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Research Students

Lingfeng Lyu

MActSt (Extension), UNSW Business School

PhD student, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney

Supervisors:
Yang Shen and Jonathan Ziveyi

Co-Supervisors:

Michael Sherris

Thesis Topic:
Forecasting and Financing Healthy Aging and Aged Care in Australia

Sue Markham

MSc (Research), UNSW
BASc (Phty), University of Sydney

PhD Student, School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney

Supervisors:
A/Prof Kate O’Loughlin

Co-Supervisors:

Prof Lindy Clemson, Dr Justin McNab

Thesis Topic:

Facilitators and barriers to clinical trial recruitment and retention of older people: a mixed methods study

HOANG (Victoria) Bang Chau Nguyen

BEc Honours, The University of Queensland

PhD Student, The University of Sydney Business School

Supervisors: 

Professor Susan Thorp

Co-Supervisors: 

Associate Professor Jingyu Yang

Thesis Title: 

Machine learning tools for variable annuity portfolio management

James Rice

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Monash University

PhD Student, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne

Supervisors:
Associate Professor Jeromey Temple and Associate Professor Peter McDonald 

Thesis Topic:
Extensions to the Australian National Transfer Accounts

 

Tianyu Shen

MA, Social Research, ANU

PhD student, School of demography, ANU

Supervisors:

Dr Collin Payne

Co-Supervisors:

Professor Vladimir Canudas Romo and Dr Alyson van Raalte

Thesis Topic:

Living Longer and Healthier? An Advancement of Methodology and Understanding on Health Expectancy

 

 

Gayani Kaushika Thalagoda

B.Sc. Statistics (Special) , University of Peradeniya,Sri Lanka. (First Class Hons.)

M.Sc. Actuarial Science, University of Calgary, Canada

PhD student, Risk and Actuarial Studies, Business School, University of New South Wales

Supervisors:

Dr. Jonathan Ziveyi

Co-Supervisors:

Andres Villegas Ramirez

Thesis Topic:

Longevity Risk Measurement and Management

Yawei Wang

Master of Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney.
Bachelor of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies student, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney

Supervisors:
A/Professor Yang Shen and 
A/Professor Jonathan Ziveyi

 

Co-Supervisors:

Professor Michael Sherris

Thesis Topic:
A unified Markov chain Monte Carlo framework for valuation and assessment of retirement income products

Jiamin Yan

MSc in Insurance, Central University of Finance and Economics in China; B.A. Information and Computer Science from Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE); BSc in information and Computer Science – Central University of Finance and Economics in China

PhD Student, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW business school

Supervisors: 

Prof Hazel Bateman

Co-Supervisors: 

Dr Katja Hanewald

Xingying Yu

M.Sc (Distinction), B.A (Hons 1 with distinction)

PhD Student, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW Business School

Supervisors:

A/Professor Yang Shen and A/Professor Jonathan Ziveyi

Co-Supervisors:

Dr Kyu Hyung Park and Professor Michael Sherris

Thesis Topic:

Joint health transition models and its application in pricing shared LTCI

Yuchen Xie

BA in health promotion (Minor in Psychology), University of Iowa, USA; MSc in Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA

Supervisors:

Professor Kaarin Anstey, Associate Professor Myra Hamilton, Professor Carmelle Peisah and Dr Craig Sinclair

Thesis title:

Navigating aged care services for older Australians and their families

Eva Zellman

MSAP, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; BSc(Psych), University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

PhD Student, Business School, Future of Work Institute, Curtin University

Supervisor:

Dr Daniela Andrei and Professor Sharon Parker

Thesis Topic:

The Role of Leadership in Managing an Aging and Age Diverse Workforce

 

Yuxin Zhou

B.Act.Studies (Honours 1), Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies

PhD Student, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney

Supervisors:

Professor Michael Sherris and A/Professor Yang Shen

Co-supervisor:

A/Professor Jonathan Ziveyi and Dr Len Partick Garces

Thesis Topic:

Age-dependent Multi-cohort Affine Mortality Model and Mutual Mortality Pooling Products

Shally Zhou

Bachelor of Science (Advanced), (Honours 1) UNSW; 1 pub

PhD Student, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales

Supervisors:

Professor Kaarin Anstey 

Co-supervisors:

Dr Susanne Schweizer, Dr Brooke Brady, Dr Lidan Zheng

Thesis Topic:

Understanding short-term variability in multidimensional subjective age, health and cognition

Marie-Celine Chery

GradDip; GDPsych, The University of New South Wales

Honours Student, Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, UNSW

Supervisor: Dr. Craig Sinclair

Thesis Topic: The Role of Trait Anxiety in Decisional Conflict Experienced by Older Adults in Decision Making About Future Care and Medical Treatments