Congratulations to the Recipients of Round 2, 2018 PhD Scholarship Top-up Award!

10 September 2018
Congratulations03-87eea811c75f9f64f315d8647721e209

We are very pleased to announce the 2018 recipients of TCRN PhD Scholarship and PhD Top-up Awards.

The TCRN awards a number of three-year,  two-year and one-year PhD Scholarship Top-up awards to students who have received funding via a peer-reviewed, competitive scholarship through UNSW and UTS.

Since 2012, the TCRN has supported 47 PhD students working on cancer research and cancer care at UNSW and UTS!

2018 TCRN PhD Scholarship Top Up Recipients

Meredith Hill, School of Biomedical Engineering, UTS

Research Topic   

The Molecular Basis of cancer
Research Title

MicroRNA to microRNA Interactions – A Pathway to Novel Therapeutic Drug Development

Award

Meredith is the recipient of a one-year PhD Scholarship Top-up award

Supervisor

Dr Nham Tran; Dr Valerie Gay


Dayna Mason, School of Biomedical Engineering, UTS

Research Topic   

Head and neck cancer
Research Title

The rapid detection of HPV in Head and Neck cancer patient

Award

Dayna is the recipient of a one-year Phd Scholarship Top-up award

Supervisors

Dr Nham Tran

 

Taopeng Wang, School of Medical Science, UNSW Sydney

Research Topic   

Cancer Cell Biology
Research Title

Regulation of STAT signalling by the actin cytoskeleton

Award

Taopeng is the recipient of a one-year PhD Scholarship Top up award

Supervisor

Prof Edna Hardeman & Dr Jeffrey Stear


Shruthi Subramanian, Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Sydney

Research Topic  

AML and the associated signalling pathways
Research Title

Identifying Drug Resistant Signatures in Dysplastic and Malignant Haematopoietic Stem Cells

Award

Shruthi is the recipient of a one-year PhD Scholarship Top up award

Supervisor

Dr Dominik Beck and Prof John Pimanda


Peter Truong, Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Sydney

Research Topic   

Haematopoietic Malignancies
Research Title

Identifying drug resistant signatures in dysplastic and malignant haematopoietic stem cells in the context of Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Award

Peter is the recipient of a one-year PhD Scholarship Top up award

Supervisor

Prof John Pimanda and Dr Ashwin Unnikrishnan