Theses: Recent submissions
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An analysis of a healthy housing initiative and its implications for public policy
Published 2025The NSW Ministry of Health has implemented the NSW Housing for Health (HfH) program since 1997, to improve home hardware to support householders practice safe and healthy living. Using program data from 1998-2017 this PhD ...Open AccessThesis -
Early childhood health promotion and obesity prevention in primary healthcare
Published 2026Primary health professionals (PHPs) have regular contact with families of young children and are well placed to support early childhood health promotion and obesity prevention. This thesis aimed to examine factors influencing ...USyd AccessThesis -
Understanding alpha-synuclein strain-dependent pathology in Parkinson's disease
Published 2026Parkinson’s disease (PD) is defined by α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation. Distinct polymorphs—flat "ribbons" and cylindrical "fibrils"—are associated with different disease phenotypes, but how cells process these strains and ...USyd AccessThesis -
Adjustment to child autism diagnosis during parent-mediated intervention
Published 2026When a child is diagnosed with autism, their parent goes through a process of working through the associated thoughts and feelings known as adjustment to the diagnosis. Research has yet to investigate whether there are ...Open AccessThesis -
Complexity of 3–manifolds Geometric and Topological Perspectives
Published 2026Minimal triangulations of 3--dimensional manifolds offer key insights to topological and geometric properties of the underlying manifold. We study minimal triangulations through two lenses -- one geometric, and one ...Open AccessThesis