PhD Future Foods for Healthy Ageing

Food Innovation on the Central Coast seeks to recruit a future leader in the food industry for a deep dive into future opportunities to improve the health and wellbeing of our rapidly ageing population. This is a 3-year PhD position that can start anytime till March 2023 and supervised by the new Professor of Food innovation, David Cameron-Smith.

The rapid ageing of populations worldwide presents a new opportunity to develop, market and promote foods to an increasingly discerning and engaged consumer market. The Baby Boomers are the first of a series of generations with a deep understanding that food is a major determinant of their health. However, little is known of the types of food choices being made by todays seniors, how they use these foods at home and importantly what are their nutritional and taste needs that are not being met by everyday foods on the supermarket shelves.

This is a project that will be jointly supervised by experts in the Business School, hence is suitable for anyone with a keen eye on consumer market trends through to someone interested in the deep biology of nutrition, health and ageing. The position is primarily located on the Ourimbah campus, with the successful candidate joining the Doctoral Training Centre for Food and Agribusiness. The research will include on-line questionnaires, focus groups and analysis of biological health parameters.

PhD Scholarship details

Funding: $28,854 per annum (2022 rate) indexed annually. For a PhD candidate, the living allowance scholarship is for 3.5 years and the tuition fee scholarship is for four years. Scholarships also include up to $1,500 relocation allowance.

Supervisor: David Cameron-Smith

Available to: Domestic students

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Eligibility Criteria

The applicant will need to meet the minimum eligibility criteria  for admission.

Application Procedure

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.

Please send the email expressing interest to david.cameronsmith@newcastle.edu.au by 5pm on 01 February 2023.