Gary Sacks

Deakin University is offering a fixed-term Research Fellow position based at the Melbourne, Burwood Campus with hybrid work arrangements. The role sits at Level B and is aligned with The Evidence Exchange , a research environment focused on generating high-quality, impactful work that can inform real-world change. The appointed Research Fellow will contribute to research and research translation on innovative ways to reshape economic and commercial systems so they better promote health and equity. The position emphasises novel corporate governance mechanisms and approaches to foster and scale up alternate forms of businesses . The work also involves building collaborations across disciplines, contributing to major breakthroughs in knowledge and understanding, and producing research with strong quality, excellence, and impact. This is a research-intensive role with responsibilities spanning the design and conduct of productive scholarship, support for external competitive funding applications, and translation activities that connect research to broader outcomes. The position also expects the successful candidate to develop a growing national reputation through a focused body of work and timely delivery of outputs. The advert identifies Gary Sacks as the contact person for confidential discussion, indicating a public-health-policy-led research context within Deakin's broader mission of excellence in education, research, and innovation.