Universidade Nacional da Irlanda em Galway -- Ciência sem Fronteiras
PhD Project Template
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Use one form per project
Please complete & submit to international@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible, and by 27/11/2012
In your email, begin the subject line with [SWB] (be sure to use square brackets) to ensure that
your email is filed correctly. Emails will be automatically filed
PI name & contact details:
School:
Colette Kelly, BSc (Hons); MSc; PhD, RNutr (Public Health)
colette.kelly@nuigalway.ie / Ph + 353 91 493186
School of Health Sciences
Has project been agreed with head
(or nominee) of proposed
registration school?
Research Centre / group
affiliation:
Health Promotion Research Centre: A World Health Organisation
Collaborative Centre for Health Promotion Research
Research group / centre
website:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/hpr/research/index.htm
http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc
PI website / link to CV:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/health_promotion/staff/colettekelly.htm
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
The child and adolescent health promotion research team in the Health Promotion Research Centre
has a vibrant positive multi-disciplinary ethos, with specialities in cross-national studies on
adolescent health, middle childhood, vulnerable children, child participation in research, and
research translation into policy and practice. See www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc for more details.
Title & brief description of PhD project (suitable for publication on web):
Ensuring the voice of young carers in developing relevant services and support
Young people can experience both positive and negative impacts of providing unpaid, regular care
to their family members. In Ireland it has been recognised that services and supports should be
provided to these young carers. Using participative research processes, this project will aim to listen
to the voice and opinions of young carers with respect to the development of services and
accessibility to supports. Reviewing best practice internationally and working with service
providers, carer organisations and policy makers, this work should help to ensure that the needs of
young carers in Ireland are responded to in a timely and appropriate manner.
Unique selling points of PhD project in NUI Galway:
The Health Promotion Research Centre is unique in that it is the only dedicated research centre in
Ireland and one of only a few in Europe addressing health promotion, health inequalities, public
health and health improvement in a multidisciplinary context. We are a World Health Organisation
collaborating centre for Health Promotion Research with dedicated PhD supports in place. Students
can take some credit in the form of structured modules designed to facilitate transferable skill
acquisition (including in teaching) and the Centre has strong collaborative links with other
Universities across Europe and further afield, policy development and with practitioners in the field.
Universidade Nacional da Irlanda em Galway -- Ciência sem Fronteiras
Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
Contact Dr Colette Kelly, at: colette.kelly@nuigalway.ie or + 353 91 493186
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
Psychology, Sociology, Medicine, Nursing, Behavioural Science, Health Therapies, Life Studies, Public
Health, General Practice, Sports Science, Nutrition, Biology, graduates of all social sciences and
health related programmes welcome to apply.
Ciência sem Fronteiras / Science Without Borders Priority Area:
Please indicate the specific programme priority area under which the proposed PhD project fits- choose only
one (tick box):
Engineering and other technological areas
Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry)
Health and Biomedical Sciences
X
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Aerospace
Pharmaceuticals
Oil, Gas and Coal
Renewable Energy
Minerals
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Technology of prevention and remediation of natural disasters
Biodiversity and Bioprospection
Marine Sciences
Creative Industry
New technologies in constructive engineering
Please indicate which of the following applies to this project (referring to Science Without Borders
arrangements):
Suitable only as a Full PhD (Y/N): _ __N – either full or part time__
Available to candidates seeking a Sandwich PhD arrangement (Y/N): __Y___
Suitable for either/Don’t know: __suitable for either___