Graduate Research School Research Excellence Dean's Award for Excellence 2026

Dean's Award for Excellence 2026

Thesis Title: The effect of exercise on depression and anxiety: A meta-meta-analysis

Advisory Panel: Prof James Dimmock, Dr Klaire Somoray and Dr Samantha Teague

Thesis Title: Exploring Humour for Children in Tourism: Insights from Best Practices, Children’s Experiences and Tour Operators

Advisory Panel: Dr Jenny Panchal and A/Prof Laurie Murphy

Thesis Title: Promoting university student wellbeing: Exploring the feasibility of soft skills and the first nations-developed family wellbeing empowerment program

Advisory Panel: Prof Komla Tsey, Dr Rhian Morgan and A/Prof Hyacinth Udah

Thesis Title: It’s Time: An Aboriginal Social Theory for, by, and with Aboriginal People

Advisory Panel: A/Prof Theresa Petray and A/Prof Victoria Kuttainen

Thesis Title: The growth and productivity of fishes through space and time

Advisory Panel: Prof David Bellwood, Dr Orpha Bellwood and Prof Garry Russ

Thesis Title: Synthesis and Investigations on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and their Composites for High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices/Sensing Applications

Advisory Panel: Prof Mohan Jacob and A/Prof Yang Liu

Thesis Title: Wind loading and aeroelastic response of flat plates: Application to Solar Trackers

Advisory Panel: Prof John Ginger, Dr David Henderson and Dr Korah Parackal

Thesis Title: The value of sound: Passive acoustic monitoring for terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity assessments

Advisory Panel: Prof Lin Schwarzkopf and Dr Slade Allen-Ankins

Thesis Title: Dynamics of carbonate production and erosion in north-western Australia

Advisory Panel: Prof Andrew Hoey and Prof Morgan Pratchett

Thesis Title: Antibiotic Resistance: A Tale of Two Environments Assessment of the Emerging Ecological Risk of Antibiotic. Resistance Released from The Cleveland Bay Sewage Treatment Plant onto the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Advisory Panel: A/Prof Robert Kinobe, A/Prof Madoc Sheehan, Dr Roger Huerlimann and Prof Ellen Ariel

Thesis Title: Age determination in the Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris): novel molecular approaches

Advisory Panel: A/Prof Sven Uthicke, Dr Ana Villacorta Rath and Prof Morgan Pratchett

Thesis Title: The Emergency Treatment of the Drowning Patient

Advisory Panel: Prof Richard Franklin, A/Prof Sue Devine and Prof Peter Leggat

Thesis Title: ‘The Wheel of Fire’: Negotiating Feminist Ideals and Development Realities in Lao PDR

Advisory Panel: A/Prof Michelle Redman-MacLaren and Prof Rosita Henry

Thesis Title: Defining Public Health Competencies for Australian Pharmacists

Advisory Panel: A/Prof Janet Young, A/Prof Ian Heslop, A/Prof Karen Carlisle and EM/Prof Bev Glass

Thesis Title: Understanding Protein differences to make Healthier and Safer Seafood

Advisory Panel: Prof Andreas Lopata and Dr Thimo Ruethers