Honours Opportunities in the Health Sciences

2009/2010 Honours Scholarships

Health Science Honours Projects 2009

Honours opportunities are available to students undertaking health science research in each of the six Schools within the Faculty and in our Centres/Institutes or affiliate institutions. Following are links to a selection of Honours opportunities and potential supervisors:-

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

Most opportunities have staff contact addresses for you to email directly.  If you are unable to locate anyone in your specific field of interest or should you require assistance, please contact one of our team!

Admission to Honours

Bachelor of Health Sciences and MBBS students applying for Honours in the Faculty of Health Sciences must complete either a domestic or an international application form, which includes approval from the relevant Head of School and the Supervisor.

Potential Honours applicants in the School of Dentistry should:-
i) Speak to prospective supervisors; ii) Speak to the Honours Coordinator for the School of Dentistry, Dr Toby Hughes phone: (08) 8303 3295; and iii) Complete an application form and submit.

The Honours Degree of Bachelor of Medical Sciences (HB.MedSc) is a program of study available only to students who have passed the Third Year Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
HB.MedSc Guidelines and Policy
*Students should note that only the full-time option is available if enrolling through the Discipline of Medicine.

School of Dentistry

Bachelor of Science in Dentistry (Honours)

Colgate Australian Clinical Dental Research Centre

School of Medical Sciences

Discipline of Anatomical Sciences

Discipline of Pathology

Discipline of Pharmacology

School of Medicine

The School of Medicine Honours Course Guide for 2010.

Supervisors in the six Disciplines that make up the School of Medicine (i.e. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medicine, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Surgery and Psychiatry) have submitted a number of Honours projects which have been listed in the School of Medicine 2010 Postgraduate & Honours Research Booklet. Please note this is a dynamic document that will change as further projects are added, and that the range of projects or potential supervisors is not limited to those listed here. Dr Robert Carroll and A/prof Toby Coates are offering an additional Honours project not listed in the School of Medicine booklet, which would suit both medical students and scientists considering a career in clinical immunology or tissue typing.

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

Refer to the 2010 Honours Research Opportunities brochure for full details on the range of honours possibilities offered within either the Discipline of Paediatrics or the Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, including Paediatric & Child Health, Reproductive Biology & Health and Regenerative Medicine.

The Centre for Stem Cell Research (Various Projects)

School of Population Health & Clinical Practice

Discipline of Nursing

Discipline of General Practice
2010 Primary Health Care Information & Projects
Contact: Honours Coordinator Dr Karin Ried (ph: 8303 6281) for more information.

Discipline of Public Health

Centre for Military and Veterans Health (CMVH)
Honours enquiries to Miranda Van Hooff

Indigenous Health

Medicine Learning & Teaching Unit (MLTU)
The following possible research projects are available to students undertaking honours in the MLTU:-
i) Building community capacity for lay participation in medical education;
ii) Promoting lay participation in health professional education;
iii) Developing clinical skills learning programs in busy clinical services.
Contact: Assoc Professor Maree O'Keefe

Spencer Gulf Rural Health School

School of Psychology

The School is happy to take individual enquiries from students.

Faculty Honours Scholarship Recipients 2009:-