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Higher Degree by Research (HDR)
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| Scholarship | Research Field | Contact |
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| Colgate Betty Fanning (pdf 83kB) | Dental Materials, Periodontal Regeneration, Bone Regeneration or Stem Cell Research | Ms Catherine Offler |
| Nutritional Physiology, Interventions & Outcomes (rtf 5kB) |
Diabetes, Obesity, Aging & Critical Illness |
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Children's Sleep & Health (rtf 27kB) |
Snoring & effects on daytime functioning in children in Adelaide; Effects of snoring & sleep apnoea in children on cardiovascular health; Long-term consequences on neurocognition & behaviour in children 4 years after treatment for snoring & sleep apnoea | Assoc Professor Declan Kennedy Dr Cameron van den Heuvel |
| William T Southcott (pdf 29kB) | Nuclear Medicine | Dr Christiane Niess |
| Cognitive Psychology | Memory, decision making, neuropsychology and perception | Assoc Professor John Dunn |
| ARC Grant funded APAI Scholarships Value: $32,140 pa | i) To examine the technical aspects of cross-jurisdictional data linkage ii) To examine issues of consent, ethics and the legal implications. |
Dr Mike Gold |
| TQEH Postgraduate Research Scholarships (pdf 283kB)(various projects) |
Up to 6 scholarships are available for higher degree study at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for 2009. |
Closing date for applications: 13 November 2008 |
Following are various health science projects for PhD and Masters study in 2008/9 (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.
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If you are intending to undertake a PhD or Masters project within the Faculty you will need to complete an Application for Admission and/or Scholarship form to be submitted to the Adelaide Graduate Centre. |
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 Gary Slade or John Spencer
7) Structure and physiology of oral tissues Contact: Wayne Sampson
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)
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.
Discipline of Paediatrics, Women's & Children's Hospital (Various Projects)
Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Various Projects)
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*New PhD project opportunity to run a large national study investigating the antenatal causes of Cerebral Palsy (pdf 74kB) Contact: Dr Catherine Gibson |
The Research Centre for Reproductive Health (Various Projects)
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 offers a range of areas in which Postgraduate Research Projects (pdf 159kB) are available for 2008.
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A new PhD project (rtf 20kB) relating to teen smoking is on offer in the School entitled, |
The psychosocial and economic outcomes associated with the introduction of a new policy of outpatient cervical priming for induction of labour.
Contact Professor Deborah Turnbull or Dr Chris Wilkinson
*Would suit a student with a background in health social sciences & an interest in working in a multidisciplinary team.
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