Major Project and PhD Opportunities

a literature review to establish the existing evidence base for yoga as an intervention for personal wellbeing, social connection and service integration
establishing a research framework for the NGO to collect and analyse primary data from its services to add to the evidence base
implementing the research framework.

The purpose of this research is to establish the parameters of a viable research program about the effectiveness of yoga as an intervention in the Australian health and human services sectors. Therefore, the foundation’s program must meet the various needs of potential research partners and funding bodies.

Contact Sharyn Coughlan for further information: m: 0421 099733 e: sharyn.coughlan@gmail.com

PhD Opportunities - Children's Cancer Institute Australia
Considering Honours or a PhD In Biomedical Research for 2010?

Come and check out your options at the CHILDREN’S CANCER INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA Student Information Night
WHEN: 6-8pm Thursday 24th September
WHERE: Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH) Level 2 Meeting Room (C6) High Street Randwick (Enter from High street SCH entrance, walk along the corridor, turn left at the South Lifts sign and left again, take the lift up to level 2 , the venue is directly opposite the lifts)
WHAT: Meet potential supervisors and chat with current students over pizza and refreshments.
RSVP: To register your attendance please e-mail education@ccia.unsw.edu.au

We are a dynamic team of world class researchers with strong collaborative links with research and clinical teams throughout the world committed to the professional development of its staff and students.

Website: www.ccia.org.au

Scholarship for Sexual Health Research – call for applications
RACP Research and Education Foundation
Novartis Scholarship for Sexual Health Research 2010

Closing date: 18^th September 2009

Novartis has provided funding for a one-year scholarship (up to $29,000 tax free) to undertake a research degree in laboratory, clinical or public health research related to sexually transmitted viral infections.

This scholarship is intended as a bridging scholarship that allows candidates time to improve their CV sufficiently and therefore obtain funding for the scholarship from the usual sources (eg NHMRC). The funds can only be used to fund the student’s stipend. These funds may not be used to support project costs.

Essential Eligibility criteria:
1. A medical graduate or sexual health nurse;
2. Enrolled in a PhD, MD, Doctor of Public Health (research) or Masters by research (not course work Masters) at an Australian or New Zealand University.

For further information and application form please contact Sophie Rae, Research Grants Officer at foundation@racp.edu.au

Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Endeavour Award 2010
Application Closing Date: 11th September 2009

Valued at up to AU$40-60,000
Open to Australian undergraduates and postgraduates in any field of study commencing their studies in 2010

Undertake study or research related to your Australian degree (6 to 12 months) and an internship or work placement in Asia (2 to 12 months)
Gain invaluable skills and knowledge in an international work context

Selected priority destinations for the 2010 Round
China (including Hong Kong and Macau SARs); India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Singapore; Republic of Korea; Taiwan; Thailand; and Vietnam.

Application forms and further information are available at UNSW Scholarships:
Ph: +61 2 9385 1078
Email: scholarships@unsw.edu.au

Further details about the Awards:
http://www.endeavour.deewr.gov.au/PMs_Awards/

Hebrew University of Jerusalem grant for research
Posted: 20th May 2008

Please note the information about the Hebrew University of Jerusalem grant for research, study or gaining professional experience in Israel for periods of up to one year for non-Jewish Australian Graduates or Post Graduates. Priority will be given to persons working in the field of bio-climatology related to human ill-health. However, applications in areas of health, including mental health, human development, family as a system, conflict resolution at the international, national or group level and human rights will also be considered. Eligibility will be decided by the trustees on the basis of merit (last year the closing date was October).
For further information see attached and: http://www.jason.edu.au/scholarship.pl?id=3277 and http://www.austfhu.org.au/contact.html

PhD and postgraduate study opportunities in infectious diseases
Posted: 2nd May 2008

At UNSW SPHCM, we have a large critical mass of multidisciplinary expertise in epidemiology, mathematical modelling, health economic modelling, special risk populations, social research and clinical research in infectious diseases. Few groups have the necessary training to bridge these diverse areas and bring them together in truly multidisciplinary research. For example, our clinical trials have within them sub-studies that involve mathematical modelling and health economic evaluation. This allows the maximum value to be gained from our research. The multidisciplinary nature of our research also facilitates the translation of research outcomes into policy and practice. Please contact Raina MacIntyre (R.MacIntyre@unsw.edu.au) for more details of PhD opportunities.

PhD Scholarship at National Centre in HIV Social Research, UNSW
Posted: 17th March 2008
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There is opportunity to undertake a PhD program at the National Centre in HIV Social Research at UNSW supported by a 3 year scholarship.
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The PhD project is based in the UNSW Hepatitis C Vaccine Project. �This is a multidisciplinary project covering a number of areas of interest to students with a social science background. The project is based in Sydney.
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For more information, please contact A/Prof Carla Treloar, c.treloar@unsw.edu.au, phone: 02 9385 6959.

Investigating psychosocial and mental health policy and services in countries emerging from conflict and natural disaster

The School of Public Health & Community Medicine and the School of Psychiatry are investigating psychosocial and mental health service delivery and policy formulation and implementation in conflict- and disaster-affected countries of the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, and East Timor. The project is supported by the Australian Research Council and the Chief Investigators are Professor Anthony Zwi, Professor Derrick Silove, Professor Jan Ritchie and Ms Anne Bunde-Birouste.

The research will identify how international guidelines, standards and recommendations, national policies and plans of action are implemented at service and community levels, and the extent to which they respond to local need across the three countries under investigation. In addition, the research will identify which models and approaches are responsive to culture, gender, conflict and human rights. A 2-page summary of the ARC-funded project is available for download

Potential Research Topic:
A significant area emerging from the research relates to the introduction and diffusion of the terms ‘mental health’ and ‘psychosocial’ in the international health development and humanitarian aid literature. Using citation-network path analysis of the literature there is the potential to generate a genealogy of the concepts of 'mental health' and 'psychosocial', based on the technique applied to the investigation of a genealogy of the concept of ‘social capital’ in public health (Moore, Haines, Hawe & Sheill, 2006)

Supervisor/ Key Contact Person:
For further information, please contact Dr Ilse Blignault, Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Tel: +61(2) 9385 1052, Fax: +61(2) 9385 1036, Email: i.blignault@unsw.edu.au

Please contact Alan Hodgkinson (a.hodgkinson@unsw.edu.au) for more information about possible major project topics.

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Major Project and PhD Opportunities

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