self-efficacy and movement variability on the perceptual judgements and executed actions of adults with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).

Started: January 2020, awarded 2024

Director of Studies: Professor Kate Wilmut

Sophie Harris

Fiona Matley

Thesis title: Using automatic processes to change drinking behaviour in midlife adults

Started: September 2018 

Director of studies: Dr Emma Davies

Fiona Matley

Shannon Skeffington

Thesis title: Uses of music across the lifespan

Started: September 2023

Director of Studies: Dr Clare Rathbone

Shannon Skeffington

Biological and Medical Sciences student profiles

Alara Erenel

Thesis title: Investigating the Molecular Mechanism of Groucho Protein Function During Development in Drosophila Melanogaster

Started: September 2022

Director of Studies: Dr Barbara Jennings

Alara Erenel

Pareena Verma

Thesis title: Genome Scale Metabolic Modelling to Identify Changes in Metabolic Responses of Pathogenic Bacteria to Antibiotic Challenges.

Started: 1 November 2021

Director of Studies: Dr Mark Poolman

Pareena Verma

Bethy Airstone

Thesis title: The role of actin isoforms in cancer adhesion of the endothelium during metastasis

Started: September 2023

Director of Studies: Dr Ryan Pink

Bethy Airstone