DGP PhD Student News

The Students In Primary Care Research (SPCR) Group has new co-chairs: Peter Nguyen and Amy Coe.

Peter:

Before becoming co-chair I…: was a DGP honours student last year with the cancer group.

My research is about…: diagnostic delay and the failure to follow up abnormal test results associated with cancer.

Amy:

Before becoming co-chair I…: worked for 5 years in the Mental Health team here at the DGP.

My research is about…: helping people come off antidepressants if they no longer need to be on them.

Congratulations also to Department of General Practice PhD students receiving awards and publishing papers this month.

AWARDS

Fitriana Murriya: Peter McPhee student award, supporting fieldwork in Indonesia for her #careforHDP project

Jonathan Kaufman: Choosing Wisely student award, for his abstract “Yes Wee Can: better urine sample collection from young pre-continent children”

PUBLICATIONS