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Higher Degree by Research (HDR) opportunities

Student opportunities at the Brain and Mind Centre

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Overview

Our teams partner across borders and disciplines in pursuit of a common goal: the development of better treatments for conditions of the brain and mind, improving health outcomes now and for future generations.

This page is a comprehensive list of higher degree by research opportunities available within our research teams, for postgraduate research students. The Brain and Mind Centre is a multidisciplinary institute collaborating in research across psychology, health and medicine, science, policy and economics. To find an opportunity that works for you, browse through the table and the research teams and click on the links. 

Our teams work across neurodegeneration, child development and brain aging.

Opportunities are listed by Research Group.

Step-by-step guide to applying Explore our research

Drummond Lab (Alzheimer's disease and FTD)

Supervisor

Dr Eleanor Drummond

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component. 

Contact

Dr Eleanor Drummond

Supervisor

Dr Eleanor Drummond

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component. 

Contact

Dr Eleanor Drummond

Supervisor

Dr Eleanor Drummond

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component. 

Contact

Dr Eleanor Drummond

Gambling treatment and research clinic/Technology addiction team

Opportunity

PhD in Psychology:

  • Investigating how to minimise gambling-related harms in vulnerable populations
  • Enhancing voluntary uptake of gambling harm-minimisation tools and resources

Supervisor

Professor Sally Gainsbury

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree in Psychology (or similar) with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load.
  • Applicants must be able to support themselves financially whilst living in Sydney for the duration of the degree and managing all expenses (including university fees)

Contact

Professor Sally Gainsbury

Halliday Research Laboratory (Parkinson's disease)

Opportunity

  • A unique opportunity is available for an outstanding PhD scholar to conduct research into a project named, “From dreams to degeneration: Sleep-wake disturbances as a target for novel biomarkers and therapies for patients with Parkinson’s disease".
  • This scholarship is funded in part by Department of Defence United States Government. 

Supervisor

Eligibility

  1. Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree
  2. A cover letter
  3. Two academic referees

Contact

Forefront Clinic

Neurodegeneration research (Parkinson's disease)

Supervisor

Professor Kay Double

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree
  • Applicants must be able to support themselves financially (scholarship or personal funding) for the duration of the degree including university fees.

Contact

Professor Kay Double

Supervisor

Professor Kay Double

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree
  • Applicants must be able to support themselves financially (scholarship or personal funding) for the duration of the degree including university fees.

Contact

Professor Kay Double

Neuroimaging research team (Frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease)

Supervisor

Associate Professor Ramon Landin-Romero

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree in a neuroscience-related discipline (e.g., Psychology or other) with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load.
  • Applicants must be able to support themselves financially whilst living in Sydney for the duration of the degree and managing all expenses (including university fees)

Contact

Associate Professor Ramon Landin-Romero

Supervisor

Associate Professor Ramon Landin-Romero

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree in a neuroscience related discipline (e.g., Psychology or other) with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load.
  • Applicants must be able to support themselves financially whilst living in Sydney for the duration of the degree and managing all expenses (including university fees)

Contact

Associate Professor Ramon Landin-Romero

Supervisor

Associate Professor Ramon Landin-Romero

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree in a neuroscience related discipline (e.g., Psychology or other) with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load.
  • Applicants must be able to support themselves financially whilst living in Sydney for the duration of the degree and managing all expenses (including university fees)

Contact

Associate Professor Ramon Landin-Romero

Neuroimmunology team (based on the Westmead/Baludarri Precinct)

Supervisor

A/Professor Sudarshini Ramanathan

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load. 

Contact

A/Professor Sudarshini Ramanathan

Supervisor

Professor Fabienne Brilot-Turville

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load. 

Contact

Professor Fabienne Brilot-Turville

Supervisor

Professor Russell Dale

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load. 

Contact

Professor Russell Dale

Neurotherapeutic innovations team (Dementia and Motor Neurone Disease)

Supervisor

Dr Rachel Tan

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load. 

Contact

Dr Rachel Tan

Social functioning modelling (Dementia and motor neuron disease)

Supervisor

Dr Carol Dobson-Stone

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load. 

Contact

Dr Carol Dobson-Stone

Translational neuroimmunology (Autoimmune)

Supervisor

A/Professor Sudarshini Ramanathan

Eligibility

  • For Clinical Projects: Applicants must be undertaking or have completed their Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) (with sub-specialisation in neurology or immunology)
  • For Basic Science Projects: Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load. 

Contact

A/Professor Sudarshini Ramanathan

Translational psychopharmacology team (Substance use disorders)

Supervisor

Dr Nicholas Everett

Eligibility

Applicants must hold an Honours degree (First Class) or a First-Class Honours Equivalent Degree or a Master's degree with a substantial research component, i.e. 25% of one-year full-time study load. 

Contact

Dr Nicholas Everett