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Elder financial abuse
Tina Cockburn is interested in supervising students who wish to undertake research about elder financial abuse. Elder financial abuse is a hidden but growing phenomenon within modern society. We are looking for students to undertake research into elder financial abuse, particularly in relation to the obligations of financial institutions and actors in identifying, responding to and preventing elder financial abuse. Please contact the supervisor if you are interested in undertaking a PhD in this area. This topic is led by …
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- PhD, Master of Philosophy
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Law
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Australian Centre for Health Law Research
Legal, multidisciplinary and public health research regarding child abuse and neglect
Professor Ben Mathews is an internationally recognised expert in multiple legal areas connected with child abuse and neglect. These include sexual abuse generally, physical abuse and corporal punishment, domestic violence, civil claims for child abuse, statutes of limitation, mandatory reporting laws, institutional child abuse, child protection systems, criminal prosecution, prevention, regulation and oversight, public health and public health law analyses, and children's rights. Ben welcomes all enquiries about topics connected with these themes.In addition, he is currently leading the Australian …
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- PhD
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Law
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Australian Centre for Health Law Research
Technology, Innovation and Health
Professor Belinda Bennett is interested in talking to students who wish to undertake research on legal issues related to technology, innovation and health, regulation of innovative health technologies, legal issues related to genomics, the use of artificial intelligence in health care, and the use of robotics in health care.
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- PhD, Master of Philosophy
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Law
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Australian Centre for Health Law Research
Capacity, wills and enduring powers of attorney
Dr Kelly Purser is interested in talking to students who wish to undertake research on the topics of capacity, wills, enduring powers of attorney, advance health directives, estate planning, equity and trusts, succession, or therapeutic jurisprudence.
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- PhD, Master of Philosophy
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Should Australia legislate to allow three parent babies?
In 2015, the United Kingdom legalised a form of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) therapy known as ‘three-parent IVF’ and, less colloquially, mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT). This IVF procedure is aimed at enabling women who have mitochondrial diseases that would normally be passed down to their offspring to have a healthy child instead. The technique involves removing faulty mitochondria from the intended mother’s egg and replacing them with mitochondria from a generically unrelated woman (by transferring the intended mother's nucleus to …
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- PhD
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- Faculty of Business and Law
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- School of Law
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Australian Centre for Health Law Research
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