ARH PhD Scholarship Recipients
Our Australian Rotary Health PhD Research Scholars.
Year/s of Scholarship | Scholar | Photo |
2014 to 2016 ARH/RCWW 50th Anniversary PhD Research Scholarship No. 1 | Catherine Kubel Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology UOW: Conferred in 2013 Master of Philosophy UOW: Conferred in 2021 2014/2016 PhD scholarship advertised as: "DEMENTIA” Awarded topic: “Towards a decision-making framework for behavioural problems in residential dementia-care facilities” Catherine’s primary thesis focused on intervention therapy designed to reduce agitation in dementia-affected patients. NB. The scholarship was awarded to Catherine in 2014 and her studies ceased late in 2016 for medical reasons. |  |
2016 to 2018 ARH/RCWW 50th Anniversary PhD Research Scholarship No.2 | Sarah Furlong Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) - UOW: Conferred in 2015 2016 PhD scholarship advertised as: "CHILDHOOD BULLYING OR YOUTH SUICIDE” Awarded topic: “Using a multi-level nation-wide approach to improve the identification of young people at risk for suicide and motivate them to access and engage with appropriate treatment” NB. The scholarship was awarded to Sarah in 2016 and her studies ceased late in 2018 for medical reasons. |  |
2020 – 2023 ARH/RCWW 50th Anniversary PhD Research Scholarship (Top-up scholarship) | Mitchell St Clair-Glover (now Dr Mitchell St Clair-Glover) Bachelor of Medical & Health Sciences Advanced (Honours) UOW: Conferred in 2019 2020 PhD scholarship advertised as: "NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES” Awarded topic: “Development of an innervated full thickness human skin model by 3D printing” Doctor of Philosophy UOW: Conferred in May 2025. |  |
2024 – 2025 60th Anniversary ARH/RCWW PhD Research Scholarship | Thanapon Deekaikam Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) 2018 – Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand & Master’s degree in Polymer Science 2021- Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand 2024 PhD scholarship advertised as: "NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES” Awarded topic: “Building benchtop tissue models of human mechanosensory neurons” Scholarship awarded July 2024. Despite making considerable progress by achieving the first objective of his PhD project, Thanapon elected to cease his research/studies at UOW in December 2025 and return to his home country of Thailand. As a result, Thanapon’s scholarship was subsequently withdrawn. |  |