Area: Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
Salary (FTE): RTP Scholarship NON-BANDED ($28,854.00 – $28,854.00)
Work type: Full Time – Scholarship
Location: PACE, Woolloongabba Queensland
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
The Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS) is a multidisciplinary research Centre committed to world-class research across the environment health sciences. These include environmental toxicology, epidemiology, microbiology, health risk assessment and communication, and state-of-the art monitoring and analytical technologies to quantify emerging environmental health risks.
QAEHS is funded by Queensland Health and The University of Queensland and works closely with Queensland Health to develop the Centre’s research directions. QAEHS pursues research excellence through competitively funded research, as well as government and industry consultancies, and has a successful track record in interdisciplinary collaborative research with international and other Australian institutions.
For more Information about QAEHS, please visit: qaehs.centre.uq.edu.au/
The Project
Wastewater-based epidemiology is an internationally recognised cost-effective tool to monitor population exposure to chemicals and infectious diseases including Covid-19. However, the degradation of biomarkers during sewer transport can limit their application in wastewater-based epidemiology.
This project aims to systematically evaluate the stability of a new suite of potential biomarkers and conduct the first Australia-wide assessment on the impact of biomarker stability on wastewater-based epidemiology estimates using wastewater samples from ~65% of the Australian population. The project expects to generate knowledge to identify and validate a range of new biomarkers for the application of wastewater-based epidemiology in the future.
Selection Criteria
To be eligible to apply, you must meet the entry requirements for Higher Degrees by Research at UQ.
Enquiries
For further information, please contact Dr Phong Thai [email protected]
How to apply
Please visit the advertisement on the Graduate School website and select “How to apply” for information on how to apply.