Congratulations to Jacqui Hislop-Jambrich, the first PhD candidate supported by CRCBID to complete her thesis.  Jacqui’s research was undertaken at the School of Dental Science at the University of Melbourne. Her work involved quantifying population based radiological expressions of age-related change in human femoral bone.  She applied novel 3D techniques adapted from anthropology and clinical medicine that were used to assess age-related changes in morphology and densitometry using multiple detector-row computed tomographic (MDCT) data. These Australian data have also been used to establish robust equations for the determination of height, stature and gender from femurs in situations of mass disaster victim identification. The work has also been shown to have huge potential in better determining those who have the greatest potential to fracture their hips.

“It was great to do a PhD based on ageing because it is so interesting,” says Jacqui, “and is so much a part of what is in the media every day ... and unfortunately in my mirror every morning!  My thanks to CRCBID for the scholarship."

“Our education program continues to be a focus for the CRCBID board and the Department,” says CEO Dr Gerard Roe, “and it is a significant milestone to see the first of the PhD students supported by CRCBID submitting her thesis.  We congratulate Jacqui on her hard work.”

Arnand Mohan, who works with the CRCBID team at the Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science has also handed in his thesis in recent weeks.  His topic was “A High Speed Reconfigurable Analogue to Digital Converter for Ultra Wideband Devices” which focussed on the design and implementation of the high speed converter for ultra wideband communication.  Anand says he hopes his research outcomes can be applied in a number of converter applications, including wireless bio-medical devices capable of high data rate monitoring of athlete performance or patient’s condition during training or other physical activity.