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Current research projects

Mike van Keulen - image Jenny Wrightson
PhD candidate
Influences on low risk women’s decisions to induce labour

Supervisors: Prof Anne McMurray and A/Prof Cathy Fetherston
HREC approval number: 2008/213
Howard Gill - image Gabby Brand
PhD candidate
How do adolescent mothers experience pregnancy and the transition to motherhood in the community: an ethnographic case study.

Supervisors: Prof Paul Morrison and Prof Barry Down
HREC approval number: 2009/245
Bob Mead - image Li Wei
PhD Candidate
Patterns of use of tai chi and perceptions of its effects on health and well-being in people who undertake Taoist Tai ChiTM in Western Australia.

Supervisors: A/Prof Cathy Fetherston and Dr Kristina Medigovich
HREC approval number: 2010/189
Wayne Reeve - image Robert Laing
PhD candidate
Responding to catastrophe: Learning from perinatal death

Supervisors: Prof Paul Morrison and A/Prof Cathy Fetherston
HREC approval number: 2012/083
Ravi Tiwari - image Caroline Nilson
PhD candidate
Binjareb Yorgas Health Program: Improving the health of women and their families

Supervisors: Prof Paul Morrison and A/Prof Cathy Fetherston
HREC/WAAHEC approval numbers: 2012/051; 339.
Mike van Keulen - image Martin Hopkins
PhD candidate
Building resilience in nursing students: coping with aggression and violence at work.

Supervisors: Prof Paul Morrison and A/Prof Cathy Fetherston
HREC approval number: 2012/126