Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
-
Accounts of Gig Work on Interconnected Platforms
Published 2026This thesis explores why Australian food-delivery workers continue gig work despite its precarious and exploitative nature. While focused on Australia, it addresses broader concerns about how digital platforms shape the ...USyd AccessThesis -
Surgical reconstruction of the mandible and maxilla: A health technology assessment in the Australian context
Published 2026Surgical resection of the mandible and maxilla is a standard treatment for jaw pathology, including tumours, trauma, infection, and osteonecrosis. Jaw resection profoundly impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL) ...Open AccessThesis -
Advancing outcome measurement in oncology clinical trials: Optimising validating and innovating endpoints
Published 2026Robust outcome assessment underpins therapeutic evaluation in oncology trials. Although overall survival (OS) remains the definitive endpoint, interpretation is complicated by crossover, subsequent therapies, non-proportional ...USyd AccessThesis -
Understanding Irritability: Definition Measurement and Modelling
Published 2026Irritability is common to our day-to-day experiences and as a transdiagnostic phenomenon in psychiatric disorders, and yet it is ill-defined and poorly understood. Its ubiquity means that it is impossible to capture in its ...USyd AccessThesis -
Development of a cancer cell membrane-coated biomimetic nanoparticle delivery system for the targeted treatment of triple negative breast cancer
Published 2026Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype lacking oestrogen, progesterone, and HER2 receptors, limiting targeted treatment options. Conventional chemotherapy is often associated with ...USyd AccessThesis