ACHEEV is an interdisciplinary team of academics, postdoctoral researchers, honorary fellows, research assistants and higher degree researchers. Together, we conduct empirical, theoretical and methodological research, focused on questions with practical implications for policy and practice. Our commitment to openness, inclusiveness and excellence is reflected in everything we do.
Our people
Director
Professors
Associate Professor
Research Fellows
- Dr Patti Shih
- Dr Yves Saint James Aquino
- Dr Heidi Green
- Kathleen Prokopovich
Visiting Research Fellows
Research Assistants
- Lucy Carolan
- Emma Campbell
MPHIL students - current
Rebecca Bosward
Thesis: Precision public health: a new definition, ethical and social implications, and recommendations for policy and practice
Supervisors: Professor Stacy Carter, Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer
PHD students - current
Ella Young
Thesis: Healthy Ageing for Rural Women in Australia: Understanding Hormonal Care through Women’s Experiences of Later Life and Gendered Chronic Illness.
Supervisors: Dr Patti Shih, Associate Professor Catherine Mac Phail, Dr Yves Aquino
Tobias Johannes Schulz
Thesis: Whose knowledge counts? AI, clinical authority and the ethics of the informed patient
Supervisors: Dr Yves Aquino, Associate Professor Chris Degeling
Belinda Fabrianesi
Thesis: Engaging Community in Health and Social Service Commissioning: Advancing Community-Led Approaches within a Primary Health Network Commissioning
Supervisors: Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer, Dr Patti Shih
McKenzie Maviso
Thesis: Optimising HIV Prevention Strategies for Adolescents and Young Adults in Papua New Guinea: A Co-Design Approach to Mobile Phone-enabled Intervention
Supervisors: Associate Professor Catherine Mac Phail, Dr Patti Shih
Misganaw Tiruneh
Thesis: The Impact of Stigma and Support Systems on Tuberculosis in Ethiopian Communities: Social Determinants and Perception Shifts
Supervisors: Associate Professor Chris Degeling, Associate Professor Catherine Mac Phail
Hugh James Archer
Thesis: Ethical, legal and social implications of RNA research and development
Supervisors: Associate Professor Chris Degeling, Dr Yves Aquino
Sittichoke Chawraingern
Thesis: An empirical analysis of policy and practices for antimicrobial resistance in Thailand
Supervisors: Assoc Professor Chris Degeling, Assoc Professor Judy Mullan, Dr Patti Shih, Dr Jane Williams
Zelalem Azene
Thesis: Intimate Partner Violence in the Perinatal Period: Impacts on Mother and Infant
Supervisors: Assoc Professor Catherine Mac Phail, Professor Lisa Smithers
PHD students - graduated
Dr Emma Frost
Awarded 2026
Thesis: Understanding the ethical, legal, and social implications of using artificial intelligence in cardiovascular disease diagnosis and screening.
Supervisors: Professor Stacy Carter, Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer, Dr Yves Aquino
Dr Kathleen Prokopovich
Awarded 2025
Thesis: Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in school-based vaccination for Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Supervisors: : Assoc Professor Lyn Phillipson, Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer
Dr Mina Motamedi (MD, MHM)
Awarded 2025
Thesis: Responses to transvaginal mesh in Australia: a surgical innovation with low rate, severe adverse events
Supervisors: Professor Stacy Carter, Assoc Professor Chris Degeling
Dr Saniya Singh
Awarded 2025
Thesis: Does 'Uncertainty Tolerance' contribute to Overprescribing? Informing Stewardship for Healthcare Staff in Aged-Care Settings
Supervisors: Assoc Professor Chris Degeling; Prof Frank Deane, Prof Peter Caputi
Dr Cheryl Travers
Awarded 2022
Thesis: People, pets and communities in natural disasters: A case for One Health promotion.
Supervisors: Assoc Professor Chris Degeling, Melanie Rock, Professor Stacy Carter