Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Digital Health

Undertake a PhD in Digital Health

Contribute to the future of digital health

Computers and information technology have changed the way we can deliver medical services and help people live healthy lives.

There are a range of exciting PhD opportunities aligned to the Flinders Digital Health Research Centre, South Australia’s only university with a dedicated research centre for digital health. Flinders Digital Centre Research Centre brings researchers together across a range of disciplines, including experienced nurses and health science practitioners and technical experts in computing and engineering to develop and deploy digital solutions (such as apps and online portals) to support consumers in managing their own health, and for healthcare providers in delivering services using new models of care.

We have close industry partnerships with the aged care sector and links to other research groups in health and technology.

The Flinders Digital Health Research Centre supports diversity and warmly welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and those with lived experience of disability or marginalisation. We also welcome and encourage your own research project ideas

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Doctor of Philosophy (Health Sciences)

Duration: 4 years

Delivery mode:
In Person

Location:
Bedford Park

CRICOS code: 106269A

Annual fees:
2023: $38,800

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Master of Science (Health Science)

Duration: 2 years

Delivery mode:
In Person

Location:
Bedford Park

CRICOS code: 106280F

Annual fees:
2023: $38,800

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Why undertake a PhD in Digital Health at Flinders

Join our highly collaborative research culture in the Flinders Digital Health Research Centre, working alongside and with highly qualified researchers and supervisors who are nationally and internationally recognised in their fields.
Become an expert in digital health and collaborate with nurses, doctors and technical computing and engineering professionals to develop new knowledge and evidence-based innovation in digital health
Benefit from our partnerships with government, service providers, industry and community.
Build on your research, complex problem-solving and analytic skills in a highly supportive environment.

Your career

A PhD will help you hone your expertise and craft a career full of possibilities in this exciting and growing field. Digital health advances have: helped nurses deliver telehealth and online support to patients thousands of kilometres away; improved patient recording systems; enabled health data to be used to gain live-saving insights; and developed new devices like wearables to help people manage their personal health and wellness. Through an independent research project, you can make your contribution to technological and health advances and set up your successful career in digital health.

Potential occupations include:

Health service manager
Health innovation design and development team leader
Health strategy or policy advisor
Consumer health or health promotion advisor
Health education or professional development officer
Health data manager or clinical coding officer

Potential employers include:

State health departments and agencies
Australian health department and regulatory bodies
Primary and community health organisations
Not-for-profit health organisations
Health business and industry
Health insurers and health care brokerage

Flinders Centre for Digital Health

Flinders Digital Health Research Centre is a multidisciplinary research entity, established as a cornerstone in Flinders University’s expansion in the health technology domain.

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Potential research supervisors

Flinders Digital Centre Research Centre brings researchers together across a range of disciplines, including experienced nurses and health science practitioners and technical experts in computing and engineering. We have close industry partnerships with the aged care sector and links to other research groups in health and technology.

Nursing and Health Sciences, Medicine and Public Health

Professor Anthony Maeder	Telehealth, personal monitoring
Professor Sue Gordon	Ageing well, population health data
Professor Jennifer Tieman	Health portals, evidence searching
Professor Robyn Clark	Cardiac health, chronic disease management
Professor Niranjan Bidargaddi	Mental health, digital profiling
Associate Professor Chris Barr	Digital health applications in rehabilitation and physiotherapy
Associate Professor Stacey George	Digital health applications in rehabilitation and physiotherapy
Dr Maayken van den Bergh	Digital health applications in rehabilitation and physiotherapy
Dr Didy Button	Digital health applications in clinical education and knowledge
Dr Lua Perimal-Lewis	Digital health app development intervention and trials, consumer digital health, clinical data science

Science and Engineering

Professor Trish Williams	Health data security, health smart homes
Professor David Powers	Conversational agents, text understanding

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