Graduate Research Degree Awarded - Shivanthan Shanthikumar

Congratulations to Shivanthan Shanthikumar - Graduate Research Degree Awarded 29 July 2021.

Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Sarath Ranganathan, Jovana Maksimovic, Melanie Neeland and Richard Saffery
Advisory Committee: Ngaire Elwood (chair) and Alicia Oshlack

Thesis Title: Epigenetic Markers As A Predictor Of Lung Disease Severity In Cystic Fibrosis

Thesis Summary: My thesis explores whether early life genome wide DNA methylation patterns in bronchoalveolar lavage, can predict the future presence or absence of structural lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis.

Date awarded: 29 July 2021