PhD in Optimising Hearing Screening and Early Detection to Improve Child Outcomes University of Melbourne in Australia

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a PhD project titled Improving Immunodiagnostic Tools for Tuberculosis Through Insights into Mtb Infection and Host Response . This project is based in the Department of Paediatrics , Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, with work linked to the Royal Children’s Hospital / Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Australia . The research focuses on tuberculosis , Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) , immunodiagnostics , hos...

PhD opportunity at The University of Melbourne in the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. This research degree project, Life course trajectories of inflammation and cardiovascular risk , will use existing longitudinal data from 19 Australian and international cohorts (total n~800,000) to study how inflammation burden and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk change across the life course, from childhood to old age. The project focuses on cardiovascular dise...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a PhD project titled Optimising care pathways for children who are deaf or hard of hearing . This project focuses on paediatrics , hearing health , child development , health services research , and education outcomes . It will use linked population data from Victoria and Queensland through the Australian National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry (ANCHOR) to study how children move through diagnosis, intervention, and ongoing s...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne PhD project: Immunological mechanisms underlying anti-obesity medication effects in young people: a longitudinal study of inflammation, trained immunity, and anti-infective responses . This project examines how incretin analogues, including GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), affect inflammation, trained immunity, and anti-viral/anti-infective immune responses in young people with obesity. The study is based in paediatrics and sits at the...

PhD opportunity at The University of Melbourne on implementing measurement of core outcomes for child deafness . This research degree project is offered by the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences , with supervision from Dr Valerie Sung (Principal Supervisor) and A/Prof Stephanie Best (Internal Co-supervisor). The work is based at Royal Children’s Hospital / Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Australia. The project focuses on children who are deaf a...