HDR Supervision

Professor Sandra Grace

Current Supervision

PhD ​

• Joel Alcantara: The sense of coherence and associated factors of the lived experience of pregnant patients attending care in a chiropractic practice-based research network
• Shelley Barlow: Experiences of physiotherapists working with people with chronic pain in outpatients clinics
• Rebecca Gilroy: Developing communication capability for professional practice
• Curtis Rigney: Rate and reasons for chiropractic attrition: a retrospective cohort study
• Jac Schroeder: Community-based primary health care for women: a case study of NSW non-government Women's Health Services in global context
• Lucy Shinners: Exploring healthcare professionals' experiences and perceptions of artificial intelligence in the delivery of healthcare
• Graeme Turner: Evaluating a training program for practice nurses in early Identification and management of chronic kidney disease ​

Masters by Research ​

• Kate Baltrotsky: Supporting parents to raise children through emotionally-nurturing parenting
• Lisa Beasley: Responding and adapting to change: an allied health perspective
• Kirsty Greenwood: The use of manual therapy supporting infants with difficulties breastfeeding
• Trish Long: Strengthening connections: trauma-informed care for midwives and adverse childhood experiences screening for pregnant women
• Tracey Mulvihill: Trauma-informed yoga for post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomised controlled pilot trial
• Isabelle Taye: The efficacy of probiotics in osteoarthritic pain: developing a practice-based research framework using a series of N-of-1 trials
• Vanessa Tyler: The impact of violence and aggression in a regional local health district ​

Completed Supervision

PhD ​

• Dr Paul Orrock: 2017. Developing an evidence base for osteopathic healthcare
• Dr Olivia King: 2018. Role Boundaries and Scopes of Practice: The Interdisciplinary Diabetes Educator Role
• Dr Donald McDowell: 2021. Examining the “thrust” in translation of the chiropractic principle of “tone”. What is the Contemporary Relevance of the Chiropractic Principle of Tone – An Historical Analysis
• Dennis Richards: 2021. Vitalism and value in chiropractic

Masters by Research ​

• Maggie Scorey: 2021. Exploring the lived experiences of professional surfers returning to surfing after an acute physical injury: A phenomenological study

Dr Roger Engel

Current Supervision

PhD ​

• Lindsay Gorrell, ‘Displacements, forces and strains experienced by the neck during cervical spinal manipulation’

Masters by Research

• Des Wiggins ‘19th century American social milieu and alternate disease theories: origins of Chiropractic’
• Chris Burrell, ‘Attitudes and behaviours of Australian chiropractors towards reporting adverse events

Completed Supervision

Masters by Research​

• Lindsay Gorrell, ‘The effect of manual and instrument applied cervical spine manipulation on mechanical neck pain’
• Sheridan Beaumont, ‘The relationship between systemic inflammatory biomarkers, lung function and exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’
• Jaxson (Chloe) Wearing, ‘A phenotype analysis of the effect of spinal manipulative therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’
• Christopher Burrell, ‘An appraisal of adverse event reporting systems associated with spinal manipulative therapy’

Dr Amie Steel

Current Supervision

PhD ​

• Diana Bowman: The effectiveness of herbal tea for the management of perceived insufficient lactations (Primary Supervisor)
• Rebecca Reid: Assessing naturopathic prescriptions in endometriosis, uterine fibroids and polycystic ovarian syndrome: clinical insights into Australian naturopathic practice (Primary Supervisor)
• Hope Foley: The Role, Value and Patient Experience of Complementary Medicine: Use for Chronic Disease Management (Primary Supervisor)
• Kim Graham: The Role of Autogenic Healing in Medicine (Primary Supervisor)
• Kylie McWhirter: An Observational Cohort Study of the effect of Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi) on Integrational Primitive Reflexes in Children and the Development of Learning Difficulties (Primary Supervisor)
• Alastair Gray: An examination of the readiness and capacity of colleges of Complementary Medicine to deliver quality educational outcomes in the training of health professionals using learning technologies and elearning: A mixed method study in Australia and the US (Co-supervisor)
• David Casteleijn: The effectiveness of individualized herbal medicine for the treatment of anxiety (Co-supervisor)
• Jill Dunn: Mapping the naturopathic landscape: an examination of regulatory, education and policy infrastructures and policy frameworks in a global emerging profession (Co-supervisor)
• Peter James: Traditional herbal medicine use during pregnancy in Sierra Leone within the context of the free healthcare initiative (Co-supervisor)
• Sandy Davidson: Patient-centred healthcare: Investigating the role of naturopathic medicine in integrative oncology – prevention through survivorship (Co-supervisor)
• Marianne Stobie: Prescriptions and compliance: a contemporary study of client response to the herbal medicine and naturopathic diet and lifestyle recommendations (Co-supervisor)

Masters by Research

• Alaia Harvie: Qigong as a supportive treatment for female oncology patients (Primary Supervisor)
• Nicole Hannan: Exploring the use of complementary medicines, burden of disease and satisfaction with care in paediatric eosinophilic oesophagitis: an investigation into parent’s perceptions (Co-supervisor)

Mr Rob Moran

Current Supervision

PhD ​

Masters by Research

Completed Supervision

Masters by Research​