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PhD scholarships available in biomechanics and S&C, Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia.
University and Australian government postgraduate (PhD by research) scholarships are available for highly motivated Australian or New Zealand citizens who are keen to pursue research investigating muscle-tendon and neural adaptations to physical training (international students may consider applying for scholarships in July/August 2013).
Successful applicants will study at the Centre for Exercise and Sport Science Research in the School of Exercise and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia (http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/exerci...ences/overview). Studies should commence in February 2013.
In the first instance, expressions of interest (see details below) are invited from students with significant research experience. Students who wish to pursue PhD studies should have a Masters level or strong Honours (typically first class) degree. Students with the appropriate level of experience/qualification will then be guided through the scholarship application process. The scholarships provide tuition fees as well as a tax-free bursary of AU$25,000 per annum for 3 years (some scholarships may be awarded $30,000). Practical and laboratory teaching is also available for those with good teaching/presentation experience in order to supplement this income.
Applicants should forward a copy of their curriculum vitae, a cover letter briefly outlining their experience and goals, their personal contact details and details for two referees to Assoc. Prof. Anthony Blazevich at a.blazevich@ecu.edu.au.
These expressions of interest must be received by Friday 19 October for consideration.
Students must have a strong background in sports sciences, physiology, sports biomechanics or a similar field of study, and be motivated to examine the factors that underpin optimum human movement and sporting performance. Potential projects include, but are not limited to:
- Influence (importance) of neurological, muscular, tendinous and inertial properties on human running performance: what are the specific characteristics that set the best human runners apart?
- Neural and muscular factors influencing fatigue during constant workload exercise (e.g. cycling): do changes in spinal motor neurone excitability improve central drive to delay fatigue, and can continual changes in cycling technique help to delay this fatigue?
- What are the important neural and muscular adaptations that result in increases in high-speed movement performance after high-velocity training: can we predict the outcome of a training block using pre-training testing?
- How do variations in nutritional (e.g. anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and other) and load/intensity parameters influence muscle protein synthesis and atrophy in athletic and/or clinical populations in response to strength training, and what myocellular events underpin these changes?
- Which neuromuscular and tendinous changes are responsible for changes in muscle performance after acute and long-term periods of muscle stretching?
Edith Cowan University is Western Australia's second largest University. The Joondalup Campus, on which the research centre and the School are situated, is a 20-minute journey north of the city of Perth and within minutes of the coastline. The School's research laboratories contain the latest research technologies, including (among others) real-time motion analysis systems, telemetry and wired EMG systems, ultrasound imaging systems, muscle, multiple force platforms, magnetic and electrical stimulation suites (for brain, nerve and muscle stimulation), blood and muscle analysis provisions, and full isokinetic and traditional (isoinertial) physical training areas. The School has a strong reputation for strength and conditioning-based research.
Regards.
Anthony Blazevich, PhD.
University and Australian government postgraduate (PhD by research) scholarships are available for highly motivated Australian or New Zealand citizens who are keen to pursue research investigating muscle-tendon and neural adaptations to physical training (international students may consider applying for scholarships in July/August 2013).
Successful applicants will study at the Centre for Exercise and Sport Science Research in the School of Exercise and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia (http://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/exerci...ences/overview). Studies should commence in February 2013.
In the first instance, expressions of interest (see details below) are invited from students with significant research experience. Students who wish to pursue PhD studies should have a Masters level or strong Honours (typically first class) degree. Students with the appropriate level of experience/qualification will then be guided through the scholarship application process. The scholarships provide tuition fees as well as a tax-free bursary of AU$25,000 per annum for 3 years (some scholarships may be awarded $30,000). Practical and laboratory teaching is also available for those with good teaching/presentation experience in order to supplement this income.
Applicants should forward a copy of their curriculum vitae, a cover letter briefly outlining their experience and goals, their personal contact details and details for two referees to Assoc. Prof. Anthony Blazevich at a.blazevich@ecu.edu.au.
These expressions of interest must be received by Friday 19 October for consideration.
Students must have a strong background in sports sciences, physiology, sports biomechanics or a similar field of study, and be motivated to examine the factors that underpin optimum human movement and sporting performance. Potential projects include, but are not limited to:
- Influence (importance) of neurological, muscular, tendinous and inertial properties on human running performance: what are the specific characteristics that set the best human runners apart?
- Neural and muscular factors influencing fatigue during constant workload exercise (e.g. cycling): do changes in spinal motor neurone excitability improve central drive to delay fatigue, and can continual changes in cycling technique help to delay this fatigue?
- What are the important neural and muscular adaptations that result in increases in high-speed movement performance after high-velocity training: can we predict the outcome of a training block using pre-training testing?
- How do variations in nutritional (e.g. anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and other) and load/intensity parameters influence muscle protein synthesis and atrophy in athletic and/or clinical populations in response to strength training, and what myocellular events underpin these changes?
- Which neuromuscular and tendinous changes are responsible for changes in muscle performance after acute and long-term periods of muscle stretching?
Edith Cowan University is Western Australia's second largest University. The Joondalup Campus, on which the research centre and the School are situated, is a 20-minute journey north of the city of Perth and within minutes of the coastline. The School's research laboratories contain the latest research technologies, including (among others) real-time motion analysis systems, telemetry and wired EMG systems, ultrasound imaging systems, muscle, multiple force platforms, magnetic and electrical stimulation suites (for brain, nerve and muscle stimulation), blood and muscle analysis provisions, and full isokinetic and traditional (isoinertial) physical training areas. The School has a strong reputation for strength and conditioning-based research.
Regards.
Anthony Blazevich, PhD.