Published: 03 Oct 2025 10 views
This Indigenous-led national research project evaluates a mailed-out smoking and vaping cessation intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents and adults.
Exciting PhD Opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students:
Are you an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student passionate about health equity, tobacco control, and making a real-world impact in your community?
Which Way? Quit Pack project is the largest national smoking and vaping cessation trial ever conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Research Focus:
This Indigenous-led national research project evaluates a mailed-out smoking and vaping cessation intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents and adults. The PhD project will contribute to the implementation science and evaluation components of this program, which is grounded in principles of Indigenous data sovereignty, self-determination, and health equity.
A scholarship is available for 3-3.5 years. Eligible students will receive the Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue Indigenous Student Postgraduate Research Scholarship rate, currently $50,000 p.a. Flinders University will provide laptop, tuition fees and project costs.
They strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with a commitment to community wellbeing and Indigenous research leadership to apply.
Interested applicants should send an email expressing their interest along with scanned copies of their academic transcripts, CV, a brief statement of their research interests and a proposal that specifically links them to the research project.
For more details, visit Flinders University Scholarship webpage
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