Work or study with us

Work with us

3DN seeks to recruit excellent staff at all levels. Positions available will generally be advertised on the Jobs@UNSW website.

Current opportunities

To get updates for future vacancies, please follow us on Linkedin or Twitter.

 

Intellectual Disability Mental Health Fellowships

The Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis by Health Education and Training (HETI), a pillar of NSW Health. The Fellowships are part of the HETI Awards in Psychiatry and Mental Health program. 

They provide a salary for a senior psychiatry trainee for a 12 month in-depth immersion in intellectual and developmental disability psychiatry.

Read more about Intellectual Disability Mental Health Fellowships and find out about past fellows.

 

Study with us

We welcome students with an interest in any of our current projects, or feel free to contact us to discuss your own ideas. See examples of our current projects. Supervision can be arranged with a number of our staff.

For enquiries, please contact our student coordinators Dr Janelle Weise j.weise@unsw.edu.au, 02 9065 8076 or Dr Rachael Cvejic r.cvejic@unsw.edu.au, 02 9065 1625.

If you are interested in scholarship opportunities at 3DN, please please contact Dr Janelle Weise j.weise@unsw.edu.au, or Dr Rachael Cvejic r.cvejic@unsw.edu.au.

3DN welcomes Master by Research and PhD students from various backgrounds to undertake cutting edge research in the area of cognitive disability and health at one of the best Universities in Australia. We are part of the Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, which is widely reputed as the pre-eminent psychiatric research department in Australia, and one of the leading university psychiatry research groups internationally.

Doing a Master by Research or PhD project with 3DN provides an excellent opportunity for developing outstanding research skills and expertise within the area of cognitive disability and health. We offer supervision from experienced senior research staff, a supportive work atmosphere, regular opportunities for further education including attending conferences, seminars and research skills workshops.

If you would like to discuss the possibility to undertake a Master by Research or PhD project at 3DN, please contact our student student coordinators Dr Janelle Weise j.weise@unsw.edu.au, or Dr Rachael Cvejic r.cvejic@unsw.edu.au 

For current available Scholarships, please refer to the scholarships tab on this page. See also the UNSW Scholarships page.

Doing an Honours project at 3DN offers a chance to develop strong research skills supervised by staff who are passionate about research and the development of future researchers.

Find out more about Honours degrees in the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW, including application deadlines at the Faculty's Year 4 Medicine Research Project page.

Read what past students Emily and Madeleine thought about doing Honours at 3DN.

The Independent Learning Project (ILP) provides UNSW medical students with a hands-on research experience. It typically involves a review of relevant literature, data collection, analysis and presentation. Staff members at 3DN are available to supervise ILPs in the broad areas of cognitive disability and health using various methods including surveys, linked data, interviews and focus groups.

Read about Marisse's experience with the ILP.  

If you would like to discuss the possibility to undertake an ILP at 3DN, please contact our student coordinators Dr Janelle Weise (j.weise@unsw.edu.au, 02 9065 8076) or Dr Rachael Cvejic (r.cvejic@unsw.edu.au, 02 9065 1625).

Possible research topics

  • Population health and health and wellbeing of people with intellectual or developmental disability

  • Preventative health care for people with intellectual disability, including cardiometabolic health, health screening, vaccination and cancer screening

  • Primary health care for people with intellectual or developmental disability, including cardiometabolic health, health screening, vaccination and cancer screening

  • Health and mental health policy for people with intellectual disability

  • Health and mental health services provision for people with intellectual disability

  • Health and wellbeing in autistic people

  • Linked data analysis and innovation in data analysis methods, including machine learning approaches

  • Mortality in people with intellectual, developmental and neuropsychiatric disorders

  • Ageing, frailty and dementia in people with intellectual, developmental, and other neuropsychiatric disorders

  • Improving palliative care services for people with intellectual disability

  • Perinatal and reproductive health of people with intellectual disability

  • Curriculum design, simulation, and VR in health education for people with intellectual disability