Celebrating our Postgraduate Research Students
We would like to extend a huge congratulations
to all the Postgraduate Research students graduating this year.
Your time at Queen’s has been more than just a place to study but also a place to grow, innovate, and make lasting connections. During your time at Queen’s, you will have enjoyed access to cutting-edge facilities and comprehensive study programmes, all designed to help you thrive in your chosen field. Collaborating with world-leading experts, engaging in ground-breaking interdisciplinary research, and contributing to impactful discoveries that will shape our world and your future
FACULTY OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF ARTS, ENGLISH AND LANGUAGES
| PhD Arts Management and Cultural Policy | Yixin Zhang | Globalisation and Cultural Protection in Chinese Cultural Policy: A State and City Analysis through Cosmopolitan Inquiry |
| PhD Media and Broadcast | Afsaneh Eliyas A Shibani | Game Based Learning using Virtual Reality for “Sadu”: A Qatari Traditional Textile Sewing Design and Animation |
| PhD Drama | Aisling McCormick | Moving into Motherhood: Investigating Dance Programmes for Perinatal Health and Wellbeing across Ireland and the UK |
| PhD English | Bethany Elisabeth Ashley | [have] [have doubts] [harbour doubts] and Paratext and Poetic Turns in Magma 69: The Deaf Issue and The Equality Act (2010)'s 'Protected Characteristics' |
| PhD English | Lucy Grace Cullen | Feminism, Feeling and Form in Women's Short Stories from Ireland |
| PhD English | Clare Marie Dyson | Women and Marginal Identities: Performing Shakespeares Male Characters 2012-2020 |
| PhD English | Dominic Matthew Harkin | 'The Truth is an Odd Number': Positivism Reconsidered in the Novels of Flann O'Brien |
| PhD English | Brian Anthony McGilloway | And Nothing but a Truth: Documentary Crime Fiction and Authenticating the Fictional |
| PhD English | Olivia Patricia Rana | The Heart's Tongue & Lost: Exploring the Narrative of Forcibly Displaced Women |
| PhD English | Laura Sheary | Together We Disappear, a Novel, and Voices that Sound: A Study of Musical and Sonic Techniques in Max Porter's Grief is the Thing with Feathers |
| PhD Film Studies | Rebecca Louise Bannon | The Frankenstein Method: Remaking, Recycling and Reimagining in Twenty-First Century Hollywood Cinema |
| PhD Film Studies | Michael Francis Duffy | Night Stalkers and Serial Thrillers: Understanding and Assessing Creative Practice and Competing Screenwriting Models in the Creation of a Hybrid-Genre TV Serial |
| PhD Film Studies | Richard James O'Sullivan | Placing the Gaze: Environmental Experience and the Landscape View |
| PhD Interpreting | Xin Wei | Interpreting Shifts as Discursive Acts: Exploring the Dual Role of Chinese Diplomatic Interpreters in the Chinese Premier's Press Conferences |
| PhD Irish & Celtic | Annie Mary Jowett | Canuint na Gaelige i nDeisceart Laighean: An Fhianaise Ainmeolaiochta (The Irish Dialect of South Leinster: the Onomastic Evidence) |
| PhD Linguistics | Bahiya Kashghari | "Diagnosed Cancer Free": A Corpus-based Experiential Analysis of the Construction of the 'self' in the Memoirs of Female Cancer Survivors |
| MPhil Music | Robert James Acheson | Adapting Soundtracks for Listeners with Hearing Loss |
| PhD Music | Jacob David McQuillan | Physics-based Emulation of Spring Reverberation |
| PhD Music | Lara Weaver | Sounding the Anthropocene: Site-based Realisations of Ecocritical Aurality in the Wetlands and the Drylands |
| PhD Translation | Nuha Khalid M Almuhareb | Profanity and Policy: Investigating the Subtitling of Taboo and Offensive Language from English into Arabic on Netflix |
| PhD Translation | Asma Ibrahim Alshabanah | Saudis Translating Themselves: A Study of Authorial Stance in PhD Theses Awarded by UK Universities |
| PhD Translation | Hind Hasan M Alzahrani | Translating Saudi Vision 2030 into Reality: A Grounded Theory Analysis into its Impact on Translators and the Professional Translation Sector |
| PhD Translation | Ghadah Fahad A Alzaidi | Authority and Interaction in Academic Discourse: A Study of Self-mentions and Engagement Markers in the Translations Produced by KSU Saudi Academics |
| PhD Translation | Mick James Robert Gordon | Theatres of Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence, Human Intelligence and the Theatre Play as a Translational Thinking Space |
| PhD Translation | Sahar Othmani | Reacquainting Peripheries: An Indirect Translation of Han Kang's The White Book into Arabic |
SCHOOL OF HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS
| PhD Anthropological Studies | Jamie Alexander McCollum | Rojava Reverberations: Reimagining Identity and Politics in the Kurdish Diaspora in Berlin |
| PhD History | Catherine Sinead Burns | 'A place apart?: Visualising west Belfast, 1969 - 1998'. |
| PhD History | Sean Anthony Garland | Women of the Irish Citizen Army: an assessment of their role and recognition during and after the Revolutionary Period |
| PhD History | Thomas James Ward | 'Subverting sexuality: gay men and the battle over sexual hegemony in the UK, 1970-1991' |
| PhD International Studies | Charles Pearson | 'Unknelled, Uncoffined, and Unknown: Zonation Strategy, Search and Rescue, and a Legacy of Death and Refoulement in the Central Mediterranean'. |
| PhD Politics | Frances Grace Elizabeth Neilson | The Northern Ireland Blind Spot in British Politics: Brexit, A Case Study |
SCHOOL OF LAW
| Law (Juris Doctor) | Guangyu Chen | The Dysfunction Investor-State Dispute Settlement Regime: A Study of Critiques and Proposed Reform Options in the New International Economic Order Context |
| Law (Juris Doctor) | Emma Christina Skrypchuk | The Balancing Act: Analysing the Role of Wills Formalities in Fulfilling Testamentary Intent in England and Wales |
| PhD Law | Chloe Hanna | He who shall not be named? Rethinking Northern Ireland's Approach to Defendant Anonymity in Serious Sexual Offence Cases |
| PhD Law | David John Mark | Dynamics for Confidence: Safety, Security and Legal Compliance of Algorithmic Decision Making Processes |
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK
| EdD (R) Education | Paul Bernard Monahan | Developing as a Mentor in Higher Education |
| PhD Education | John Patrick Currie | The role of education in providing opportunities for young people to develop political literacy through teaching and learning practices in Northern Ireland. |
| PhD Education | Canan Ozkaya | Understanding What Works for High-Attaining Girls in STEM in a Single-Sex School: A Capabilities Approach |
| PhD Education | Bethany Grace Robinson | Community language education for asylum seekers and refugees: responding to trauma and social integration. |
| PhD Education | Huannan Zhang | The Use of Humour in University English Language Classrooms in China: the Perspectives of Teachers and Students |
| DChild (R) Childhood Studies | Mary T Roche | The experiences of children in middle childhood, of school-age childcare in Ireland: a qualitative study |
| PhD Sociology | Colin Leonard | Teens and Morality: Pandemic Rights and Responsibilities |
| DSSc (RI) Social Sciences | Michael John Brown | Sociological and educational perspectives of the health concerns of people with intellectual disabilities: Developing the understanding of research and education |
| PhD Social Work | Laura Teresa Doyle | Adult Safeguarding Inequalities in Northern Ireland: A Mixed Methods Exploratory Study |
QUEEN'S BUSINESS SCHOOL
| PhD Business and Management | Sara Ismail Allaf | Because now, we can: The impact of the Saudi Vision 2030 on power, opportunity and the advancement of Saudi women in Academic Sector |
| PhD Business and Management | Dahwong Gadi Jaba | Exploration of Effective Leadership in Nigerian NGOs: A Case Study. |
| PhD Business and Management | John Elias Katsos | Business in War and Peace: Firms, Violent Conflict, and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. |
| PhD Business and Management | Claire Kilpatrick | Orchestrating global digital sustainability: A meta-dynamic capability for multinational enterprises |
| PhD Business and Management | Victoria McGovern | Industry 4.0 robotic automation in manufacturing: A normalisation process theory approach. |
| PhD Business and Management | Odhran McIntaggart | Building a scalable workforce in entrepreneurial firms: practices for reconciling the change-stability paradox |
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
| PhD Chemical Engineering | Jinyang Han | Enhancement of the Solubility of BS Class II Drugs with MOFs Materials |
| PhD Chemical Engineering | Christopher Kelly | Type 3 Porous Liquids for Hydrogen and Oxygen Separation and Assessment of an Alternative Regeneration Technique |
| PhD Chemical Engineering | Zhe Wang | Photoactive MOF materials for environmental applications in water treatment |
| PhD Chemistry | Turki Ali S Alfuhayr | Enhanced Bioanalytical Methods Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Coupled to Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry |
| PhD Chemistry | Niamh Curran | Sustainable Polymer Chemistry of High-Performance Materials by Mechanochemistry |
| PhD Chemistry | Sanskrita Madhukailya | Designing new LCST Ionic Liquids |
| PhD Chemistry | Yujie Shen | Density Functional Theory Study of the Mechanism and Reactions of Perovskite |
| PhD Chemistry | Haochen Wu | Synthesis of Zeolites by Twin Screw Extrusion and CALF-20-based Porous Liquids for Biogas Upgrading |
SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
| PhD Computer Science | Stanley Terence Simoes | Investigations in Fair and Responsible AI |
| PhD Electrical & Electronic | Yasseen Sadoon Atiya Himiari | Secure Cell-Free Massive MIMO Under Active Eavesdropping |
| PhD Electrical & Electronic | Christopher Patrick Larmour | Performance-Driven Design and Optimisation of Millimetre-Wave Communication Hardware |
| PhD Electrical & Electronic | Aobo Li | Investigation of New Paradigms in Computational Microwave Imaging: From Aperture Design to Mode Selection Techniques |
| PhD Electrical & Electronic | Iman Chukura Okasili | Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Charging |
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS
| PhD Physics | Jessica Barr | Machine-Learning Enhanced Characterisation of Open Quantum Dynamics |
| PhD Physics | Conall James Campbell | Resource Distribution, Percolation, and Topology in Quantum Networks |
| PhD Physics | Harry Joseph Greatorex | Observational Analysis of Lyman-Alpha Emission in Solar Flares |
| PhD Physics | Adam George Hawkins | Resources and protocols for the distribution and use of non-classical correlations in quantum networks |
| PhD Physics | Thomas Moore | Exploring the Diversity of Stripped-Envelope Supernovae with ATLAS |
| PhD Photonic Integration and Advanced Data Storage | Colin Stuart Kirkbride | Lorentz Microscopy of Chiral Magnetic Spin Textures in Multilayer Thin Films |
| PhD Photonic Integration and Advanced Data Storage | Serene Pauly | Exploring Nanoscale Thermal Variations and Photo-Induced Surface Potential Enhancement in Plasmonic Nanostructures |
SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
| PhD Aerospace Engineering | Tawfiq Cabdillah Cali | Generating aircraft and system turbulence induced fatigue spectra for future aircraft conceptual design |
| PhD Aerospace Engineering | Siu Chung Kevin Shek | Artificial Intelligence Based Image Recognition Using Limited-Resource Hardware for an Aerial Drone Application |
| PhD Aerospace Engineering | Hangtian Zhou | Investigation of Parameters Controlling the Robotic Rotational Moulding Process |
| PhD Mechanical Engineering | Andrew Forde | Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Battery Response Prediction |
| PhD Mechanical Engineering | Jeffrey Lee Johnston | Wake Effects of Tilted Wind Turbines in Neutral and Unstable Atmospheres |
| PhD Mechanical Engineering | Rachel Lauren MacNeill | Performance analysis and optimisation of a fuel cell electric bus powertrain and energy management strategy parameters |
| PhD Mechanical Engineering | Mahamad Nasreldin Yousif | Enhancing poultry byproduct valorisation through efficient and sustainable extraction of collagen and keratin |
SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
| PhD Architecture | Mona Saad F Alamri | Reimagining Education Spaces: The Role of Classroom Design in Active Learning in Girls' Secondary Schools in Riyadh with a User-centric Approach and Participatory Design. |
| PhD Architecture | Ece Sıla Bora | Mapping Belfast Film Locations: An Exploration of the City and its Architecture through Cinema |
| PhD Architecture | Amirah Qashqari | Designing for Inclusive Thermal Comfort in Libraries in Hot Climates: A Comparative Study of Architectural, Interior, Colour, Cultural and User Experience informed Design Factors in Saudi Arabia and Qatar |
| PhD Architecture | Yulei Wang | An Investigation into Informal Appropriation in Chinese Urban VillagesA Case Study of BAISHIZHOU in Shenzhen |
| PhD Civil Engineering | Pali Bhave | Interaction Mechanics of Reinforced Soils |
| PhD Civil Engineering | Molly Virginia Crowe | Methods to Identify the Release and Sequestration of Carbon from Kelp |
| PhD Civil Engineering | Mahmoud Mohamed Nasr Abdou Elshamy | RISK FACTORS FOR DELAYS IN THE GCC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: MIXED-METHODS EVALUATION AND AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT TOOL |
| PhD Civil Engineering | Zhe Gong | Deterioration mechanisms and physicochemical changes induced by silage environment on ternary and alkali activated binders and concrete |
| PhD Civil Engineering | Amrita Anneisa Milling | Dynamic Characterisation of Basalt Textile Reinforced Mortar (BTRM) Composites for Structural Strengthening Applications |
| PhD Civil Engineering | Jennifer Elizabeth Newell | Basalt and biochar effects on plant health, human health, and carbon cycling in urban agroecosystems |
| PhD Civil Engineering | Modupe Sobowale | Assessing socio-technical challenges of implementing Predictive Digital Twins for Existing Housing and Cities in the UK |
| PhD Geography | Aaron Black | Placing Astronomy: Landscape, Space and Science at Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916 |
| PhD Geography | Benjamin Joseph Rocke | A Proposed Search Strategy for the Use of Drones in Detecting Clandestine Burials |
| PhD Geography | Annette Heidi Annemarie Salles | Resilience and adaptation of First Nations Communities in Canada to Disappearing Winter Road Infrastructure in a Changing Climate |
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Elizabeth Sarah Anderson | The effect of scaffolded, reward-related episodic future thinking on delayed gratification in 6- to 8-year-old children. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Laura Jane Baugh | Unmasking the Self: Exploring Autistic Adolescents’ Experiences of Drama and Its Impact on Wellbeing |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Enna-Louise D'Arcy | “It’s a wide net and it has holes”. A Mixed Methods Case Study in Universal Design for Learning Framework: Strengths and Challenges to Implementation in a Republic of Ireland Post Primary. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Nicola Eleanor Gardiner | Forest School Practice within UK Mainstream Primary Schools; Practitioners' Experience of Including Autistic Pupils |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Nicola Ann Gillen | Perceptions of wellbeing and collective efficacy among school staff in Northern Ireland |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Jasmine Bethany Xiao Henderson | “It’s Sometimes a Bit Towering”: A Discursive Approach to Exploring How Young People Understand and Interpret the Term ‘Special Education Needs’. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Clare Hughes | "Autistic burnout affects every single area of your life". Exploring the life stressors that contribute to autistic burnout from the perspective of autistic adolescents. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Emily Beth Matchett | Exploring the Impact of The Daily Mile: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Teachers' and Pupils' Experiences |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Veronica McKeever | Factors Contributing to the Job Satisfaction of Classroom Assistants Supporting Autistic Children in Mainstream Primary and Post-Primary Education in Northern Ireland. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Hannah Louise McVeigh | Northern Ireland Special Educational Needs Teachers' Wellbeing: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Stress and Burnout within the Context of the Special School Environment. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Niamh Anna O'Kane | “If you think something is important, you will find a way:” An Exploration of the Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Sensory Diets Developed in Collaboration with Children in a Specialist Setting. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Anna Therese O'Neill | “Like a Fragile Bit of Glass”: Voices of Bereaved Post-Primary Pupils and School Staff: An Exploration of Policies and Supports in Northern Ireland. |
| Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology |
Hannah Ward | Exploring the Lived Experiences of History Teachers, Promoting Multiperspectivity in a Post-Conflict Society, within Diverse Classrooms. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Ailana Boulos | Balancing Performance and Wellbeing: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies on Adult Elite Atheletes' Experiences of Psychological Interventions and an Empirical Evaluation of a Novel Intervention for Athlete Thriving. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Alicia Daly | Mentalization & trauma-exposed families: A systematic review & an empirical study investigating the role of parental reflective functioning, perceived sense of parental competence, and PTSD, in parents in Northern Ireland. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Colm Brian Doody | A war on two fronts: the experience of Irish peacekeepers returning home from overseas deployment |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Róisín Niamh Fallon | "Negotiating Power in Mental Health Inpatient Settings: An Analysis of Communication During Episodes of Conflict". |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Deirbhile Ann Magowan | Healthcare Professional Education on Functional Neurological Symptoms and Experiences of Managing Functional Seizures During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review and Empirical Study |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Shannon McAleese | Exploring the patient-provider relationship in diabetes care. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Katie Marie McDade | Examining the Relationship Between Therapists' Communication and Common Factors in Psychotherapy |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Jodie Alexandra McGoldrick | An exploration of relationships between infant temperament, facial expressions, and pacifier use. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Tessa McKenna | The meta-analytic relationship between exposure to domestic violence and dissociative symptomsEngaging in interventions with clients experiencing relationship difficulties; risk factors and impact on clinician well-being |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Brid O'Connell | Foundations for attachment for children in care: A feasibility and acceptability study of a group-based caregiver programme. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Ellen O'Hara | Clinician implicit and explicit attitudes regarding Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): exploring the relationship between “blame” and clinical decision-making |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Glenda Jane Preston | Examining interpersonal coordination in psychotherapeutic interactions and exploring its relationship with therapeutic processes. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Paige Shakeira Quirke | Working with Trauma: An Exploration of Organisational Culture in a Regional Trauma Network, in Northern Ireland |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Michael Roache | Non-Resident Fatherhood: A Systematic Review and Phenomenological Analysis of Experiences and Influencing Factors |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Hannah Margaret Russell | Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Parents who have Experienced Hospitalisation With their Baby: A Cross-Sectional Study Across the UK and Ireland |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Anna Soye | Intolerance of Uncertainty and Psychological Distress in Individuals Experiencing Health Changes |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Lynn Walsh | Migrant mental health: a systematic review of trauma assessment measures in forcibly displaced adults and an empirical study exploring factors impacting migrant mental health and wellbeing |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Eoin Raymond Walshe | Investigating Athletic Identity, Help-seeking, and Psychological Well-being of Gaelic games players: A Social Identity Mapping Study. |
| Doctorate Clinical Psychology | Fina Maisha Wurm | Forests as places for wellbeing from the perspective of Northern Irish young adults |
| PhD Psychology | Ciarán Canning | Improving Delay of Gratification Skills in Children: A Role for Episodic Future Thinking? |
| PhD Psychology | Rian Joseph Delaney | Assessing Psychological Resilience in a Population of Colombians Exposed to Trauma and Armed Conflict |
| PhD Psychology | Bethan Joan Iley | Conspiracy theory beliefs and dis/misinformation about gender equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives: An intergroup perspective |
| PhD Psychology | Katie McGaughey | Revenge is Sweet: Identifying the social and psychological drivers of the human desire for revenge after criminal victimisation. |
FACULTY OF MEDICINE, HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
| PhD Agri-Food & Land Use | Md. Raju Ahmad | Waste recovered biofertilisers for improving agricultural sustainability in Bangladesh |
| PhD Agri-Food & Land Use | Xiaoxia Cao | Phosphorus Dynamics and Agronomic Efficacy of Waste Recovered Compost and Struvite as Sustainable Fertiliser Alternatives in Irish Agroecosystems |
| PhD Agri-Food & Land Use | Swathine Chandrasekaran | Investigating the importance of queuosine (Q) as a novel micronutrient in human ageing and brain health |
| PhD Agri-Food & Land Use | Paul Michael Donnelly | Interactions between the microbiome, nutrition, behaviour and welfare of domesticated animals |
| PhD Agri-Food & Land Use | Lauren Alanna Reid | The interplay among finishing pig nutrition, gut microbiota and the generation of volatile compounds and greenhouse gases |
| PhD Agri-Food & Land Use | Jonathan Henry Ian Tinsley | Blending traditional and new animal health solutions to support agro-pastoral livelihoods under climate change in Africa |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Rehab Farouk Abdelfattah Soliman | Develop participatory stock management for the Egyptian artisanal Red Sea fisheries |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Raja Massoud Ali Alawar | Structure-function studies of Borrelia metal transport A (BmtA) from Lyme disease-causing Borrelia burgdorferi |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Damilare Olatunji Famakinde | Functional genomics perspectives on Biomphalaria glabrata |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Melissa Anne Hardy | Development and Application of Recombinant Proteins for Improved BPI-3 and BHV-1 Sero-diagnosis |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Wanqi Jia | The spatial and temporal biogeochemistry of agronomic grasslands |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Ryan Thomas Magee | Bovine TB: Reconstructing the Molecular Evolution of Mycobacterium Bovis |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Alix Catherine McDaid | Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems and their effects on macroinvertebrates |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Emma Catherine McKay | The endogenous context-dependent interactome of the human inflammasome sensor NLRP3 |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Jack William Frank Nicholls | An investigation into the microbial metabolism of phosphite and polyphosphate |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Udit Pant | Rapid and low cost detection platform for micro- and nano-plastics |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Xiyuan Qi | Investigation of novel avenues for cancer treatment and mechanisms of post-stress recovery |
| PhD Biological Sciences | Sinead Mary Smith | Tracking the Energetics of Wild Animals |
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
| PhD Dentistry | James Patrick Nelson | Developing a Core Outcome Set for the assessment of quality of life in hypodontia studies |
| PhD Dentistry | Aziza Abulela Sallam | Oral health and nutrition in older adults in care homes: Barriers and facilitators |
| PhD Medicine | Mohammad Maddallah Faleh Albraikat | Impact of Immune Status and Clinical Outcomes in Oropharyngeal Cancer |
| PhD Medicine | Georgia Ann Bateman | Bronchial epithelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| PhD Medicine | Ruth Charlotte Jane Fergie | Frailty: Why does it matter in Kidney Transplantation? |
| PhD Medicine | Lydia Leigh Gardner | Quantifying the impact of DNA repair dysregulation on intrinsic radiation sensitivity |
| PhD Medicine | Lanshan Huang | Identifying Features of the Immune Microenvironment Related to Lifestyle and Prostate Cancer Progression |
| PhD Medicine | Sonia Mavi | Zimbabwe Eyecare and Learning (ZEAL) |
| PhD Medicine | Thea Justine Mawhinney | Characterising ferritin as a danger-associated molecular pattern in inflammasome-mediated inflammation in acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| PhD Medicine | Claire Louise McCune | Early Detection of Late Anthracycline induced Cardiotoxicity in Survivors of Childhood Malignancy |
| PhD Medicine | Peter McGuigan | A search for therapeutic targets in cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shock |
| PhD Medicine | Adam Nathan McShane | The Role of SorLA in B Cell Antigen Trafficking and Immune Responses |
| PhD Medicine | Anna Jennifer Morwood | Elucidating Novel Properties of Adhesion Motif Functionalised Peptide Hydrogels with Relevance for Tissue Engineering |
| PhD Medicine | Dilara Olgacher | Opportunities to Improve the School Food System in the United Kingdom |
| PhD Medicine | Hannah Julia Ita Parks | Cellular Microbiology of Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens of Achromobacter and Enterobacter species |
| PhD Medicine | Jutharat Sasiwachirangkul | Novel Approach Cathepsin S-Specific Antibody-Drug Conjugates |
| PhD Medicine | Wiwit Ananda Wahyu Setyaningsih | Modelling Human Vascular Diabetes and Deciphering Epigenetic Regulation in Diabetes-Associated Infections |
| PhD Medicine | Michael Patrick Toal | Optimisation of biopsy practice to facilitate timely diagnosis and management of kidney disease |
| PhD Medicine | Etimbuk Edet Umana | Applying clinical decision aids for the assessment and management of febrile infants ≤90 days presenting to emergency care in the UK and Ireland: Febrile Infant Diagnostic Assessment and Outcome (FIDO) Study |
| PhD Medicine | Hanagh Ryanne Winter | Circadian clocks in diabetes – implications for diabetic retinopathy |
| PhD Medicine | Sarah Jane Winter | Obesity, metabolic health and aggressive prostate cancer; an integrated analysis of imaging and genomics data |
| PhD Medicine | Ebru Yilmaz | An Investigation of Wait Times and Service Delivery of Outpatient Healthcare Services in Northern Ireland |
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
| PhD Nursing & Midwifery | Haifa Abdullah A Alfouzan | Physical Activity in Children with Cerebral Palsy in Saudi Arabia |
| PhD Nursing & Midwifery | BasemaMohammad A Alharbi | The Mental Health Care Needs of Women who Experience Intimate Partner Violence in Saudi Arabia: A mixed-methods study |
| PhD Nursing & Midwifery | Abedallrahman Mutek A Aljahni | Exploring the perspectives of informal caregivers and healthcare professionals on the quality of care provided within an intensive care unit: A Saudi Arabia Experience |
| PhD Nursing & Midwifery | Hamad Hussain H Alshahrani | Experiences of Healthcare Providers and Bereaved Next of Kin of Patients Regarding the Provision of Palliative Care in Adult Intensive Care Units: An Exploratory Study |
| PhD Nursing & Midwifery | Saud Hamdun J Althomali | An Exploration of Parents' and Healthcare Professionals' Experiences and Perceptions of Family-Centred Care (FCC) for Children in the PICU in Saudi Arabia: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Methods Study |
| PhD Nursing & Midwifery | Ernest Asante | Nurse-led mobile phone intervention to promote self-management in type 2 diabetes in Ghana: a randomised controlled trial |
| PhD Nursing & Midwifery | Jill Elizabeth Mulholland | Referral Routes to Community Support; Exploring the Impact of Social Prescribing |
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
| MPhil Pharmacy | Meng Ju | The discovery of a novel bioactive peptide identified from the skin secretion of Hylarana spinulosa |
| MPhil Pharmacy | Chenyu Liao | Molecular cloning, synthesis and bioactivity study of a bioactive peptide from the skin secretion of the Burmeister's leaf frog, Phyllomedusa burmeisteri |
| MPhil Pharmacy | Yulu Ren | Discovery of an antibacterial peptide QUB-2503 derived from Odorrana Schmackeri skin secretions and testing of its antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity |
| MPhil Pharmacy | Shiqi Sun | Bioactivity evaluation of peptide QUB-2511 from the skin secretion of the Fukien gold-striped pond frog, Pelophylax plancyi fukienensis |
| MPhil Pharmacy | Yue Tang | Identification and functional study of a bioactive peptide, QUB-2323, from the skin secretion of the orange-legged monkey tree frog, Phyllomedusa azurea |
| MPhil Pharmacy | Hairui Zhu | Identification and In Vitro Characterization of QUB-3358: A Novel Antimicrobial Peptide from Amolops torrentis Skin Secretion |
| PhD Pharmacy | Aya Ibrahim Shehadeh Alkhatib | Relationship between antibiotic treatment and clinical outcome in people with bronchiectasis |
| PhD Pharmacy | Ahmad Ali H Assiri | Development and Characterisation of Hybrid Triblock Copolymeric Nanomicelles for Ocular Drug Delivery |
| PhD Pharmacy | Aikaterini Dedeloudi | Development of biomaterial-based3D printed drug-eluting scaffoldsfor bone cancer applications |
| PhD Pharmacy | Ross Michael Duncan | Non-thermal Plasma for control of Orthopedic Infections |
| PhD Pharmacy | Abdul-Akim Guseinov | Understanding allosteric and biased GPCR signalling from computer simulations and mutagenesis |
| PhD Pharmacy | Robyn Natasha Irwin | Novel Light-Activated Antimicrobial Biomaterials for Medical Device Infections |
| PhD Pharmacy | Subrin Akhter Jahan | Development of polymeric microneedles for systemic and local delivery of antibiotics |
| PhD Pharmacy | Binyumeng Jiang | Development of mRNA as a therapeutic vaccine for HPV-ve head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| PhD Pharmacy | Lingyu Ke | Stepwise structural optimisation and functional evaluation of dermaseptin-DI2, an antimicrobial peptide identified from Phyllomedusa tomopterna |
| PhD Pharmacy | Tianxing Liu | A Serum-Stable Antimicrobial Peptide-Based Delivery Platform for Selective Treatment of Non-Targetable and Chemo-Resistant Tumours |
| PhD Pharmacy | Elizabeth Rachel Magill | Formulation strategies for modifying drug release from preformed solid implants. |
| PhD Pharmacy | Jordanne-Amee Maybin | Cold Atmospheric Plasma for the Enhancement of Antimicrobial Strategies Against Bacterial Biofilms |
| PhD Pharmacy | Renlong Na | Formulation Development and Physicochemical Characterisation of Liposomal Antibiotic Dry Powders for Inhaled Treatment of Chronic Respiratory Infections |
| PhD Pharmacy | Martina Sangalli | Development of Nanocrystal-Loaded Electrospun Nanofibres for Topical Drug Delivery |
| PhD Pharmacy | Bichen Xu | Functional Characterization and Optimization of Antimicrobial Peptides QUB2061 and Esculentin-1-OR3 from Odorrana Species |
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