​Growing the next generation of clinician-academics is a strategic priority for the Barwon Health and Deakin University (BH DU) partnership. The BH DU PhD Program will:
  • bring together clinical and academic teams to tackle important clinical research questions for the Australian health system
  • support allied health, nursing and medical practitioners to develop their research interests and skills
  • provide flexibility to enable people to maintain their clinical training and roles whilst embarking on a PhD​
​Congratulations to the following supervision teams who have been awarded a PhD stipend from Deakin University and $10,000 in project funds from the Barwon Health Foundation:
  • Dr James Lucas, Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen & A/Prof Steve Moylan: Partnering with community to co-create mental healthcare practice reform regarding current restrictive practices in Barwon Health’s Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol Services (MHDAS)
  • Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen & Prof Pete Vuillermin: Enhancing partnership between maternity services and vulnerable families
  • Prof Julie Pasco & A/Prof Neil Orford: Exploration of Goal Concordant Care
  • Prof Karen Caeyenberghs & Dr Julian Stella: The ASPIRE program: ASsess, PredIct, and InteRvEne: improving mental health outcomes following traumatic brain injury in victims of assault
  • Prof Julie Pasco & A/Prof Neil Orford: Person-centred long-term outcomes following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in critically ill adults

​Congratulations also, to the following supervision teams who have been awarded a PhD stipend from Deakin University:
  • Prof Eugene Athan: Detergent, Disinfectant or Probiotic Cleaning? Hospital Surface Microbiome and Healthcare Associated Infections
  • Dr Ashlee Curtis & Dr Lorraine Tonner: Brain injury and violent behaviour – a data linkage approach to maximise positive intervention outcomes
  • Dr Matthew Maiden: Health Outcomes After Critical Illness
  • Dr Cynthia Forlini & A/Prof Giuliana Fuscaldo: How and why age is used in clinical decision making by older people and clinicians in Australia
  • A/Prof Melissa O’Shea & Holly Laver: Yoga as an Adjunct Therapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders

These awards are conditional on recruiting a suitable candidate by the end of 2021. You can view the exciting PhD opportunities that are available on the PhD Scholarship Opportunities page of the Barwon Health research website.

For more information about eligibility please read the guidelines below. For more information on the Deakin PhD entry and scholarship requirements click here.