Health HDR Conference 2018

Workshops

We are very excited to announce that we have an incredibly diverse and high-quality program of workshops! We believe that these workshops are relevant to all HDR students attending the conference. All attendees are welcome to attend two workshops.

The workshop program can be found here.

International job opportunities

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Presenters: A/Prof. Antonina Mikocka-Walus (Europe/UK) and Dr Subhadra Evans (the US), School of Psychology, Deakin University

This workshop is dedicated to looking for job in academia and research internationally. The presenters are academics who have held academic / research posts at universities in Australia and overseas and will draw on their own international experiences while discussing key aspects of an academic track record helpful in securing an international post. More specifically, the workshop will provide an overview of the academic / research environment in Europe, UK and the US. Both academic and research pathways will be discussed as well as the career structure, salaries and relevant job / post-doc search sites. The workshop will conclude with some practical activities facilitated by the presenters.

Applying for grants and postdoctoral fellowships

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Presenter: Dr Emma Sciberras, School of Psychology, Deakin University

This workshop will focus on the major postdoctoral fellowship grants that early career researchers can apply for. Emma will cover her own pathway from student to being awarded her first postdoctoral research fellowship. She will also cover the details of the major NHMRC and ARC funding schemes for early career researchers. The overall aim of this workshop is to help you to identify strengths and weaknesses in your own track records and to use these to maximise your success with future grant applications.

Policy research

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Presenter: Dr Phillip Baker, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University

Policy is about organizing and taking action to achieve desirable goals – like making sure everyone has access to affordable health care, or nutritious and sustainable food. Governments make and implement policy (public policies), as do private groups like NGOs and industry (private policies). Working in policy can involve interesting career trajectories - from developing international health responses at the World Health Organization, through to working within national, state or local government agencies, or for NGOs to advocate for healthy public policies. This workshop will introduce you to working in policy and the various options and strategies you might consider in a policy-focused career.

Inclusion and equity

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Presenter: Dr Kevin Murfitt, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University

In this interactive session Kevin will first clarify the often confused meaning of the terms diversity, inclusion, and equity, or the ‘what’ of inclusion and equity. Participants will then briefly explore the ‘why’ of inclusion and equity, and then look at the practice elements of inclusion and equity, or the ‘how’. In doing the ‘how’, Kevin will present examples of academic and professional career pathways that have inclusion and equity at their heart. The session also includes cameos of Barak Obama, and a young girl in Vanuatu who gets carried to school each day by her father.

Where can your PhD take you? Careers in Industry

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Presenter: Prof. Dineli Mather, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Employment, Deakin University

If you’re considering how to use your PhD outside of academia, this session is for you! We will help you understand where your PhD can take you by showcasing the stories of PhD’s who have built successful careers in industry and how they’ve leveraged their PhD to do so. Discover resources available at Deakin to help market your skills, build your brand and explore the range of possibilities for a career in industry.

How to train your supervisor in 45 minutes (or less)!

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Presenters: Dr Ryan Wood-Bradley and Jacqueline Payne MAPS, School of Medicine, Deakin University

Welcome to an opportunity to develop practical strategies to gain the most out of any supervisor/student/work relationship. Feeling uncertain? Feeling overwhelmed? Unclear processes? This workshop will enable you to have a clear framework of behaviour that will allow you and your supervisor(s) to work together and still respect each other along the way. What to bring? Attitude of openness, willing to be interactive, commitment to participation and change is possible. Suggested Reading: Finish your PhD!: The Proven Way by Sandeep Reddy. Available through the Deakin Library or via Amazon. Find the workshop flyer here.

Publishing from your Master’s or PhD Research

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Presenter: Prof. Tony LaMontagne, Professor & Director, Centre for Population Health Research, School of Health & Social Development

Keen to publish from your Master’s or PhD research? This session will include discussion of the benefits and costs of publishing during your candidature, common challenges faced by those who are new to publishing and some strategies to address them, and an overview of the most common paper format in the health sciences: the IMRAD format. IMRAD stands for the standard headings in an empirical research paper: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. As time allows, we may discuss a few participants’ ideas for or questions about publishing.