Opportunities
Career Opportunities
We host visiting scholars and are happy to collaborate on research projects related to our field or help develop applications for funding. Occassionally there is funding for short-term projects for postdocs. Research fellow positions for our team are advertised on the institution’s job portal but will also be posted here. Note that dead links implies that either the closing date has passed or the position has been filled.
Closing date 24 February 2025
Closing date 9 December 2021
Training Opportunities
Honours
If you have an undergraduate degree in a public health, health science or a related field you can apply to undertake Public Health honours, which takes one year and provides a pathway to PhD research. Contact a memberr of the team before you apply. Find out more and apply here
PhD
We take students with a first class honours degree or a Master degree with high academic scores, preferably with a course-weighted average of 85%+, a 4-point GPA of 3.8+, a 7-point GPA of 6.5+. Contact a member of the team before you apply. Apply Now!
PhD Scholarships
It is important to contact a member of the team before you apply for a PhD scholarship as the application needs to be developed in collaboration with the proposed supervisor for it to be competitive.
Do you need a PhD scholarship to pay your tuition fees and provide a living stipend? Every year the university advertises scholarships. They usually open June or July and close in August. They are advertised here. You should contact us to help develop a PhD application.
In addition, there are strategic scholarships where the project is already specified. Some are for international students. Others are for only domestic students. They are listed below. Note that dead links implies that either the closing date has passed or the scholarship has been taken.
Closing date 31 March 2026
- From Accuracy to Equity: Fairness Methods for Stillbirth Risk Assessment (Domestic candidates). Opening soon.
- Advancing health through quantitative population health research (International or Domestic candidates). Opening soon.
Closing date 18 August 2024
- Climate-related exposure and health: what would it take to change our decision-making?
- Geospatial mapping of heat and vulnerability of populations to heat in Australia
Closing date 18 August 2022
- Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on antenatal care and pregnancy outcomes in low and lower middle-income countries
- Causes and consequences of sub-fertility in high-income countries
- Investigating trends of and prenatal and early life exposures associated with adverse child development outcomes in Australia
- Under-five mortality in the era of sustainable development goals in low-and middle-income countries: burden and trends
- Mapping the prevalence and impacts of pregnancy termination in low and middle income countries
- Stated preferences of mothers for antenatal care (ANC), delivery and postnatal care (PNC): a discrete choice experiment
- Effects of maternal continuum of care on maternal, neonatal, and infant health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries
Closing date 30 August 2021
- Observing the unobserved: the causes and consequences of fertility decisions
- Maps and models: informing prediction and control of infectious disease in Western Australia
- Perinatal and pediatric health outcomes following exposure to influenza and other respiratory viruses in utero
- The Role of Air Pollution Exposure and Severity of Respiratory Infections in Pregnancy
Closing date 13 August 2021
- Pediatric health impacts of in utero exposure to maternal respiratory infection
- Stated preference research on reproductive and sexual health services for adolescents and young people: A discrete choice experiment
Closing date 31 March 2021