Past Students - 2020

Qinying Lan | Masters Scholar
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I am a Master of Biomedical Science student of the University of Melbourne. I’m currently taking a research project in the Royal Women’s Hospital under the supervision of Dr Peate and Dr Marino. 

​My project explores the top three menopause symptoms that women after cancer most want to get rid of through patient report outcome measures. We collect data from the patients who visit the Menopause Symptoms after Cancer clinic in the Royal Women’s Hospital and try to develop a database for further investigation. We believe our project will provide essential information for the clinicians and help them to provide better care for their patients. 

Cassandra Ong | Masters Scholar

​I am a Master of Biomedical Science student at the University of Melbourne. With a passion for oncofertility research in a clinical setting, I decided to pursue a research project with the emPoWeR unit under the supervision of Dr Peate and Dr Marino. 

My research project, “Fertility Choices”, represents the first study to develop and evaluate a low health literacy online decision aid relating to fertility preservation for younger women with early breast cancer. We hope that our research will facilitate informed decision-making among patients with low health literacy, ultimately improving the quality of life in this underserved population.

Louis Taffs | Honours Scholar
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​After completing his Bachelor of Science (Neuroscience) in 2019, he joined the emPoWeR unit to continue the EndoNeeds Project for his honours year. He is investigating the needs of young endometriosis sufferers across the whole of Australia, a currently under-researched demographic. The data collected from this investigation will be used to create a robust unmet needs instrument; a tool that can improve the lives of all people with endometriosis.

Louis currently works in community health with Cohealth and is passionate about the delivery of health services to all members of the community, in the ways that work for them.

Niamh Waters | Honours Scholar

​I completed my bachelor of science in 2018 at the University of Melbourne and this year I will be undertaking my honours year within the emPoWeR unit, under the supervision Dr Peate and Dr Marino. I will be working on the EndoNeeds project, working to explore the physical, social and psychological needs of people with endometriosis. I will be focusing in particular on those who have been diagnosed more than 10 years ago.
Hopefully, this work can be used for the subsequent development of an endometriosis specific unmet needs instrument and improve quality of life for those living with endometriosis.

Daniella Salib | Honours Scholar

​I completed my Bachelor of Biomedical Science with Distinction at Deakin University in 2019, I joined the emPoWeR unit at the Royal Women’s Hospital to complete my Honours degree under the primary supervision of Dr Jennifer Marino and Dr Michelle Peate.

My project will explore the unmet needs of women living with ovarian cancer and their experiences in Australia in all aspects of their quality of life through interviews. The interviews can help identify any missing domains and needs in their quality of life from their ovarian cancer experience due to poor diagnosis and is often an overlooked cancer population.