ARH PhD Scholarship Recipients
Our Australian Rotary Health PhD Research Scholars.
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Year/s of Scholarship
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Scholar
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2014 to 2016
ARH/RCWW
50th Anniversary PhD Research Scholarship
No. 1
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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.
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2016 to 2018
ARH/RCWW
50th Anniversary PhD Research Scholarship
No.2
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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.
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2020 – 2023
ARH/RCWW
50th Anniversary PhD Research Scholarship
(Top-up scholarship)
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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.
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2024 – 2027
60th Anniversary ARH/RCWW PhD Research Scholarship
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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”
Current scholar who commenced his studies/research at UOW in July 2024.
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