Postgraduate Research
Welcome to the 2009 Academic Year
(Have you completed your enrolment for 2009?) http://www.grs.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/currenthome.html
If you are new to Postgraduate research at UNSW there are induction programs available from the Graduate Research School – follow from the link above.
The POWCS postgraduate seminars will commence on Thursday 5th March. Seminars are held on a fortnightly basis. ALL students are expected to attend and participate in seminar discussion. An attendance register is kept and this aids in assessing student progress and eligibility for future scholarships and travel grants.
The Annual Review process for postgraduate students enrolled in POWCS has been reconsidered and a new process will commence in 2009.
Occupational Health & Safety
UNSW has strict requirements regarding Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S). All postgraduate students are required to complete OH&S Awareness Training. This is a basic introductory course but if you are working in a laboratory, there are further requirements for training. More details will be provided at the first seminar on 5th March. The types of courses available are listed at: http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/ohswc/ohs/ohs_training_courses.html.
Introduction
Prince of Wales Clinical School (POWCS) has a long tradition of integrating research, teaching, and clinical care. We have world class research facilities, based in the Prince of Wales Hospital in the clinically related disciplines of
neurology,
nephrology,
virology,
surgery,
oncology, amongst others. We also have close affiliations with many centres of renown such as the St Vincent’s Hospital and Garvan Institute.
We provide excellent infrastructure and support to our postgraduate students to pursue high quality research.
We encourage you to peruse the information that follows, which we hope may attract you to join us in what we believe will be a rewarding, educational and collegial experience for you.
Postgraduate Coordinators
Associate Professor Matthew Kiernan
and Dr Jonathan Erlich
Administrative Support
Caitlyn Granse
Administrative Assistant POW Clinical School
Tel: (02) 9382 8880, Email: c.granse@unsw.edu.au
Office Location
Medical Professorial Unit,
Level 1, South Wing, Edmund Blacket Building,
Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW 2031, Australia
Postgraduate Research Travel Grants
POWCS postgraduate students can apply for these grants to cover travel costs - up to maximum $2,000 for the duration of their degree program - to present at domestic and/or international conference(s).
These grants are highly sought after with a total of $11,500 awarded to 6 students to date in 2008.
Postgraduate Research Seminars 2009
The Annual Review process for postgraduate students enrolled in POWCS has been revised and a new process will be put in place for 2009 reviews.
Those students who have indicated that they will not be submitting their thesis in Semester 1, 2009 yet have completed 1 year of their candidature will be required to present at seminar as well as attend an academic panel interview, along with their primary supervisor. These will be held in April and September each year.
More details will be provided in the coming weeks.
Postgraduate research seminars are an integral part of a student’s degree program and form part of their annual progress review.
POWCS runs fortnightly seminars during sessions where students have an opportunity to present on the research activities undertaken in their programs. These seminars are available to all POW staff and students, and wider community and are free of charge. A light lunch is provided.
2009 Schedule
Fortnightly seminars held on
Thursday 12.30pm to 1.30pm (Lunch provided from 12 noon)
In Semester II 2009 there will be Seminars held irregularly - please refer to your email for updates.
If the dates below prove inconveneent for you and/or your supervisor, please advise Mary in the POWCS office as soon as possible.
Location: John Dwyer Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, North Wing, Edmund Blacket Building, POW Hospital
THURSDAY | 12.30 pm | 12.50 pm | 1.10 pm |
5th March | Claire Boswell-Ruys | Richard Szczepanski -- Introductory OH&S |  |
19th March | NO SEMINAR TODAY | NO SEMINAR TODAY | NO SEMINAR TODAY |
2nd April | Dong Chen | Alfred Wong | A/Prof Margaret Rose -- on Research Ethics |
16th April | EASTER | EASTER | EASTER |
30th Arpil | Melissa Sam | Graham Matheson | Liz Browne |
14th May | Rob Knight | Nicholas Murray | |
28th May | Ju-Lee Ooi | Patricia Lillo | |
11th June | Chau-To Kwok | Joice Kuroiwa-Trzmelina | Gaurav Bhardwaj |
25th June | Brian Tse | Jacob Fairhall | |
9th July | NO SEMINAR TODAY | NO SEMINAR TODAY | NO SEMINAR TODAY |
23rd July | Joy Francisco | James Burrell | Morag Taylor |
6th August | Lee Walsh | Michelle Peate | Cristian Leyton |
20th August | Jacqueline Zheng | Jenny Liu | Ben Cheah |
3rd September | Fred Luk | Susana Park | Carol Harris |
1st October | Maoyi Tan | Danielle Burton | Benjamin Beck |
15th October | Eric Chuan Qin | | |
29th October | Ponnaren Pak | | |
12th November | Christina Esposito, | Dharmica Mistry | |