Epi Research Lab

More information on projects, opportunities for collaboration, and scholarships can be found on my lab page

Name	Current Role	Topic
Prof Gavin Pereira	co-Head of Lab	…
Dr Gizachew Tessema	co-Head of Lab	…
Sylvester Nyadanu	Research Fellow	Air pollution, temperature extremes and health
Dr Kingsley Wong	Research Fellow and PhD Candidate	Prediction of perintal mortality and morbidity with machine learning
Ms Teya Duggelby	Project Coordinator	FHRI Fund Digital Health Innovations Project
Dr Ravisha Srinivasjois	PhD Candidate	Probiotics to reduce morbidity among preterm infants
Bir Doj Rai	PhD Candidate	Epidemiology of zoonotic disease events and their spatio-temporal trends in Bhutan
Tsegaye Haile	PhD Candidate	Incidence and costs associated with of adverse perinatal outcomes in Australia
Nandin-Erdene (Nandin) Bayart	PhD Candidate	Air pollution and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in Mongolia
Bereket Kefale Abitew	PhD Candidate	Trends and risk factors of under-5 mortality in low to middle-income countries
Kendalem Asmare Atalell	PhD Candidate	Early Life Exposures Associated with Adverse Child Development Outcomes in Australia
Getaneh Mulu	PhD Candidate	An assessment of potential avenues and targets for improvement of perinatal health and perinatal health research methodology in the Northern Territory
Barbara Zileni	PhD Candidate	Continuity of antenatal care in Malawi
Ana-Lisa Baker	PhD Candidate	Climate-related exposure and health: what would it take to change our decision-making?

Alumni

Alumnus	Previous Role	Topic in Previous Role	Immediate Subsequent Position
Damien Foo	PhD Candidate - passed 2021	Vaccination and child health	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale University
Dr Bereket Adema	Research Fellow Curtin University	Perinatal exposures and early childhood developmental vulnerability	Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia
Dr Annette Regan	Assistant Professor	Infectious disease and vaccination	Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Community Public Health Practice Concentration, University of San Francisco California USA
Dr Bereket Adema	PhD Candidate - passed 2022	Prenatal substance use, offspring addiction and mental health	Research Fellow, Curtin University
Dr Minda Sarna	Research Fellow	Infectious disease and vaccination	Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
Dr Gursi Dhamrait	PhD Candidate - passed 2022	Interpregnancy interval and child development	Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
Dr Amanuel Gebremedhin	PhD Candidate - passed 2021	Interpregnancy interval and pregnancy complications	Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
Dr Maryam Mozooni	PhD Candidate - passed 2020	Effects of migration, ethnicity and acculturation on perinatal endpoints	Adjunct Lecturer, University of Western Australia
Dr Jing Guo	PhD Candidate - passed 2020	The role of human microbiome in explaining asthma and allergy differences between Eastern and Western environments	Senior Research Officer, Department of Health Western Australia
Dr Yousef Zahrani	PhD Candidate - passed 2019	Culture of Patient Safety in Saudi Arabia	Assistant Prof, King Khalid Uni Saudi Arabia
Dr Eva Malacova	Research Fellow 2016-2018	Perinatal epidemiology and data curation	Senior Biostatistician, Queensland Institute for Medical Research
Dr Mil Jacobs	Research Fellow 2015-2016	Biostatistics and land-use regression	Data Analytics Specialist, Curtin University
Dr Annette Regan	Senior Research Fellow 2015-2017	Infectious disease and vaccination	Research Scientist II, Kaiser Permanente CA USA
Dr Amanuel Gebremedhin	PhD Candidate 2018-2020, Research Fellow 2021-2023	Quantitative epidemiology	VC Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University WA
Dr Bereket Adema	Research Fellow 2021-2024	Mental health	Senior Research Fellow, Torrens University Adelaide SA
Dr Michael (Luke) Marinovich	Senior Research Fellow 2018-2022	Health service technology	Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney NSW Australia
Kalayu Mruts	PhD Candidate 2021-2023	Family planning in Ethiopia	Coordinator, Murray Primary Health Network NSW
Lydia Kaforau	PhD Candidate 2021-2024	Perinatal mortality and morbidity in the Pacific Islands	Lecturer, Solomon Islands
Scott Sims	PhD Candidate 2022-2025	Alcohol-related harm in children and young adults	Data Analyst, The Kids Institute WA Australia
Wei Shan (Cassandra) Chong	PhD Candidate 2022-2025	Allergens, phenolic composition, and anti-microbial properties of Australian wattle seed species	Research Associate Curtin University WA Australia
Marwan Ahmed	PhD Candidate 2021-2024	Epidemiology of gestational diabetes in Western Australia	Research Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, UWA WA Australia
Jennifer Dunne	PhD Candidate 2021-2024	Application of simulation in perinatal epidemiology	Research Fellow, enAble Institute, Curtin University, WA Australia