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We offer a diverse range of postgraduate research projects that come with living stipend scholarships.
Scholarship-funded research projects
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Supporting the wellbeing of First Nations youth in Out Of Home Care (OOHC)
Apply a strengths-based approach to co-design culturally-grounded programs to support and improve the wellbeing of First Nations Australian young people in OOHC.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gail Garvey
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences
The diversity and fate of organic molecules protected by amorphous phase of minerals in tailing-soils during soil-formation
Understand the diversity and fate of organic molecules associated with minerals in developing tailing-soils.
- Supervisor
- Professor Longbin Huang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Earth sciences, Environmental sciences
Transition from Primary to Secondary School: Supporting Successful Education Pathways of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
Understand why First Nations students see a steep drop in school outcomes as they transition into secondary schooling. The aim is to develop culturally embedded strategies to support students.
- Supervisor
- Dr Azhar Hussain Potia
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Education, Indigenous studies
Translating RNAi technology for virus and whitefly management in protected cropping systems
Investigate the effectiveness of RNA-based biopesticides as a potential control strategy for viruses and insects of importance to protected cropping production systems.
- Supervisor
- Dr Karl Robinson
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Understanding and optimising recruitment in the FORENSIC low back pain trials (FusiOn veRsus bEst coNServatIve Care)
Provide best evidence regarding the effectiveness of lumbar spine fusion surgery and conservative care treatments for people with persistent, severe, low back pain.
- Supervisor
- Dr Nathalia Costa
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences
Understanding Pathogenic B Cells in Autoimmune Disease
Elucidate the developmental pathways of self-reactive B cells and pioneer a novel cell-based therapy to mitigate autoimmunity in preclinical mouse models.
- Supervisor
- Dr Pablo Canete
- Location
- UQ Dutton Park Campus
- Research areas
- Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Unravelling how epithelial tissues detect and respond to cell death and injury
You will investigate how cells use mechanical communication to identify injury and preserve epithelial health and integrity.
- Supervisor
- Professor Professor Alpha Yap
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biological sciences
Using multiple data sources to understand the opioid crisis in Australia
Improve the monitoring of opioid consumption, legal and illegal. By triangulating the wastewater data with other data sets, it is expected to detect the misuse of opioids over time.
- Supervisor
- Dr Ben Tscharke
- Location
- Dutton Park campus
- Research areas
- Environmental sciences, Health sciences
Viscoelastic Microfluidics for Biomedical and Environmental Applications
Use forces generated by fluids that are both viscous and elastic to help address challenges in biomedicine and the environment.
- Supervisor
- Dr Dan Yuan
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
Achieving equity in cancer screening for First Nations peoples
Develop culturally sensitive cancer screening programs for First Nations peoples by exploring their perceptions, trialling interventions, and co-designing strategies.
- Supervisor
- Professor Gail Garvey
- Location
- Herston
- Research areas
- Health sciences, Indigenous studies