PhD Research Fellowships
PhD Program and MPhil at the Critical Care Research Group
We welcome both students with specific innovative ideas related to our research and those with a broader interest to enquire further about undertaking a project with CCRG. We value candidates who demonstrate dedication and are capable of working both independently and within our diverse team. We currently support 20 PhD and MPhil students from multiple institutes, including The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and Griffith University.
Our PhD students receive unparalleled education in the fields of critical care medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine and bioengineering. This education stems from mentorship by expert post-doc and faculty educators, world-class researchers, highly skilled bio-engineers, critical care physicians, research physiotherapists, nurses, and cardiac surgeons who perform ground breaking experiments to innovate medicine on a daily basis.
PhD students can choose from various fields of investigation and outstanding research facilities not available anywhere else in the world. CCRG has a range of research facilities that create unparalleled opportunities to afford breakthrough discoveries in medical sciences; from developing ground breaking medical devices at the Innovative Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology Laboratory (ICETlab) to comprehensively testing their biological effects at the Scientific & Translational Research Team (STARlab) and the Animal Experimentation, ultimately translating positive findings into clinical practice at world-renowned University Hospitals in Australia and across the world.
In particular, STARlab and the preclinical research collaboratively to discover novel preventive and therapeutic strategies for acute respiratory distress syndrome, severe heart failure and heart transplantation, sepsis and haemorrhagic shock states. The ICETlab investigates and develops novel pumps to support failing hearts, novel designs and innovative materials to improve the efficacy and safety of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. At the ICETlab, CCRG has a mock circulatory loop cardiovascular simulator, a ground-breaking engineering system to model any acute and chronic heart condition and test medical devices that could promote clinical improvements. Finally, we also support our PhD students’ varied interests in COVID-19, since CCRG has created the largest network of ICUs worldwide to gather data on critically ill COVID-19 patients and characterise features of this novel disease.
Whether you hope to become an expert-level scientist, clinician, bio-engineer, or leader in health care, our PhD program will help you attain great success and propel your learning journey.
Critical Care Research Group PhD Program
Unparalleled education in the fields of critical care medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine and bioengineering
Mentorship by expert post-doc and faculty educators, world-class researchers, highly skilled bio-engineers, critical care physicians, research physiotherapists and nurses and cardiac surgeons
Choice in a range of unparalleled research facilities across various laboratories
The chance to translate positive findings into clinical practice at world-renowned University Hospitals in Australia and across the world
I am from Iran, and I have been in Brisbane for nearly three years. I am currently designing a battery system which can provide 6-8 hours of freedom to patients using Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs). Achieving this goal will make me feel satisfied because I am sure that my efforts will make the lives of many people easier.
I was inspired to get into this research because I could see the limitations in performing daily activities due to the wearable components of the device such as the batteries and controller, as well as the high risk of infection through the device driveline. These two main drawbacks of current VAD systems decrease the quality of life of patients and increase morbidity rate.
Maryam Memar, Former CCRG PhD Research Fellow