PhD opportunities in Cognition, Health and Economic Decision Making
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If you are looking for a rigorous graduate training, and want to make a substantial contribution to an important and expanding area of research in health economics, the Centre for Health Economics at Monash University is offering a fully funded PhD. A scholarship covering all fees and a stipend are available for suitably qualified individuals.
Cognition, Health and Economic Decision Making
With supervision from Professor Michael Shields, Associate Professor David Johnston, and Dr Sonja Kassenboehmer, the research thesis will investigate how cognition and health-related cognitive-impairment, influences economic, financial and medical decision making. It is clear that elements of cognition, such as reasoning, memory, attention and comprehension, are important inputs in to how individuals make decisions and the extent to which decisions are influenced by context. But there is still much to learn about the magnitude of these relationships, the types of decisions that are most affected (e.g. medical versus financial), the mediating and moderating influences of age and socioeconomic status, and how impaired decision making affects health and economic outcomes. To address these knowledge gaps, advanced microeconometric methods will be applied to several large longitudinal studies, with the ultimate aim of developing interventions to improve decision making, particularly among populations with high rates of cognitive impairment.
About Monash and the Centre for Health Economics:
As a student at the Centre you will be part of a team of academics and researchers at the cutting edge of important international research, using the latest methods. Our current students and recent graduates demonstrates the range and quality and opportunities offered in those programs including the economics of alcohol pricing, health aid for lower income countries, and the economics of obesity.
We offer excellent research facilities including a dedicated student study space, a behavioural laboratory, high quality computing facilities, frequent internal and external seminars, and funded conference travel. Applicants should have a good first degree in a relevant discipline and we provide coursework in health economics and related studies.
Monash is one of the top 100 universities in the world and the Business School contains both a leading Economics Department and a distinct Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics with an international reputation in theoretical and applied econometrics. The School of Public Health provides expertise in large epidemiological studies, multicentre clinical trials, clinical registries, evidence synthesis and health social science.
Information about undertaking a research degree at Monash can be found at:
and further details of how to apply at: Interested candidates should send an expression of interest to and attach a full CV (including details of specific grades and transcripts if available).
Expressions of interest must be completed before 30 September 2016.