Higher Degree by Research (HDR)
Health Science Scholarships and Projects 2009/2010

Are you a citizen or a permanent resident of Australia or a citizen of New Zealand looking for a health science scholarship or project for PhD or Masters study in 2009/2010?

Review the HDR Scholarships and Projects on offer in 2009/2010 in our Centres, Schools and Disciplines. Most opportunities have staff contact addresses for you to email directly.  If you are unable to locate anyone in your field of interest or should you require assistance, please contact one of our team!

2009/2010 PhD Scholarships

2009/2010 Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Projects

Following are various health science projects for PhD and Masters study in 2009 (some of which may have scholarships attached).  The HDR projects can be undertaken in one of the six Schools in the Faculty, in a Centre/Institution or an affiliated institution.

• Dentistry
• Medical Sciences
• Medicine
• Paediatrics & Reproductive Health
• Population Health & Clinical Practice
• Psychology

School of Dentistry

Postgraduate scholarship opportunities are potentially available in each of the following research areas:-
1) Biology of oral diseases with particular reference to their aetiology and prevention
Contact: Mark Bartold or Neville Gully
2) Clinical research including trials and evaluation of outcomes Contact: Alastair Goss
3) Craniofacial morphology, growth and function Contact: Grant Townsend or Lindsay Richards
4) Dental education Contact: Tracey Winning
5) Dental materials Contact: John Abbott
6) Oral epidemiology and dental health services research Contact: John Spencer
7) Structure and physiology of oral tissues Contact: Wayne Sampson

School of Medical Sciences

Discipline of Anatomical Sciences (Link to Research Programs)

Discipline of Pathology (Link to Research Programs)

In addition the Bone & Joint Research Laboratory has a number of PhD projects available, including: *The role of cortical bone in fragility fracture; *The role of bone in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis, *The role of the osteocytic cell network in bone remodelling; *The role of bone architecture and bone mineralisation in determining bone strength; *Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis and fat. Contact: Dr Julia Kuliwaba (8222 3203), Dr Ian Parkinson (8222 3647) or Prof Nick Fazzalari (8222 3269).

Discipline of Pharmacology (Link to Various Projects)

School of Medicine

The School of Medicine PhD, MSc (& Honours) Postgraduate Research Projects for 2009 (pdf 1MB) incorporating the Disciplines of: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medicine, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Surgery and Psychiatry.

Research in the School covers a broad spectrum of interests. Supervisors of the listed research projects are drawn from both staff and affiliates of the School located at The Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Hanson Institute in the city and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Basil Hetzel Institute at Woodville.

School of Paediatrics & Reproductive Health

Discipline of Paediatrics, Women's & Children's Hospital (Various Projects)

Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Various Projects)

The Research Centre for Reproductive Health (Various Projects)

School of Population Health & Clinical Practice

Disciplines and Units within the School of Population Health & Clinical Practice include:-
General Practice, Nursing, Public Health, Rural Health (The Spencer Gulf Rural Health School), the Medicine, Learning and Teaching Unit (MLTU) and the Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health (CMVH).

The School has a range of areas on offer for Postgraduate Research Projects (pdf 521kB) in 2009.
Most of the projects listed are available with the support of a scholarship to eligible candidates.

Psychology

The School of Psychology has staff and students undertaking research in its Brain & Cognition Group; Health, Disability and Lifespan Development Research Group and Social & Organisational Research Unit.