Cricket Australia and ACRISP FedUni PhD Scholarship (Ballarat)

USING INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR INJURY SURVEILLANCE IN COMMUNITY CRICKET

Duration: 3-years

Stipend : $26,688 per annum, and a $10k pa top-up for Ballarat-based students. Relocation to Ballarat costs also covered.

Supervision: You will be supervised by a team led by Professor Caroline Finch (Director, ACRISP) and Dr Alex Kountouris (Sports Science and Sports Medicine Manager, Cricket Australia).

Location: Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria.

ACRISP (www.federation.edu.au/acrisp) has a domestic PhD scholarship available in sports injury epidemiology. The scholarship is being offered in partnership with Cricket Australia and JLT Sport to make significant new contributions to knowledge about injuries sustained by cricket players in non-elite forms of the game.

This PhD project has two main aims: 1) to provide an in-depth analysis of Australia-wide cricket injury insurance claims data to identify priorities and targets for preventive action by Cricket Australia; and 2) to undertake an in-depth review of the injury coding, classification and reporting processes inherent in the insurance claims database maintained by JLT Sport so as to provide guidance on future refinements to enhance its use for injury prevention, especially in cricket. This will involve methodological comparisons of the insurance claims system against sports injury surveillance systems worldwide, especially those used in cricket.

The candidate should have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. The candidate should also have a First Class Honours degree in a relevant discipline or have equivalent research experience and publications.

Information on how to apply can be found at: http://federation.edu.au/research/research-degrees/apply. Enquiries should be directed to Dr Lauren Fortington at l.fortington@federation.edu.au.

Successful applicants are expected to begin work in the second half of 2017.

Applications Close Friday 31st March 2017