SEMINARS IN AGEING
Past event · 16 Aug 2022
PhD student rapid fire
Four NARI-affiliated PhD candidates present their research in rapid-fire format.
DATE
16 August 2022
TIME
12:00pm – 1:00pm
LOCATION
Online
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PRESENTERS
Ellen Gaffy, La Trobe University and NARI
Ishani Majmudar, Deakin University
Kerry Hwang, MARC and NARI
Joanne Tropea
SERIES
Seminars in Ageing
STATUS
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About the presenters
Her PhD research is exploring the involvement of people impacted by dementia in the co-design of educational resources. (Ellen Gaffy)
Health Economics graduate and a PhD candidate at Deakin University. Her research is in the field of econonomics of ageing and mainly focuses on loneliness and social isolation in older adults and will be presenting on health service use associated with loneliness and social isolation among older adults in Australia. (Ishani Majmudar)
His main research interest involves improving the lives of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. In his 3rd year of his PhD, His PhD explores healthcare access and utilisation in older people from CALD backgrounds utilising quantitative datasets. (Kerry Hwang)
Jo Tropea has a clinical background as a physiotherapist, and over 10 years’ experience working on research related to care of older people. Jo completed her PhD in April this year, where she evaluated a training program about end of life dementia care aimed at residential aged care staff. (Joanne Tropea)