2017 PhD Scholarship in Epidemiology at Curtin University, Australia

About PhD Scholarship in Epidemiology at Curtin University, Australia

PhD Scholarship in Epidemiology at Curtin University, Australia. A scholarship opportunity is available for a PhD student to investigate the effects of inter-pregnancy interval on child and maternal health outcomes. The PhD research is an important part of a larger nationally (NHMRC) funded project on providing an evidence base for improved World Health Organisation recommendations on birth intervals and is based on the following preliminary study:http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4333.  The PhD research is a secondary data analysis project that does not require further collection of data. All health and medical records have already been obtained and are ready for analyses in electronic format.

The research will be conducted under the supervision of Dr Gavin Pereira, School of Public Health in collaboration with the Telethon Kids Institute.

Application Deadline

18th December 2016

Value of Scholarship

The successful candidate shall receive a tax-free stipend of $26,288 per year which will be indexed annually for the duration of the award.  The University will also provide the student with research funding, which includes $2,500 one off payment and $1,400 per year to support the cost of research and travel. Additional funding to support the student’s research will be provided by national grants held by the supervisors. Because the scholarship includes tuition, awardees are not charged the tuition fee for the duration of the award.  The duration of the award shall be for 3 years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Honours (1^st class), or, Master degree by Research, or Master degree with >25% research component with high academic performance
• Applications are invited from those with a degree in statistics or biostatistics, epidemiology, public health, or from a quantitative/data science.
• Applicants should have a strong background in biostatistics or epidemiology
• Applicants with experience with statistical software, particularly R, are encouraged to apply.
• Applicant has reached an appropriate level of proficiency in the English language to complete research. Applicants who do not presently meet the level of English language proficiency to their higher degree course may wish to consider the English Language Bridging (ELB) course run by Curtin English.

How to Apply

Interested applicants for the PhD Scholarship in Epidemiology please email your expression of interest including the following documents to:  Dr Gavin Pereira ([email protected])

• a letter expressing interest in the position,
• Current CV,
• and academic transcripts.
• Submitting a short sample of academic writing (e.g., excerpt of honours/masters thesis, published article) is encouraged but not mandatory.

Please use “EoI PhD Scholarship” as the subject heading of your email.

Shortlisted applicants will be advised to apply for admission via Curtin online e-application: http://research.curtin.edu.au/postgraduate-research/future-research-students/admission-overview/

 

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