Research Classifieds – Student Expertise
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Expertise: Epidemiology, zoonoses, public health
Name: Jaimie Frazer
Email: jaimie.frazer@uqconnect.edu.au
Mobile: 0405187937
MBBS Year: 1
Prior Qualifications: BVSc (hons), MVPHMgt, MANZCVS(Epidemiology),
PGDipPrevVetMed
Years / Months of experience in this area: 8 years (2004-2012)
How did you gain this experience? Coursework masters with research project in
epidemiology, post grad diploma in quantitative methods, worked in veterinary disease
surveillance, investigation and control (with zoonoses component) for 8 years. Passed
membership exam for Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists
(Epidemiology Chapter).
Synopsis of the skill/expertise: Zoonoses, infectious diseases epidemiology, quantitative
epidemiology (biostatistics, linear/logistic/poisson regression with mixed effects, also some
experience with stochastic scenario tree models for disease freedom, BYM spatial models,
infectious disease spread models and Bayesian analysis), outbreak investigation, disease
surveillance and disease control. Most of these skills were used on the job in various roles
investigating animal and human disease outbreaks, and in project work in preparedness
for disease outbreaks (generally for internal government use). Some peer reviewed
publications, conference presentations, posters have resulted (and many internal/nonpeer-reviewed).
Specific large outbreaks I was involved with included the H1N1 pandemic response
(secondment to New Zealand Ministry of Health) in 2009 and the Equine Influenza
outbreak in Queensland in 2007. I also managed an Avian Influenza surveillance
programme and an arbovirus surveillance programme, was a co-investigator on a project
to create a stochastic scenario tree model for avian influenza freedom, and was scientific
editor for a disease surveillance journal (so have experience with critical review of
literature from an epidemiology perspective, and with scientific writing).
Expertise: Medicinal chemistry, Synthetic chemistry, Microbiology, Cell culture
Name: ERNEST HOCK LYNN TEE
Email: ernest.tee@uqconnect.edu.au
Mobile: 0413704194
MBBS Year: 1
Prior Qualifications:
BBiotech (Honours)
Years / Months of experience in this area: 2 years (2010-2011)
How did you gain this experience?
Voluntary work, Honours Research project, Research assistant
Synopsis of the skill/expertise:
I was involved in the chemical synthesis of novel drug candidates against GPCR receptors
and new anti-bacterial targets. I was partially involved in the design of those drug
analogues to explore the structure-activity relationship space (SAR). I have also had
microbiological experience in testing those putative synthetic anti-bacterial compounds. I
have two publications arising from my research experience:1) Tee, E. H. L.; Karoli, T.; Ramu, S.; Huang, J. X.; Butler, M. S.; Cooper, M. A.,
Synthesis of Essramycin and Comparison of Its Antibacterial Activity. Journal of
Natural Products 2010, 73, (11), 1940-1942.
2) Karoli, T.; Mamidyala S.K.; Zuegg J.; Fry S.R.; Tee, E. H. L.; Bradford T.A.;
Madala P.K.; Huang, J. X.; Ramu, S.; Butler, M. S.; Cooper, M. A., Structure
aided design of chimeric antibiotics. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
2012, 22, (7), 2428-2433.
Expertise: cognitive psychology, psychometrics, magnetohydrodynamics
Name: JEREMY CS JOHNSON
Email: Jeremy.johnson@uqconnect.edu.au
Mobile: 0402 180 772
MBBS Year: 3
Prior Qualifications
BSc in Psychology, BSc in Astrophysics
Years / Months of experience in this area:
See below
How did you gain this experience?
Research assistant
Synopsis of the skill/expertise:
I’ve been involved in diverse research projects. Notably, from 2007 to 2010, I worked as a
research assistant in three cognitive psychology labs, which involved all aspects of
research including inception, running experiments, data analysis, and drafting papers.
From 2009 to 2010 I was involved in the NAPLS schizophrenia research and played a
major role in performing EEGs and administering psychometric testing. From 2003 to
2004 research in Astrophysics involved computer simulation.
Expertise: Molecular Biology
Name: HYUNJUN JONATHAN KIM
Email: hyunjun.kim@uqconnect.edu.au
Mobile: 0423567700
MBBS Year: 2
Prior Qualifications
Honours BSc, Thesis-based MSc (equilivant to MPhil) in the University of Toronto
Years / Months of experience in this area:
2007 ~ 2010
How did you gain this experience?
Worked as a research assistant during the summer of 2007 in a cardiovascular pathology
lab, 4th year project student in a cardiovascular/molecular biology lab, and Master of
Science in a cardiovascular/molecular biology lab.
Synopsis of the skill/expertise:
2D cell cultures, Immunostaining, Western Blot, rtPCR, IP, Elastic fiber isolation and
quantification using radioactive isotopes, data analysis, statistical analysis, critically
analysing current literature, and writing manuscripts.
Publications
Published in Cardiovascular Pathology in 2011: Amber Chang Liu, Songyi Xu, Hyunjun Jonathan Kim, Avrum
I. Gotlieb: Cell Density Regulates in vitro Activation of Heart Valve Interstitial Cells.
Published in The American Journal of Pathology in 2012: Junyan Shi, Andrew Wang, Yanting Wang, Hyunjun
Jonathan Kim, Thomas F. Mitts, Aleksander Hinek: Insulin Promotes Elastin Production by Human
Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells and Fibroblasts from Skin and Heart.
Submitted to The Journal of Investigative Dermatology in 2011: Hyunjun Jonathan Kim, Thomas F. Mitts,
Yanting Wang, Aleksander Hinek: Sodium Ascorbate as a Potent Stimulator of Elastic Fiber Production.