PhD Scholarship: Advancing Paediatric Burn Care: Improving Outcomes for Children
Company Description
This project is embedded in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Health. The work aligns with Griffith’s strategic focus on translational research and health equity. The successful applicant can be primarily located at either Brisbane South (Nathan) or the Gold Coast, and may be required to work across other university locations. The successful applicant would be expected to spend some time at the Centre for Children’s Health Research at the Queensland Children’s Hospital to meet regularly with collaborators. Griffith University sites are located on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples.
Job Description
We are currently seeking a motivated PhD candidate to join an cutting-edge and impactful five‑year paediatric burn care research program. The program aims to ensure that all Australian children, regardless of geographic location, receive equitable, high‑quality early burn care. Applicants from diverse health‑related fields—nursing, medicine, psychology, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and medical sciences—who are interested in clinical trials, implementation science, pain management, health equity, and translational research are invited to apply.
Project Aims
- Improve urgent burn care: Co‑develop and evaluate a burns care bundle for children in rural and remote areas through code‑design with frontline clinicians and community partners.
- Improve complex burn care: Translate advanced therapies (e.g., negative pressure wound therapy) from tertiary to regional settings using an implementation science framework.
- Improve pain and distress in burns: Evaluate immersive technologies to reduce procedural pain and distress for children presenting to emergency departments.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will be a curious and compassionate emerging researcher with a health, science, or allied health background, bringing a strong academic foundation and a passion for enhancing care for vulnerable children. You will have a willingness to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams and across health services.
- Expressions of interest are welcome from domestic and international applicants.
- Applicants must have completed, or expect to complete, a bachelor’s degree with honours equivalent to first‑class honours or a master’s degree (AQF Level 9) incorporating a significant research component 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.
Eligibility & Requirements
Expressions of interest are encouraged from graduates in nursing, medical, psychology, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and medical science.
International English Proficiency
- A minimum overall band score of 6.5 on the IELTS (Academic) with no band score less than 6.0, or
- A minimum score of 575 on the paper‑based TOEFL including a score of no less than 5.0 on the TWE, or
- A score of 79 on the internet‑based (iBT) TOEFL with no sub‑score less than 19.
Additional Information
About the Scholarship
The 2026 Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship offers an annual stipend of $34,752 (indexed) for up to three years of full‑time study. A successful international applicant will also be awarded a Griffith University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship to cover tuition fees for up to three years.
What Griffith Offers
As a scholarship holder, you will study with a University that ranks among the top 2% worldwide and spans campuses in South East Queensland. Griffith University values diversity, inclusion and flexibility and encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as people of all backgrounds, to apply. Griffith’s strategic goals include increasing the proportion of women in senior academic and administrative roles and in STEMM disciplines.
EoI Process
Please do not select the “APPLY” button. All expressions of interest must be submitted to ***************@griffith.edu.au containing:
- Statement addressing your suitability for the project/scholarship
- Research proposal
- Evidence that you have completed a program with the required grades, including a copy of your academic transcript
- A curriculum vitae (CV) using the Griffith CV template
- Names of two referees
Closing Date
Expressions of interest are accepted until Friday 30 January 2026 5:00 pm AEST.
Contact
Project enquiries
Professor Bronwyn Griffin
Email: ***************@griffith.edu.au
Administration enquiries
Griffith Graduate Research School
Email: ***************@griffith.edu.au
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