Current Opportunities

Use of methamphetamine, or 'ice', is related to a range of health and social consequences, with people using methamphetamine experiencing much of the health, social and criminal justice burden of drug use in Australia.

The first of its kind, this PhD research will provide contemporary data on the nature and extent of this burden using the most robust data available. It will be internationally important as more countries are seeing a shift in patterns of drug use away from opioids to methamphetamine.

Click here (and search 'methamphetamine') to find out more about this research project or here for stipend and other information about RTP scholarships. If you have further questions about this scholarship, email PhD Supervisor Dr Samantha Colledge-Frisby

More than 40,000 people are detained in Australians prison each day. We know that people released from prison are at high risk of poor health and social outcomes, including drug-related harms.

This PhD research will generate the first-ever population-level patterns of morbidity, mortality and health service use among people discharged from Victorian prisons to inform healthcare and wider public health policy, locally, nationally and internationally.

Click here (and search 'Curtis') to find out more about this research project or here for stipend and other information about RTP scholarships. If you have further questions about this scholarship, email PhD Supervisor Dr Michael Curtis

Alcohol consumption is associated with 200+ diseases, injuries and other health conditions, and rates of alcohol-attributable deaths and hospital admissions have increased since 2020, with risky drinking still prevalent.

This PhD research will provide new estimates of the relationship between the volume and pattern of alcohol consumption and key outcomes including total morbidity and mortality, heart disease, cancer and injury.

Click here (and search 'Livingston') to find out more about this research project or here for stipend and other information about RTP scholarships. If you have further questions about this scholarship, email PhD Supervisor Dr Michael Livingston