Graduate Research Training
The MUARC graduate research program continued to provide a vibrant research environment for our PhD, Honours and coursework research students in 2024. Our graduate students undertake transformative and interdisciplinary research that is at the forefront of finding sustainable, social, economic, environmental and technical solutions to eliminating injury. Students have the opportunity to study with the world’s leading injury prevention specialists.
PhD program
MUARC’s graduate research program is coordinated by Professor Jennie Oxley and Associate Professor Sjaan Koppel. The administration of the program and ongoing student support is provided by Ms Samantha Bailey. Together, the team has nurtured MUARC students through their Graduate Research journey for more than a decade.
The Centre offers three prestigious scholarships; Peter Vulcan Scholarship, John Lane Memorial Scholarship and Tom Triggs Memorial scholarship, valued at $40,000 per annum, to the next generation of injury prevention and safety science researchers. MUARC also welcomes international PhD students, including co-supervising students in the Monash-IITB India program, as well as annually hosting students from partner universities.
In 2024, MUARC welcomed four new PhD students to our graduate research program: Hayley Russell, Peter Divjakinja, Lerdmanus (Wave) Bumrungsup and Helen Zahos. Coming to MUARC from both Australia and internationally, each brings their experience and passion to their unique research projects. We were also fortunate to host visiting PhD students
Student snapshot
- 19 MUARC-enrolled PhD students
- 15 Domestic students and 4 international students
- 12 female students and 7 male students
- 6 MUARC co-supervised PhD students
Visiting PhD students
Mohammed Yasir (Italy), Marvin Heine (Germany), and Hengyan Pan (China)
New PhD students
Hayley Russell, Peter Divjakinja, Lerdmanus (Wave) Bumrungsup and Helen Zahos
Coursework research students
MUARC also supports coursework students to experience academic research and collaboration with industry through a range of research programs. Coordinated by Dr Amanda Stephens, the program welcomed 21 students across the year, who had the opportunity to work closely with, and be supported by, our research staff. We are particularly proud of our four psychology honours students completing with first-class results: Rachel Crotty, Muawiya Mahomed, Yazna Boskny, and Wen Loh.