Graduate research

Ready to take your study of injury prevention and pain the next level, and change sports medicine and rehabilitation practice around the world?

The Centre for injury Prevention and Pain offers one of Australia’s most dynamic environments for graduate research in the prevention and management of musculoskeletal pain and injury. We support both PhD and Master’s candidates whose projects aim to reduce the burden of musculoskeletal disorders through improved prevention, assessment and management. Graduate researchers are fully embedded with the broader Centre for injury Prevention and Pain team – providing expert mentoring and career development.

We particularly welcome proposals that resonate with the Centre for injury Prevention and Pain’s strengths and current staff research projects, including (but not limited to):

  • Biomechanics
  • Orthopaedics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Sports Medicine
  • Sport Science

Funding opportunities

  • Graduate research degrees have zero tuition costs for Australian citizens and permanent residents.
  • Scholarships are available, on a competitive basis, and can assist HDR students with general living costs while undertaking a HDR program. The 2027 rate is $39,000 per annum.
  • Competitive International applicants can apply for an international fee-offset scholarship.

Learn more about HDR scholarships and funding.

Meet our graduate research students

  • Molly Coventry (PhD student) Exploring Calf Muscle Strain and Achilles Tendinopathy Neurophysiology
  • Kieren Hill (PhD student) Lower Limb Descending Drive Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
  • Shane Scott (PhD student) Understanding Quadriceps Function Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
  • Vanessa Sutton (PhD student) Co-Creating Injury Prevention Strategies: The Impact Of Consumer and Stakeholder Involvement on Improving Tactical Health
  • Joss Whitford (PhD student) Calf Muscle Architecture and Returning to Run
  • Jarrad Keron (MRes student) Is plantar flexion force control reduced in people with Achilles tendinopathy?
  • Thomas Cikoratic (PhD student) Understanding bone health in Australian Football League players
  • Maria Luciana Perez Armendariz (PhD student) Assessing and associating biomechanical demand, movement variability and pain in basketball
  • Michael Lewis (PhD student) Model based estimates of Anterior Cruciate Ligament forces during plyometric and change of direction exercises
  • Alex Suleski (PhD student) The impact of lower-limb strength capacities and knee mechanics on patient reported outcomes during Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction return to play

Contact us

For enquiries about graduate research in the Centre, contact ihr@nd.edu.au.