Postdoc Opportunities in Public Health in Australia

CQUniversity is inviting expressions of interest for a postdoctoral project in mobile sensing and artificial intelligence focused on occupational heat stress. The project will develop and test a mobile application integrating an AI-based heat stress prediction model. The application is intended to support heat-strain monitoring for outdoor workers during real working conditions. The postdoctoral researcher will work closely with a research assistant who will assist with on-site data collection a...

This full-time, 12-month fixed-term postdoctoral role sits within the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health , a partnership between the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District . The successful candidate will join the Professor Christine Lin research team and contribute to a collaborative, patient-focused research environment that brings together researchers, clinicians, and consumers working on one of the world’s major health challenges: musculoskeletal conditions. The institute’s r...

Research Associate opportunity within the Sydney Pharmacy School at the University of Sydney, working with Professor Lu and her research team. The role sits in a globally recognised centre for pharmacy research and education, with the successful applicant based within the Sydney Pharmacy School at the Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to health policy and outcomes research, with a particular focus on the quality use of medicines...

The Australian National University is seeking a Research Fellow for the School of Demography to support an ARC project on Delivering Anindilyakwa data governance . Working under the direction of the project CIs, the successful candidate will contribute practical and reliable research to strengthen the capacity of the Data Unit, including research support, analysis, write-up of project results, and presentation of findings at domestic and international conferences. The role sits within the ANU Sc...

Australian National University is offering a postdoctoral research position within the Research School of Biology in the ANU College of Science and Medicine. The project is part of a National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas Grant focused on testing a delivery system for releasing therapeutics in the gut to help prevent urinary tract infections. The successful fellow will contribute to a biomedical research program that combines mouse experimentation with metagenomics and RNAseq analyse...

Research Fellow (Computational Microbiome Scientist) at Monash University will join the Gunjur Laboratory at Box Hill Hospital and contribute to a growing computational microbiome research program. The role is embedded in a university research environment that combines clinical and laboratory science with strong computational support. The project investigates relationships between the human-associated microbiome, diet, and cancer outcomes. The successful researcher will work across prospective c...

The University of Queensland is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Officer for an industry-linked project on infrastructure siting and sustainability at the intersection of artificial intelligence, critical minerals and resource optimisation. Based in the School of Chemical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, the researcher will investigate how AI data centres and critical minerals assets can work more effectively together. The pro...

This postdoctoral fellowship sits within the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences at The University of Queensland and focuses on the measurement of plastic additive chemicals in human matrices. Working with project lead Dr Xianyu (Fisher) Wang, the fellow will investigate key exposure sources and help advance understanding of how plastics-related chemicals move through and affect the human body. The project is part of the Minderoo Centre – Plastics and Human Health, a multidisci...

The University of New South Wales is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Quality Use of Medicines to join a nationally recognised research team at the UNSW Kensington Campus in Sydney, Australia. The fellow will support a portfolio of projects focused on improving the safety, quality, and appropriate use of medicines. The research will contribute to better health outcomes across clinical, academic, and policy settings, generating evidence that can inform medicines practice and public policy. Worki...