Study level
- PhD
- Master of Philosophy
- Honours
Faculty/School
Faculty of Health
Topic status
We're looking for students to study this topic.
Supervisors
- Position
- Senior Research Fellow - Human Affective Learning
- Division / Faculty
- Faculty of Health
Overview
Understanding how disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder develop following trauma is a contemporary challenge for researchers in psychology. The best explanations involve a combination of psychological and biological factors that interact during and following trauma to create a range of troubling symptoms. This project will use cutting edge technology at QUT to provide insights into how a mix of biology and behaviour can result in exacerbated stress responses and threat memories in experimental and real-world settings.
Research activities
You can expect to:
- join a team of dedicated researchers
- learn how to design, execute, analyse, and communicate cutting edge research
- learn, create and apply methods for quantifying stress biomarkers
- develop skills in biological psychological research.
Outcomes
This project will train the successful student in multidisciplinary skills across experimental and clinical psychology, statistics, and chemistry. The end goals of the project are to better understand the biological mechanisms underlying fear and memories of stressful experiences, so that better interventions can be developed to treated trauma-related disorders.
Skills and experience
The student will need an undergraduate degree in psychology or biomedical sciences. Knowledge or training in chemistry is desirable but not essential as all training will be provided.
Scholarships
You may be eligible to apply for a research scholarship.
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