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Flinders University

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Emergencies and Health Security

  • Doctorate (PhD)

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Degree Type
Doctorate (PhD)

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PhD opportunities

There are a range of exciting PhD opportunities aligned to the Torrens Resilience Initiative (TRI), one of Australia's longest-standing research institutes dedicated to disaster preparedness and management with research advancing the concept of resilience at a global level, helping organisations, communities and nations balance emergency preparedness and prevention, relief and recovery. The TRI is a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Mass Gatherings and Global Health Security.

Potential areas of research focus could be:

  • World Health Emergencies
  • Disaster health practice
  • Health systems research; resilience and complex systems thinking
  • Analysis of future risks and vulnerabilities; improving national health security including mitigation, preparation and response capacities
  • Chemical, biological and radio nuclear (CBRNe) emergencies preparedness and response
  • Health at Mass Gatherings and in Crowded Places
  • Prevention and response to Deliberate Events including terrorism
  • Biosecurity and pandemic response
  • Emergency and disaster management
  • Environmental health and emergencies
  • Health emergencies, Leadership, management and decision-making
  • Humanitarian relief
We also welcome and encourage your own research project ideas. TRI supports diversity and warmly welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and those with lived experience of disability or marginalisation.

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