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 tea – 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.
  • Competitive applicants can apply for a $33,500 p.a. tax-free stipend through Notre Dame’s Higher Degree Research (HDR) scholarship program.
  • 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 Exploring Calf Muscle Strain and Achilles Tendinopathy Neurophysiology
  • Kieren Hill PhD Lower Limb Descending Drive Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
  • Shane Scott PhD Understanding Quadriceps Function Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
  • Vanessa Sutton PhD Co-Creating Injury Prevention Strategies: The Impact Of Consumer and Stakeholder Involvement on Improving Tactical Health
  • Joss Whitford PhD Calf Muscle Architecture and Returning to Run
  • Jarrad Keron MRes Is plantar flexion force control reduced in people with Achilles tendinopathy?
  • Thomas Cikoratic PhD Understanding bone health in Australian Football League players
  • Maria Luciana Perez Armendariz PhD Assessing and associating biomechanical demand, movement variability and pain in basketball
  • Michael Lewis PhD Model based estimates of Anterior Cruciate Ligament forces during plyometric and change of direction exercises
  • Alex Suleski PhD 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.