Employment and Research Opportunities

 

NICM Collaborative Centre for the Study of Natural Medicines and Neurocognition in Health and Disease

 

The NICM Collaborative Centre for the Study of Natural medicines and Neurocognition in Health and Disease is conducting clinical trials examining the effects of natural medicines on memory, cognition and brain functioning in healthy participants and in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Mechanisms of action of pharmacologically active herbs will be examined by complementing assessment of cognitive change with other measures including, functional neuroimaging and physiological measures.

 

Two PhD scholarships are offered in the area of nutritional and herbal medicine. Applicants are sought with a strong background in psychology, psychophysiology, neuropsychology or related fields.

 

PHD TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS

 

Study 1: Nutritional Medicine

 

Fish oil supplementation in an ageing Australian population using wild Atlantic salmon fish oil.

 

Study 2: Herbal Medicine

 

Efficacy and safety of Ayurvedic medicine Bacopa monniera as an adjunct to existing AD treatments.

 

The NICM centre is a collaborative research centre between Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne , the Alfred Hospital , Melbourne and the University of Western Australia , Perth

For more information contact Christina Kure on Phone: 03 9214 4476 or Email: ckure@swin.edu.au