Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

PROJECT 1: Understanding the experiences and satisfaction of clinicians in their use of the current standard reporting vs synoptic reporting of CT scans of patients with pancreatic cancer. This is a sub-study of the ongoing SCANPatient clinical trial (https://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12623000508673.aspx ). As part of the project the student will have opportunities to involve in the design and conduct of in-depth interviews and online surveys of clinicians of their perceptions, actual experiences and satisfaction with CT scan reporting; assist/lead data management and analysis, and prepare reports and manuscripts for publications.<br/><br/>PROJECT 2: Evaluating the effectiveness of structured radiology reports to improve the accuracy of classifying patients’ tumours of the pancreas. This project is part of the ongoing SCANPatient clinical trial which compares the standard narrative style radiological report with structured synoptic radiology report for reporting CT scans of the pancreas in suspected pancreas cancer. As part of this project, the student will be able to use the collected data to answer related research questions. They will have opportunities to work with a multidisciplinary team consisting of health researchers, surgeons, radiologists and oncologists; assist with coordinating with team members in data cleaning, management and analysis, and prepare reports and manuscripts for publications. <br/><br/>PROJECT 3: Addressing persistent bowel scanning participation gaps through a CALD adapted community-integrated screening approach. Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Australia participate in bowel screening at markedly lower rates than the general population. This study will assess whether a community-integrated screening approach among CALD communities increases bowel screening participation compared to the current standard of care bowel screening kit mail-out (postal) model.