University of Malta
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
List of Current Ph.D Dissertations
No.
Name of student
Dissertation Title
1
Attard Pizzuto
Maresca
Innovative Tools to Investigate Risk in Pharmaceutical
Processes
Professor Anthony Serracino Inglott
Co-Supervisor:
Professor Lilian Azzopardi
2
Azzopardi
Neville
The Immune System, Disease Severity and Osteoporosis in
Crohn’s Disease
Professor Godfrey LaFerla
Co-Supervisor: Dr Godfrey Grech
3
Baldacchino
Shawn
Biomarker-driven therapeutic groups sensitive to pp2a
activators in Cancer patients
Dr Godfrey Grech
4
Camilleri
Angelique
Diana
Rescuing Parkinson's Disease in vivo using Natural
Polyphenols and Plant Extracts.
Dr Neville Vassallo
5
Camilleri
Robert
Development of a Risk Statification model for the
management of Suspected Acute Poisoning
Professor Michael Sammut
Co-Supervisor:
Professor Joseph M Cacciottolo
6
Cassar
Analisse
7
Craus
Johann
8
Ellul
Pierre
Investigating the effect of insect conditioned media and
its constituents on terminal differentiantion of
leukaemia
Biological, Genetic and Inflammatory Markers for
Gestational Diabetes
Phenotypic Expression in Maltese Crohn's disease
patients and the role of NOD2/Caspase - activation
recruitment domain 15 (CARD15) gene variants
Supervisor
Dr Pierre Schembri Wismayer
Professor Josanne Vassallo
Professor Godfrey LaFerla
University of Malta
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
No.
Name of student
Dissertation Title
Supervisor
9
Ghio
Stephanie
Development of Tau Aggregate Inhibitors for Alzheimer's
Disease
Dr Neville Vassallo
10
Grech
Victor
A review of Global Secular Trends and Latitude Gradients in
sex ratios at birth over the past 50 years.
Dr Julian Mamo
11
Mizzi
Clint
How does Informatic Analysis of Next Generation Whole
Genome Sequences on Critical Families and Populations
serve to Identify Globin Gene Control Mechanism?
Professor Alex Felice
Professor Simon Attard Montalto
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Julian Mamo
Professor Andrew J Pollard
Professor A Serracino Inglott
Co-Supervior:
Professor Victor Ferrito
12
Pace
David
Vaccine prevention of serogroup C meningococcal
disease in childhood
13
Sammut Bartolo
Nicolette
New Pathways for Development Steroids
3
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March 2016