Students

We collaborate with a community of PhD and Honours students with a shared interest in areas where there are significant evidence gaps in women’s sexual and reproductive health.

Desireé Lagrappe

Desireé LaGrappe

Desireé is a NHMRC PhD Scholar and Fulbright grantee at La Trobe University’s Judith Lumley Centre. 

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Susan Saldanha

Susan Saldanha

Susan joined SPHERE in 2022 as a PhD student within the Department of General Practice, Monash University. 

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Genevieve Edwards

Genevieve is a Lecturer in Nursing at Australian Catholic University. She is a Registered Nurse and qualified Sexual & Reproductive Health Nurse.

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Medhavi Weerasinghe

Medhavi Weerasinghe is currently completing her PhD with the department of Global and Women’s Health at the Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

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Sethini Wickramasinghe

Sethini is a PhD candidate at Monash University in the Global and Women's Health Unit, supervised by Professor Jane Fisher and Dr Karin Stanzel.

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Brianna Pike

As a current doctoral candidate pursuing a Doctor of Public Health at the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University Brianna's research focuses on examining the profound impacts of reproductive coercion on survivors' lives.

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Dr Alissia Hui

Alissia commenced her PhD candidature at SPHERE CRE in 2024 under the supervision of Professor Danielle Mazza and Dr Sharinne Crawford.

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Kajol Babu

Kajol is an Honours student in the Department of General Practice at Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, supervised by Dr. Anisa Assifi and Susan Saldanha. 

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