Epi Research Lab

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	Head of Lab	…
Dr Gizachew Tessema	co-Heads of Lab	…
Dr Annette Regan ¹	Project Lead	Infectious disease and vaccination
Dr Amanuel Gebremedhin	Project Lead	Quantitative epidemiology
Dr Bereket Adema ²	Project Lead	Mental health
Dr Michael (Luke) Marinovich ³	Project Lead	Health service technology
Sylvester Nyadanu	PhD Candidate	Air pollution, temperature extremes and health
Kalayu Mruts	PhD Candidate	Family planning in Ethiopia
Lydia Kaforau	PhD Candidate	Perinatal mortality and morbidity in the Pacific Islands
Jennifer Dunne	PhD Candidate	Application of simulation in perinatal epidemiology
Dr Kingsley Wong	PhD Candidate	Prediction of perintal mortality and morbidity with machine learning
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	PhD Candidate	TBA
Kendalem Asmare Atalell	PhD Candidate	TBA

1: CA, USA; 2: SA, Australia; 3: NSW, Australia;

Co-supervision

Name	Current Role	Topic
Scott Sims	PhD Candidate	Alcohol-related harm in children and young adults
Barbara Zileni	PhD Candidate	Continuity of antenatal care in Malawi
Wei Shan (Cassandra) Chong	PhD Candidate	Allergens, phenolic composition, and anti-microbial properties of Australian wattle seed species
Marwan Ahmed	PhD Candidate	Epidemiology of gestational diabetes in Western Australia
TBA	PhD Candidate	Stated preference research on reproductive and sexual health services for adolescents and young people: A discrete choice experiment
TBA	PhD Candidate	Perinatal and pediatric health outcomes following exposure to influenza and other respiratory viruses in utero

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