Clinical Prevention Researcher
Join the Prevention Research Collaboration to advance evidence-based chronic disease prevention and health services research in NSW.
Best for:Best for clinical prevention researchers, public health professionals, and epidemiologists with experience in chronic disease management and health services research.
Overview
This position offers two full-time, fixed-term roles within the Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC) at the University of Sydney. The PRC focuses on obesity, diabetes, and tobacco prevention, employing a multidisciplinary approach combining epidemiology, biostatistics, and health systems research. The successful candidates will contribute to multiple projects funded by the NSW Ministry of Health, embedding population health and clinical preventive care into diabetes/obesity management. The role involves designing research projects, collaborating with health stakeholders, and translating findings into policy and practice. Ideal candidates should have a passion for public health, research, and community engagement, with a strong understanding of NSW health systems and chronic disease prevention strategies.
What you'll do
- Design, coordinate, and deliver clinical prevention and health services research projects focused on obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease management across NSW health settings.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based population health and clinical preventive care initiatives within health service delivery.
- Conduct high-quality research activities including study design, ethics submissions, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of findings.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of researchers, clinicians, and health service stakeholders to support successful project delivery.
- Liaise with the NSW Ministry of Health, Local Health Districts (LHDs), healthcare providers, and ethics committees to facilitate research implementation and stakeholder engagement.
- Prepare research reports, scientific publications, presentations, and funding-related documentation.
- Support the translation of research findings into policy and practice to strengthen chronic disease prevention and health promotion strategies.
- Manage multiple projects and competing priorities while ensuring timelines, quality standards, and project objectives are achieved.
- Undertake travel across metropolitan and regional locations to support research activities and stakeholder engagement.
- Conduct original research independently and collaboratively, developing publications and conference presentations (Level B only).
Requirements
Degree required: Postgraduate qualification in Public Health, Nursing, Allied Health, Clinical Epidemiology, Dietetics, or a related field (Level A); PhD or doctoral qualification in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Services Research, Clinical Research, or a related discipline (Level B).
Language: English; proficiency required for research and communication.
Instruction: English
Publications: Peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations (Level B only).
- Specialized knowledge of obesity prevention, diabetes prevention, and chronic disease prevention strategies across clinical and population health settings.
- Demonstrated experience designing, coordinating, and delivering clinical, population health, or health services research projects.
- Strong skills in research methodology, study design, program evaluation, implementation research, and evidence synthesis.
- Proven capability in quantitative data analysis using statistical software such as SAS, STATA, SPSS, or equivalent.
- Sound knowledge of the Australian health system, including national, state, and local health service delivery, health policy, and chronic disease prevention initiatives.
- Experience working in allied health, nursing, medical, or community health settings and engaging with diverse patient and community populations.
- Experience translating evidence into policy and practice and providing high-quality, evidence-based advice on complex public health or clinical issues.
- Strong planning, organization, and project management skills.
- Unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of employment.
- No visa sponsorship available for this appointment.
Funding & terms
How to apply
Deadline: 2026-10-11 (Australia/Sydney)
Applications including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation must be submitted via the University of Sydney’s Workday portal. Employees or contingent workers should log in to their Workday account and navigate to the Career icon on their Dashboard. For confidential discussions, contact Blythe O'Hara via email.
- Cover letter
- CV
- Additional supporting documentation (if applicable)
Contact
Blythe O'Hara· Recruitment Contact
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