Life course approach to women's health

Principal Advisor: Professor Gita Mishra

Phone: 07 3346 5224

Research group: Australian Women and Girls Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre

Organisational unit: School of Public Health

Researchers within the School of Public Health Australian Women and Girls Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre have been collecting data for over 25 years on women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). The ALSWH is an ongoing longitudinal population-based study that examines the health and wellbeing of more than 57,000 women across Australia. ALSWH has been funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health since 1996 as a national flagship study, with findings contributing to national policy and practice including the Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030.

Opportunities exist for three UQ funded PhD projects (with stipend) using data collected in ALSWH and related sub-studies. Topics include:

Gynaecological disorders, including endometriosis and fibroids
Mother’s and their Children’s Healthcare Experience Study
Health of women from menarche to pre-menopause

Supervisors will work with candidates to develop a PhD project that is both in line with the candidate’s research interests and fits within the overall scope of the outlined projects. For more information, please visit the ALSWH page.