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    PhD Scholarship Opportunity

    Overview

    The Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) is seeking one candidate to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

    The successful applicant will conduct this PhD as part of a Medical Research Futures Fund (MRFF) funded project exploring approaches to improve health technology assessment of Central Venous Access Devices (CVAD). The PhD candidate will focus on the conceptualisation, development and implementation of discrete choice experiments to generate preference-based value sets for a CVAD specific Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) and Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM). The candidate will also have the opportunity to investigate how the data generated from these value sets can be used to improve CVAD specific health technology assessment processes.

    How to apply

    To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants are expected to demonstrate excellent academic performance and, preferably, additional relevant research experience and/or peer-reviewed research publications, and/or academic awards and prizes.

    In addition to ensuring you are eligible for scholarship and admission to UTS, students must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to Brendan Mulhern (Brendan.mulhern@uts.edu.au). EOI submission deadline is 25/09/2026

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