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At the School of Medicine and Psychology, we provide a supportive environment for postgraduate research. Our programs encourage innovation and excellence, giving you the resources and guidance to make important contributions to your field. Whether you are interested in clinical sciences, mental health, or medical education, you will find a community of dedicated scholars and state-of-the-art facilities to support your work. We offer a wide range of potential research topics. Contact a supervisor for further discussion and ideas. If you have a specific project idea that is not listed, you may contact a potential supervisor directly.

As a postgraduate researcher at the Australian National University, you will benefit from our strong industry connections and partnerships with leading health organisations. These relationships offer unique opportunities for practical experience and professional growth. Our commitment to mentoring and development ensures you are well-prepared for a successful career in academia, healthcare, or beyond. Join us at the Australian National University and be part of a community that is shaping the future of health research.

Projects

Social factors, like loneliness and poverty, are robustly related to mental health.

Student intake

Open for Honours students

People

This project seeks to provide rigorous evidence to guide practitioners and policymakers on how best to address factors such as discrimination and loneliness to improve mental health outcomes, using laboratory experiments, longitudinal cohort studies, and randomised controlled trials.

Theme

  • Society, Culture and Health

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, MPhil, PhD students

Group

People

This research looks at the effects that ageing has on driving abilities and applied cognition and will develop tools to determine if a person is a safe driver in order to ensure road safety.

Theme

  • Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
  • Diagnostics, Therapeutic and Clinical Care
  • Society, Culture and Health

Attentional control, self control and executive function all play important roles in our health, safety and overall wellbeing. This project seeks to develop new and innovative ways of measuring attentional control.

Theme

  • Brain, Vision, Mental Processes and Health
  • Society, Culture and Health

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, PhD students

People

Student intake

Open for Bachelor, Honours students

People

The purpose of this study is to investigate a previously unexamined structure in the neck which might show damage after whiplash.

Student intake

Open for Honours, Masters, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, PhD students

People