Job no: 0040849
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville

School of BioSciences

Faculty of Science

Salary: $66,809 - $90,657 p.a.(PhD entry Level A.6 $84,458 p.a.) plus 9.5% superannuation
Employment Type: Full-Time (fixed-term) position available until 30 June 2017
The University of Melbourne's School of BioSciences hosts the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA), a research initiative jointly funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments.
Reporting to the CEBRA Director, the Research Fellow – Biosecurity will contribute to the administration and conduct of the research projects undertaken by the Centre. The Research Fellow supports CEBRA, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources and the Ministry of Primary Industries researchers in their development of research projects to ensure that appropriate processes are followed and research activities are well-coordinated and delivered professionally.
The projects will explore the availability of data, evaluate the potential for filling critical information gaps to improve confidence in the outcome, design efficient sampling protocols for research projects and develop improved models to analyse data within the time and resource limits of the projects.

The position requires collaboration with researchers in the School of BioSciences, CEBRA and with Australian and overseas researchers and partners. The Research Fellow will contribute to the writing of reports and scientific papers, as well as preparing documents and presentations for meetings with collaborators and partners.
Close date:  7 Jun 2016


 0040849 PD_ Research Fellow - Biosecurity.pdf

Dear SRA-ANZ Members,

The year is flying by!

Over the past few years there has been a growing awareness that we cannot bury our head in the sand around risk. If we are to manage the threats posed by infectious
diseases, natural disasters, war and the collapse of a country’s economy we must engage with risk.

This years’ conference theme, engaging risk will continue this conversation. There will be some inspiring talks from Professor Stewart Lockie, Professor David Swain and Dr Nick Golding. We will also provide opportunities for professional development with two days of workshops on a range of topics including the psychology of risk perception, expert judgment and fatigue risk management.

This issue of the SRA newsletter contains information on our annual conference and workshops. We also profile an emerging risk researcher and a recently released book on expert judgment.

In March this year we said farewell to SRA-ANZ councillor and newsletter editor Catherine Wong. Catherine has left us for an exciting new role at the University of Luxembourg. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Catherine for her efforts and wish her well on this new adventure. Catherine’s departure has left a vacancy in the Executive and we are now calling for nominations for the SRA-ANZ councillor and a volunteer to take over editing the newsletter. So it you are interested in either of these positions please get in contact with me.

We also need you to help spread the word about the SRA-ANZ to your colleagues. I like to think everyone in Australasia interested in risk would know about SRA-ANZ, so I am always surprised when I meet someone who has not heard of our group!

Word of mouth can be an effective way to introduce someone to SRA-ANZ.

Winter is just around the corner. Before you enter hibernation, or escape to a warm island in the Pacific, don’t forget to submit your abstract for the 2016 SRA-ANZ!

Naomi Cogger SRA-ANZ President

We have made a variety of our old newsletters now available online. See copies of these below.