Help create better lives, better communities, better care and better systems.
There are a large range of exciting PhD opportunities aligned to the ground-breaking Flinders Caring Futures Institute, Australia’s first fully-dedicated research organisation for the study of self-care and caring solutions.
The Caring Futures Institute works with leading care organisations, health professionals, community partners and consumers to pioneer outcome-driven research that makes a positive impact on people’s lives, tackling some of the world’s most ‘wicked problems’.
We support diversity and warmly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and those with lived experience of disability or marginalisation.
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Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing)
Duration: 4 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106270H
Annual fees:
2023: $38,800
Master of Science (Nursing)
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106281E
Annual fees:
2023: $38,800
Why undertake a PhD in Self-care and Caring at Flinders
PhD opportunities and supervisors within the Caring Futures Institute are available in the following research fields. However, we also welcome and encourage your own research project ideas that may not fit into the areas of focus below.
The Caring Futures Institute is exploring how we apply better care and health outcomes across the lifespan and how we can develop self-care and caring solutions to improve people’s quality of life and boost social and economic prosperity.
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind,” are the inspiring words that Flinders University PhD candidate and accredited dietitian, Morgan Pankhurst, has chosen to live and work by.
Years of travelling and working in health care setting around the globe opened the eyes of Flinders University PhD candidate Anne Mette Adams to a world of opportunity in health and care research.
A passion for exploring treatments for the often debilitating hearing condition tinnitus led dedicated Flinders graduate Boaz Mui (MAUD '22) to continue his research journey.
Our researchers are experienced health professionals and recognised research leaders working across a range of health science disciplines. Working in Flinders' Caring Futures Institute, they are conducting research that is responding to real-world issues so that more people can live healthy lives.
Child nutrition, child obesity, food parenting, food policy, social norms, behavioural nutrition, social norms, nutrition messaging |
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Regional, Indigenous and international health issues, food and trust, social and cultural factors that influence food patterns (e.g. food and fathering; family meals) |
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Chronic disease prevention and management, clinical dietetics, nutrition and cancer, healthy ageing |
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Healthy ageing, interprofessional practice, health behaviour screening, restorative care, aged care and nutrition promotion in local councils |
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Physical activity and sedentary behaviour across the life course, ageing, rehabilitation |
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Rehabilitation and transition care, disability, hospital avoidance, digital technology, augmented reality, digital health games |
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Activity in hospital, transition and restorative care, body composition |
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Psychology, health behaviour change, intergenerational health, eating and activity behaviour, social influences |
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Food service, Aged Care, Body Composition, nutrition and inflammation |
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Nutrition epidemiology, blood pressure, nutrition and cardiovascular disease |
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Child obesity, nutrition and dental health, dietary assessment, dietary patterns, intergenerational health, food and grandparents |
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Sexual health services, gender inclusiveness, families and relationships across the lifespan. Qualitative methods |
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Exercise science, clinical exercise physiology, chronic conditions and exercise, adolescent health, school and community health |
Professor Joanne Arciuli | Child development and disability, communication, literacy, learning, education, wellbeing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led research |
Violence and abuse, personal safety, service quality, children and young people with disability, inclusive disability research methodologies |
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Digital inclusion, augmentative and alternative communication, participation, young people and adults with disability, intervention research, single-subject experimental design |
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Acquired brain injury, epilepsy and seizure disorders, community-based rehabilitation, family supports; inclusion, behaviour support |
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Ageing with disability, caring, health of people with disability |
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Intellectual disability, inclusive research, attitudes and awareness, inclusive higher education for people with disability, self-advocacy |
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Health access in childhood, child protection, child development, children facing adversity and exclusion |
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Autism Spectrum disorder, positive behaviour support, acquired brain injury |
Digital health and ACCESS to care using innovative technologies |
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Integrative care using innovative technology |
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Rehabilitation and transition care, disability, hospital avoidance, digital technology, augmented reality, digital health games |
Fundamental care, nurse-patient relationship, clinical leadership, knowledge translation, evidence synthesis, qualitative research |
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Fundamental care, nurse-patient relationship, health services, care delivery, qualitative research, interactional research |
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Nursing student clinical reasoning skill development, patient safety, early detection of the deteriorating person in hospital, therapeutic communication, e-learning |
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Aged care, dementia care, end of life care, qualitative research |
Physiology, sports science and nutrition, bioengineering |
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Occupational therapy, driving rehabilitation after stroke, acquired brain injury |
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Neurological physiotherapy, neurological & vestibular rehabilitation |
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Mobility, rehabilitation, telerehabilitation, caregiver-mediated rehabilitation, digital coaching and gait training |
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Rehabilitation and transition care, disability, hospital avoidance, digital technology, augmented reality, digital health games |
Acute care and critical/intensive nursing - Critical care health policy and care processes, sepsis and infection, epidemiology and big data, workforce wellbeing, transition and translation models, frailty in critical illness, Delphi Study |
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Associate Professor Sebastian Doeltgen | Speech pathology - Swallowing rehabilitation and difficulties, dysphagia, neurorehabilitation, translation of theory to practice |
Professor Chris Brebner | Speech pathology - Children’s early communication development, bilingual language development, work-integrated learning and development of workforce capacity |
Associate Professor Stacey Attrill | Speech pathology - Dysphagia in motor neuron disease, health professional education, health practitioner workforce development |
Professor Joanne Arciuli | Speech pathology - Child development and disability, communication, literacy, learning, education, wellbeing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led research |
Professor Eimear Muir-Cochrane | Mental health nursing - Acute and community mental health, psychology |
Dr Paul Constable | Optometry - Autism spectrum disorder, cell biology, cognitive neuroscience, development psychology, electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, neurodegeneration, ophthalmology genetics, vision, visual performance |
Dr Ranjay Chakraborty | Optometry - Visual optics, circadian rhythm disruption and myopia, optical defocus and myopia |
Dr Claire Baldwin | Physiotherapy - Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in hospital, aging, respiratory physiotherapy, critical care |
Associate Professor Lucy Lewis | Physiotherapy - Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adults, Diabetes and sedentary behaviour |
Associate Professor Belinda Lange | Physiotherapy - Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adults, Diabetes and sedentary behaviour |
Professor Raj Shekhawat | Audiology - Use of non-invasive brain stimulation for tinnitus management, adult hearing rehabilitation, age related hearing loss, hearing and hearing disorders, psychosocial consequences of adult hearing impairment, educational, learning and assistive technologies. |
Professor Lucy Chipchase | Physiotherapy - Pain assessment and management, professional issues, health professional education and learning |
Caregiver support in dementia care, chronical disease management, cross cultural dementia care, dementia education for health professionals and caregivers, nursing care of people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, and workforce development in aged care. |
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Restorative care in aging, health aging and functional decline |
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Frailty in older intensive care patients,hospital to home transition care in stroke survivors |
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Occupational therapy, driving rehabilitation after stroke and aging, acquired brain injury |
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Ageing with disability, caring, health of people with disability |
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Aged care, dementia care, end of life care, qualitative research |
Pregnancy complications, vulnerable women, pregnancy outcomes, development of tools and devices to inform training and practice |
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Midwifery, midwifery education, digital learning and innovation, simulation, policy and guidelines |
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