ProfessorMandana (Mandy) Nikpour

Interim DADR & NMHRC Leadership Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

  • Interim DADR & NMHRC Leadership Fellow
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

Professor Nikpour has supervised 12 Research Higher Degrees to completion and is presently supervising furher 12 RHD as primary or co-supervisor. These RHDs have been awarded numrous prizes including the TJ Martin Medal twice awarded to the top PhD thesis in the Eastern Hill Campus of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, the Victorian Premier's Research Prize and the EULAR Congress abstract prize. Almost all of these RHD candidates are clinician-researchers, many of whom hav contineud a career in research and received further accolades including NHMRC Emerging Leadership Investigator Grants and ARA Early Career Research Excelelnce Awards. 

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Clinical Implications of Nail Ultrasound in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development and Clinical Evaluation of Sensor-Enabled Smart Heated Gloves for Raynaud’s Phenomenon
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Frequency, screening and treatment of connective tissue related pulmonary arterial hypertension in Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Health literacy in people with scleroderma: importance, measurement tools, and impact on health journey
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Healthcare utilisation clinical outcomes and patient experiences of exercise in people with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Systemic Sclerosis in Australia: Epidemiology, Healthcare Utilisation and Costs, and Geospatial Analysis Using National Linked Administrative Health Data
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Understanding the impact and distribution of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Australia