Postgraduate Opportunities


Health Economics and Health Systems (HEHS)

Postgraduate and Postdoctoral (PhD and MPhil) Research Degrees in HEHS 

Priority areas include, but are not limited to:

 
·        The economics of disability;
·        The economics of rehabilitation schemes and health outcomes;
·        Risk, perceptions and consumer behaviour; and
·        Insurance, moral hazard and adverse selection (particularly with respect to rehabilitation and disability insurance schemes).

Research students of the HEHS may be enrolled in one of a number of schools, depending upon the candidate's topic. For general enquiries about PhD and MPhil studies and scholarship opportunities at UQ visit the Graduate School website. For specific enquiries regarding supervision by staff in the HEHS program, contact Prof. Luke Connelly. Supplementary scholarships of the order of $5000 may be available from time-to-time for scholarship (eg APA) holders under principal supervision of a member of the HEHS programme staff.

Postgraduate Coursework Programmes in HEHS

The HEHS Programme contributes to the UQ Master of Health Economics and Master of Health Economics (Advanced) courses. Visit the School of Economics website or the Master of Health Economics page for further details. Or click here for further information about studying at The University of Queensland.

Rehabilitation (Medical and Allied Health)

Priority areas include, but are not limited to:
  • Investigation of sympathetic nervous system dysfunction in whiplash associated disorders.
  • Differential effects of exercise/physical interventions on sub-group classifications of whiplash associated disorders.
  • Do inflammatory processes play a role in persistent whiplash pain?
  • Further characterization of neuropathic pain in whiplash and neck pain.
  • Clinical Assessment of whiplash and neck pain – identifying physical and psychological factors.
Research students of the may be enrolled in one of a number of schools, depending upon the candidate's topic. For general enquiries about PhD and MPhil studies and scholarship opportunities at UQ visit the Graduate School website. For specific enquiries regarding supervision by staff in the Rehabilitation program, contact Associate Professor Michele Sterling. Supplementary scholarships of the order of $5000 may be available from time-to-time for scholarship (eg APA) holders under principal supervision of a member of the Rehabilitation programme staff.

 
Social and Behavioural Science
 
Priority areas include, but are not limited to:  
  • Long-term evaluation of psychological impact of traumatic brain injury.
  • Prevention of medically-related traumatic stress.
  • Web-based intervention for trauma-related injuries.
This program has a very active research training program. Currently there are postgraduate students working in the areas of psychological aspects of child and adult injury. The research program involves clinical research on prevention and intervention with children and adults who have had traumatic experiences. For children the types of traumatic experiences include motor vehicle accidents, falls and sporting injuries, burns, and head injuries.  For adults the focus in on whiplash. Opportunities exist for postgraduate study in both of these areas.
 
For specific enquiries regarding supervision by staff in the Social and Behavioural Science programme, contact Professor Justin Kenardy.