Please see flyer below about PhD project in Australia.
Models to Predict Hendra VirusPrevalence in Fruit Bat Populations Ph.D. Project Opportunities An international research team has recently been awarded funding by the National Hendra Virus Program to develop models to predict and understand the dynamics of Hendra virus infection in fruit bat populations. The team, led by Prof Hamish McCallum, Head of theGriffith School of Environment, includes Prof Peter Hudson, FRS and Dr. Raina Plowright from the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Peter Daszak and Dr. Jon Epstein from the Ecohealth Alliance in New York. The project will be able to support at least one Ph.D. student based at Griffith University. This will be an exciting opportunity for suitable students develop research skills in the rapidly growing area of disease ecology, applied to an important wildlife and public health problem. The project will be developed following negotiation between potential students and ProfMcCallum, and will primarily involve modelling and data analysis, possibly associated with some collection of field data. There will be the opportunity for travel to Penn State during the candidature. Suitable candidates will either be biologists with strong quantitative skills, or mathematics graduates with an interest in developing applications to ecology. Interested students will need to apply for a Griffith University Ph.D. scholarship. Candidates with the equivalent of an Australian first-class honours degree (i.e. at least four years undergraduate training, including at least one semester of research project, with very good results) have a very high chance of receiving a scholarship. Australian or New Zealand residents do not pay Ph.D. tuition fees. International students will also need to apply for a Griffith tuition fee scholarship. Those with very good academic records are likely to be awarded a scholarship. Applications for the next round of Griffith scholarships close on October 8. In the first instance, interested students should contact Hamish McCallum [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , well before the closing date.
