PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Health Services Research in Australia

The Research Fellow will join the Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney to support health economics research on a preconception lifestyle intervention for women planning pregnancy. The project centres on the economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial, with work spanning quality-of-life analysis and methods for combining maternal and infant quality-adjusted life years. The role sits within one of Australia’s leading public health schools and contributes to the Schoo...

PhD scholarship opportunities are available for two candidates to join the Monash Bioethics Centre at Monash University’s Clayton campus in Melbourne. The project sits within an ARC-funded Future Fellowship project on addressing cultural diversity in healthcare through global bioethics, led by Dr Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki. The research examines how bioethics engages with cultural diversity across Australian and global healthcare contexts, combining qualitative, quantitative and analytical approaches....

Wiser Healthcare at Monash University is offering a PhD scholarship within a new NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence focused on strengthening health system sustainability and resilience. The project sits inside an internationally recognised Australian research collaboration that aims to improve the value, sustainability and equity of health care while supporting stronger outcomes for patients, practitioners, the public and the planet. The successful candidate will join the Wiser Healthcar...

Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity at the Australian Research Centre for Cancer Survivorship (ARCCS), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This full-time, 1-year fixed-term postdoctoral role sits within a cancer survivorship research centre and focuses on the complexities of survivorship, including work participation, costs and access to care, economic outcomes, equity in healthcare, and improvements in policy and practice. The successful candidate will contribu...

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is advertising a 2-year fixed-term, part-time Research Fellow position in the Centre for Health Services Research in Cancer , specifically a Nursing Research Fellow role. The post is based at Parkville, Melbourne, Australia and sits within a leading multidisciplinary health services research environment focused on improving cancer care, research, and education. This opportunity is aimed at a researcher who can contribute to the design, conduct, and dissemination of ...

PhD opportunity at the Justice Health Research Program, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) for a project titled “Developing a whole-of-setting model of care project for trans people in prison.” This is a funded PhD under the UNSW Scientia scholarship PhD scheme and is part of an MRFF-funded research project. The position offers a 3.5-year scholarship with an annual tax-free stipend of AUD 39,991 . In addition, the project provides a one-off AUD 25,000 global mobility grant for travel to...

Bolton Clarke is advertising a Senior Research Fellow role within its Research Institute in Forest Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (hybrid). This is a full-time research leadership position focused on applied research, evaluation, implementation science, evidence translation, aged care, home care, and retirement living . The successful candidate will lead strategic research and evaluation programs, oversee multiple projects and workstreams, translate findings into practical recommendations,...

Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity in Pharmacy Practice Research at the University of Sydney , based at the Camperdown campus in Australia. The role sits within the Sydney School of Pharmacy and supports an NHMRC Investigator Grant research program focused on improving healthcare outcomes through evidence-based interventions, stakeholder engagement, qualitative research, co-design, and the establishment of a randomised controlled trial. This is a part-time, fixed-term 12-month appointme...

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is offering a PhD scholarship on the system-level impact of healthcare AI in Brisbane, Australia. The project focuses on how health AI tools, including AI scribes and other clinical decision support technologies, affect the full care process rather than only isolated tasks. Using human factors and systems approaches , the research will examine workflow, information flow, downstream effects on clinicians and patients, safety, and sustainable integration o...