PhD Scholarship: Advancing Health Equity with the Tracking Cube
PhD Scholarship: Advancing Health Equity with the Tracking Cube
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Job Description
We are currently looking for a PhD candidate to join the Tracking Cube Equity Project an innovative and communitydriven initiative designed to improve early identification and support for neurodevelopmental concerns in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
The primary focus of this role is to explore and evaluate how culturallygrounded decisionsupport tools like the Tracking Cube can promote health equity. This research will help uncover how the tool functions in diverse primary care settings and inform broader systems change to support more responsive inclusive models of care.
This project includes qualitative and mixedmethods research with families health professionals and community partners; and analysis of policy and service delivery contexts.
Qualifications :
The selection of applicants for the award of higher degree research scholarships at Griffith University involves consideration of your academic merit and research background. To be successful within this role you will be able to work in a multidisciplinary research environment. You will a passion for high impact research with a strong desire to undertake research that promotes equity in child neurodevelopmental screening assessment and support (Australian / New Zealand citizen or Australian PR).
- Expressions of interest are welcome from domestic and applicants only.
- Applicants must have completed or expect to complete a bachelors degree with honours equivalent to first class honours or a Masters degree (AQF Level 9) incorporating a significant research component of a standard comparable to a bachelor honours degree or be regarded by Griffith University as having an equivalent level of attainment in accordance with Schedule One of the HDR Scholarship Procedure. For further information on the eligibility requirements for the program refer here.
Additional Information :
About the scholarship
The 2025 Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship has an annual stipend of $34752 (indexed) for a period of up to three years of fulltime study. Please see the GUPRS Conditions of Award for more information.
What Griffith offers
As a scholarship holder you will study with a University that ranks among the top 2% worldwide and spans across campuses in South East Queensland. At Griffith University weve worked hard to create a culture that will challenge you to be curious creative and courageous. We also support the professional and personal development of all our HDR candidates and invest in the skills of our people. Griffith University values diversity inclusion and flexibility and we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and people of all backgrounds to apply. Griffiths strategic goals are to also increase the proportion of women in senior academic and administrative roles and in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM)
EoI process
Please do not select the APPLY button. All expressions of interest must be submitted to containing:
- 2page statement addressing your suitability for the project/scholarship
- Evidence that you have completed a program with the required grades as detailed in the about you section including a copy of your academic transcript
- A curriculum vitae (CV) using the Griffith CV template
- Names of two referees
Closing date for expressions of interest is: Friday 20 June 2025 5pm AEST
The preferred applicant will then be invited to apply for the program and scholarship online
Further information
For project related enquiries please contact:
Professor Dianne Shanley
Email:
For administration enquiries please contact:
Griffith Graduate Research School
Phone: (07)
Email:
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
