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Students

We collaborate with a community of PhD and Honours students with a shared interest in areas where there are significant evidence gaps in women’s sexual and reproductive health.

Edwina Dorney

Dr Edwina Dorney

Edwina is a PhD Candidate at The University of Sydney and a Public Health Physician, currently working as Medical Advisor at the Centre for Population Health, NSW Ministry of Health.

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Jessica Moulton

Jessica Moulton

Jessica a PhD candidate at SPHERE CRE and the Department of General Practice at Monash University. 

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Nishadi Withanage

Nishadi Withanage

Nishadi joined SPHERE as a PhD student. She completed her undergraduate studies and Honours in Biomedical Science at Monash University in 2019.

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Natasha Davidson

Natasha Davidson

Natasha joined SPHERE, the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women in Primary Care, in April 2020.

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Desireé Lagrappe

Desireé LaGrappe

Desireé is a NHMRC PhD Scholar and Fulbright grantee at La Trobe University’s Judith Lumley Centre. 

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Susan Saldanha

Susan Saldanha

Susan joined SPHERE in 2022 as a PhD student within the Department of General Practice, Monash University. 

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Jeana Wong

Jeana joined the SPHERE research group in 2023 as a PhD candidate and is being co-supervised by Prof Danielle Mazza, Dr Jessica Botfield, and Dr Noushin Arefadib.

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Genevieve Edwards

Genevieve is a Lecturer in Nursing at Australian Catholic University. She is a Registered Nurse and qualified Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurse.

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Medhavi Weerasinghe

Medhavi Weerasinghe is currently completing her PhD with the department of Global and Women’s Health at the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

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Sethini Wickramasinghe

Sethini is a PhD candidate at Monash University in the Global and Women's Health Unit, supervised by Professor Jane Fisher and Dr Karin Stanzel.

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Brianna Pike

As a current doctoral candidate pursuing a Doctor of Public Health at the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University Brianna's research focuses on examining the profound impacts of reproductive coercion on survivors' lives.

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Kimberley Moss

Kimberley recently completed her Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Monash University in 2023.

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Kira Percival-Cobb

Kira joined the SPHERE research team as an honours student in 2024 after graduating from her double degree; a Bachelor of Science and Arts in 2023.

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Anna Fragkoudi

Anna has a midwifery background and is a holder of a Master of Applied Sciences. After five years of working in the research sector, she is currently a PhD candidate at the Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide and is a recipient of an Adelaide Scholarship International. 

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